Note About Site Updates

Hello everyone,

My apologies, but due to ongoing changes in my job and taking on more responsibilities, website updates will be sparse for the next few weeks. However, while there will be minimal webpage updates, I will continue to digitize out-of-print materials, and will still be able to respond to any emails or comments.

I greatly appreciate your understanding and support, and hope you all have been having a good first month of 2026!

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What’s New?

Pages for ALL Biblos magazine issues have been created!

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Pages for Libre and France Shoin publications are being added weekly!

RECENTLY ADDED:
Incomplete pages are being updated often as we receive new information!

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Who We Are

The Yaoi Archive started with a personal interest in collecting out-of-print Magazine BE×BOY and BE×BOY GOLD issues. However, after realizing there was not a comprehensive and up-to-date resource with information on series or their creators, the Yaoi Archive was created.

Stay up to date on our updates HERE! Updates posted every Saturday.

Our objectives:

  • Provide a comprehensive site providing information about various out-of-print, and unknown works and their creators, including a list of further readings and references for viewers who have previously had a difficult time accessing them.
  • Provide insight into the evolution of the Japanese boys’ love genre in print media; what’s changed in the last fifty years in art styles, themes, and major players (those who have since retired, or those who are still active).
  • Collaborate with academics with an interest in the above, to create a “one-stop site” for all things Japanese BL media.

Current Projects (As of Jan. 2026):

  • Digitizing efforts are focused on publications by the defunct publisher Biblos (formerly Seiji Biblos).
  • Webpage creation is focused on the original publications by Libre, and France Shoin (Printemps Shuppan).
  • After reaching the latest issues from the two publishers listed above, the next publishers focused on will be Akane Shinsha, Hikari Corporation (formerly Hikari Publishing), Issuisya and Kousai Shobo, Outou Shobo, and Byakuya Shobo.

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If anyone has any interest in contributing or assisting with building the Yaoi Archive, please reach out directly to the.yaoi.archivist@gmail.com or visit our “How to Help” page.

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