Magazine Be × Boy

Magazine Be × Boy
CategoriesBoys' love
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherLibre (formerly Biblos)
First issueMarch 1993
CompanyAnimate (formerly Hekitensha)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Websitewww.b-boy.jp Edit this at Wikidata

Magazine Be × Boy (月刊マガジンビーボーイ, Gekkan Magajin Bī Bōi) is a monthly Japanese boys' love manga magazine published by Libre. The magazine was originally launched by Biblos under the publisher Hekitensha in March 1993 until Biblos' bankruptcy in 2006.

Publications

In addition to Magazine Be × Boy, several ongoing and defunct spin-off magazines have been published under the Be × Boy brand.

Start End Name Status Frequency Type Notes
1993 N/a Magazine Be × Boy Active Monthly Print Flagship publication
1992 2022 Shosetsu B-Boy (小説ビーボーイ) Defunct Monthly Print Light novel magazine; launched in 1995 by Biblos, relaunched under Libre in June 2006 as special issues in Be × Boy Gold
1995 N/a Be × Boy Gold Active Bi-monthly Print Publishes explicit manga and short stories; launched in 1995 by Biblos, relaunched under Libre in 2006
2008 2015 Junk! Boy Defunct Semi-yearly Print Originally titled Junk! by Biblos; relaunched in 2008 by Libre under the title Junk! Boy. Titles transferred to Magazine Be × Boy after final issue
2009 2018 B-Boy Cube (b－boyキューブ) Defunct Semi-yearly Digital
2013 N/a B-Boy P! (ビーボーイP！) Active Monthly Digital Published through Pixiv Comic.
2016 2022 B-Boy Omegaverse (b-boyオメガバース) Defunct Monthly Digital Omegaverse magazine; launched as a series of semi-monthly anthologies in 2016, relaunched as monthly digital magazine on June 20, 2019

Serializations

Be × Boy

Current

Former

Be × Boy Gold

Current

Former

B-Boy P!

Current

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Demars, Anne (2008). "Les éditeurs de boys love". In Brient, Hervé (ed.). Homosexualité et manga: le yaoi. Manga: 10000 images (in French). Editions H. pp. 12–16. ISBN 978-2-9531781-0-4.
  2. ↑ 小説ビーボーイ: 小説b-Boy ビブロス [編] [Shosetsu B-Boy (Biblos version)] (in Japanese). ビブロス. 1994. Retrieved April 15, 2020 – via National Diet Library.
  3. ↑ 小説ビーボーイ [Shosetsu B-Boy]. National Diet Library (in Japanese). Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  4. ↑ ビーボーイゴールド ビブロス [編] [Be × Boy Gold (Biblos version)] (in Japanese). ビブロス. 1995. Retrieved April 15, 2020 – via National Diet Library.
  5. ↑ ビーボーイゴールド [Be × Boy Gold]. National Diet Library (in Japanese). Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  6. ↑ Junk! boy = ジャンクボーイ. National Diet Library (in Japanese). Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  7. ↑ b-boyオメガバース vol.1. Libre (in Japanese). Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  8. ↑ b-boyオメガバース vol.6. Libre (in Japanese). Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  9. ↑ b-boyオメガバース 2019年6月号. Libre (in Japanese). Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Loo, Egan (December 13, 2008). "Sex Pistols Boys-Love Manga to Reportedly Get OVA". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  11. ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (August 30, 2015). "Libre Teases Live-Action Adaptation of Suzuki Tanaka's His Favorite Boys-love Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  12. ↑ 鈴木ツタのデビュー10周年特集がマガビーに、「この世 異聞」ポスターも. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). July 7, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  13. ↑ Kobayashi, Miki (October 9, 2015). ぢゅん子『私がモテてどうすんだ』インタビュー 乙女ゲーに百合要素を追加!?. Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (in Japanese). Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  14. ↑ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 12, 2020). "The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window Boys-Love Manga Gets Live-Action Film". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  15. ↑ Mateo, Alex (January 8, 2019). "Caste Heaven Boys Love Manga Gets Smartphone Game". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Barbarities (manga)". Anime News Network. n.d. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  17. ↑ リンクス / ビーボーイWEB. ビーボーイWEB (in Japanese). Retrieved January 23, 2024.