Episode 33: BL Dramas

The 8OH1 Podcast

BL Gardens talks all things live-action in this episode about BL dramas! What was your first BL drama? Which country has the best series? Why are engineers so gay? What's with the Kamen Rider to BL Actor Pipeline? These questions and more will be answered (kind of) in this episode no live-action BL dramas!

BL Titles Mentioned in this Episode

• About Youth (Taiwanese drama)
• 2gether (Thai drama)
• Big Dragon (upcoming Thai drama)
• Blueming (Korean drama)
• Cherry Magic (Japanese drama)
• Eternal Faith/Heaven Official’s Blessing (danmei novel + donghua + upcoming Chinese drama)
• Gameboys / Gameboys the Movie (Filipino drama)
• HIStory4: Close to You (Taiwanese drama)
• Immortality/The Husky and His White Cat Shizun (danmei novel + upcoming Chinese drama)
• Ingredients (Thai drama)
• Killing Stalking (manhua + upcoming Korean drama)
• KinnPorsche (Thai drama)
• A Man Who Defies the World of BL (Japanese drama)
• Minato’s Laundromat (Japanese drama)
• Pornographer (Japanese drama + manga)
• My Beautiful Man (Japanese drama)
• My Love Mix-Up (Japanese drama)
• Semantic Error (Korean drama)
• Senpai, This Can't Be Love! (Japanese drama)
• Seven Days (Japanese drama)
• To My Star (Korean drama)
• The Untamed/Mo Dao Zu Shi (danmei novel + Chinese drama)
• Winner is King/Sha Po Lang (danmei novel + upcoming Chinese drama)

Non-BL Titles Mentioned in this Episode

• Bros (American upcoming film)
• Kamen Rider Build (Japanese toku drama)
• The King and the Clown (South Korean film)
• Princess Princess (shoujo manga + Japanese drama)
• Red, White, and Royal Blue (novel + American upcoming series)

Also Mentioned in this Episode

• GagaOOLala
• SuBLime's Old Fashioned Cupcake license announcement
• Tunku (MBS’ BL label)
• Viki/Rakuten

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