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Magazine Be × Boy

{{short description|Japanese manga magazine}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2020}}

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|frequency = Monthly

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|category = Boys' love

|company = Animate (formerly Hekitensha)

|publisher = Libre (formerly Biblos)

|firstdate = March 1993

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|country = Japan

|language = Japanese

|website = {{url|https://www.b-boy.jp/}}

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{{nihongo|Magazine Be × Boy|月刊マガジンビーボーイ|Gekkan Magajin Bī Bōi}} is a monthly Japanese boys' love manga magazine published by Libre. The magazine was originally launched by Biblos under the publisher Hekitensha in March 1993 until Biblos' bankruptcy in 2006.{{cite book|first=Anne|last=Demars|contribution=Les éditeurs de boys love|editor-last=Brient|editor-first=Hervé|title=Homosexualité et manga : le yaoi|publisher=Editions H|series=Manga: 10000 images|year=2008|isbn=978-2-9531781-0-4|pages=12–16|language=fr}}

Publications

{{See also|Libre (publisher)#Publications}}

In addition to Magazine Be × Boy, several ongoing and defunct spin-off magazines have been published under the Be × Boy brand.

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1993

| {{n/a}}

| Magazine Be × Boy

| Active

| Monthly

| Print

| Flagship publication

1995

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| {{nihongo|Shosetsu B-Boy|小説ビーボーイ}}

| Active

| Monthly

| Print

| Light novel magazine; launched in 1995 by Biblos,{{cite book | url=https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000000093371-00 | title=小説ビーボーイ : 小説b-Boy ビブロス [編] | trans-title=Shosetsu B-Boy (Biblos version) | language=ja | via=National Diet Library | year=1994 | publisher=ビブロス | accessdate=2020-04-15}} relaunched under Libre in June 2006 as special issues in Be × Boy Gold{{cite web | url=https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000008306057-00 | title=小説ビーボーイ | trans-title=Shosetsu B-Boy | language=ja | work=National Diet Library | accessdate=2020-04-15}}

1995

| {{n/a}}

|Be × Boy Gold

| Active

| Bi-monthly

| Print

| Publishes explicit manga and short stories; launched in 1995 by Biblos,{{cite book | url=https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000000098445-00 | title=ビーボーイゴールド ビブロス [編] | trans-title=Be × Boy Gold (Biblos version) | language=ja | via=National Diet Library | year=1995 | publisher=ビブロス | accessdate=2020-04-15}} relaunched under Libre in 2006{{cite web | url=https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000008306080-00 | title=ビーボーイゴールド | trans-title=Be × Boy Gold | language=ja | work=National Diet Library | accessdate=2020-04-15}}

2008

| 2015

| Junk! Boy

| Defunct

| Semi-yearly

| Print

| Originally titled Junk! by Biblos; relaunched in 2008 by Libre under the title Junk! Boy. Titles transferred to Magazine Be × Boy after final issue{{cite web | url=https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000010541891-00 | title=Junk! boy = ジャンクボーイ | language=ja | work=National Diet Library | accessdate=2020-04-15}}

2011

| 2018

| {{nihongo|B-Boy Cube|b－boyキューブ}}

| Defunct

| Semi-yearly

| Digital

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2013

| {{n/a}}

| {{nihongo|B-Boy P!|ビーボーイＰ！}}

| Active

| Monthly

| Digital

| Published through Pixiv Comic.

2016

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| {{nihongo|B-Boy Omegaverse|b-boyオメガバース}}

| Active

| Monthly

| Digital

| Omegaverse magazine; launched as a series of semi-monthly anthologies in 2016,{{cite web | url=https://libre-inc.co.jp/catalog/detail.php?product_id=14675 | title=b-boyオメガバース vol.1 | language=ja | work=Libre | accessdate=2020-04-15}}{{cite web | url=https://libre-inc.co.jp/catalog/detail.php?product_id=15279 | title=b-boyオメガバース vol.6 | language=ja | work=Libre | accessdate=2020-04-15}} relaunched as monthly digital magazine on June 20, 2019{{cite web | url=https://libre-inc.co.jp/catalog/detail.php?product_id=16682 | title=b-boyオメガバース 2019年6月号 | language=ja | work=Libre | accessdate=2020-04-15}}

Serializations

=''Be × Boy''=

==Current==

  • Love Pistols (2003–2006)
  • Don't Be Cruel (2006–present)
  • His Favorite (2008–present){{cite news | first=Crystalyn | last=Hodgkins | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-08-30/libre-teases-live-action-adaptation-of-suzuki-tanaka-his-favorite-boys-love-manga/.92287 | title=Libre Teases Live-Action Adaptation of Suzuki Tanaka's His Favorite Boys-love Manga | work=Anime News Network | date=2015-08-30 | accessdate=2020-04-04}}
  • Dakaichi (2013–present)
  • Cosmetic Playlover (2018–present)

==Former==

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=''Be × Boy Gold''=

==Current==

==Former==

=''B-Boy P!''=

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References

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External links

  • {{official website|http://www.b-boy.jp}}

{{Magazine Be x Boy}}

Category:Monthly manga magazines published in Japan

Category:Magazines established in 1993

Category:Yaoi manga magazines

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