Bishons
The term Bishōnen ( Japanese 美 少年 "beautiful boy") is the Japanese name for the ideal image of a beautiful young man, especially in manga and anime . The counterpart for women is called Bishōjo .
Meaning related to manga and anime
Bishōnen refers to an androgynous male character designed according to the Japanese ideal of beauty . Bishons appear particularly in works of the Shōjo genre that are aimed at a female audience. These partly also deal with homosexual relationships, so that they can be classified in the genre Shōnen-ai or Yaoi .
origin
A slim figure and feminine facial features are still a widespread beauty ideal for men in Japan, which also arose from the fact that in Japanese literature and art, gender roles were often played with. In the Kabuki theater, for example, the female roles are played by men and in the Takarazuka theater groups, the male roles are played by women.
Web links
- Essay about Bishons in the Open Access Digital Initiative of the University of Tokyo (English)
literature
- Mark McLelland: The "Beautiful Boy" in Japanese Girls' Manga . In: Toni Johnson-Woods (Ed.): Manga - An Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspectives . Continuum Publishing, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-8264-2938-4 , pp. 77-92.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ga-netchû! The Manga-Anime-Syndrom p. 266. Henschel Verlag, 2008
- ^ A b Susan J. Napier : Anime-from Akira to Princess Mononoke. P. 59 f. Palgrave, 2000