BL manga artist Scarlet Beriko has given interviews to Akiko several times for her Japanese language book (2017) and her fully-subtitled “BL with AKIKO” channel. In order to celebrate with her global fans, she released her most recent “Nagahama To Be of Not To Be” (almost) simultaneously in 11 languages in February 2024. Did it reach BL fans in the Philippines?
Join this session moderated by Akiko and interpreted by Chelli Mariano.
Note: Any photographs, video or audio recording during the interview is prohibited.
Dr. Akiko Mizoguchi is an Associate Professor in the School of Culture, Media and Society at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. Her Japanese-language books Theorizing BL As a Transformative Genre and its Dialogue Edition have been translated into Chinese and Korean. She has also published in English in various journals. She is currently working on an Anglophone book theorizing BL, novels, manga, anime, and live-action dramas and films, as a genre with queer potential.
Sometimes, we have a niggling feeling that there’s something queer about the media we’re consuming. This talk looks at the “baits” that “lure” BL fans to embrace the queer potential of media and how it opens our world towards positive queer possibilities.
Dr Khursten Santos is an Assistant Professor in the Japanese Studies Program at Ateneo de Manila University. Her works on BL and fan culture have been published in various books and journals, and her forthcoming research examines the trend of FiloAU within KPOP fan spaces in the Philippines.
Get to know some of our BL comic creators here in the Philippines! In this roundtable, we’ll talk with kael3ds and Kar Vic on their inspirations and motivations in creating BL comics.
Kael3ds have years of experience as a BL artist and Webtoon Canvas author. They have been crafting manga since 2015 and is the creator of Night and Day. Despite challenges, Kael3ds launched their debut webtoon during the pandemic and is committed to visual storytelling.
Kar Vic is an illustrator and the creator of Sari Sari Story, a superstore BL comic that showcases the hilarious and flirtatious aspects of gay culture and relationships in the Philippines.
BLushCon is excited to welcome back Dr Thomas Baudinette for his talk on “The Wild World Of Korean BL: From Webtoons And Web Series To Idol Shipping And Beyond”!
Dr Thomas Baudinette is a Senior Lecturer in Japanese and International Studies at Macquarie University, Australia. A global expert on BL media and fandom culture, he is currently working on a new book about Japanese and Korean media fandom in the Philippines.
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