Yaoi on MTV...Sort Of

[For-Chan Cookie]

In case you haven't seen it yet, I snatched this article from Anime News Network:

MTV on Yaoi (2006-03-11 22:10:11)
MTV Overdrive, MTV's broadband video channel, is now streaming a video piece about yaoi and shoujo manga. The 2-minute video includes Be Beautiful, Tokyopop, and Digital Manga titles, interviews, and information. The video can be seen here. The accompanying article can be read here.

The ANN Forums' discussions are here.

So, any thoughts on the article, or the mainstreaming of yaoi in general?

UPDATE: This link is over a year old and no longer works, so don't bother trying to click it. The discussion is still going strong though.  

[shojosparkles]

I saw that. BL is getting exposure. cool  

[SilverMaple]

Yaoi on MTV? Well, what are the odds...  

[lupine_ragdoll]

I couldn't watch the video (apparently it's unavailable in my territory... sad ) but the article was great to read. smile Nice to see Only The Ring Finger Knows getting a mention there too. biggrin  

[JTequila]

I hate to tell you this, but yaoi is already mainstream. The last anime convention I went to, they had sections devoted to just yaoi. And you don't even want to know how many people were there.

But whatever, I don't really care either way.  

[[OMFG NARKI]]

Since it's MTV, I think I'll let this pass by defult since those people haven't done anything good for mankind throughout their existence. But still, I suppose it's good that it gets some coverage in mainstream since that shows that yaoi and boy-love in general has moved on from a rather taboo subject into something that's generally becoming more socially acceptable.  

[Chibi_Oni_chan]

the video was interesting. I enjoyed that.  

[Doi Hachiro]

I like this idea ^^ I lurve manga and Yaoi manga like FAKE and Gravitation and things like that.. Gah The best!!!! I just can't believe now America is getting into it WEE! I don't like how they compare yaoi to brokeback.. *HISS!*  

[xxRice Crackerxx]

Hahaha!!! MTVs getting brave! xD  

[Kitsune-chi]

I can't see it, but the fact that it exists is a shock enough.

Yaoi+MTV=WTF.

Nuff said.

Not that I'm against the fact it's on there, it was gonna become mainstream eventually.

But wow.  

[Kitsune-chi]

Sexilisious Devil

Hahaha!!! MTVs getting brave! xD

*laugh* I thought so too!  

[ZIMG]

At this point of time I think its a bad idea. I mean, I want more BL too and the more exposure it gets the more gets liscensed and brought over. But right now (In the US anyway) with all the homophobia and hate I don't think its a good idea. It'll just give the bigots in office an excuse to ban the stuff we love...and knowing them, they might even try to ban anime/manga all together seeing this "homosexual filth" as they would call it.  

[Falling Falling Star]

Ah! I love that article! It's so cute to read! mrgreen  

[Your_Recent_Obsession]

I suppose that since the movie Brokeback Mountain came out, more and more people are starting to spread the yaoi idea.  

[Kawaii~Phoenix]

nghtwalkercain

At this point of time I think its a bad idea. I mean, I want more BL too and the more exposure it gets the more gets liscensed and brought over. But right now (In the US anyway) with all the homophobia and hate I don't think its a good idea. It'll just give the bigots in office an excuse to ban the stuff we love...and knowing them, they might even try to ban anime/manga all together seeing this "homosexual filth" as they would call it.

I agree with him. Not only that but it's doing everything big first which is not good. People in this dumb america needs to adjust. They should shows litttle here and there so people can get the fact that it is another part of art instead of automatically thinking it's hentai or for those who dont just cartoon porn as such. We are talking about people who are so in-the-box that hardly gay/lez/bi shows gets pickited or bad publicity. So bad that you thought it was the next 9/11 or something. It's true. Theses are the same people who get freaked out about a boy kissing another boy and it would be a peck, either in movies or walking down the street. Im not saying all people are like this but sadly there is a majority.