#the stranger by the shore

[baltharino]

#the stranger by the shore #umibe no Étranger #mio chibana #shun hashimoto #shounen ai #bl anime #animangaboys #anime #fyanimegifs #anisource #dailyanime #dailyanimatedgifs #animationsource #shounenedit #gif #gifset

[schwarzfee]

#the stranger by the shore #umibe no etranger #shonen ai #yaoi #anime #animated gifs

[anime-of-the-day]

Anime of the day: Pride Watch List

Last Pride I did character spotlight; this Pride, I’m kicking it off with a list. Here is a list of some of anime in the LGBT+ category. Is this all of them? No. Is this a large list? Yes, yes it is. 

Yuri on Ice

Junjou Romantica

Sweet Blue Flowers

Revolutionary Girl Utena

Hourou Musuko

 Sekaiichi Hatsukoi 

Sakura Trick

 Love Stage

 Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu

Kase-san and Morning Glories

Given

Citrus

Doukyuusei

Yuru Yuri

Hitorijime My Hero

Kämpfer

Yagate Kimi ni Naru

Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru

Strawberry Panic

Ling Qi

Urasekai Picnic

Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san

Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: The Clouds Gather

Sasameki Koto

Kono Danshi, Mahou ga Oshigoto Desu

Maria-sama ga Miteru

Kono Danshi, Uchuujin to Tatakaemasu.

Hyperventilation

Dounika Naru Hibi

No. 6

Kono Danshi, Ningyo Hiroimashita

Adachi to Shimamura

Sasaki to Miyano

Akuma no Riddle

Umibe no Étranger

Manaria Friends

#junjou romantica #YURI!!! on ICE #Yuri On Ice #Sweet Blue Flowers #revolutionary girl utena #Hourou Musuko #Sekaiichi Hatsukoi #worlds greatest first love #Sakura trick #love stage #wondering son #Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu #Kase-san and Morning Glories #Given #Yagate Kimi ni Naru #bloom into you #The Stranger by the Shore #Riddle Story of Devil #The Betrayal Knows My Name #Spiritpact #Otherside Picnic #This Boy Caught A Merman #Ms. vampire who lives in my neighborhood. #Whispered Words #This Boy is a Professional Wizard #This Boy Can Fight Aliens #maria watches over us #Happy-Go-Lucky Days #Mysteria Friends #Citrus

[bengiyo]

If you had to pick one film that was your favorite from each unit of your Queer Cinema Syllabus, which ones would they be and why?

The Queer Cinema Syllabus grew out of a conversation that @shortpplfedup and I were having about what queer works I would show to a prospective BL fan, which eventually led to the creation of @the-conversation-pod. Captain Hands here has decided to run the gauntlet and has reached Unit 2.

Unit 1: Coming of Age Post-Moonlight

It's definitely Pariah (2011). This movie and Moonlight (2016) are having a complex conversation about Blackness and Queerness that feels so resonant to me. It's so rare that we see lesbians of any sort treated with this much complexity and sympathy in a contemporary setting. The complex web of lesbian interactions here isn't matched that often, and the only other movie that comes to mind it The Watermelon Woman (1996).

Unit 2: Race, Disability, and Class

Probably The Way He Looks (2014) because it's an easy layup to introduce folks to the genre. The intersection between Leo's blindness and his queerness gives the newer person multiple things to think about and forces them to consider how queer people are more than just their queerness. I also feel warmly about this film because it was a project we followed all the way from short film to movie, and I love that we were able to get the entire cast back.

Unit 3: Faith and Religion

You haven't gotten here, but this is where things start to get especially heavy. I think for this section I'm going with The Wise Kids (2011) because I really like the way Stephen Cone approaches the struggle with faith queer and non-queer people have in evangelical spaces. There's an honesty that I really admire. This is not an easy film, but it's lingered with me for over a decade.

Unit 4: Heartbreak Alley

This is the section of straight losses. I don't know that I ever want to watch it again, but I would probably select Bent (1997) as my favorite because the idea that we could still love even in the greatest of horrors spoke to me. I also think the performances in this adaptation are phenomenal.

Unit 5: Lesbians

I think we just passed Lesbian Visibility Day, so happy birthday, lesbians! This is actually a difficult selection because there are so many great films in this section. I think, today, I'm giving it to The Handmaiden (2016), but I almost chose Bound (1996).

Unit 6: Gems

I don't even need to look to know Big Eden (2000) is in this section. This section whips ass all around, but Big Eden is my favorite because there's just so much love all over this movie, and every new fact I learn about the BTS of it makes me love it more. Arye Gross and Eric Shweig did not have to go as hard as they did in this movie. The director left that choice to them a veteran actors and they did that 23 years ago. Nothing but admiration and respect. This is one of my most beloved films.

Unit 7: Asian Film Warm-up

This is a difficult selection because I think it depends on my mood, but for now, I'll go with The Stranger by the Shore (2020). This is a very Japanese take on second-chance romance. I like the way Japan approaches the quiet internalized homophobia that grips us. Some of the same things in Minato's Laundromat can be found here. It's also gorgeous and approaches sex in a frank way that I really loved.

Unit 8: Yaoi

Once again I don't even need to look to know that it's Yuri!!! On Ice (2016). This show is so goddamn gay. I know people feel like it was censored because of the kiss, but these two proposed to each other. It's what sports anime wishes it could be with the open queerness on display from so many characters. It's beautiful and so much fun.

Unit 9: Boys Love

I will not be selecting a favorite BL, but I will say that I really love The Boy Foretold by the Stars (2020) and it's a movie. I loved that we had a femme lead for once and that they explored what faith meant for femmes. It's a film that took the romantic lead's gay awakening very seriously and explored what being together might look like in a sequel called Love Beneath the Stars.

I'm looking forward to you completing the syllabus!

#answered #lgbt film #pariah #the way he looks #the boy foretold by the stars #the wise kids #bent #yuri!!! on ice #the stranger by the shore #big eden #the handmaiden #queer cinema syllabus

[weeby-monster-the-bastard]

some lgbt animes ive finished that i recomend

(technically not lgbt but still) bungo stray dogs

given

banana fish

yuri on ice

the stranger by the shore

Sasaki and Miyano

(again not technically but still) sk8 the infinity

black butler (idc what ya'll say it is GOOD also grell is trans so-)

Hitorijime my hero

(haven't seen it yet BUT this is my blog) stars align

little witch academia

DRAMAtical murders

buddy daddies (platonic queer relationship I believe)

those are the ones ive watched if you have anymore feel free to reblog or comment so others can find some to watch for the rep

#lgbtq #pride #transgender #demiboy #ftm #mtf #lgbt anime #bsd #bungo stray dogs #banana fish #given anime #yuri on ice #the stranger by the shore #sasaki to miyano #sk8 the infinity #black butler #hitorijime my hero #stars align #nonbinary #little witch academia #dramatical murder #buddy daddies

[angeloflife]

mio chibana layouts

like/reblog if using

#her majesty ; layouts #layouts #layout #mio chibana #umibe no etranger #umibe no etranger layout #the stranger by the shore #the stranger by the shore layout #mio chibana layout #mio chibana icon #mio chibana icons #icons #icon #black and white layout #yellow layout #blue layout #anime layout #anime layouts

[wistyxx]

Please tell me why I only just now found this movie ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´ω`ﾟ)ﾟ｡ an absolute masterpiece I’m sobbing

Matsuoka Yoshitsugu + BL will never NOT be my absolute fucking kryptonite I swear

#the stranger by the shore #umibe no etranger #shunmio #mioshun #mio chibana #shun hashimoto #matsuoka yoshitsugu #this movie was so good #i’m shaking #just found my new hyperfixation #I won’t shut up about this for the next 3000 years

[picnicbitchsokka]

HE FELL FIRST BE HE FELL HARDER TYPE SHIT

#missing them #umibe no etranger #the stranger by the shore #mioshun #shun hashimoto #mio chibana #shun x mio #AHHHHHHHHH

[thatbuggygirl]

Nothing like an ice cold Pupsu on a hot day

#pupsu #bad english #lol wat #the stranger by the shore

[trans-rockstar]

you're gonna be seeing a lot more of this type of thing for a bit!! got really motivated to finally do some of these.

#i asked a few of my friends #+ my qpp #and my bf #and these are what they told me!! #the only one i've actually drawn before is bart #bart simpson #the simpsons #sam and max #kenny mccormick #south park #mio chibana #the stranger by the shore #davepetasprite #homestuck #poob #regretevator

[yukkilo]

#seaside stranger #umibe no etranger #the stranger by the shore #mio chibana #art on paper #sketch #character art

[baltharino]

The Stranger by the Shore (2020)

#the stranger by the shore #umibe no Étranger #mio chi #shun hashimoto #shounen ai #bl anime #animangaboys #anime #fyanimegifs #anisource #dailyanime #dailyanimatedgifs #animationsource #shounenedit #gif #gifset

[schwarzfee]

#the stranger by the shore #umibe no etranger #shonen ai #yaoi #anime #animated gifs

[fideoswpesto]

Lamp y umibe no etranger faaa

#umibe no etranger fanart #illustration #art #shun hashimoto #mio chibana #harukaze no etranger #the stranger by the shore #anime #aesthetic #lamp #lamppost #fanart

[sckatzey]

So, I decided to do a few simple redraws to see how it felt. Let me know if I should make a full redraw out of any of these!!

#illistration #my art #hetalia #aph #aph fanart #atsushi nakajima #aph canada #bungou stray dogs #bsd #hws canada #hetalia fanart #aph cuba #hws cuba #hws #fanart #redraw #redraws #umibe no etranger #the stranger by the shore

[nighttimeebony]

Hey, so I just watched The Stranger By The Shore and I'm prepared to make it your problem.

8/10

Oh my God, relationship development instead of intangible pining! And communication?! Truly this can only be the work of witchcraft!

Like, the only gay anime ever to actually discuss LGBT related topics and struggles like homophobia (externalized and internalized), family disownment, cover marriages, and found family.

It's surprisingly really funny?? I laughed out loud several times. Especially at Shun's sibling bickering with Eri. And just Eri in general

I went in not knowing that there was going to be a sex scene and was equally surprised at how not fetishized it was. It was expectedly awkward (as it usually is the first time you have sex) and just..... really cute??? I don't know how you managed to make a sex scene cute, but you managed it and for that I applaud you

Yes, it was short, but I thought the pacing was low-key and it didn't rush.

The setting and atmosphere as a whole was very relaxing and charming

Mio is my favorite character and I love him and Justin Briner does his English voice and I am GONE

Also, Yuuri's English voice actor voices Shun, too, and that's just perfect

I find that the balancing act between talking about LGBT issues and struggles while still keeping the story light to be a tricky one to walk at times, but this movie handled it really well. The best kind of drama is the interpersonal kind, and the best kind of angst is followed by hurt/comfort and fluff.

Also, I feel I should mention that I am not really a fan of BL or Yaoi, as I feel there's a lot of problematic tropes and even potentially damaging things in there that seem to be a staple of the genre; namely, a boatload of consent issues and fetishized violence. To quote Cellspex from her 2021 animated film ranking YouTube video, historically, the venn diagram between representation and entertainment for same-gender romance in anime seems to overlap very rarely, if ever. And this movie is literally the only one I can think of that falls more into the former category than the latter. Not that there's anything inherently wrong with an LGBT romance being more about entertainment than representation, it's just that Japan's track record for making good ones is not great.

I did think that the thing with Shun's ex-fiance was weird, but it served to further Shun's development and flesh out his backstory, so it's not like it was pointless

The flashback scenes with Mio and his mom were fucking adorable and reminded me a lot of my own mom

I seriously cannot stress enough just how fucking cute this movie is

The romance as a whole was very sweet and adorable. I've read reviews where people call this a breath of fresh air for the yaoi/BL genre, and from the few pieces of media I've seen in that genre, I can't help but agree

Overall, nothing ground-breaking or amazing, just a really sweet romance in a relaxed, low-key environment

#the stranger by the shore #stranger by the shore #stranger by the beach #the stranger by the beach #anime #bl anime #yaoi anime #anime review #anime recommendation #anime reccs #anime recs