Tobias Waters

In the age of the blog, the microblog, the vlog, and whatever we want to call TikTok, there are some who may have forgotten —...

To paraphrase comedian Bo Burnham, “Is there anything better than sex? Yes, a really good book.” This is an ethos Japan has taken to heart,...

Sadly, 2025 has been a little less than a banner year for gay anime, with The Summer Hikaru Died being the exception as a real...

We’ve covered some of the top Japanese LGBTQ+ films that you can watch, both for gay men and lesbians. However, who are the people behind...

Netflix is without doubt the king of streaming services. Although there have been many challengers over the years, just as your parents say “a Nintendo”...

The LGBTQ+ community is the only space where “life’s a drag” is a good thing. It’s hard to go one night in Nichome without seeing...

In conservative Japan (which has just elected a new conservative Prime Minister) change can be slow and difficult, and so it is with the expansion...

Are you into Boy’s Love (BL) media? Well, of course! It’s famous across the world now! BL — and the more risqué yaoi content —...

Lots of people who come to Japan are at least a little acquainted with manga: Japanese comics and graphic novels, which have become famous all...

We’ve written an article or two about lesbian manga before, and as anyone familiar even slightly with Japan is aware, manga, the Japanese version of...