Anime like Otohime CONNECTION

BE-BOY KIDNAPP`N IDOL

Studio: AIC
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Kazuya a 16-year-old popular idol singer who has load of female fans. Other than rehearse or sign autographs, he plays video games with his friend Akihiko. Akihiko is more violent than sweet toward Kazuya, but protective of him over any arguments they may get into. Akihiko later on confesses his love to Kazuya.



Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Idol

CIPHER

Also known as Cipher.

Studio: Victor Entertainment , Magic Bus
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music

Two brothers are in the spotlight: one a movie star making a football movie, the other a musician who occasionally goes to school (to cover for his sibling). What will destiny bring them?

Tags: Acting , Twins , Shoujo , Foreign , American Football , Male Protagonist , School , Dancing , Incest , Meta , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes

TO-Y

Studio: Studio Gallop , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music

Two weeks before a concert at Yaon Hibiya auditorium (1987.8.26), while playing at the club Shinjuku Loft, lead vocalist To-Y (pron: to-o-i) of the band GASP is jumped by a rival, Aikawa Yoji. GASP is a upcoming band known for its violence, struggling to be noticed against the popularity of hotshot Aikawa, who's #1 on the charts and beloved by his fans. The Yaon Hibiya concert represents GASP's mainstream debut to break out of the small-time club scene, which is threatened by the schemes of Aikawa's manager, Ms. Kato of Koyama Productions. Kato wants To-Y to leave that "bunch of hoodlums," and sing independently for a major label.

Adding to the confusion is an unexplained character who manifests feline traits, named Niya. Niya presents herself as "To-Y's aijin" ("Niya, To-Y no aijin da yo!") to the consternation of Koishikawa Hiderou, who has interest in To-Y. Koishikawa, also known as "Sonoko-chan," is typed as a "okama" by Niya. A running motif is GASP, it's fans, and associates regarded as unusual by the mainstream public, as exemplified by their musical taste, dress, and Classic Coke-drinking, which only contributes to more difficulty in their struggle to be accepted.



Tags: Band , Shounen , Delinquents , Nudity , Kemonomimi

A-Girl

Studio: MADHOUSE , Shueisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Sisters Mariko and Mayu, along with Mariko's bad-tempered boyfriend, become involved with Ichiro, an arrogant, womanizing male model.

A-Girl has very few lines of dialogue and is performed against a background of Japanese pop songs composed by Okada Tooru and sung in English! by SEIKA. Intertiles provide continuity, like in old silent films.

Tags: Acting , Female Protagonist , No Dialogue , Love Triangle , Shoujo , Heterosexual , School

FAKE

Studio: Media Blasters , J.C. Staff
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Romance

Dee Laytner and Randy "Ryo" Maclane are two New York cops taking a needed vacation in England. Dee has very strong feelings for Ryo and wants to take this chance to advance their relationship (and if he's lucky, maybe seduce Ryo). Ryo doesn't understand his own feelings for Dee, and doesn't know if he wants to (or should) acknowledge them. Their vacation and relationship is suddenly disturbed when murders and missing person reports keep surfacing around their hotel. The only common tie the cases have is that all of the victims were Japanese or Japanese descent. Dee and Ryo have to solve the case before Ryo, who is half Japanese, becomes the next victim.



Tags: Boys' Love , Police , Bisexual , Crime , LGBTQ+ Themes , Foreign , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Rural , Revenge , Tragedy , Ghost