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* ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'' has a huge cast of idols, with ''over thirty'' characters, all of them male, meeting [[TasteTheRainbow every possible standard of bishonen beauty.]] There is one female character, but she rarely is seen onscreen outside of a few small cameos in cards with the male characters and [[InTheHood you never see her face]].

* ''Manga/DeathNote'' has quite a few {{Bishounen}} in its cast.

* ''Webcomic/MyDearColdBloodedKing'' takes place in a land like ancient China, and the majority of the males are definitely bishonen.

* The anime series with these kinds of casts are the ones most likely to get "2.5D" stage play adaptations. Popular series include ''Theatre/ThePrinceOfTennis'', ''{{Theatre/Tsukiuta}}'', and ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu's'' ''Theatre/TouMyu'' and ''Theatre/TouStage'' series.

* The entire ''VideoGame/{{Angelique}}'' series. Ditto ''VideoGame/LaCordaDOro'' and ''VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe''. This is the ''[[DatingSim point]]'' of the [=NeoRomance=] series.

* ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'': The basic series premise is not 'A loose retelling of ''Literature/{{Journey to the West}}''.' It's 'Throw three hot guys and their cute surrogate little brother in a small jeep and [[HilarityEnsues watch the fireworks]].' The only significant female characters are Lirin and Yaone. Yaone was added in to increase the number of girls and in one volume a note from Minekura at the end states: "There are no women in this volume, I looked back and found a couple of pages with Kannon." As for Kanzeon? [[{{Hermaphrodite}} Close but no cigar]].

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* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', the Creator/{{Capcom}} [[FollowTheLeader riv]][[DuelingGames al]] to [[Creator/KoeiTecmo Koei]]'s ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' and ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'', is loaded with lots of male characters, who are things for female players to ogle at. [[Characters/SengokuBasara Most of its characters]] satisfy some kind of fetish, but it's usually arguable that guys like Date Masamune, Sanada Yukimura, Mori Motonari and Chosokabe Motochika come out on top of the popularity list. It's telling that they are really gunning for this trope moreso than Koei, like how they turn [[RatedMForManly the usually macho, gung-ho Shibata Katsuie]] into a rather mopey but very pretty young man (same with Tokugawa Ieyasu, who usually got portrayed as an old man but here a clear cut young man), as well as how in ''Yukimura-Den'' installment, they eschews the notion of adding a new female character (they stuck with their rendition of Saika Magoichi, who's got a GenderFlip), when Koei usually is fairer to the X-Chromosome.

** ''VisualNovel/TogainuNoChi'': All Igura participants are male; all of them. In fact, the city of Toshima seems to have no female inhabitants.

* Most of the men in the movie franchise ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' are young and handsome.

* ''Anime/WeissKreuz'': Arguably the biggest draw despite its poor animation quality and plot holes large enough to drive a tank through, its four angsty, [[HoYay sexually ambiguous]] bishonen have garnered a wide fandom.

* ''LightNovel/{{Corsair}}'''s cast, with the exception of [[CoolOldGuy Barbossa]] is very much this, plus Aura and Katarina to fill the beautiful women quota. [[BoysLove There's a reason for this.]]
* Most of the guys in ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' could qualify. There are exceptions, but most of the male cast is rather [[{{Bishonen}} pretty]].

Sometimes these stories have their own version of ThoseTwoGuys. One will be a 'normal' audience surrogate and thus a young (but [[DismissedGender non-threatening]]) girl. Another will be a more 'ideal' woman, often a [[CoolBigSis clever, sexy, and mature lady]] who barely fits into her dress.

* ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'' has a huge cast of idols, with ''over thirty'' characters, all of them male, meeting [[TasteTheRainbow every possible standard of male beauty.]] There is one female character, but she rarely is seen onscreen outside of a few small cameos in cards with the male characters and [[InTheHood you never see her face]].

** ''VideoGame/RuneFactory'' tends more toward [[ImprobablyFemaleCast the opposite end of the spectrum]], though; more often than not, almost every job in town is done by a cute, single girl (and/or her [[ChristmasCake sadly unmarriable mother]]). Particularly glaring in ''VideoGame/RuneFactoryOceans'', the first game to feature a female player option at all; Sonia gets four choices for marriage (including Aden), while Aden gets ten. ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'' and ''VideoGame/RuneFactory5'', which allow you to play as a female character from the beginning, have an equal amount of bachelors and bachelorettes.

* Every new ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series.
** Not just the new ones. A good chunk of the old ones were considered "Showa Hotties" when their series were on.

%% * ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' is able to pull this trope thanks to the Animesque art style and by focusing on the young sidekicks of DC superheroes.

* ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'', while having a lot of good-looking women in it, has more than a few beautiful boys and men (including a few that could pass for girls). Even some of the animals have a human form and of course they're beautiful!

* ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' didn't have this in the main cast but rather in the guest stars. It was noted that most of the recurring love interests for the sisters were lantern-jawed, chiselled {{Hunk}}s and {{Pretty Boy}}s. Julian [=McMahon=] became a 2000s sex symbol because of his role on the show and later ''Series/NipTuck''.

* ''Literature/HalfPrince'': The sheer number of pretty boys is astounding.

* BoysLove ''LightNovel/AiNoKusabi'' due to there being very few women on the planet it takes place and much of the population being the product of LegoGenetics.

* ''LightNovel/{{Corsair}}'''s cast, with the exception of [[CoolOldGuy Barbossa]] is very much this, plus Aura and Katarina to fill the beautiful women quota. [[BoysLove There's a reason for this.]]

* Most of the guys in ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' could qualify. There are exceptions, but most of the male cast is rather [[{{Bishonen}} pretty]].

** Taken to a ridiculous extreme in ''LightNovel/{{Sukisho}}''. There are no female characters in the entire show, and all characters are either bishonen, handsome men in their 30s, or young boys, and one [[WholesomeCrossdresser crossdresser]] housewife. There is one single woman in the background who is visible for about half a second, and one character mentions his mother in one scene.

* ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh'': Yuuri even has an UnwantedHarem, and he's actually engaged to one of them! Complete with [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]]: the flirty curvy ex-Maou Cheri and the younger inventor Anasina, sometimes joined by a trio of servants who are essentially fangirls themselves. (They write yaoi fanfic about their employers!)

* ''Literature/TheLegendOfSunKnight''. So much so that you could say it feels off when they tone down the copious amount of BishieSparkle after the first couple chapters.

* ''LightNovel/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'' has the heroine making friends with dozens of gorgeous {{Long Haired Pretty Boy}}s. If there's one thing to be said about the series, it's that it's very, ''very'' pretty.

* Both ''Film/TopGun'' and ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' feature extremely attractive individuals playing some sort of ball-sports [[ShirtlessScene whilst scantily clothed]] on a beach. The original offers up Creator/TomCruise, Creator/AnthonyEdwards, and Creator/ValKilmer, among others, while the sequel features Creator/MilesTeller, Creator/GlenPowell, Creator/MonicaBarbaro, [[SilverFox and Tom Cruise]].

* Both ''Film/TopGun'' and ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' feature some very, very pretty individuals playing some sort of ball-sports [[ShirtlessScene whilst scantily clothed]] on a beach. The original offers up Creator/TomCruise, Creator/AnthonyEdwards, and Creator/ValKilmer, among others, while the sequel features Creator/MilesTeller, Creator/GlenPowell, Creator/MonicaBarbaro, [[SilverFox and Tom Cruise]].