Original BL Animation Mignon Returns on Laftel
The original BL animation, Mignon, which was taken down from Vimeo in August, has found a new home on Laftel.
BL fans can rejoice because Mignon has finally returned after it was discontinued on Vimeo.
ABJ Company, the studio responsible for helping to produce the original BL animation Mignon, has announced that the short series will be available for streaming on Laftel. Mignon will find itself in some familiar company as the streaming platform has numerous other BL animation there, including Heaven Official’s Blessing, 4 Week Lovers, Semantic Error, and Hyperventilation, the latter of which was created by the same creator as Mignon. Mignon will be available on Nov. 1 although to only those in South Korea.
Mignon debuted on Aug. 11, 2023 and quickly became popular with fans praising the animation quality, voice acting talent, and the creator’s ability to tell a compelling story in only 12 short five to ten minute vignettes. The series remained on Vimeo until Aug. 23 when ABJ company revealed the BL animation would not be available for purchase as of Aug. 24, “due to issues with the creator’s former agency.”
Mignon is a fantasy series centred around an illegal boxing arena where a young rising boxer named Mignon fights battles every night. His injuries are cared for by a mysterious and handsome doctor who has, so far, brushed aside Mignon’s open affection. However, the boxer discovers the doctor is hiding an enormous secret about his identity. Oh Minhyeok voices Mignon while Kim Minju voices Oh Young-One, the doctor.
Bboong Bbang Kkyu first rose to popularity when they released their first animation titled Hyperventilation in 2017 which consisted of six three-minute episodes. The tale, consisting of two high school classmates who reunites ten years later, was later adapted into a web novel in 2020. A manhwa has also been published.
Their next work, Unbelievable Space Love, released one year later. The series contained more episodes but of a shorter run time, approximately a minute for each of the 10 episodes. The story follows two nameless men who meet on a beach with one of them recounting a story of how they met.
Mignon will premiere on Laftel on Nov. 1.
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