64-year-old acclaimed manga artist/illustrator Hisashi Eguchi, best known for his baseball comedy manga Susume!! Pirates and transgender-themed Stop!! Hibari-kun! in the early 1980s, announced on his official Twitter today that he will work on his first character designs for a TV anime series in 17 years. Check out his tweet after the jump.
There are a lot of good-looking boys in this season's crop of new anime—and Isaac's pretty happy about it. Is this a new trend in anime, or is it something that's been a long time coming? And why? Hit the jump to check out his speculation on the topic—and for a handful of pictures of some... aesthetically pleasing... anime boys.