the evolution of ‘bishounen’ (beautiful boys) in manga

#animation #anime #bishounen This video was made for another channel. I will go back to regular postings soon. 00:00 What is Bishounen? 01:19 Early Bishounen Influences 02:06 Chigo or Temple Pages 04:25 Theatre Actors dressed as Women 05:03 The ’Third’ Gender 06:26 Decline of Youthful Male Beauty 06:34 Shift in Gender Roles 07:00 Resistance to Change 07:25 The Early 1900s 07:45 The beginning Emergence of Bishounen 07:57 Showa Period and Censors 08:46 The 1950s and Entertainment 08:59 Miwa Akihiro 09:11 ’Types’ of Boys 09:41 The Most Famous ’Beautiful Boy’ in the 1960s 10:09 The 1970s: The ’Golden’ Age 11:01 Manga Artist Influences on Bishounen 11:15 Björn Andrésen’s Influence on Manga 14:52 Notable Examples influenced by Björn 15:57 ’Johnnys’ in Japanese Entertainment Sources: Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup, 8th century poetry about the drunk elite in China by Micky Bumbar. 1000 Years of Pretty Boys by J.R. Brown. Toward the Margins: Male-Male Sexuality in Meiji Popular Discourse by Gregory M. Pflugfelder. Authorizing Pleasure: male-male Sexuality in Edo-Period popular discourse by Gregory M. Pflugfelder. Who Was Kōbō Daishi? by Sarah Acton. ‘A Third Gender: Beautiful Youths in Japanese Prints’ by Katy Canales. Wakashu, Japan’s Third Gender by Rainbopedia. The Meiji Restoration and Modernization by Asia for Educators. A Look at Gender Expectations in Japanese Society by Chris Kincaid. Bishounen by Mark McLelland. Onnagata – A Woman’s Manner by Toshidama. Introduction: Destabilizing Gender by Sirpa Salenius. Re-Presenting the Chigo by Yue Eric Tojimbara. Masculinity on Women in Japan: Gender Fluidity Explored Through Literature and Performance by Jessica M. Perreira. A History of Shoujo Manga by The Master of Go. The humiliating downfall of Japan’s Johnny & Associates: Fans reckon with sexual assault in entertainment by Sarah R. Olutola. If there is a credit issue or if you would like me to @ your social media, please reach out to this email. For sources on Björn Andrésen: The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (2021). Björn Andrésen on His Tortured Relationship With Luchino Visconti’s ‘Death in Venice’: ‘That Son of a Bitch Sexualized Me’ by Brent Lang. Whatever happened to Death In Venice’s Bjorn Andresen? by Jason Solomons. Death in Venice and how film has mistreated child stars by Sophie Monks Kaufman. Tragedy of the ’world’s most beautiful boy’... The movie classic Death In Venice made its 15-year-old star a global icon. But as a new documentary reveals, it also condemned him to a life of alcoholism and despair by Tom Leonard. ‘Death in Venice screwed up my life’ – the tragic story of Visconti’s ‘beautiful boy’ by Ryan Gilbey. The Desperately Sad Story of the Most Beautiful Boy in the World by Hannah Lack. Björn Andrésen: ‘I was extremely uncomfortable’ by Donald Clarke. The face that inspired an entire generation of manga artists by Gill Princen. Björn Andrésen on being ‘The Most Beautiful Boy in the World’ by Nick Chen. Email: yilyauenquiries@ If you would like to embed this video in your site, just send an email. If there is a credit issue or if you would like me to @ your social media, please reach out to this email.