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(:d͡ʑu͍ ne) is yaoi magazine published by Magazine Magazine. ''June'' magazine is a ''toko zasshi'', a magazine which mainly publishes unsolicited manuscripts with a small honorarium.〔 In ''June'', stories are not required to include a "love scene".〔 ==History== ''June'' is the earliest yaoi (BL) magazine, which began in 1978 as a response to the success of commercially published manga such as the works of female artists Keiko Takemiya, Moto Hagio and Yumiko Ōshima. Other factors that influenced the founding of June were the rising popularity of depictions of ''bishōnen'' in the ''dōjinshi'' market and ambiguous musicians such as David Bowie and Queen.〔Toku, Masami (6 June 2002) (Interview with Mr. Sagawa )〕 ''June'' was meant to have an underground, "cultish, guerilla-style" feeling – most of its manga artists were new talent. Frederik L. Schodt describes ''June'' as "a kind of 'readers' magazine, created by and for the readers."〔 Very early on, Keiko Takemiya became the editor of a section called "Manga School", which instructed readers and amateur manga authors.〔http://www.csuchico.edu/~mtoku/vc/interviews_full/Interview%20w_Takemiya.html〕 ''June'' magazine ceased operations in 1979, but was relaunched in 1981. Azusa Nakajima ran a contest in the magazine for readers called "Shosetsu dojo" ("Novel School") which was an important platform for aspiring writers.〔Mizoguchi Akiko (2003). "Male-Male Romance by and for Women in Japan: A History and the Subgenres of Yaoi Fictions". ''U.S.-Japan Women’s Journal'', 25: 49-75.〕 June magazine was named after the French author Jean Genet, with "june" being a play on the Japanese pronunciation of his name. Digital Manga Publishing has an unrelated BL imprint which is also called June. The magazine's name became an early name for what is now the BL genre,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Definitions From Japan: BL, Yaoi, June )〕 as June published male/male ''tanbi'' 耽美 ("aesthetic") romances, stories written for and about the worship of beauty,〔 and romance between older men and beautiful youths〔Vincent, Keith (2007) "(A Japanese Electra and Her Queer Progeny )" ''Mechademia 2'' pp.64-79〕 using particularly flowery language and unusual kanji.〔 Essays about the characteristics of the June genre were published with the manga in ''June''. In 1982, ''Shōsetsu June'' ("Novel June"), a sister magazine to ''June'' began publication. Its content is text-only stories with male romance.〔 In 1991, Sandra Buckley noted that ''June'' was increasing its coverage of gay culture in response to its gay readership, and she credits the magazine with "playing a role in the construction of a collective gay identity" in Japan.〔Buckley, Sandra (1991) "'Penguin in Bondage': A Graphic Tale of Japanese Comic Books", p. 181. In ''Technoculture''. C. Penley and A. Ross, eds. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota ISBN 0-8166-1932-8〕 As of the mid-1990s, ''Shōsetsu June'' outsold ''June''.〔Schodt, Frederik L. (1996) ''Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga'' pages 120-123〕 In 1996, there were four June magazines - one called ''June'', in a "large format" with many photos of youths, ''Roman June'' ("Romantic June") which contained a mix of stories and manga, intended for an older female reader, ''Shousetsu June'', and the original manga magazine, retitled ''Comic June'', for general fujoshi audiences.〔 Circulation of ''June'' was 40,000 in 1998.〔 As of 2002, June was still running, although the target audience's ages had widened and the style of stories had changed from being "soft love" to occasionally being more overtly "pornographic".〔〔 The magazine is still popular.〔http://www.csuchico.edu/~mtoku/vc/Articles/toku/Wil_Toku_BoysLove.html〕 In April 2006, ''Koi June'' was launched, which published 3-4 issues per year. Creators associated with June include Tomomi Kobayashi, Kaoru Kurimoto (both as an author and as a critic), Keiko Takemiya, Mizuki Kawashita and Akimi Yoshida. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「June (manga magazine)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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