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Tobias Waters
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A Gay Manga for Nervous Youths: Our Dreams at Dusk Review
Many people today will point to things like Pride Celebrations, LGBTQ+ shows and comics becoming popular, and the breakout success of shows like Netflix’s The...
Boys’ Love Manga Review: Sleeping on Paper Boats
What is it like to be possessed with a singular talent, one that can take you from poverty to prominence? And then what is it...
Upcoming Yuri Anime! I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day
Let’s go, lesbians! 2026 has, as we have discussed, been going nuts from the start, when it comes to media about ladies who love ladies...
The Newest Gay Tokyo Location: Queer Space Tokyo
For many LGBTQ+ people visiting Tokyo, Shinjuku Nichome is often the first (and sometimes, the last and only) place they think of when they think...
Akira the Hustler: A Modern Japanese Gay Icon
The expression, “art for art’s sake,” which became well known as a slogan in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, has more recently been...
Japanese Trans Man Icon: Shiki Aoki
In Japan, where anime and video games are given a little more respect than in the rest of the world. As such, many people who...
Atelier Lilium: New Permanent Tokyo Yuri Space!
For a long time, Ikebukuro has enjoyed the dubious descriptor of being “Akihabara — for girls.” While this is more than a touch reductive, it...
Japanese Transgender Exhibition: The History of Transgenderism in Japan
If you listen to the opinions of some of the most vocal chuds on the Internet, you might get the impression that being transgender is...
Nonbinary Documentary: Fashioning Ambiguity: Japanese Nonbinary Style
When one thinks of the word “fashion,” one’s mind immediately turns to the concept of clothing, styles, and either the look of an individual or...

Alan Takahashi of The Boyfriend: a Q&A with Japan Gay Guide
On 27 January 2026, the crew of the Japan Gay Guide was lucky enough to sit down and have an interview with Alan Takahashi, one...