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Bishōnen ( 美少年, IPA: [bʲiɕo̞ꜜːnẽ̞ɴ] ⓘ; also transliterated bishounen) is a Japanese term literally meaning "beautiful youth (boy)" and describes an aesthetic that can be found in disparate areas in East Asia: a young man of androgynous beauty. This word originated from the Tang dynasty poem Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup by ...
He was inspired to draw manga as he consistently read Weekly Shōnen Magazine during his childhood. While attending university, he submitted a dark fantasy work titled Uramare-ya for a newcomer award and then achieved a Kodansha -published serialization with the gender bender / sports manga Danshi Bado-Bu ni Joshi ga Magireteru Secret Badminton ...
By 1999, the name of the column had been collapsed to Ikemen. [4] It is believed [ by whom? ] that the concept of ikemen and older, masculine men may have stemmed from a stylized transformation of the wakashu aesthetic of a beautiful boy-like nobleman during the Edo period in kabuki plays.
JFK, most prominent nickname and abbreviation of his full name. Little Blue Boy, he was called by his precedent Dwight D. Eisenhower; Rat Face, kids at his school called him for his skinny appearance; Lyndon B. Johnson. Bull Johnson for his reputation for boasting at Southwest Texas State Teachers College.
Anime is an art form, and to say only one country can make this art is wrong." [237] RWBY has been released in Japan with a Japanese language dub; [238] the CEO of Rooster Teeth , Matt Hullum , commented "This is the first time any American-made anime has been marketed to Japan.
The genre originated in the 1970s as a subgenre of shōjo manga, or comics for girls. Several terms were used for the new genre, including shōnen-ai (少年愛, lit. "boy love"), tanbi (耽美, lit. "aesthete" or "aesthetic"), and June (ジュネ, [dʑɯne]). The term yaoi emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the context of dōjinshi ...
Most high-ranking Nazis did not have a nickname. Most of the notable Nazis who did have nicknames were concentration camp personnel. The common nickname of Sepp in German for Josef, for such Nazis as Josef Dietrich and Josef Oberhauser, is excluded from this list. The definite article "the" has been removed from the nicknames for the purposes ...
B. "Bake" – V. H. Baker, British pilot and aircraft designer [1] "The Balloon Buster" – Frank Luke, American World War I fighter ace. "Bam" – C. S. Bamberger, British RAF World War II pilot. "Barron" – John Worrall, British World War II RAF pilot. "Beazle" – Hugh John Beazley, Battle of Britain pilot. "Bee" – Roland Beamont, Battle ...