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This is from the darling 1980s and wins the prize for best title. Be x Boy is obviously (look at me with the "obviously") the magazine which...might still be in business, I'm getting on in years so I have no idea if Be x Boy's still around.

ANYWAY: Be Boy Kidnapp'n Idol is the story of Kazuya, a Pop Idol who gives concerts by singing over still-frame pictures of himself (this happens a couple of times and it can take awhile for you to figure what is supposed to be happening). Kazuya has a sort of Miley Cyrus thing going on (except everyone knows he's ... Hannah Montana).

Confusing title and lack of singing animation aside, Be Boy Kidnapp'n Idol is about 20 minutes long, the animation's not so bad (and is pretty sometimes), the story is cute, if told extremely quickly and it ends neatly on maybe a cliffhanger? With a title like "Kidnapp'n Idol" one first thinks that the Idol will be kidnapping people, but I guess not. However it does imply that he gets kidnapped a lot.... Like a princess... You could spend a worse 20 minutes.

Fujimi Orchestra (OAV) is able to stand out from the average Yaoi one-shot in that animation sequences involving the playing of musical instruments and conducting were obviously done by people who knew what they were doing. It is obvious the animators studied the motions of musicians until they could pull off something astoundingly realistic. It is unfortunate then that the writers were only given a vague outline on human relationships. Maybe these lines weren't actually uttered, but my brain becomes cluttered when things don't make sense:
"Fine! Rape me! For the good of the orchestra!"
"Wagner makes me hot!"

Yeah, it ruins classical music in ... a way Evangelion wishes it could have.