(/Beautiful Boy/) To qualify, the title has to be filled with beautiful, young boys (often with long, flowing hair) no older than high school aged. Inuyasha and Tenkuu no Escaflowne have both been marked as bishounen.
Not a genre but actually a demographic. Refers to anime based on manga that was originally serialized in a magazine targeting boys of any age.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| D | ||
| Dog Boy | Rent | See Inuyasha |
| I | ||
| Inu Yasha | Rent | See Inuyasha |
| Inu-yasha | Rent | See Inuyasha |
 Inuyasha |
Rent |
From the manga of the same title, this follows the adventures of Kagome, a modern day Japanese teenager, and Inuyasha, an ancient and powerful hanyou (half youkai/half human) warrior, as they scour the landscape of mythical Japan for the pieces of the legendary jewel, the Shikon no Tama. Together with Miroku, Sango, and Shippou, they must keep the powerful hanyou Naraku from obtaining the full gem. |
| L | ||
 Loveless (TV) |
Buy | Twelve-year old Aoyagi Ritsuka lost his only kin when his brother, Aoyagi Seimei, was killed under mysterious circumstances. One day, he meets Wagatsuma Soubi, who claims to know his brother. It turns out that Soubi and Seimei used to be a fighting pair, whereby Soubi was the "Fighting Machine" and Seimei was the "Sacrifice". Now that Seimei is gone, Soubi 'belongs' to Ritsuka who will become his new "Sacrifice". After learning that Seimei was killed by an organisation known as the "Seventh Moon", Ritsuka decides to join forces with Soubi and investigate the truth behind his brother's death. |
| Y | ||
 Yu Yu Hakusho |
Rent | Yusuke Urameshi is a punk high school student who loves fighting fellow students, especially rival Kazuma Kuwabara and his gang of thugs. One day while cutting class, a little girl walks in front of a car and Yusuke pushed the child out of the way but in the process, dies. Since his final act was one of selflessness, the ruler of the Spirit World, Koenma-sama, decides that he deserves another chance. He decrees that Yusuke will now be a Spirit Detective and his guide will be Botan, who's normal job is to lead people to the afterlife. |
| Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files | Rent | See Yu Yu Hakusho |
| Yu Yu Hakusho: Poltergeist Report | Rent | See Yu Yu Hakusho |
| Yu Yu Hakusho: Spirit Detectives | Rent | See Yu Yu Hakusho |
| Yuu Yuu Hakusho | Rent | See Yu Yu Hakusho |
| Yuyu Hakusho | Rent | See Yu Yu Hakusho |
| ラブレス (Japanese) | Buy | See Loveless (TV) |
| 幽★遊★白書 | Rent | See Yu Yu Hakusho |
| 犬夜叉 | Rent | See Inuyasha |
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