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Marta Fanasca, Perspectives on the Italian BL and Yuri Manga Market: Toward the Development of Local Voices, Mechademia: Second Arc , Fall 2020, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Fall 2020), University of Minnesota Press, pp. 153-158
The boys love genre was first introduced to Italy by the 1990s, an era when many young people in the country were already consuming mainstream manga and anime.
The BL scene in Italy has greatly changed since then and words such as “shōnen’ai” and “yaoi” do not sound alien anymore. Recently, some yuri titles have also been positively received.
To get a sense of this scene today, including original works, I interviewed five individuals in the Italian manga publishing industry to attempt a description of the current BL and yuri market and how these genres influence Italian comic artists.
The BL scene in Italy has greatly changed since then and words such as “shōnen’ai” and “yaoi” do not sound alien anymore. Recently, some yuri titles have also been positively received.
To get a sense of this scene today, including original works, I interviewed five individuals in the Italian manga publishing industry to attempt a description of the current BL and yuri market and how these genres influence Italian comic artists.