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This is a list of animation series with LGBTQ+ characters. This list includes gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender fictional characters in animated cartoons, adult animation, and anime.
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Harry Benshoff and Sean Griffin write that animation has always 'hint[ed] at the performative nature of gender' such as when Bugs Bunny puts on a wig and a dress, he is a rabbit in drag as a human male who is in drag as a female.[1]
Within the Japanese anime and manga, yaoi is the tradition of representing same-sex male relationships in materials that are generally created by women artists and marketed mostly for Japanese girls[2] while the genre known as yuri focuses on relationships between women.
Some LGBT characters in animation are derived from graphic art works and video games.
1960–1980s[edit]
| Year(s) | Title | Character(s) | Classification | Notes | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2, 1967 – April 7, 1968 | Princess Knight | Princess Sapphire | Genderqueer | Princess Sapphire is raised as a boy by their father since women are not eligible to inherit the throne.[3] In addition, they are born with both a male and female heart but refuses to give up their boy heart as they need it to vanquish evil. Nonetheless, they fall in love with and marry Prince Frank. While this work was not meant to be revolutionary, it ultimately influenced other works such as The Rose of Versailles,[4][5]Revolutionary Girl Utena,[6]Sword of Paros and Sailor Moon.[7] | Japan |
| October 10, 1979 – September 10, 1980 | The Rose of Versailles | Oscar François de Jarjayes | Bisexual Genderqueer | Due to their father's desire to have a male heir but having five daughters, he decides to raise his newest born daughter as a boy so they can take his place as commander of the royal guards. Despite being raised and dressed as a boy, they are open about being a female but still use their male position to gain freedom and rights not allowed to women at the time. It serves as the love interest of André Grandier, their servant along with Queen Marie Antoinette, who they guard. In addition, they fall in love with Fersen who loves the queen and earns the love of Rosalie Lamorlière. However, they ultimately return Andre's feelings for them and marries him. The two share one night of passion before Andre dies from his wounds, and later Oscar also loses their life during the French revolution. | Japan |
| Queen Marie Antoinette | Bisexual | Marie enters a political marriage with King Louis XVI of France but falls in love with Count von Fersen. She is considered a love interest of Oscar, a genderqueer woman, though their relationship never quite goes beyond master and servant. | |||
| Rosalie Lamorlière | She is the adopted daughter of Nicole Lamorlière and swears to kill her mother's murderer. She tries to kill Oscar's mother but Oscar stops her and soon takes her as an apprentice, earning Rosalie's admiration and love. She later ends up marrying Oscar's friend, Bernard Chatelet. | ||||
| April 8, 1982 – May 13, 1983 | Patalliro! | Maraich Juschenfe | Gay Genderqueer | A gay male who was lovers with count Larken who ordered them to kill Jack Barbarosa Bancoran. However, they fell in love with Bancoran and became lovers with him. | Japan |
| Jack Barbarosa Bancoran | Gay | He enjoys flirting with and seducing young boys. Women have shown interest in him and he shows no interest, though he did show mild interest in Pataliro's mother Etrange. | |||
| May 20, 1983 – January 27, 1984 | Stop!! Hibari-kun! | Hibari Ōzora | Trans woman | Assigned male at birth, Hibari looks and behaves as a girl, expresses interest in having breasts, and has become more feminine after Kōsaku starts living at her household. She has demonstrated romantic interest in Kōsaku and is implied to have zero interest in women. | Japan |
| Gekijirō Taiga | Trans man | Assigned female at birth, he is a transgender male taking male hormones. | |||
| October 2, 1983 – September 21, 1985 | Genesis Climber MOSPEADA | Yellow Belmont / Yellow Dancer | Genderqueer | Yellow Belmont is a male soldier, who disguises themself as Yellow Dancer, a female singer. | Japan |
| June 10, 1985 – August 21, 1992 | Dream Hunter Rem | Rem Ayanokōji | Lesbian | Rem is the title character and heroine of the series. Although multiple male characters are shown to be attracted to her (despite her unknown age), she is shown to be in a relationship with a minor character named Elizabeth by the second OVA.[8] | Japan |
| Elizabeth | |||||
| October 19, 1985 – March 4, 1987 | Fight! Iczer One | Iczer-1 | Lesbian | Iczer-1 and Nagisa are displayed as being in a romantic and intimate relationship throughout the series. | Japan |
| Nagisa Kanou | |||||
| Cobalt | Cobalt and Sepia are also depicted as lovers, occasionally kissing. | ||||
| Sepia | |||||
| February 25, 1987 – December 21, 1991 | Bubblegum Crisis | Daley Wong | Gay | Daley is a sympathetically presented gay character.[9] | Japan |
| April 15, 1989 – September 25, 1992 | Ranma ½ | Ranma Saotome | Genderqueer | Ranma Saotome is originally born and raised as a boy. However, after falling into a Spring of Drowned Girl, they become a red haired well endowed girl. They transform into their original male form when bathing in hot water but turns into a girl when they bathe in cold water. | Japan |
| December 17, 1989 – present | The Simpsons | Brunella Pommelhorst | Trans man | Mrs. Pommelhorst is the gym teacher who announced his intention to take time off and return as 'Mr. Pommelhorst, the shop teacher' in the episode, 'My Fair Laddy' (2006). | United States |
| Dewey Largo | Gay | Mr. Largo is the school's music teacher. A recurring gag since the 17th-season episode 'See Homer Run', are allusions that Largo is gay. The 22nd-season episode 'Flaming Moe' (2011) confirmed that Largo is gay and in a relationship with an older man, also named Dewey. | |||
| John | Gay | Owner of a collectibles shop. Character from episode Homer's Phobia (1997), voiced by John Waters. This character was used as an example for issues with homosexuality and the show expressing thoughts and feelings for them. He is also the first LGBT character that the show used. | |||
| Grady Julio | Gay | They are a stereotypical gay couple, who later break up. | |||
| Patty Bouvier | Lesbian | Patty officially came out in 'There's Something About Marrying' (2005) which was one of the episodes that carried the occasional warning of content that might be unsuitable for children.[10] Like Dewey & Smithers, she is a recurring gay character. | |||
| Waylon Smithers | Gay | Smithers is a semi-closeted gay man.[11] Waylon Smithers rides a float called 'Stayin' in the Closet!' during Springfield's annual gay pride parade in the 2002 episode 'Jaws Wired Shut'. 'The Burns Cage' (2016) had Smithers officially come out as gay.[12] |
1990s[edit]
| Year(s) | Title | Character(s) | Classification | Notes | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1, 1991 – June 21, 1992 | RG Veda | Ashura | Genderqueer | Ashura was born neither as a man or a woman as punishment for their father's sins so they can not continue the royal lineage. | Japan |
| Kendappa-ō | Lesbian | Unable to go back on her word, believing that all of the Six Stars will be killed anyway, she decides to kill Sōma, whom she is in love with, herself. She commits suicide right after, saying there is no point in living in Heaven without her. | |||
| July 14, 1991 – May 31, 1992 | Dear Brother | Nanako Misonoo | Lesbian | Nanako falls in love with Rei 'Saint-Juste' Asaka to which Rei slowly reciprocates, and their relationship is one of the major driving plots of the series. Rei's destructive relationship with Fukiko Ichinomiya leads her to be troubled, obsessed with death, and drug-addicted. | Japan |
| Rei Asaka | |||||
| Mariko Shinobu | Mariko greatly admires Kaoru due to her strength and the emotional support she gives her as well, and at some point she admits to loving Karou (Episode 16'Comeback'). Mariko distrusts all men because of her troubled family life: her father Hikawa is an erotica author who has an affair with an actress and later divorces Mariko's mother Hisako, who keeps her sadness bottled up as she raises Mariko practically on her own. | ||||
| Fukiko Ichinomiya | Bisexual | She appears to be calm and generous, but is cruel and manipulative, often psychologically and physically torturing Rei for several ambiguous reasons, such as her desire that Rei should only have eyes for her, no one else. She also jealously tries to destroy their relationship by making Nanako love her instead. It is then revealed that she and Rei are full sisters (proving their relationship to be incestual), daughters of the Ichinomiya leader and a maid of the family mansion. In the anime, her love for Takehiko is given a backstory: she met and fell in love with him when she was twelve and he spent several days with her in the Ichinomiya mansion, but he unknowingly broke her heart by not showing up to her birthday party. | |||
| March 7, 1992 – February 8, 1997 | Sailor Moon | Zoisite | Gay | Zoisite and Kunzite, both powerful generals who work under Queen Beryl from the Dark Kingdom are an openly gay couple in the series. Though, in some dubs in other countries, Zoisite's gender was changed to female for his feminine appearance and to make them a heterosexual couple instead; and in other dubs, they are changed into brotherly figures because of the closeness of their relationship.[13] | Japan |
| Kunzite | |||||
| Haruka Tenoh / Sailor Uranus | Lesbian | Haruka and Michiru are in a relationship. This was changed in the English version of the anime, where they were made 'cousins'. In the re-release of the original anime, the English version keeps their same-sex relationship.[14] | |||
| Michiru Kaioh / Sailor Neptune | |||||
| Fish-Eye | Gay | The villain Fish-Eye is an effeminatecross-dressing man who is romantically interested in men. He was changed into a woman in the English dub. | |||
| Sailor Starlights | Genderqueer | The Sailor Starlights were assigned female at birth,[15] but transform to present as male and refer to themselves as males when not fighting. Sailor Star Fighter is explicitly in love with a woman and describes themself as having 'the heart of a boy' in an official series poem/song.[16] | |||
| August 1, 1992 – May 1, 1994 | Ai no Kusabi | Riki | Bisexual | Riki was once the gang leader of the Bison gang. However he was captured and kept as a pet for three years by Iason who grew obsessively in love with him. Prior to this, Riki was in a relationship with Guy. He also once engaged in a one-night stand with a female slave named Mimea. | Japan |
| Iason | Gay | ||||
| Guy | Guy was Riki's lover prior to his capture and Guy is determined to save Riki from Iason. | ||||
| Kirie | A wild member of the Bison gang who is ambitious and sly. Riki hates him as he reminds him of his former rebellious self but Kirie himself is romantically obsessed with Riki. | ||||
| Daryl | Daryl is an eighteen year old castrated boy who served as Iason's furniture and Riki's caretaker. He fell in love with Riki because of his pride and strong will. | ||||
| Luke | He is a member of Bison's gang who is openly attracted to Riki and makes advances towards him, but backs off once he realizes his feelings aren't reciprocated. | ||||
| Norris | Bisexual | Norris is a member of the Bison gang. He once held feelings towards Riki but now happily dates an older female mechanic named Maxi. | |||
| October 10, 1992 – December 17, 1994 | Yu Yu Hakusho | Itsuki | Gay | Itsuki is Sensui's right hand and is interested in him. | Japan |
| Miyuki | Trans woman | Miyuki is a character from both the manga and the anime. She is a trans girl and a member of the Demon Triad, a group of demon warriors that work for the Toguro Brothers. Her trans status is discovered in her fight against Yusuke.[17] Miyuki's 'coming out' was censored in the edited version of the Funimation English dub. | |||
| January 7, 1994 – March 6, 1996 | Akazukin Chacha | Doris | Gay | Dorothy's brother Doris is a male but crossdresses to get the attention of Seravy who loves Dorothy. | Japan |
| January 21, 1994 – April 25, 1996 | Dirty Pair Flash | Leena | Lesbian | Leena had caught the eye of Touma when he and Yuri were caught on one of the planet's planned rainy days. From the time he set eyes on her, Touma was smitten with her. However, for all the planning he made to woo her, there was one fact he didn't calculate on... Leena was a lesbian who had her eyes on Yuri. | Japan |
| October 24, 1994 – February 15, 1997 | Gargoyles | Lexington | Gay | According to series creator Greg Weisman, Lexington is gay.[18] Greg was not allowed to explore that aspect of the character.[citation needed] | United States |
| Janine Renard / Fox | Bisexual | ||||
| Owen Burnett | Asexual | ||||
| Puck | Bisexual | ||||
| 1995 | Miyuki-chan in Wonderland | Various girls | Lesbian | It focuses on the eponymous protagonist, a Japanese high-school girl who finds herself pulled into various worlds populated by women who consider her appealing and attractive. | Japan |
| 1995–1996 | Neon Genesis Evangelion | Maya Ibuki | Lesbian | Maya deeply admired Ritsuko Akagi and as Maya dies, she cries Ritsuko's name out. | Japan |
| April 6, 1995 – June 25, 2002 | Fushigi Yûgi | Nuriko | Bisexual | Nuriko initially dresses and acts as a woman named Kang-lin, one of Hotohori's concubines because Kang-lin was his twin sister who died and he wanted to keep her memory alive. He enjoys cross-dressing and is in love with Hotohori, but later also grows to love the main heroine Miaka. | Japan |
| Tomo | Gay | Tomo is one of the celestial warriors of Seiryuu and fights only for the sake of his love Nakago. | |||
| October 6, 1995 – March 29, 1996 | El-Hazard | Alielle Relryle | Lesbian | Alielle is presented as a comical character who makes other women uncomfortable because of her open attraction to them.[9] She is the lesbian lover of Princess Fatora Venus. | Japan |
| Fatora Venus | Lesbian | An apparently open lesbian (there is no indication in the narrative that her tastes are at all hidden knowledge), Fatora is much like her primary lover Alielle in that she has an overdeveloped sex drive and little concern for the concept of 'faithfulness' or even 'disinterested'. While it is implied that she has had many other 'once-off' lovers in the past, and is attracted to Kalia when she first appears, during her appearance in the series she is fixated primarily on Shayla-Shayla and Nanami Jinnai: even though she knows that the two of them are both interested in Makoto and heterosexual, she still tries to lure them into sharing her bed. Fatora even goes to the extent of using her similarity to Makoto to disguise herself as him to try to take advantage of their crushes on him; while Nanami recognizes the truth and admonishes her, she manages to fool Shayla-Shayla sufficiently that she manages to kiss her, naturally prompting a fiery explosion of fury when the priestess realized who just claimed her first kiss. | |||
| November 1, 1995 – September 1, 1996 | Gunsmith Cats | Goldie Musou | Lesbian | Arguably the most ruthless of Rally's opponents. Of Italian ancestry, 'Iron Goldie' is a high-ranking member of a mob family in Sicily. Many call her a Mafia Queen. She is obsessed with controlling everything and everyone around her. People who resist her successfully, such as Rally, become even more attractive to her. She is a lesbian, though she tends to express it as a form of sadistic pedophilia. She keeps a trademark harem of young girls who have murdered their parents while under the influence of her drugs. Goldie and Rally crossed paths many times, and the bounty hunter is usually quite lucky to escape with her life and the lives of her friends. However, this is far better than any of Goldie's previous opponents have done, and repeated escapes quickly turn the mobster's appreciation for her skills into a dedicated sexual obsession. Finally, Goldie decides that she will make Rally her masterpiece – a slave broken to her will through sheer psychological torture, without the aid of drugs. In the end Goldie and Rally part on a truce, especially since Misty has (more or less voluntarily) joined Goldie as her lover.[19] | Japan |
| Misty Brown | She is a lesbian and has a crush on Rally, although later on she becomes Goldie's lover. | ||||
| October 27, 1995 – January 19, 1998 | Crapston Villas | Robbie Larry | Gay | The series was one of the first animated series on British television to present openly gay characters.[20] | United Kingdom |
| January 10, 1996 – September 8, 1998 | Rurouni Kenshin | Honjō Kamitari | Gay, Genderqueer | A crossdresser and member of the Juppongatana, they are gay and are in love with Shishio Makoto. It tends to dress as a woman but knows they will never be as loved like the female Yumi or Shishio's right-hand man since Sojiro is far more skilled. | Japan |
| September 6, 1996 – February 12, 2000 | Superman: The Animated Series | Maggie Sawyer | Lesbian | Maggie Sawyer's romantic partner Toby Raynes is seen by her bedside in several hospital scenes and later Turpin's funeral service in the two-part episode. Bruce Timm states in the commentary for 'Tools of the Trade' that those scenes were the creators' way of acknowledging Sawyer's sexual orientation.[citation needed] | United States |
| Toby Raynes | |||||
| 1996–2004 | Hey Arnold! | Eugene Horowitz | Gay | On July 26, 2016, the show's creator Craig Bartlett stated that Eugene 'is kind of 'proto-gay', so he's uncomfortable getting close to any girl' during an interview with BuzzFeed, though this was never explicitly stated during the show. Bartlett stated: 'We always figured Eugene was kind of proto-gay. He's not gay yet, he just will be. He loves musical theater, and he's a wonderful guy.'[21] This was never explicitly disclosed in the series. | United States |
| Mr. Robert Simmons | Gay | On July 26, 2016, the show's creator Craig Bartlett confirmed that Mr. Simmons was indeed gay during an interview with BuzzFeed.[21] Several episodes throughout the series hinted at Mr. Simmons' sexuality, including 'Arnold's Thanksgiving', a Thanksgiving-themed episode which implies that one of his dinner guests is his boyfriend, and that Simmons' mother wants him to date a female friend. However, it was never explicitly stated he was gay. | |||
| 1996–2008 | You're Under Arrest | Aoi Futaba | Trans woman | Aoi Futaba was initially male but once had to go undercover as a woman in a sting operation to catch some male molesters targeting women. However, she went 'native' and has since considered herself and has been treated by her colleagues as a woman. Though her romantic preferences are made unclear, she seems to prefer men. | Japan |
| 1996–present | Arthur | Nigel Ratburn | Gay | Mr. Ratburn and another man named Patrick get married in the season 22 premiere, aired on May 13, 2019. As a result, he and his husband are the first LGBT characters in the series.[22][23][24] | United States |
| 1997 | Revolutionary Girl Utena | Anthy Himemiya Utena Tenjou | Bisexual | The two leads of the series, Utena Tenjou and Anthy Himemiya, were confirmed to be in love by director Kunihiko Ikuhara.[25][26] The characters are seen kissing both in the TV show credits and the movie. | Japan |
| Juri Arisugawa | Lesbian | Juri is explicitly in love with her female classmate, Shiori, in both the TV series and movie. She is described as 'homosexual' by the creators in the DVD booklet.[27] The commentary in the booklet indicated that Shiori also had feelings for her, but was too troubled and insecure to act on them in a healthy way.[28] In the movie, Shiori sleeps with Touga Kiryuu. | |||
| Shiori Takatsuki | Bisexual | ||||
| Kozue Kaoru | Bisexual | Kozue Kaoru is obsessively in love with her twin brother, Miki. In one episode, she was shown kissing Anthy. | |||
| Akio Ohtori Touga Kiryuu | Bisexual | Akio Ohtori and Touga Kiryuu were shown in bed together, and Miki described Akio as 'seducing' Touga.[29] Akio and Touga are playboys with a number of female conquests. Akio's conquests include Utena and Kozue. | |||
| 1997 | Maze | Maze | Genderqueer | Maze is the combination of two personalities, Mei Ikagura and Akira Ikagura, two siblings who are in love with each other. | Japan |
| Princess Mill Varna | Bisexual, Intersex | After being saved by female Maze/Mill, she becomes attached to and falls in love with her. She loves both personality of Maze (Mei and Akira), wanting to marry Mei while wanting to have Akira's children. In the novel, it is mentioned she is intersex. | |||
| 1997–1998 | Battle Athletes | Akari Kanzaki, Ichino Yanigida | Lesbian | Ichino Yanigida has feelings for Akari Kanzaki and it is implied she returns them. | Japan |
| Kris Christopher | Lesbian | Kris Christopher falls in love with Akari at first sight and is love rivals with Ichino. | |||
| 1997–2004 | Variable Geo | Ayako Yuuki | Lesbian | Ayako Yuuki is a fictional character from the Variable Geo fighting game series/anime. She is the series' sole lesbian character. In the game, while in the V.G. tournament hoping to win and give the prize money to charity, she meets and becomes infatuated with Satomi Yajima, a fellow fighter who has no interest in pursuing a romantic relationship with another woman. In the anime, she is approached by Satomi, who challenges her to a fight. Ayako accepts, hoping that Satomi will entertain her. At first, Ayako seems to have the advantage, confusing Satomi with her swift, graceful movements. She uses her fan's hidden blade to cut away at Satomi's clothing, then plants a kiss on her cheek when the other girl attempts to close in on her. She remarks on Satomi's beautiful skin, and invites her to 'lose and show her the rest'. | Japan |
| 1997–2008 | Space Goofs | Candy Caramilla | Genderqueer | Candy is the uptight neat freak. It gets in touch with their feminine side by sometimes disguising theirself as a woman. In many situations, Candy is the first to worry. In the Latin American version aired on Jetix/Magic Kids, Candy's gender is changed to female. | France |
| 1997–2010 | King of the Hill | Bug Gribble Juan Pedro | Gay | In 'My Own Private Rodeo,' Dale's father, Bug has come out and participates in the gay rodeo circuit. Bug is married to Juan Pedro.[11] | United States |
| Carolyn (Jamie) | Drag queen | In 'The Peggy Horror Picture Show,' Peggy befriends a drag queen named 'Carolyn' whose real name is Jamie. | |||
| 1997–present | South Park | Big Gay Al | Gay | [30] He is a stereotypical homosexual man known for his flamboyant and positive demeanor.[31] Big Gay Al openly displays his homosexuality and is an advocate for gay rights. He is Mr. Garrison's ex-boyfriend, and is married to Mr. Slave. | United States |
| Craig Tucker | Gay | Craig and Tweek are seen frequently throughout the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first seasons holding hands and hanging out with each other. It is confirmed by the official website and blog that they are in a relationship. They officially became a couple in the season 19 episode Tweek x Craig. In the season 21 episode Put It Down, Craig calls Tweek pet-names (such as 'honey' and 'babe') and Stan refers to Tweek as '[Craig's] boyfriend'. In South Park: The Fractured But Whole, they are both listed as “Homosexual Cis Male” on their character sheets'.[32] | |||
| Tweek Tweak | |||||
| Herbert Garrison (formerly Janet Garrison) | Gay, Trans woman, Lesbian | Originally presented as a closeted homosexual, the storylines have featured Garrison coming out as a gay man, then having a sex operation to become female (known as Janet Garrison), while female 'becoming a lesbian', then having another operation to become male again.[33] It is shown he still has feelings for his ex-boyfriend, Mr. Slave. | |||
| Mr. Slave | Gay | Mr. Slave was Mrs. Garrison's boyfriend until she made the transition into a female. He is now married to Big Gay Al. | |||
| Ms. Ellen | Lesbian | In 'Tom's Rhinoplasty', Chef reveals that the new teacher Ms. Ellen is lesbian. Some of her male students are attracted to her and don't understand what lesbians are, and try to 'become lesbians' too, to get her attention. | |||
| Saddam Hussein Satan | Gay | Within the South Park series and film Saddam Hussein and Satan are presented as a gay couple.[34] | |||
| Sparky and the animals in Big Gay Al's Big Gay Animal Sanctuary | Gay | In 'Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride', Stan's dog Sparky is shown to be gay, and Big Gay Al is the owner of Big Gay Al's Big Gay Animal Sanctuary, a sanctuary for gay animals, including horses, rabbits, fish, a lion, etc. | |||
| Stephen Stotch | Bisexual | Despite being married to Linda, Butters' father Stephen Stotch is revealed to be a regular customer at the local gay bath house. | |||
| Bradley | Gay | In the episode 'Cartman Sucks', Bradley becomes Butters' 'accountabili-buddy' at the gay conversion camp. When camp authorities find Bradley's 1979 male underwear catalog they are both punished. After Bradley realizes that he has a crush on Butters, he comes to the conclusion that he is beyond hope and decides to end his life, ultimately convinced to come back down to safety by Butters. | |||
| 1998 | Outlaw Star | Fred Lou | Gay | Fred is a 20-year-old camp weapons merchant who is known to be flamboyant and openly gay. He has a strong infatuation for the series' main protagonist, Gene Starwind, to whom he supplies arms to. | Japan |
| 1998–1999 | Cyber Team in Akihabara | Uzura Kitaurawa | Lesbian | A lesbian who admires fellow girls for various reasons. She is madly in love with Hibari for her 'slender body.' She later falls for Kamome due to her 'bust size'(or lack thereof).[35] | Japan |
| 1998–1999 | Devil Lady | Jun Fudo & Kazumi Takiura | Lesbian | As the series progresses, the relationship between Kazumi and Jun gradually progresses into an almost romantic one. Most notably in the last episode where Jun decides to forge her soul with the force from the Demons, which Kazumi also lets her absorb her in order to help in the final battle with Asuka. | Japan |
| 1998–2000 | Sorcerous Stabber Orphen | Stephanie | Trans woman | Stephanie was Orphen's old partner and initially a man but was severely injured and while using the rest of his magic to cast a healing spell, made some 'modifications', and became the woman Stephanie. She falls in love with and marries her boyfriend the florist Tim but continues to help Orphen and his friends. | Japan |
| 1998–2000 | Cardcaptor Sakura | Sakura Kinomoto | Pansexual | The creators have stated that Sakura does not see gender as barrier for her romantic attraction. She doesn't have romantic feelings for Tomoyo in particular.[36] Demonstrating this, Sakura confesses that she has a crush on a female teacher in the series.[37] | Japan |
| Tomoyo Daidouji | Lesbian | Tomoyo is in love with the protagonist of the show, Sakura. Sakura does not return Tomoyo's feelings.[36] At some point, Tomoyo confesses her love to Sakura, but Sakura misunderstands her, thinking she means 'love' as a friend, and Tomoyo says that she'll explain when Sakura is older.[38] She simply doesn't have romantic feelings for Tomoyo in particular. | |||
| Sonomi Daidouji | Lesbian | Tomoyo's mother, Sonomi, confesses that she was in love with Sakura's mother.[39] She disapproved of her marriage to Fujitaka, later blaming Fujitaka for Nadeshiko's death at a young age. During the marriage, it is implied that Nadeshiko was partially cut off from her family, further explaining her unhappy life with Fujitaka. | |||
| Toya Kinomoto | Bisexual | The creators have confirmed that Yukito and Toya (both male) are a couple.[36] They are stated to be in love within the series itself.[40] Before meeting Yukito, Toya dated Kaho Mizuki when she was his junior high school teacher, and she broke up with him when she left to study in England. | |||
| Yukito Tsukishiro | Gay | ||||
| Ruby Moon | Genderqueer | Ruby Moon has no biological sex. They are always seen presenting as female, even though Spinel Sun often asks her why don't they present as male for a change. At some points, Ruby Moon states that their gender does not matter because they are not actually human and also that girls have cuter clothes. | |||
| 1998–present | Hunter x Hunter | Alluka Zoldyck | Trans woman | Alluka is part of the Zoldyck family, a well known family of assassins. Alluka is referred to as the son of the Zoldyck family and is referred to by her siblings as their brother. In addition, the official data book states Alluka's gender as male. However, the data book was not written by the author, who refers to her excusively as a girl. Alluka tends to dress and act as a girl. In addition, she is referred to as a sister and girl by her brother Killua whom she loves dearly and vice versa. | Japan |
| 1999–2000 | Jibaku-kun | Ali Babah | Gay, Genderqueer | Ali Babah, the Great Child of the 5th World, is a man by day and a woman by night, because he/she is affected by the curse of Kamemondo, the turtle monster. Not only Ali Babah's body changes, his/her personality drastically changes as well. Ali Babah's female persona is a skilled fighter and thief. She is a serious woman, who is almost never seen smiling.[41] Ali Babah's male persona is a cowardly, flamboyant comic relief gay man, who wears the same feminine clothing his female persona wears. The male Ali Babah often flirts with Bucky, the protagonist, and hugs him when given the chance, to Bucky's chagrin. The male Ali Babah considers two girls his rivals for the love of Bucky: Pink and Queen Sheelo.[42] In the series finale, the curse is broken and Ali Babah ceases to have a female form; he remains indefinitely as a gay man attracted to Bucky.[43] | Japan |
| Hyō | Gay | Hyō is a strong fighter, a Great Soldier and an antagonist in the series.[44] However, he is attracted to Bucky, the protagonist.[45] When Hyō is introduced, he fights Bucky, Pink and Kai himself[44] and later Hyō causes them to engage in various deadly battles against other opponents.[46] However, Hyō enjoys watching Bucky's battles on a large TV screen and secretly cheers for him to win and survive.[47] As a running gag, Hyō usually talks about Bucky with a passionate tone of voice — often outright stating that he loves Bucky — while roses appear on the background.[44][47][48][45] After Hyō discovers that Bucky qualifies to become a Great Soldier too,[48] Hyō gives up antagonizing Bucky and prepares a welcome party for him.[45][49] Later, Hyō claims to be Bucky's lover.[a][50] In the series finale, Hyō attempts but fails to kiss Bucky on the mouth to celebrate when Zan, a powerful antagonist, seems to be defeated.[43] | |||
| 1999–2000 | Turn A Gundam | Guin Sard Lineford | Gay | He has an unrequited love for the main character that is not revealed until the final few episodes. | Japan |
| 1999–2002 | Mission Hill | Gus Duncz Wally Langford | Gay | Gus and Wally are an elderly couple in their late 60s. | United States |
| 1999–2013 | Futurama | Enos Fry | Gay | In 'Roswell that Ends Well', Philip J. Fry travels to the past and meets his grandparents Enos and Mildred in their youth. Philip encourages Enos to marry Mildred and have children, to which he replies: 'Yeah, folks say that. But did you ever get the feeling you're only going with girls 'cause you're supposed to?' Enos does not show any interest in a pin-up calendar featuring a girl in skimpy clothing, but he flips some pages and happily stares at the picture of a shirtless man. Eventually, Enos dies without having any children and Philip unknowingly impregnates Mildred, thus becoming his own grandfather. | United States |
| Old Man Waterfall | Bisexual | Old Man Waterfall is a polygamist: he has seven wives and one husband.[51] | |||
| 1999–present | One Piece | Emporio Ivankov, Mr. Bon Kurei, Inazuma; Okamas | Genderqueer, Gay | Emporio Ivankov is considered the 'queen' of okama island, an island full of okama, Japan slang for homosexual men who dress as women. His devil fruit powers involve hormones that allow him to change himself between a man and a woman form, along with changing other people's genders to his desires. Mr. Bon Kurei is also an okama, a man who dresses effeminately and whose shapeshifting powers allow him to change his form to whomever he wishes. Inazuma is also an okama that can change from a man to a woman and serves under Ivankov. | Japan |
| 1999–present | Family Guy | Meg Griffin | Bisexual | Throughout the series, Meg has shown romantic interest in and dated several men. However, there have been several instances in which she has shown hints of being bisexual or a lesbian: examples of this include 'Brian Sings and Swings', 'Stew-Roids', and 'Dial Meg for Murder'. In November 2016, when asked by Splitsider if the writers will further develop the characters of Chris and Meg in future episodes, showrunnerAlec Sulkin confirmed that the series crew members are working on doing so and added that there are plans for an episode where Meg comes out as a lesbian, taking inspiration from previous instances in which she exhibited signs of lesbian characteristics, like when she joins a lesbian alliance group at school in 'Brian Sings and Swings' and is identified as a 'transgender man' named 'Ron' in Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, the latter which takes place in the future. However, Sulkin also noted that the plotline has not yet been finalized and thus isn't officially set to be used in an episode.[52][53] Since the end of the 16th season, various hints have been brought out in episodes referencing her ambiguous sexuality.[54][55][56] | United States |
| Stewie Griffin | Bisexual | Stewie has been in relationships with female babies, but is also attracted towards males. In the commentary for Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, the writers describe how they were going to make Stewie discover he was gay, but decided to scrap this idea in order to retain Stewie's sexual ambiguity for writing purposes. MacFarlane planned for the series' third season to end with Stewie coming out of the closet after a near-death experience. The show's abrupt cancellation caused MacFarlane to abort these plans, and the episode 'Queer Is Stewie?' was actually produced, but never shown. | |||
| Jasper | Gay | Jasper is a dog who is Brian Griffin's gay cousin. Jasper marries his partner Ricardo in 'You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives.'[57] | |||
| Herbert | Gay | Herbert is an elderly man. He has an ephebophiliac and hebephiliac attraction to young boys, and harbors unrequited love for underage teenager Chris Griffin, though most other citizens of Quahog are oblivious to his sexuality. His voice actor Mike Henry defines Herbert as a pedophile.[58] | |||
| Bruce | Gay | Bruce often talks to his roommate Jeffrey. It is implied that Bruce is gay and that Jeffrey is his domestic partner, as in 'Road to the North Pole' where he states in the song 'All I Want for Christmas' that he wants a wedding ring from a guy named Jeffrey. | |||
| Sarah | Lesbian | In 'Brian Sings and Swings', Sarah invites her classmate Meg Griffin to join her afterschool club. Only after accepting, Meg discovers that it is called Lesbian Alliance Club. Meg pretends to be lesbian for a while to make friends. It is shown that Sarah is attracted to Meg: when Meg visits her to confess that she is actually straight, Sarah mistakes Meg's sentences 'I got to get something off my chest' and 'I need to open up' as invitations to have sex. | |||
| Ida Davis | Trans woman | The 'father' of Glenn and Brenda Quagmire and the ex-'husband' of Crystal Quagmire. Ida (formerly Dan) was a war hero in the Vietnam War. She was thought to be a homosexual by Peter. When Glenn asked his 'father' if this was true, Ida claimed that she was a woman trapped in a man's body and came to Quahog for a sex change operation. Following the operation, she takes the name Ida Davis. | |||
| 1999–present | Spongebob Squarepants | Spongebob & Patrick | Asexual | Following controversy in 2005 as to whether the character, Spongebob Squarepants is a homosexual character, the creator stated in his own words that both Spongebob and Patrick were never intended to be gay or straight, but considered 'more asexual'.[59][60] | United States |
2000s[edit]
| Year(s) | Title | Character(s) | Classification | Notes | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 5, 2000 – May 20, 2000 | Miami Guns | George and Anthony | Gay | Japan | |
| January 27, 2000 – April 13, 2000 | OH! Super Milk Chan | Landlord | Gay | His homosexuality is disclosed in the series' ninth episode and is referred to in more than one episode. | Japan |
| October 2, 2000 – December 18, 2000 | Descendants of Darkness | Asato Tsuzuki and Hisoka Kurosaki | Gay, Bisexual | Asato and Hisoka begin to fall in love with each other. Hisoka showed some level of feelings for a girl named Tsubaki Kakyouin. | Japan |
| Kazutaka Muraki | Gay | Muraki shows an unhealthy sexual obsession in Hisoka, having sexually harassed him and even off screened raped him in the anime. | |||
| October 4, 2000 – January 10, 2001 | Gravitation | Shuichi Shindo, Eiri Yuki | Gay, Bisexual | Shuichi Shindo falls in love with Eiri Yuki and over the course of the series manages to melt the cold heart of Eiri and the two become a couple. | Japan |
| October 16, 2000 – March 29, 2010 | Inuyasha | Jakotsu | Gay | Jakotsu is a member of the Jakotsutō, a criminal band of seven assassins. He is shown as being flamboyant and having a strong preference for men, complimenting Koga's loin cloth, flirting with Inuyasha and Miroku, and complimenting Sesshomaru's appearance. In addition, he admits he likes cute boys but that seeing cute boys makes him want to chop them up. | Japan |
| Suzaku | Gay | ||||
| October 25, 2000 – November 14, 2006 | As Told by Ginger | Nikki LaPorte (born name: Nicholas) | Drag queen | Nikki LaPorte is actually a guy named Nicholas as a drag queen. She/he sabotages Lois and Dr. Dave's wedding until Noelle exposes Nikki's identity. | United States |
| 2000–2004 | Queer Duck | Adam Seymour Duckstein | Gay or Bisexual | Adam is the main, titular character of the series. He is presented as a stereotypical gay duck and has been a victim of gay bashing. However, in the series finale, he wakes up to discover that he had sex with a woman. | United States |
| Steven Arlo Gator | Gay | Steven is Queer Duck's significant other. He is shy and insecure and is usually the voice of reason whenever Queer Duck gets himself or anyone else in trouble. He marries Queer Duck in a Jewish Wedding in Vermont in the episode 'Wedding Bell Blues' (although they are often seen as having an open relationship); a moose was the rabbi. | |||
| Melissa | Lesbian | Melissa is Adam's sister who is occasionally revealed to be lesbian throughout the series and the movie. | |||
| July 5, 2001 – December 27, 2001 | Fruits Basket | Hatsuharu Sohma | Bisexual | Hatsuharu is part of the Sohma family, a family cursed into turning into members of the zodiac when under stress or hugged by members of the opposite sex. He was born in the year of the cow and was often annoyed by people's comments about the stupidity of the cow from the zodiac, and blamed his troubles on Yuki, born the year of the rat. However, Yuki helps him realize he needs to move past people's comments and prove otherwise. Though he falls in love with and enters an on/off relationship with Rin Sohma, he refers to Yuki as his first love. | Japan |
| 2001 | Puni Puni Poemy | Futaba Aasu | Lesbian | Poemy's classmate and best friend, and she is madly in love with her, a fact to which Poemy is oblivious. In the final confrontation with the invading aliens, Futaba combines her power with Poemy's, and since Poemy is a representation of Earth, this act pacifies the planet's population, resulting in peace with the aliens. After this event, director Nabeshin casually mentions that Futaba is in reality the main character of the show. Her name comes from futa, the Japanese word for 'two'. Futaba is mostly a parody of Tomoyo Daidouji, the best friend of magical girl Sakura Kinomoto from Cardcaptor Sakura who is also a lesbian. Unlike Tomoyo, however, Futaba displays more extreme fantasies and lesbian arousal whenever she is with her friend. | Japan |
| 2001–2002 | The Oblongs | Anita Bidet | Trans woman | Anita Bidet is a transgender bartender at the bar where Pickles goes to. | United States |
| Tab Scooter | Gay | Tab and Scooter are Peggy's fathers, a gay couple. They are introduced in 'Bucketheads' (2001).[61] | |||
| 2001–2002 | X | Subaru Sumeragi, Seishirō Sakurazuka | Gay | Subaru tries to hunt and kill Seishirō for killing his sister and when he succeeds, he states he has killed the one he loves most. Their past is elaborated in Tokyo Babylon, where it was shown Seishirō would often flirt with and tried to seduce Subaru as part of a bet: if Subaru could make him fall in love with him, he wouldn't kill him. While Subaru did grow to love Seishirō, Seishirō couldn't reciprocate but killed Subaru's sister Hotaru in his stead per her request. Despite this, as Seishirō dies, he confesses 'I also..' before dying. | Japan |
| Nataku | Genderqueer | A genderless clone of Kazuki Tōjō. | |||
| Kanoe | Bisexual | The bisexual main antagonist of the series and Princess Hiroto's younger sister. She is in a sexual relationship with Yūto but also flirts with Satsuki and Fūma. | |||
| 2001–2003 | Time Squad | Larry 3000 | Gay | Larry 3000's voice actor Mark Hamill implied Larry could easily have been interpreted as gay in the cartoon, due to his femininity and presentation as the 'gay best friend' to Cleopatra in 'Shop like an Egyptian', although Larry has stated on multiple occasions he dislikes humans in general. However, this show never stated his sexuality. | United States |
| 2001–2004 | Braceface | Mark 'Dion' Jones | Gay | Canon gay male character.[62][63] | Canada |
| 2001–2004 | Hanaukyo Maid Team | Yashima Sanae | Lesbian | Yashima is hopelessly and rather blatantly in love with Konoe. This often has her daydreaming up various lesbian fantasies with Konoe returning her feelings, resulting in rather embarrassing moments. | Japan |
| 2001–2007 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Dean Toadblatt Squidhat | Gay | It was revealed in 'One Crazy Summoner' that Dean Toadblatt and Squidhat were gay lovers. | United States |
| 2002 | Azumanga Daioh | Kaorin | Pansexual | Kaorin has unrequited love for the athletic girl, Sakaki. In the 2009 released Azumanga Daioh: Supplementary Lessons, Osaka specifically asks Kaori if she is homosexual, Kaori becomes embarrassed and then answers that it's 'one of those things peculiar to puberty' and that she'd love Sakaki if say, she 'were' male or whatever, because she's cool.[64] | Japan |
| 2002 | .hack//sign | An Shoj/Tsukasa and Mariko Misono/Subaru | Lesbian | An Shoji plays as a male character online due to the mental and physical abuse she suffers from her father, as she hoped that by playing as a male avatar she could distance herself from real life. As Tsukasa (her male avatar), she meets and falls in love with Subaru, the avatar of Mariko Misono. The two girls later make plans to meet in real life. | Japan |
| 2002 | Mirage of Blaze | Kazutaka Muraki and Takaya Ougi | Gay | Kazutaka is the reincarnation of Kagetora Uesugi and Yoshiaki is the reincarnation of Nobutsuna Naoe. Kagetora was raped by his vassals and pages and so he and his reincarnation Kazutaka are androphobic and hate men, but Kazutaka begins to fall in love with Takaya/Naoe, who is persistent in his advances. | Japan |
| 2002–2003 | Clone High | Wally and Carl | Gay | Wally and Carl are a gay couple, and the foster parents of JFK. | Canada, United States |
| 2002–2003 | Cheeky Angel | Megumi Amatsuka | Trans woman | While Megumi is physically a very attractive female, she still retains her masculine mannerisms and fighting abilities, which she uses very often, attracting the 'Megu-chan Protection Club', a group of misfit admirers. Nobody else knows she used to be a boy but was transformed into a girl; initially only Megumi's best friend, Miki, knew her secret, however the protection club quickly finds out. | Japan |
| 2003 | Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito | Hazuki Azuma Hatsumi Azuma | Lesbian | Hazuki Azuma is a tomboyish female with numerous female admirers but only loves Hatsumi Azuma who reciprocates. | Japan |
| Lilith | Lesbian | Lilith also shows attraction to Hazuki whom she flirts with. | |||
| 2003 | Air Master | Mina Nakanotani | Lesbian | Mina is hopelessly in love with Maki but she constantly denies this because her friends take it out of context. (who is not sure how to handle the matter), making this the main reason her friends make fun of her. | Japan |
| Kinjiro Kitaeda | Bisexual | He claims to hate women yet he likes Maki because he thinks she's different. He had his first kiss stolen by one of his male subordinates, Nagato the Long Fist, while Nagato was fighting Fukamichi. | |||
| 2003–2004 | Godannar | Shadow Dunaway and Luna | Lesbian | Shadow and Luna are partners on the giant American robot Genesister. They share romantic feelings for each other. | Japan |
| 2003–2004; 2009–2010 | Fullmetal Alchemist; Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood | Envy | Genderqueer | Envy is a shapeshifting homunculus without a specific gender. While they are usually referred to in general neutral pronouns in the Japanese version, in both anime they are usually referred to as he. | Japan |
| 2003–2007 | Saint Beast | Rey and Luca | Bisexual, Gay | Saint Beast is a spinoff franchise of the series Angel Tales. In Angel Tales, Rey loves Tsubasa. However, in the Saint Beast Franchise, Rey and Luca are lovers. | Japan |
| Shin and Judas | Bisexual, Gay | Saint Beast is a spinoff franchise of the series Angel Tales. In Angel Tales, Shin loves Ayumi. However, in the Saint Beast Franchise, Shin and Judas are lovers. | |||
| Kira and Maya | Gay | Kira and Maya are brothers but are implied to have deeper feelings for each other. | |||
| Pandora | Gay | Pandora is one of the main enemies of the Saint Beasts as Pandora is loyal to Zeus and Zeus views the Saint Beasts as traitors for going against his will. Pandora is in love with Judas. | |||
| Kagero no Shiva | Gay | Shiva has a deep romantic obsession with Judas. | |||
| 2003–2019 | Ikki Tousen | Kanu Uncho | Lesbian | In Dragon Destiny, She admits her love for Ryuubi to Koukin. In Great Guardians, she has finally came into terms with her feelings for Ryuubi (who seems unaware), and often fantisizes about Ryuubi doing intimate things with her on numerous occasions. | Japan |
| Chouhi Ekitoku | Bisexual | Like Kanu, Chouhi is also in love with Ryuubi and is always protecting her. | |||
| Ryofu Housen | Bisexual | Ryofu has had sexual relations with guys and girls, notably Saji and Chinkyuu. In the anime adaptation, Ryofu is a capable fighter, but more promiscuous than her manga counterpart, as shown when she molests Ryomou. She also sleeps with multiple guys and Chinkyuu on the girls side. She avenges Chinkyuu's death by trying to fight Hakufu at Toutaku's place, ending up committing murder suicide with Toutaku with a point-blank chi blast.[65] | |||
| Chinkyuu Koudai | Lesbian | Ryofu's childhood friend and lesbian lover, and a C-rank fighter with great potential. While Ryofu was battling Totaku, Chinkyuu knocked out Kaku to prevent her from interfering. Kaku got her revenge when she caught Chinkyuu stealing the Gyokuji and got Chizen Rikaku to rape her. When Chinkyuu recovered from her injuries, she saves Ryofu from being killed by Myosai. However, she realizes that Ryofu is moments away from dying due to her illness. Since she was loyal and in love with Ryofu, Chinkyuu decides to stay by her friend's side and commits suicide with her instead of surrendering to Sousou. | |||
| Himiko | Lesbian | She sent several fighters to attack Hakufu and when she was distracted, she knocked her out with a kiss and took her Magatama. At the end of the OVA she was seen with Yoshitsune and Benkei atop a building, with Sousou and Hakufu's Magatamas in her hands. | |||
| 2003–2016 | Eddsworld | Kim and Katya | Bisexual, Lesbian | In the Episode, 'The Dudette Next Door', Edd and Tord meet Kim and instantly fall in love with her, hence trying various ways to impress her. After Kim gives Tord a kiss, Edd gets upset and starts a fight with him. Later, Katya walks up to Kim after greeting her and they kiss each other, leaving both Edd and Tord heartbroken. | United Kingdom |
| 2003–present | Red vs. Blue | Kaikaina 'Sister' Grif | Bisexual | Kaikaina 'Sister' Grif is an openly bisexual woman, previously being bi-curious, who appears as a main character in Season 5 and The Shisno Paradox. | United States |
| Agent Ohio / 'Vera' | Lesbian | Agent Ohio is a lesbian woman and an agent of Project Freelancer who appeared in two episodes of Season 14. | |||
| Sherry | Lesbian | Sherry is a lesbian woman and a soldier for Charon Industries who appeared in one episode of Season 14. Her sexuality was confirmed by the episode's writer, Shannon McCormick. | |||
| 2004 | DearS | Mitsuka Yoshimine | Bisexual | Mitsuka is an exhibitionist high school English teacher. Mitsuka often strips down to her lingerie during classes, makes her students read erotic stories,[66] openly asks about their sex lives[67] and flirts with them.[68] She is also a porn actress, who makes her own original videos.[69] Mitsuka constantly interprets everything around her in a sexual way and is shown to be aroused as a result. Her behavior routinely annoys her students, but the principal does not take any steps to prevent it.[66] Mitsuka is attracted to boys and girls.[66] At some points, she is seen flirting with her male student Takeya,[68] and her female 'DearS' (human-like aliens) students Ren[68][70] and Miu.[68] | Japan |
| 2004 | Gantz | Masanobu Hojo | Bisexual | Masanobu is one of the hunters, the people assigned by Gantz to kill aliens. He is outed by Gantz, who nicknames him 'Homo'. Kei Kurono, Masaru Kato and Tetsuo Nemoto treat Masanobu with hostility because of his sexuality. Masanobu repeatedly denies being gay, but otherwise says that he is not attracted to Tetsuo in particular. Unlike the others, Kei Kishimoto stands up for Masanobu.[71] In the Buddhist Temple mission, Masanobu dies together with Sadayo 'Sadako' Suzumura, a fellow female hunter. In their last breath, after having their torsos severed in half by the sword of the Buddha statue, Sadako kisses Masanobu on the mouth.[72] | Japan |
| Chiaki Onizuka | Gay | Chiaki is an openly gay high school student and heavyweight boxer. He studies in the same school as Kato Masaru, one of the main characters. Chiaki expresses a desire to rape Kato. However, this infuriates Kato, causing him to assault an unprepared Chiaki while he was using the bathroom stall and beat him into a bloody mess.[73] | |||
| 2004 | Re: Cutie Honey | Scoop Panther | Lesbian | Scoop Panther is one of the villains. She uses a combination of X-ray specs and camera to take pictures of naked girls by seeing through their clothes. Cutie Honey, the heroine, fights her three times. In the third battle, Scoop Panther combines with two other villains to form Triple Panther.[74] | Japan |
| 2004 | Samurai Champloo | 'Jouji'/Governor-General Izaac Titsingh | Gay | 'Jouji' (real name Izaac Titsingh) is the chief merchant of the Dutch East India Company's Japan Branch and a gay man who attempted to live as a Japanese man after reading 'The Great Mirror of Male Love' by Saikaku Ihara. He faced persecution in his home country of Holland due to his sexuality and had hoped to live freely as a gay man in Japan. | Japan |
| 2004 | Kannazuki no Miko | Himeko Kurusugawa Chikane Himemiya | Bisexual, Lesbian | Chikane has loved Himeko since they met, although (despite her jealousy of Himeko and Sōma's friendship) she does not admit it until much later. Chikane's feelings for Himeko border on obsession, and she wants to complete the Ame no Murakumo summoning ritual quickly so she alone can protect Himeko. She seems to turn evil upon joining the Orochi as the Eighth Head, vanquishing all but two of the Orochi heads (and assuming their place) after sexually assaulting Himeko and tormenting her during their final battle. It is eventually revealed that Chikane forced Himeko to kill her to spare her from a terrible fate. During the last few episodes Himeko realizes and accepts her feelings for Chikane. In both versions whether they are reincarnated as sisters in the manga or total strangers in the anime, Himeko is reunited with Chikane. | Japan |
| Otoha Kisaragi | Lesbian | Chikane's loyal and devoted maid. A supporting character, she clarifies how Chikane reserved her feelings for Himeko alone. Otoha is jealous of Himeko. When Otoha is sent away, she expresses her love and admiration for Chikane, blushing and weeping when she hugs her. | |||
| 2004 | Mezzo DSA | Sakura Sakurada | Lesbian | Sakura's life went on a downward spiral, trying to achieve the same. Then one night as she was about to be raped by three men, she was rescued by Momomi Momoi (桃井 桃実 Momoi Momomi), a character introduced in the original OVA as the psychotic daughter of antagonist Momokichi Momoi (桃井 桃吉 Momoi Momokichi) who singlehandedly killed the rapists. Since then, Sakura and Momomi became lesbian lovers, and Momomi had taught Sakura how to fight and defend herself. Sakura often described Momomi as beautiful as she is terrifying. Sakura was deeply in love with Momomi, so when she found out that Momomi was killed by Mikura, she set out to get revenge by killing Mikura. However, many of her early attempts were unsuccessful because Kurokawa and Harada, who were on an unrelated case, interfered. When she finally did make an attempt on Mikura's life, she ended up accidentally stabbing herself. As Sakura was dying, she had told Mikura that she found out that Momomi and Mikura were actually half-sisters. As she was about to die, an android (who was about to self-destruct, again from Kurokawa and Harada's case) came crashing out of a window. Hallucinating from her wounds, Sakura thought it was Momomi coming to embrace her. Sakura died when the android blew up. | Japan |
| 2004–2005 | Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo | Franz d'Épinay | Bisexual | Franz is engaged to a woman named Valentine for political reasons though he does not love her. He instead heavily implies throughout the series that he has strong feelings for someone else that can never be returned and that he can never marry that person but marriage is not the only way to make the person they love happy. It is later revealed his feelings are towards his best friend Albert. However, he did show some attraction to women and did consider sleeping with a woman in episode 1. | Japan |
| Beppo | Gay | Beppo is a boy who enjoys cross-dressing and is gay. He develops feelings for Albert. | |||
| 2004–2005 | Doki Doki School Hours | Rio Kitagawa | Lesbian | She is a lesbian and has stated on several occasion that she loves small girls, thus making it no surprise that she has a huge (and slightly sadistic) crush on Mika-sensei. She is constantly flirting with her, which often borders on molestation. She also does well academically, though she isn't above failing a test on purpose if it means she'll get to spend time with Mika-sensei. | Japan |
| Yuichi Kudo | Gay | A male honor student who is gay and in love with Suetake. Though Suetake is completely oblivious to Kudo's affections, everyone else is aware of them, and they are constantly rolling their eyes over his actions (which is very similar to how they react to Kitagawa's love for Mika, the only difference being that Mika is aware of Kitagawa's feelings, but can do little to stop her advances). He is seen having fantasies about Suetake, and not much else. | |||
| 2004–2005 | Gakuen Alice | Anna Umenomiya | Lesbian | She is usually seen with Nonoko and she also has a crush on their teacher Misaki. | Japan |
| Nonoko Ogasawara | Lesbian | Like Anna, she also has a crush on her teacher Misaki. | |||
| 2004–2005 | Girls Bravo | Hijiri Kanata | Lesbian | In the anime adaptation, she serves as a subordinate for Yukina, whose mission is to observe and eventually kidnap Miharu. Hijiri had been obsessed with Miharu since they were both children, and Yukina promises to give Miharu to her in exchange for helping her achieve her goals. However, Hijiri is eventually defeated by Kirie, and forgets about Miharu and begins to obsess over Kirie instead. | Japan |
| Kosame | Lesbian | Kosame is one of Lisa Fukuyama's bodyguards who works alongside Hayate. After fighting Kirie Kojima, she formed an attraction to and eventually fell in love with her. Kosame's most notorious plot point is her love for Kirie Kojima. | |||
| 2004–2007 | Drawn Together | Xandir P. Wifflebottom | Gay | Xandir is labeled as a 'totally gay video game adventurer' during the show's first episode, and on a never-ending quest to save his girlfriend. In the episode 'Gay Bash', he comes to terms with his homosexuality after having his arm bitten off by the Wood Beast, a creature that determines a person's sexuality by biting off the arms of homosexuals and keeping the arms of heterosexuals intact. His housemates then throw him a party exclusively for homosexuals. Xandir is convinced by Foxxy to come out via telephone to his girlfriend, who, after being told he is gay, breaks up with him. Devastated by the break-up, he commits suicide by repeatedly stabbing himself and respawning — with one life remaining — keeping his housemates awake at night. Clara suggests he could wish himself straight with the use of a magic lamp, a wish the genie of the lamp is offended by and refuses to grant, over which Xandir threatens to take his last life. The genie stops him to reveal that he himself is gay and falls in love with him shortly before getting captured by Lord Slashstab, thus beginning Xandir's never-ending quest to save him. In 'Xandir and Tim, Sitting in a Tree', Xandir has an affair with Captain Hero's gay alter ego, Tim Tommerson. | United States |
| Foxxy Love | Bisexual | Foxxy has relations with both men and women, but preferably with the former. She makes out with Princess Clara in the show's first episode 'Hot Tub', and has a brief BDSM relationship with Captain Hero in 'Requiem for a Reality Show'. | |||
| Captain Hero | Pansexual | Captain Hero is shown to be sexually aroused by an array of paraphilias and will have sex with anything and anyone. He and Foxxy Love form a brief BDSM relationship in 'Requiem for a Reality Show', and as his gay alter ego Tim Tommerson, has an affair with Xandir in 'Xandir and Tim, Sitting in a Tree'. | |||
| 2004–2007 | Burst Angel | Meg | Lesbian | She is the very best of friends with Jo and is 100% loyal only to her. Meg was once an orphan in New York City with several other children until she encountered Jo. Since then, Meg and Jo partnered and became bounty hunters together. Her personality is one of the main differences between anime and manga, while the anime tries to keep her relationship with Jo on the verge of friendly affection and still maintain a few subtle subtext, the manga prequel quite openly shows that Meg is experiencing a sexual attraction to her friend, fantasizing about their sex or even openly trying to seduce Jo. This is later referenced in the OVA sequel. | Japan |
| 2004–2009 | Kyo Kara Maoh! | Wolfram von Bielefeld | Gay | In another dimension called Shin Makoku, love between the same gender is not rare at all. Wolfram became Shibuya Yuuri's accidental fiancé after Yuuri slaps him on his left cheek for insulting his mother which actually is a traditional proposal amongst the nobles in Shin Makoku. Although he did not approve of being the Maoh's fiancé at first, he changes his mind when Yuuri's demon side kicks his butt in battle. He soon grows very protective over Yuuri, yelling at anyone who comes too close to him. He is especially jealous of Konrad, his own brother.[75] | Japan |
| 2004–2010 | 6Teen | Jean | Lesbian | [76] A one-time character, that was revealed to be a lesbian. When questioned, Jean thought a main character was asking her out. She told her that she was a lesbian, but she had a girlfriend. | Canada |
| Kevin | Gay | [77] A one-time character, Kevin revealed to be gay. When Kevin leaves his bag in her workplace by mistake a main character, Caitlin, starts to get a crush on him and leaves him a note. It turns out that he's been leaving secret notes for her for a while. Near the end of the episode, they meet and Kevin is disappointed to learn that Caitlin is a girl. Caitlin is confused by his reaction until another character explains that 'Kevin plays for the other team', meaning he is gay. | |||
| 2004–2010 | bro'Town | Brother Ken | Genderqueer | Brother Ken is the principal of the school and is fa'afafine, a Samoan concept for a third gender, a person who is born biologically male but is raised and sees themself as female. Because the concept does not readily translate, when the series was broadcast on Adult Swim Latin America, a decision was made not to translate Samoan words and just present them as part of the 'cultural journey'.[78] | New Zealand |
| 2004–2010 | My-HiME | Natsuki Kuga Shizuru Fujino | Lesbian | In the carnival it was revealed that Shizuru is Natsuki's most important person but because of Shizuru's psychotic rampage Natsuki began to doubt her feelings. In the chapel of the Fuuka Academy Shizuru and Natsuki fought to the limit. In this fight Duran, Natsuki's Child, became large as Kiyohime signifying that her feelings for her most important person is much stronger then. This means that Natsuki also loves Shizuru as Shizuru loves her.[79][80] On Shizuru's side of feelings, she harbors a secret obsessive infatuation with Natsuki Kuga, whom she considers her most important person. During the battle royale, she confesses to Natsuki and goes out of her way to protect her, but the latter requests time to sort out her feelings. They later remove themselves from the tournament by killing each other, but are resurrected in the final episode. Natsuki accepts Shizuru's feelings after giving Takeda a letter explaining her rejection. | Japan |
| 2004–2011 | Magical Teacher Negima! | Konoka Konoe, Setsuna Sakurazaki | Lesbian | Konoka is very close to Setsuna, who is her protector and childhood friend, although Setsuna herself, becomes flustered when Konoe tries to do anything with her. Later on, Konoka's relationship with Setsuna appears to grow closer to romantic rather than that of just friends; as Konoka frequently flirts with Setsuna and holds a long, passionate Pactio kiss with her. | Japan |
| 2004–2012 | Bleach | Chizuru Honshō | Lesbian | Chizuru is a classmate of Ichigo Kurosaki. She is an open lesbian and is often trying to get close to Orihime only to be thwarted by Tatsuki who would often attack her. Chizuru temporarily becomes the superheroine 'Karakura Erotic' and joins the Karakura-Raizer Team, a team of superheroes who protects Karakura while Ichigo and others go to rescue Orihime. She is an effective fighter against beautiful women.[81] Her superheroine persona was introduced and described in the manga, and later shown in action in the filler anime episodes 213–214, where she uses the 'Hyper Erotic Mode' to gain great power and speed specifically against female enemies. In a scene off-screen, she uses the sexually named technique 'Raizer Doggy Style' to defeat a female Arrancar enemy. | Japan |
| 2004–present | The Venture Bros. | The Alchemist Shore Leave | Gay | The Alchemist and Shore Leave are in an on-again, off-again relationship.[82][non-primary source needed] | United States |
| Sky Pilot | Gay | ||||
| King Gorilla | Gay | ||||
| Virginia 'Ginnie' Dunne | Lesbian | Dr. Quymn's bodyguard is shown to be a lesbian, and was shown to try and convert Dr. Quymn. | |||
| 2005 | Embracing Love | Kyousuke Iwaki, Youji Katou | Gay | Iwaki and Katou met each other for the first time. However, Katou pursuit ultimately wins him Iwaki's love. | Japan |
| 2005 | Paradise Kiss | Isabella Yamamoto | Trans woman | Isabella was assigned male at birth (named Daisuke), but lives as a female. Robin Brenner calls the character 'one of the most realistic and accepting portrayals of a transgender character in manga.'[83] | Japan |
| Jōji 'George' Koizumi | Bisexual | George is bisexual and sees himself as an 'equal opportunity lover'. | |||
| 2005 | Loveless | Ritsuka Aoyagi, Soubi Agatsuma | Gay, Young Child | Soubi often flirts with Ritsuka, much to his discomfort and the two slowly grow feelings for each other | Japan |
| Kouya Sakagami, Yamato Nakano | Lesbian | The two are in a relationship and lost their virginity to each other. | |||
| 2005 | Legend of DUO | Duo and Zeig | Gay | Vampire Duo discloses the secret of purana an essence of living force to humans so they may be able to survive past extinction. Duo is punished and his friend Zeig is sent to punish him. Their relationship is not just platonic friendship and the two show a continuing attraction to each other. | Japan |
| 2005 | Best Student Council | Kaori Izumi | Lesbian | In Episode 3, she admits she has a secret crush on Kanade Jinguuji and is jealous of Rino.[84] | Japan |
| 2005 | He Is My Master | Anna Kurauchi | Bisexual | She's bisexual and constantly tries to do perverted acts with Izumi, who is mostly disgusted by her lesbianism. She was originally attracted to Yoshitaka, but because of Izumi's relentless effort convincing her to stay away from Yoshitaka, she mistook it as sign of interest, thus she fell in love with Izumi and became Yoshitaka's maid in order to follow Izumi. She even dreams of traveling to the Netherlands to arrange a same-sex marriage, going far as to study the language. She is discouraged later in the episode, finding out that being under 16, they cannot be married (yet). | Japan |
| 2005 | Sukisho | Sora Hashiba/Yoru and Sunao Fujimori/Ran | Gay | Sora and Sunao are childhood friends who don't get along. Strangely enough, both have split personalities and these split personalities are lovers. Sora's split personality is Yoru who is in love with Ran, Sunao's split personality. Eventually, Sora and Sunao themselves begin to fall in love with each other | Japan |
| Kai Nanami and Shin-ichirou | Gay | Kai Nanami and Shin-ichirou are lovers who live together. Kai acts as a housewife to Shin-ichirou and the two are married in the drama CDs. | |||
| Gaku Ichikawa and Nagase Kai | Gay | Gaku Ichikawa is in love with Nagase Kai who uses this to his advantage but Nagase does begin to reciprocate his feelings upon seeing how true Gaku's love for him is. | |||
| Soushi Asaka | Gay | Soushi likes to flirt with Nanami. | |||
| Hiromu Sakura | Gay | Hiromu is in love with Sora (and in the games falls in love with Sunao as well). | |||
| Chris | Gay | Chris loves Nanami. | |||
| Sei (Hashiba), Ren Shiina, Fuuta Kitamura (the Chibis) | Gay | Shiina and Kitamura have a crush on Gaku. Sei is seen as Sora's and Sunao's child. | |||
| Aizawa | Gay | Aizawa is the main antagonist who has been obsessed with studying medicine and cloning and has even created a medicine that can control minds and emotions. He is childhood friends with Shin-ichirou whom he loves and struggles with these feelings. | |||
| Ryouya Kozuki | Gay | He appears in the anime briefly and shows attraction to men. In the end of the game, he ends up as a couple with Aizawa. | |||
| 2005 | Ultimate Girls | Vivenne Ōtori | Lesbian | One of Silk's best friends. Vivienne is the first to learn how their powers are supposed to work, by being embarrassed, they generate an energy which can be projected as a weapon against the giant monsters. She has a secret crush on Silk. | Japan |
| 2005–2008 | Moral Orel | Stephanie Putty | Lesbian | Stephanie is a lesbian character who's revealed to have fallen in unrequited love with her old high school best friend, Kim Latchkey. Kim used Stephanie in high school to get Kim's future husband jealous by pretending that she and Stephanie were dating (though Stephanie believed at the time that it was real). Stephanie's father, Reverend Putty, points out that Kim never cared about her and helps his daughter move on from her.[85] | United States |
| Coach Daniel Stopframe | Bisexual | Orel's bisexual coach as well as Shapey's biological father, Daniel lusts after their father, Clay, and at one point has sex with three women and a dog. | |||
| 2005–2011 | Fudêncio e Seus Amigos | Zezé Maria | Genderqueer | Zezé Maria is one of the students at the school. His/her name may be roughly translated into 'Joe-Joe Mary'.[b] Zezé has the appearance of a little girl and a manly voice. In this Portuguese-language cartoon, Zezé is often referred to using pronouns and articles[c] of either gender. Zezé is shown to be attracted to men in 'A Namorada do Zezé' ('Zezé's Girlfriend'). In 'Gay!!' all the students become temporarily gay except Conrado, and Zezé Maria calls herself a lesbian, but Funérea (another girl) rejects her on the grounds that she became a lesbian too and does not think of Zezé as a girl. | Brazil |
| Jacques Janine Costeaul | Gay | In 'Gay!!', Jacques is a gay teacher hired to give a lecture about respecting the sexual orientation of other people. This causes all the students, except Conrado, to switch their orientations and become gay. | |||
| Policeman Delcídio | Gay | He is an openly gay policeman. | |||
| 2005–2014 | The Boondocks | Gangstalicious | Gay | He is a closet homosexual and goes to great lengths to keep this secret from the public. He was formerly involved in a secret homosexual affair with a gangster named Lincoln who attempts to kill Gangstalicious for betraying their love while on tour, and at some point assaulted a record label executive and rapped about it on TRL only to be arrested later. He was also involved in a relationship with a hip-hop video vixen named Jessica Ethelberg, who later wrote a book revealing he was gay (despite the fact that there were already countless obvious clues to the fact beforehand). | United States |
| The Booty Warrior | Gay | The Booty Warrior is a homosexualprison inmate who is based on real-life convicted serial rapist Fleece Johnson in appearance, voice, and personality, though here The Booty Warrior's mannerisms (and obsession with anally raping men) are more of a caricature of Johnson's than anything else. In 'A Date With the Booty Warrior', it is revealed that The Booty Warrior was convicted due to raping Chris Hansen. During a program where troubled schoolchildren are sent to prison where they will learn what happens there at which Tom was chaperoning, Booty Warrior developed a lust for Tom and holds him hostage with a shank he stole from Tom (who took it from Riley prior to the field trip) in an attempt to rape him, and a riot ensues. The Booty Warrior stalks Tom in his attempt to anally violate him, but loses when he steps on wet soap. | |||
| Walter Sweetlove | Bisexual | Walter Sweetlove is the leader of Yes Homo, a gay rights organization. A protege of Rollo Goodlove, he also uses activism for ultimately greedy ends. | |||
| 2005–present | American Dad! | Roger | Pansexual | Roger is the very zany pansexual alien who lives in the Smith family's attic. Roger is shown to assume different aliases and a carousel of seemingly-endless. Roger has, however, abused this practice, leading numerous lives and outrageously deceiving numerous people. In fact, some of Roger's characters are in prison, while others are widely despised, and others somehow have full-fledged human families and are even married; he sometimes says that he is a graduate of Howard University. Roger also uses several of these personas to act in a criminal manner, as several of his personas have been seen to engage in robbery, sexual assault, police corruption, identity theft, drug trafficking, child abuse and with one persona even admitting to being wanted 'for a series of prostitute murders'. | United States |
| Greg Corbin Terry Bates | Gay | Greg and Terry have a penchant for minor bickering, flirting, and working on stereotypical 'couples' issues' on the set or in other scenes of the show. Greg is a member of the Log Cabin Republicans. He is presented as being very culturally sophisticated, at one point causing Stan to choose him over Francine as his guest to get into Avery Bullock's high-end party. Greg and Terry have a surrogate baby daughter, Liberty Belle. Before Libby's birth, Greg is panicky, questioning his ability and readiness to be a father, but immediately loves Libby upon holding her for the first time. Greg is the 'power top' in his and Terry's relationship and was once involved in a heterosexual marriage, during a period of time in which he was 'confused' and believed he was heterosexual. Terry once goes out for a night with Stan as Stan erroneously attempts to 'become gay' by choice, though they stop short of having sex when Stan realizes that he cannot choose to be gay. | |||
| Linda Memari | Bisexual | Linda is one of the neighbors of the Smith family. Linda saved Francine from the Lady Bugs, a social group for women who cheat on their husbands, by kissing her. It has been suggested that Linda may not be attracted to her husband and is, in reality, a closeted lesbian. In an attempt to hit on Francine, she rearranged her clothes to make her bust more prominent and knocked on the Smiths' door (prompting a drunk Stan to comment 'When did you get those?'). After thinking that Stan was beating Francine, she makes an awkward excuse to leave. Francine then says, 'She's a weird chick.' Linda's husband is apparently resigned to her preferences, and asks, in a defeated tone, if he can 'at least watch this time' when he sees Linda eying Francine. | |||
| 2006 | Zegapain | Mao Lu Shen | Gay | Mao Lu Shen initially holds a low opinion of Kyo Sogoru but grows to respect him and kisses him before the final showdown, admitting he loves him. | Japan |
| 2006 | The Third | Paifu | Lesbian | Paifu shows sexual interest towards the main heroine Honoka and shows hatred for men. | Japan |
| 2006 | Ouran High School Host Club | Ryōuji 'Ranka' Fujioka | Bisexual, Drag queen | Haruhi's father Ryouji is bisexual and works in a gay bar as a drag queen under the name Ranka. Ryoji still deeply loves his deceased wife, Kotoko, and declares that he works as a cross-dresser because he will never truly love another. | Japan |
| 2006 | Princess Princess | Toru Kouno, Yuujirou Shihoudani, Mikoto Yutaka | Genderqueer | The three boys were selected to be the 'princesses' at the all-boy school they attend. They dress up as girls, which is a tradition with the purpose of breaking up the monotony of life surrounded by nothing but males. They are expected to encourage others at school, and cheer at school events. Other people, including council president Shuya Arisada, were princesses too, in the past. | Japan |
| The students | Bisexual | The students at the all-boy school are routinely shown to admire beautiful boys, including the princesses even when they are dressed as regular male students, as opposed to cross-dressing as girls. For example, when Toru Kouno arrives at the school (dressed as a regular male student), all the students look at him with a reddish face and smile in admiration, and he is chosen to become a princess because of his appearance and popularity. Additionally, members of the student council often compliment council president Shuya Arisada on his looks. | |||
| 2006 | Simoun | Aer Neviril | Lesbian | Aer immediately takes a liking to Neviril, and pushes to become Neviril's new pair after Amuria is lost. She loves Neviril a lot, but she is frustrated when Neviril is thinking of Amuria. In the end of the series, she and Neviril are in the new world, happily dancing. She and Neviril piloted the Ventus Simoun. Neviril and Amuria were very close, and she is devastated by the loss of her beloved partner. Despite the fact she keeps being reminded of Amuria, she falls in love with Aer and march to the new world together. | Japan |
| Paraietta | Lesbian | She has a huge, but unrequited, crush on Neviril; and she is very loyal to her. | |||
| Kaim | Lesbian | Kaim is a diffident sibylla with large round glasses, who flies sagitta aboard Paraietta's Simoun. She is Alty's older sister, though she harbors a great hostility towards Alty as a result of their having had sexual relations in the past; but in the end, she reconciles with her sister. Although she can be very nice, she is also alert and easily roused. She harbors an unrequited love for Paraietta. | |||
| Alty | Lesbian | She harbors an incestuous crush toward her older sister, Kaim, which causes her sister's hostility to her. | |||
| Rimone, Dominüra | Lesbian | Dominüra eventually forms a deep bond of affection with Rimone. Near the end she discovers than she is, unwittingly, the reason of the war for telling the secret of the Emerald Ri Maajon. In the final episode, she offers Rimone to fly on another sky. | |||
| Mamina | Lesbian | Very slowly, she befriended Roatreamon and even loves her. In episode 19, she is killed to protecting Neviril for the Argentum. | |||
| Amuria | Lesbian | She and Neviril had been a pair, and romantically partnered, ever since Neviril first joined Chor Tempest. Amuria was lost when she and Neviril attempted the Emerald Ri Mājon (an extremely difficult and powerful Ri Mājon maneuver, which was Amuria's idea to try) in the first combat action against Argentum. | |||
| 2006 | Strawberry Panic! | Various girls | Lesbian | Strawberry Panic! is a series of Japanese illustrated short stories (later adapted into an anime) written by Sakurako Kimino, which focus on a group of teenage girls attending three affiliated all-girl schools on Astraea Hill. A common theme throughout the stories is the intimate lesbian relationships between the characters. | Japan |
| 2006 | Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl | Hazumu Osaragi | Trans woman, Lesbian | Hazumu Osaragi is a student, born male, at Kashima high school in the fictional setting of Kashima ward in Tokyo, Japan near Mt. Kashima, and is the main character in the series. One day early in her second year of high school, Hazumu is pressured by her friends Tomari and Asuta to confess to Yasuna, which she goes along with. However, Yasuna rejects her, which hurts Hazumu heavily. She goes up to Mt. Kashima to be around the plants she loves so much, but while up there an alien spacecraft crash-lands on her, seriously injuring her. In order to rectify this mishap, and in accordance with her own laws, the alien resurrects Hazumu, but in the process unexpectedly changes his sex to be completely female, right down to the DNA level. Shortly after Hazumu's transformation, she is unsure on how to live life as a girl and is initially very clueless about typical female matters.Hazumu is also confused about how different people treat her after the change, though Hazumu resigns herself to live life as a girl. Despite Hazumu's physical change, there is not much change in her personality, as she still scares very easily, and has always been rather effusive, expressive and quite sensitive, which makes her fit well as a girl after the change. She has always been quite indecisive, which causes problems in the course of her changing relationship with both Yasuna and Tomari. | Japan |
| Yasuna Kamiizumi | Lesbian | Ever since she was born, Yasuna has had a unique affliction which makes her incapable of seeing males, and instead to her males are covered in a gray, hazy blur, which makes it extremely difficult for her to tell one male apart from another except through the sound of their voice. When Yasuna stumbled across Hazumu one day in her first year of high school, she was shocked to find that she could see most of him clearly, though his face was still a blur. From that point on, Yasuna wanted to learn more about Hazumu and gradually fell in love with him. However, even when Hazumu confessed his love to her in their second year of high school, she rejected him since he was still a boy, and she was afraid that he too would one day disappear from her vision. After Hazumu's transformation into a girl, Yasuna wastes no time trying to rectify her mistake and confesses her love to Hazumu finally, but Hazumu is very confused by this and does not know what to do, especially since her physical change. | |||
| Tomari Kurusu | Bisexual | Tomari is Hazumu's childhood friend, so the two know a lot about each other and have many memories from the past. After Hazumu's initial transformation, Tomari does not know what to do. Ayuki observes that Tomari liked Hazumu more as a boy, due to the fact that she has had affections for Hazumu for some time. At first, she is very annoyed that everyone around Hazumu is trying to make her more feminine, but ultimately realizes that while Hazumu has changed physically, her personality is still the same, and therefore still the same person inside. Tomari tries to protect Hazumu from the emotional stress Yasuna caused her by rejecting Hazumu by trying to tell Yasuna to back off for the time being, but after Hazumu says she still wants to be Yasuna's friend, Tomari does not push any further. Unlike Yasuna, Tomari has a lot of difficulty when it comes to her affection towards Hazumu, but still ends up with her. | |||
| 2006 | Kagihime | Kisa Misaki | Lesbian | After battling Arisu (despite not seeming to care about the stories before the battle) and being saved by Kiraha, she agrees to help collect the stories to be closer to Kiraha. Kisa has stockpiled items that have been owned or touched by Kiraha in a cupboard at her house that she collects whenever possible. She also tries to get Kiraha to eat her food; she is seen kissing the food beforehand and/or eating the food after Kiraha has taken a bite as to receive an 'indirect kiss' from her. Kiraha is not aware of Kisa's stronger feelings towards her. | Japan |
| 2006 | Marginal Prince | Various boys | Gay | The anime is based on a BL cell phone game where the main character is Yuuta and can choose to fall in love with and enter a relationship with Joshua Grant, Henri-Hughes de Saint Germain, Haruya Kobayashi, Alfred Visconti, Mikhail Nevsky, Enju Fadian, Ivy, and Stainslav Sokurov. The anime is similar where the main character Yuuta develops feelings for these characters and vice versa. | Japan |
| 2006 | Gakuen Heaven | Keita Itō and Endō Kazuki | Gay | Keita Itō and Endō Kazuki -Keita gets enrolled into Bell Liberty Academy despite the school being for the best of the best and Keita himself being average. His first friend is Endo who cares for him and Keita realizes Endo is a childhood friend of his and is the reason why Keita was admitted to Bell Liberty Academy. By the end of the anime, the two realize and confess their feelings for each other, becoming a couple as a result. | Japan |
| Jin Matsuoka and Yoshizumi Hiroya | Gay | Jin is a doctor working to find a cure for a dangerous virus that the Suzubishi Group had been researching which Keita himself was infected and recovered from after receiving an experimental vaccine. Unfortunately, Yoshizumi Hiroya, one of the researchers, is still infected and in a coma with Jin desperately trying to care for him. By the end of the anime, with help from Keita, Jin and Yoshizumi are reunited and become a couple. | |||
| 2006 | Tactical Roar | Mitori Shimabara | Bisexual | She is the ship's physician and is very kind and friendly to everyone and is a constant flirt. Especially to Hyosuke even though she is married. | Japan |
| Clio Aquanaut | Bisexual | She is the player of the crew and is a bisexual with many girls after her. She likes to tease and flirt with Hyosuke as well as anyone else and is the Weapons Chief. | |||
| 2006 | Air Gear | Yasuyoshi Sano | Gay | Known as the 'Aeon Clock', he is tough enough to fight against the Storm Riders despite not having a Regalia. He is loyal to the main character Ikki and declares his love for him at the end of the series. | Japan |
| 2006 | Ray the Animation | Mami | Lesbian or Bisexual | Mami is the fourth nurse and the quietest of the group. It is implied that she may be a lesbian or bisexual. | Japan |
| 2006 | Witchblade | Shiori Tsuzuki | Lesbian | She is a lesbian and is sexually infatuated with her employer (though this is mostly cut off in the censored version aired in Japan), whom she affectionately addresses as 'Sensei' (Or Doctor in the English dub). She's also a Cloneblade. During her fight with Masane her Cloneblade is critically damaged. As a result, her impulses and emotion become enslaved by the carnal drive of her cloneblade. She quickly becomes a psychotic maniac, slaughtering, seeking fight and even raping for pure pleasure. In the end, she succeeds in unlocking the full powers of the Cloneblade albeit for a short moment. After attacking and beating Masane, she attempts to rape Takayama. However, her body crumbles into crystal dust before she is able to rape her beloved sensei's lover. | Japan |
| 2006 | Tsuyokiss | Erika Kiriya | Bisexual | She is the student council president who is nicknamed Hime (姫), meaning Princess, by her peers. As the president, she has a lot of power within the school and is often seen as an intimidating figure to overcome. While in any adaptations of the work she is inclined to flirt with other girls and even try to seduce Yoshimi, Erika are one of the canonical love interests of the protagonist in the original visual novel. | Japan |
| 2006–2007 | Le Chevalier D'Eon | D'eon de Beaumont/Lia de Beaumont | Genderqueer | Lia de Beaumont is killed and her brother D'eon de Beaumont seeks her murderers and her spirit begins to inhabit his body whenever his life is in danger. | Japan |
| 2006–2007 | Happiness! | Jun Watarase | Gay or Trans woman | Jun is alluded to being either an androgynous gay boy who crossdresses to appear as a girl or a transwoman largely due to the fact that in the OVA she was happy to have been turned into a girl. | Japan |
| 2006–2007 | Red Garden | Paula Sinclair | Lesbian | She appears to be close to Kate, and cares for Kate deeply, and constantly excuses her from Grace work and responsibilities. It is revealed that she does in fact love Kate, and her family are members of Animus, although Paula herself is not. Her grandmother, the headmistress of the school, is one of the leaders of Animus. As such, Paula knew everything that Kate was put through, which is why she stood up for Kate and excused her, attempting to make life less difficult. Paula is potentially Kate's most treasured friend, as before the Final battle, she spent the day and night with Paula. | Japan |
| 2006–2007 | Sasami: Magical Girls Club | Anri Misugi | Lesbian | Anri has a strong infatuation with Tsukasa and lavishes words of love and flattery on her constantly. | Japan |
| 2006–2007 | Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry | Jessie Ijesse | Lesbian | She responded quite positively when Lavinia, believing her to be Sara, kissed her in the showers. She is also labelled as one of the 'lesbians' on the team. | Japan |
| Lavinia Reberth | Lesbian | Lavinia is instantly infatuated with Sara 'Cruz' and tries many ways to get close to her and attract her, although in a running gag, somebody will always get in her way and spoil her plans. Lavinia also has a tendency to get carried away. This is at first comedic, but becomes tragic as it leads to the death of one of her comrades—and the exposure of Sara's identity. | |||
| Martha Shobbeypower Ermengarde Johannitz | Lesbian | Ermengarde and Martha are always seen together. They may be a play on the old butch and femme stereotype, especially as the two lesbians on the team are actually Jessie and Lavinia. | |||
| 2006–2008 | Code Geass | Nina Einstein | Lesbian | She develops a lesbian obsession with Third Princess of Britannia Euphemia after she helps her through a traumatizing hostage incident at Lake Kawaguchi Convention and even masturbates to her picture. | Japan |
| 2006–2009 | Kirarin Revolution | Izumi Amakawa | Gay | Izumi is Hiromi's childhood friend and is gay. He has loved Hiromi since childhood and crossdressed as a girl and became a star to chase after Hiroshi, though he does not reciprocate. | Japan |
| 2006–2010 | My-Otome | Erstin Ho | Lesbian | She is in love with Nina. | Japan |
| Tomoe Marguerite | Lesbian | She harbors romantic feelings for Shizuru | |||
| 2006–2018 | Gintama | Yagyuu Kyuubei | Genderqueer, Bisexual | Kyuubei was born as a female but raised as a male. She, later on, decides to not live as a woman or man but as herself. She developed feelings for Tae who helped defend her from bullying and received a scar on her eye trying to protect her, causing the two to be entered into a marriage of obligation. Though Gintoki managed to prevent this and Tae herself did not reciprocate Kyuubei's feelings, Tae and Kyuubi still remain close friends. Kyuubi also seems to have developed feelings for Gintoki, as he is the only man she blushes and acts girly around. | Japan |
| Madame Saigou Tokumori | Genderqueer | Saigou Tokuori was a past Joui fighter who had a wife and son. However, when his wife passed away, he decided to raise his son as a woman and man and for this purpose became an okama, a Japanese slang term for a man who crossdresses as a woman. he expresses comfort in acting and dressing as a woman and also defends his fellow transvestites/okama. | |||
| 2006–present | Lizzy the Lezzy | Lizzy | Lesbian | The titular character of the web-television series. The series follows the life of this woman who talks mostly about her lesbian interests. Lizzy is sometimes joined by her best friend, Gary and they often talk about the problems they have with being homosexuals. | United States, Israel |
| Gary | Gay | Gary the Gay is Lizzy's best friend who is openly gay. He and Lizzy confide in each other and often discuss the problems they face being homosexuals. | |||
| Nic | Bisexual | Nic the Bi-Chick is one of Lizzy's friends. According to her identity and nickname, she is bisexual. | |||
| 2007 | Gurren Lagann | Leeron Littner | Gay | Leeron is a flamboyant homosexual and flirts with Kamina, Simon, Gimmy and Viral. | Japan |
| 2007 | Lovely Complex | Seiko Kotobuki | Trans woman | Seiko was assigned male at birth, but is actually a girl and even develops a crush on Atsushi Ōtani and Kazuki Kohori. | Japan |
| 2007 | Zombie Loan | Koyomi/Yomi | Genderqueer, Bisexual | Koyomi is a girl with a split personality, her normal shy female personality is usually dominant and has feelings for Shito, enough so that she sacrifices her soul to save his life. Her male persona, Yomi, shows up when Michiru is close or kisses her. Yomi later takes over Koyomi's body and says they are male. | Japan |
| 2007 | Ice | Julia | Lesbian | Under her direct command she has a large group of girls who are uses to test the ICE project as well as serve her needs, be it of a sexual nature or just common chores. | Japan |
| 2007 | Blue Drop | Mari Wakatake Hagino Senkōji | Lesbian | The anime blue drop revolves around an alien species consisting solely of females. The main characters of the anime Mari Wakatake and Hagino Senkōji fall in love with each other. | Japan |
| 2007 | Myself ; Yourself | Asami Hoshino | Lesbian | In the anime, she had a crush on Shuri and when she confessed to her, Shuri said that they should remain friends. Angered, Asami wrote a letter to the school accusing Shuri and her twin of being lovers. She later invites Shuri and Sana to the hospital to visit a sick woman from the retirement home in an attempt to hurt Shuri mentally. To her surprise, Shuri doesn't react as she expected and seems unfazed. The old woman obtains a knife and tries to kill Shuri in a fit of madness (brought on by the death of her granddaughter) but Asami knocks Shuri out of harm's way and is stabbed in her stead. She comes to realize that her hatred of Shuri is unfounded and tries to make amends. | Japan |
| 2007 | Shattered Angels | Mika Ayanokōji | Lesbian | Mika is the head of the Higashigetsu Fūma Witch Academy, dominating the female students with her aide Kaon. She is jealous and possessive when she sees Himiko providing Kaon with energy, and punishes subordinates who fail her. She wants Murakamo to love no one but herself and is jealously contemptuous of Himiko, who is much higher in Kaon's affections than she is. Mika's flashbacks to her hospitalization indicate that Kaon reminds her of a nurse who had cared for her. Before her death, she entrusted Himiko (despite her hostility towards her) to rescue Kaon from Kazuya, giving her the key to a device she created based on plans drawn up by her grandfather (Reitarō). | Japan |
| Kaon and Himiko | Lesbian | Kaon is reminiscent of Chikane Himemiya, her alter ego in Kannazuki no Miko. She wants to protect Himiko (even at a cost to herself), as Chikane did for Himeko. Kaon has her Absolute Angel mark on her left arm; at one point, Mika replaces Kaon's mark with her own so Kaon can only draw energy from Mika. Kaon's emotional bond with Himiko is interrupted, but her true nature resurfaces and her mark is restored when Himiko kisses her. In special two of the anime Kaon visits Himiko, who draws her nude with a blanket. Himiko is close to Kaon and subordinate to Mika, saying that the latter 'assigned' her name. Reminiscent of Himeko Kurusugawa in Kannazuki no Miko in her lack of self-confidence and emotional bond with Kaon, she develops determination and courage. Although she enjoys creating pictures, the only subject for her drawings and paintings seems to be Kaon. | |||
| 2007 | Tōka Gettan | Shōko Rokujō | Lesbian | She has an obsessive attraction to Makoto, as she often fantasizes about her and the latter in romantic and even perverted scenarios. | Japan |
| Makoto Inukai | Lesbian | She seems to have an attraction to Momoka, similar to Shoko's | |||
| 2007–2009 | Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World | Rick Brocka Steve Ball | Gay | During the series, the gay couple Rick and Steve have a baby with the lesbian couple Dana and Kirsten.[86] | United States, Canada |
| Dana Bernstein Kirsten Kellogg | Lesbian | ||||
| Chuck Masters Evan Martinez | Gay | Chuck Masters and Evan Martinez are a male gay couple. | |||
| 2007–2009 | Darker than Black | Mina Hazuki | Lesbian | Mina is a lesbian but her powers, which include energy weaponizing, involve her kissing men which goes against her preference. | Japan |
| 2007–2009 | Candy Boy | Sakuya Kamiyama | Lesbian | Sakuya seeks out and stalks Kanade, saying that she's in love with her and will do anything to be with her. She pays Yukino with candies in exchange for photos and personal stuff of her sister. | Japan |
| Kanade Sakurai Yukino Sakurai | Lesbian | Although sisters, their relationship between each other is classified as 'romantic' and in most episodes, the affection between the two is displayed as though they were dating. | |||
| 2007–2010 | Nodame Cantabile | Masumi Okuyama | Gay | Masumi is homosexual and an okama. He loves Shinichi Chiaki. | Japan |
| 2007–2010 | Chowder | Kimchi | Genderqueer | Kimchi is Chowder's pet stink cloud. In earlier episodes, he had an ambiguous gender and was often referred by other characters with singular pronouns (e.g. 'that thing' and 'it'). However, from the episode, 'My Big Fat Stinky Wedding', he is revealed to be male. | United States |
| 2007–2011 | The Nutshack | Cherry Pie | Trans woman | Cherry Pie is a friendly and flirtatious Vietnamese trans woman who runs a salon and is a virgin. | United States |
| Rainbow Scout | Gay | Rainbow Scout is a gay male character developed around common gay stereotypes. | |||
| 2007–2011 | Kodomo no Jikan | Kuro Kagami | Lesbian | Initially, Kuro's 'friendship' with Rin was rather warped, as she viewed the latter as little more than her personal plaything, applying things such as makeup and nail polish to her as if she were a living doll (and getting into trouble for it). However, it was during an attempted 'dress up' session that Kuro had her arguably greatest impact on her friend's life: her attempt to remove a dress that Aki had made by hand for Rin prompted the latter to emerge from her stupor for the first time to protest the action, marking the beginning of her long journey on the road to eventual recovery. While Kuro's attitude improved somewhat in the ensuing years, her friendship with Rin changed dramatically: the admiration and respect she developed for the strength of character that emerged in her friend eventually gave rise to an intimate attraction. In spite of this, she remains fiercely loyal and protective of Rin, a courtesy she extends to any individuals she considers her friends.[87] Her mother divorced her father after he cheated on her. This is the reason for Kuro's general distrust of men.[88] When Kuro asked Shirai what the best approach for dealing with her unrequited love for Rin would be, Shirai hurt the young girl's feelings by unintentionally implying that her lesbian attraction was somehow less than normal. She apologized to her later on. | Japan |
| 2007–2012 | Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture | Kei Yūki | Gay | He is Tadayasu Souemon Sawaki's childhood friend whom he reunited with during the show. Kei loves to cross dress and admits to having romantic feelings towards Sawaki. | Japan |
| 2008 | Rosario + Vampire | Yukari Sendou | Bisexual | Yukari (a witchling) has a crush on both Moka (a female vampire) and Tsukune (a male human). Yukari openly wants to have a three-way relationship with them, but Moka and Tsukune don't return her feelings. When Yukari is introduced in both the manga and the anime, she only likes Moka, not Tsukune. Once Moka saves Yukari from being bullied by their monster schoolmates, Yukari confesses her love to her. At this point, Yukari tries to drive Moka and Tsukune apart, out of jealousy. Only after Tsukune puts himself in harm's way to save Yukari from monsters too, Yukari starts to like him as well and confesses her love to him.[89][90] | Japan |
| 2008 | Monochrome Factor | Akira Nikaido and Shirogane | Gay | While in the manga neither Akira Nikaido nor Shirogane have romantic interest in each other, in the anime Shirogane often flirts with Akira. While Akira is initially disturbed by this, he does become jealous when he sees Shirogane on what appears to be a date with Lulu. In the manga, Akira has no romantic feelings for Shirogane while Shirogane is in love with King Ryuko. | Japan |
| 2008 | Macross Frontier | Bobby Margot | Gay | He is the flamboyant helmsman of the Macross Quarter and close friends with Ozma Lee, whom he has unrequited feelnigs for. | Japan |
| 2008 | Antique Bakery | Yusuke Ono | Gay | He is a gay male who has a demonic charm that makes men (regardless of sexuality) fall in love with him once he finds them attractive. He is in love with the main character Keisuke (Keiichiro) Tachibana who doesn't reciprocate. | Japan |
| Chikage Kobayakawa | Bisexual | Chikageonce slept with a woman named Sakurako Sakaki by her insistence so she could have a daughter who is named Kaedeko. Later he falls in love with Yusuke, who is shown to have an attraction to him as well. | |||
| Jean | Gay | He is one of Yusuke's ex-lovers. Yusuke describes their short affair like a French film 'full of passion for the first hour, and full of yelling and fighting the rest of the time'. Jean himself proved to be an abusive lover which is the main reason they broke up. | |||
| 2008 | Nabari no Ou | Yoite | Intersex, Transman | Yoite was born intersex, but seems to identify as male. | Japan |
| 2008 | Shōjo Sect | Various girls | Lesbian | Shōjo Sect is a Japaneseyurimanga series (adapted into a three part OVA) written and illustrated by manga author Kenn Kurogane. The story revolves around the main protagonists Shinobu Handa and Momoko Naitou. They have known each other since childhood and Shinobu fell in love with Momoko from the first day they met. Now enrolled in an all-girl high school, Momoko has forgotten about the past, but Shinobu has not. Both follow their own ways, but Shinobu still hopes for Momoko to remember their promise from long ago. | Japan |
| 2008 | Kamen no Maid Guy | Saki Tabaruzaka | Lesbian | Saki is in love with Naeka. She is so obsessed, she jealously attacks anyone else who attempts peek at Naeka before she does. Saki's efforts are sometimes thwarted by Kogarashi, though he refuses to harm her directly. | Japan |
| 2008 | Penguin Musume | Sakura Nankyoku | Lesbian | She is the main character of the series and is often referred to as 'Penguin'. Growing up with anime and manga has led her to have an erratic and slightly perverted personality, and she often flirts with her female friends. | Japan |
| Kujira Etorofu | Genderqueer | A girl who is skilled in Etorofu martial arts. She was raised as a boy by her father to become a strong fighter, and while she has since realized she is actually a girl, her father hasn't. | |||
| Karei Ijuin | Trans woman | Karei Ijuin is one of Marie's four knights. Kare is actually a transgender. | |||
| Saki Hojiro | Lesbian | Maguro's little sister. She immediately becomes the victim of Penguin's affections, but luckily seems to rather enjoy and reciprocate them. | |||
| 2008 | Mnemosyne | Rin Asougi, Mimi | Bisexual, Lesbian | Rin and Mimi are the main characters of the story. Throughout the series they have an intimate relationship, though in episode four, Mimi appears to have grown close to the second informant (the informants being a group of women). | Japan |
| Apos | Intersex | They are the main antagonist of the series. As revealed in episode five, Apos is a hermaphrodite, or more properly an intersex person, possessing qualities of both an angel and an immortal, which, according to them, makes them a god. | |||
| Informants | Lesbian | They are a group or organization of women who provide Rin and Mimi with crucial information in regards to their investigations throughout the series and whose names have never been revealed. In return for their services, they demand sex with either Rin or Mimi. Mimi is extremely uncomfortable and unnerved by this at first but seems to have entered into some sort of relationship with the second informant by episode four. In episode six, the second informant is apparently dead as well, replaced by a third one, with whom Mimi keeps a strictly professional relationship. In episode 3 during their search for information on Rin, Koki Maeno was forced to watch the informants have sex with Mimi or else no information would be given. | |||
| 2008–2010 | Koihime Musō | Gien Bunchō | Lesbian | She joins Ryūbi on the quest to look for medicine due to her romantic feelings for Ryūbi, who (according to Gengan) is almost like the splitting image of her deceased older sister. | Japan |
| Sōsō Mōtoku | Lesbian | Sōsō likes beautiful women and likes to tease her subordinates, especially her strategist Jun'iku, but is also attracted to Kan'u. In fact, a famous scene in the first season's closing credits shows her 'kidnapping' a dining Kan'u and then kissing her while inside a private bedchamber. Kan'u was later returned to the dining table with the rest of her friends, albeit covered in kiss marks and quite shaken. Sōsō also doesn't like being denied what she wants, and vows to get Kan'u in her bedchamber. | |||
| Chōryō Bun'en | Bisexual | She has an obsession with Kan'u to the point of modeling her own weapon as a black version of the Green Dragon Crescent Blade. | |||
| Jun'iku Bunjaku | Lesbian | She has a huge crush on Sōsō and does not mind being teased by her. She has a rivalry with the Kakō sisters due to the fact they are Sōsō's cousins and are closer to her. | |||
| Kakuka Hōkō | Lesbian | A woman seeking to become a strategist of Sōsō's forces, and is also romantically attracted to the warlord. She ends up becoming Sōsō's bodyguard instead, much to her chagrin. | |||
| Sonsaku Hakufu Shūyu Kōkin | Lesbian | Sonsaku and Shuyu are lovers. | |||
| Daikyō | Intersex, Lesbian | Daikyo, together with her sister Shōkyō, is one of Shūyu's personal 'pets' who have the sole purpose of entertaining her. Daikyo is a hermaphrodite whilst her sister is fully female. | |||
| Shōkyō | Lesbian | ||||
| Ryomō Shimei Sonken Bundai | Lesbian, Bisexual | Ryomo is eventually relieved of her duties to be appointed as an apprentice strategist to Sonken, whom she appears to have developed a crush on during their time spent together (it was implied that Sonken also feels this way). | |||
| 2008–2014 | Black Butler | Grell Sutcliffe | Trans Woman | Grell is a trans woman. | Japan |
| Ash Landers/Angela Blanc | Intersex | Ash and Angela are both counterpart angels making them intersex. | |||
| Alois Trancy | Gay | Alois is attracted to his butler, Claude Faustus. | |||
| 2008–2014 | Superjail! | Alice | Trans woman | Alice is the female transgender head corrections officer of Superjail, or better described to be the only corrections officer. She is voiced by Christy Karacas. | United States |
| Jean Baptiste Le Ghei Paul Guaye | Gay | The inmates Jean Baptiste Le Ghei and Paul Guaye are a recurring couple. | |||
| 2008–2015 | Junjou Romantica | Misaki Takahashi and Akihiko Usami | Gay | Akihiko had been in an unrequited love with Takahiro for years and even entered a temporary sexual relationship with Hiroki Kamijou to forget him, but failed. He later falls for Misaki Takahashi, Takahiro's younger brother. Misaki loves Akihiko but is embarrassed to admit so. | Japan |
| Hiroki Kamijou and Nowaki Kusama | Gay | Hiroki used to be in love with Akihiko Usami but later falls in love with and enters a relationship with Nowaki Kusama. | |||
| Yoh Miyagi and Shinobu Takatsuki | Bisexual, Gay | Yoh Miyagi was deeply in love with his female teacher and was deeply heartbroken when she died. He later married a woman named Risako but divorced her after she cheated on him. Her younger brother, Shinobu, goes to meet with Yoh, admitting he fell in love at first sight with him and after some persistent and questionable courting, becomes his lover. | |||
| Keiichi Sumi | Gay | He becomes friends with Misaki Takahashi because he is in love with Akihiko Usami and wanted to get close to him, but realizes his feelings are not reciprocated and becomes friends with Misaki for real. | |||
| Ryuuichiro Isaka and Kaoru Asahina | Gay | Both have been in love with each other for years since childhood but at first Ryuuichiro thought Kaoru loved Ryuuichiro's father until they clear up the misunderstanding and have been dating for ten years and happily celebrate their ten-year anniversary. | |||
| Kyo Ijuuin | Gay | He falls in love with Misaki Takahashi. | |||
| 2008–present | Strike Witches | Perrine H. Clostermann | Lesbian | She often refuses to work as part of a team and is initially hostile towards Yoshika Miyafuji due to the latter's attachment to Mio Sakamoto, on whom Perrine has an obvious crush. Over time, Perrine is able to warm up considerably to Yoshika, and the two are shown to be good friends by the time of the movie. | Japan |
| Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen | Lesbian | She is in love with her squadron mate Sanya Litvyak, with feelings just like that of a 'junior high boy hesitating to confess love to a girl whom he has a crush on', according to Fumikane Shimada, 'but she has the advantage of sleeping in a bed with her lover as she is a girl.' Eila's affection towards Sanya is such that she acts coldly towards anyone who comes too close to the latter. | |||
| Waltrud Krupinski | Lesbian | Waltrud is a hard-drinking womanizer and hedonist with an optimist personality. | |||
| Raisa Pöttgen | Lesbian | She is paired with Hanna Marseille who she has strong feelings toward. | |||
| 2008–present | A Certain Magical Index; A Certain Scientific Railgun | Kuroko Shirai | Bisexual | Kuroko has an obsessive perverted lesbian crush on Mikoto but revealed in a light novel that she likes men prior to Mikoto. | Japan |
| 2009 | Valkyria Chronicles | Jann Walker | Gay | Jann Walker is a flamboyant gay man who likes muscles. He has a particular interest in Largo. | Japan |
| 2009 | Sweet Blue Flowers | Fumi Manjōme Akira Okudaira | Lesbian | Sweet Blue Flowers is a yuri anime.[91] The main character, Fumi, comes out as a lesbian in episode 4.[92] Akira later has a relationship with Fumi. | Japan |
| Chizu Hanashiro | Bisexual | Fumi's cousin. Chizu and Fumi were very close as children and developed a more physically intimate relationship once they were older. Fumi was in love with Chizu, but Chizu chooses to get married instead, breaking Fumi's heart. Chizu's first child looks a lot like Fumi did as a baby. | |||
| Kyōko Ikumi | Lesbian | Kyoko confesses her feelings to her female crush, Yasuko.[93] | |||
| Yasuko Sugimoto | Bisexual | After visiting Fujigaya Girls Academy and rejecting Kyōko's confession, Yasuko asks out Fumi, who accepts. Yasuko developed romantic feelings for a teacher, Masanori Kagami, when she was attending Fujigaya. After his rejection, she switched schools and changed focus from drama to basketball. | |||
| Shinako Sugimoto | Lesbian | Yasuko's eldest sister, Shinako was quite popular in school and often had younger students admiring her and wanting to date her. She dated a female student named Kaoruko, who broke up with her, but it seems they got back together several times. Shinako regularly had many girlfriends and says she loved all of them. | |||
| 2009 | Sit Down, Shut Up | Andrew LeGustambos | Bisexual | Andrew is a flamboyant and bisexual drama teacher whose last name in Spanish roughly translates to 'he likes both', a reference to his sexual orientation.[94] He is in love with Larry Littlejunk and Miracle Grohe, with whom he hopes to get into a relationship should they become a couple. | United States |
| 2009 | The Goode Family | Mo Trish | Lesbian | Mo and Trish are a lesbian couple. | United States |
| Souki Jenn | Lesbian | Souki and Jenn are a lesbian couple. | |||
| 2009 | Akikan! | Yurika Kochikaze | Lesbian | Kakeru and Najimi's classmate who claims to be Najimi's lover. She's always having fights with Kakeru and Yell as her rival for Najimi.[95] | Japan |
| Hidehiko Otoya | Gay | Otoya is gay and quite lecherous, with a particular attraction to so-called 'pretty boys'; he even pretends to be the school doctor in order to be close to them. He especially makes continual sexual advances toward Kakeru, which are always rejected in the anime. In the OVA, however, he raped Kakeru twice. | |||
| 2009 | Kanamemo | Yuuki Minami Yume Kitaoka | Lesbian | Yuuki and Yume are a lesbian couple. They share an expressive yuri love, even kissing in public occasionally. | Japan |
| Haruka Nishida | Lesbian | Haruka has an attraction to girls most notably ones under the age of 15, often making various advances on Kana, who fears her greatly in this regard. In one of the later episodes, Haruka has a dream involving her sharing a kiss with Kana. | |||
| Mika Kujiin | Lesbian | Mika seems to have a crush on Kana, and gets riled up at the thought of Kana ever having a boyfriend. These feelings are however portrayed much further in the manga than the anime. | |||
| 2009 | Taishō Baseball Girls | Tomoe Tsukubae | Lesbian | She has a huge crush on Koume and joined the team to be closer to her. | Japan |
| Kyouko Sakurami | Lesbian | She has a large crush on Tomoe, and when Tomoe asked her to join, she agreed without thinking. | |||
| 2009 | Whispered Words | Sumika Murasame Ushio Kazama | Lesbian | Sumika is intelligent, tall with long black hair and athletically gifted. However, after realizing she was in love with Ushio she decided to quit karate in order to try to become 'cuter'. She secretly loves Ushio, but the fact that Ushio doesn't return her feelings at all makes her suffer. Often she tries acting cuter, but the results aren't great and Ushio remains oblivious to Sumika's feelings. Ushio is a naive girl madly in love with cute girls. She often gets crushes but they are all one-sided. She considers Sumika to be a very precious friend and often says that she is 'cool', 'not cute' and 'not her type'. She is completely unaware of Sumika's feelings and her inner reaction to these words. She herself develops feelings for Sumika, but is afraid to act on them based on a bad experience with one of her old friends. She later learns from Tomoe that Sumika is in love with her too, and slowly starts to give Sumika hints. | Japan |
| Tomoe Hachisuka Miyako Taema | Lesbian | Tomoe is one of the classmates of Sumika and Ushio who is also a lesbian. She is in a relationship with another classmate, Miyako Taema. Tomoe is the only one able to 'control' her; they are always together, and for this reason they had no friends before befriending Sumika and the others. | |||
| Masaki Akemiya | Genderqueer | Masaki likes Sumika, but when he notices that she likes Ushio he cross-dresses in order to catch her attention. His younger sister finds out and sends pictures of him to a magazine. To his dismay, he is chosen as a model and pictures of him start appearing in magazines under the alias Akemi Yamasaki. Ushio sees the pictures and develops a crush on Akemi and wants to meet 'her'. | |||
| 2009 | Shangri-La | Momoko | Trans woman | Momoko is a trans woman with a flamboyant personality. Her weapon of choice is a whip that is coiled around her arm until she activates and uses it. She has a liking towards men, and often attacks them by forcing upon them kisses or other uncomfortable encounters.[96] | Japan |
| Miiko | Trans woman | Miiko is the younger trans woman who often gets teased by Momoko.[96] Miiko seems to tend to cry a lot and tends to be picked on by other members of the group (Tropical Fish). She sacrifices herself and Hiruko to save Sayoko and Mikuni by shielding them during the bombing of Neo Akihabara presumably using all of Hiruko's power to accomplish this. Her birth name is Tetsuo Kumagai. | |||
| 2009–2010 | Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood | Garfiel | Gay | A homosexual man. | Japan |
| 2009–2010 | Kiddy Girl-and | Ascoeur | Lesbian | When powered-up by Di-air's kiss she is able to teleport further, faster and while carrying multiple bodies, however later on has shown she has gotten stronger with her ability to where she doesn't need to kiss Di-air to teleport other people. In Episode 21, she freed Q-feuille from her brainwashed state through resonance amidst a kiss. (The resonance was strong enough to overpower 'Geact'er's' ability.) | Japan |
| Q-feuille | Lesbian | With Di-air's kiss she is able to predict actions with precision.[97] In Episode 21, she gets kissed by Ascoeur in order to free her from her brainwashed state. | |||
| Di-air | Lesbian | Her special ability allows her to increase the magnitude of other people's abilities, through a lips-to-lips kiss. | |||
| 2009–2010 | Hetalia: Axis Powers | Sweden (Berwald Oxenstierna) | Gay | Berwald is confirmed to be a homosexual by the show's creator Hidekaz Himaruya, and had feelings towards his friend Tino (Finland). Berwald is also the only character in the show to have a confirmed sexuality. | Japan |
| Germany (Ludwig) Italy (Feliciano Vargas) | Gay, Bisexual | It is implied that Germany may be in love with Italy. In the Valentine's episode, Germany starts reading a book about how partners behave. As he reads the book, Germany becomes confused on whether or not Italy's behavior is that of a friend or a lover. Later, Italy presents him with red roses, a confession of love in Germany's home, making him believe that Italy is in love with him. He then proceeds to take the steps in the book to court Italy. He eventually proposes to Italy, and the strip ends with a flashback of Chibitalia receiving flowers from what appears to be Germany's view point, suggesting that he is Italy's long-lost childhood love, Holy Roman Empire. | |||
| Spain (Antonio Fernandez/ Hernandez Carriedo) South Italy (Lovino Vargas) | Gay, Bisexual | Antonio has shown attraction towards Lovino throughout the series, proposing to him in the manga. It is unknown whether or not he was rejected. | |||
| 2009–2010 | Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar | Mexiah Flan (Doll) | Bisexual | Doll/Mexiah was eventually unearthed and discovered as an infant with pink hair by Naua Flan, who adopted her with the name Mexiah Flan, and she was raised as Chiaia's older sister. As Mexiah, she is a martial arts instructor at the Holy Land Academy and, unlike her serious sister, is shockingly affectionate toward Kenshi; however, she also has lesbian relationships with some of the female students, all of whom worship her. | Japan |
| 2009–2011 | Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas | Nasu Veronica | Gay, Genderqueer | Nasu Veronica is one of the specters of Hades; His looks are quite feminine and during his appearance in the forest of death, he is seen wearing a lipstick and a nun's dress. In addition to this, he shows attraction to Manigoldo saying that he likes his smell to death, and refers to him as 'cute' on several occasions. Manigoldo tells him however that he only likes 'pretty girls' and goes on to insult him, calling him a 'faggot' repeatedly. | Japan |
| 2009–2011 | Maria Holic | Kanako Miyamae | Lesbian or Bisexual | Kanako, the main protagonist, is parodied as a stereotypical lesbian with a constant exaggerated demonstration of her attraction to other girls. At the same time, the series likes to tease about chemistry between her and Mariya, although it is not known whether she likes him because of his disguises as a girl, or as a male himself. Arguably though, during the first episode, Kanako did originally fall for Mariya because of believing him at first, to be a 'beautiful girl' and her 'type'. | Japan |
| Mariya Shidō, Shizu Shidō | Genderqueer | Mariya is a cross-dressing boy who attends Ame no Kisaki as a girl as a means to win the chairmanship of both the all-male and all-female schools where his late grandmother served as the ex-chairman for both, hence why his sister, Shizu cross-dresses as a boy to maintain her win in the all-male school. When Kanako first meets Mariya, she is instantly attracted to his playful femininity and kind attitude. He often teases Kanako by playing with his long blonde hair, speaking in a soft voice, and smiling sweetly. However, Mariya turns out to be quite sadistic in nature and generally adjusts his personality to reflect whatever situation he is in. | |||
| Miki Miyamae | Bisexual | In Season 2, we learn about Kanako's little sister, Miki who visits Ame no Kisaki in Episode 11. She met Mariya when she was in elementary school, and has been in love with her since then. She wants to date Mariya when she enters high school, but Kanako tells her she's a boy. Despite this, Miki promises to enter Ame no Kisaki when she's older and to date Mariya. | |||
| 2009–2011 | Kämpfer | Natsuru Senō | Genderqueer | Natsuru is a second-year student at Seitetsu High School. He has a crush on Kaede Sakura, one of the school's beauties. At the start of the story, he discovers that he has transformed into a girl, and learns that he has been chosen to be a Kämpfer with Zauber, or magic, powers such as casting fireballs.[98] As a girl, he has longer hair styled in a ponytail. After a fight with Shizuku causes him to expose his Kämpfer form to other students of the school, Natsuru is enrolled as a girl of the same name at the school, quickly ranking among the school beauties Kaede and Shizuku. Natsuru's female form becomes the subject of intense affection from Kaede Sakura (who has displayed no particular interest in his normal male form), nearly the entire female student body, and the boys, including his male classmates. | Japan |
| Kaede Sakura | Lesbian | Kaede's infatuation with Kämpfer Natsuru quickly grows into an obsession as she begins to make romantic and later erotic advances to Natsuru's female form, to the point of repeatedly barging in on her taking a shower and sneaking into her futon at night.[99] Later, it is also implied that she knew from the very beginning that there were not two Natsurus, but just one who switches gender (she personally reveals it in the anime whereas in the novel it is her White Kämpfer who would do so) and that she was merely feigning ignorance at the start, although her obsession with his female form turned out to be real, even while knowing his true nature. Kaede is shown to be strongly into female-female romance, where she is implied to be having erotic relationships with her White Kämpfer, and she even stated that she hates men and thinks they are useless. | |||
| Vice-Chairman | Lesbian | Unlike the others, she is attracted to the Female Natsuru and will not hesitate to be close to her when given the chance. She has short blond hair that covers part of her face. | |||
| 2009–2013 | The Cleveland Show | 'Auntie' Momma Tubbs (Kevin Tubbs) | Genderqueer | Cleveland learns in 'A Brown Thanksgiving' that Auntie Momma adopted a female persona years earlier because she felt that her niece Donna did not have a strong female role model in her life. | United States |
| Terry Kimple Paul | Bisexual, Gay | Terry, Cleveland's co-worker, marries his husband Paul in 'Terry Unmarried'. In the same episode, Cleveland asks if Terry is gay; Terry answers no, much to Cleveland's cheer. But Terry replies he's attracted to both genders, much to Cleveland's dismay. | |||
| 2009–2014 | Fight Ippatsu! Jūden-chan!! | Sweety Milly Bloody Selica | Lesbian | Sweet Milly and Bloody Selicia are both characters from Plug Cryostat's favourite 'perverted' show, Miracle Witch Milly. They are initially rivals but in the end, they fall in love and become lovers instead. | Japan |
| 2009–2015 | Nyaruko: Crawling with Love | Kūko | Bisexual | She is in love with Nyaruko despite that her race is the nemesis of Nyarlathotepians, and appears to be clingy. She is hostile toward Mahiro and threatens him to stay away from Nyaruko in the beginning of the story. As the story progress, she becomes more friendly towards him. She transfers to Mahiro's school and takes the name Kūko Yasaka, Nyaruko's 'wife'. She concealed her feelings for Nyaruko from her family and lied to them that Mahiro is her fiancé, as love between Nyarlathotep and Cthugha are considered a shame of the family among Cthughans, however she has displayed having feelings for Mahiro. | Japan |
| Kūne | Lesbian | She has feelings toward her cousin Kūko, and is also clingy that she treats Kūko similar to how Kūko treats Nyaruko. In order to stop her pursuit, Kūko lied to her and said that she is in love with Mahiro and they are already engaged, which made her very depressed. She looks down on Mahiro because he is not as powerful as the aliens, as well as acting hostile toward Nyaruko, as their races are nemesis. | |||
| 2009–2018 | Monogatari | Sugaru Kanbaru | Bisexual | She identifies as a bisexual multiple times in the series. | Japan |
| 2009–present | Archer | Pam Poovey | Bisexual | Pam is the bisexual director of human resources. | United States |
| Ray Gillette | Gay | Ray is an openly gay secret agent, and a former Olympic medalist in skiing.[100] | |||
| Woodhouse | Gay | Woodhouse, Archer's personal valet, is of ambiguous sexuality; he had a romantic and sexual attraction to another man, Reggie, during the First World War, but it has not been specified whether he has ever had any sexual feelings for anyone since Reggie's death. | |||
| 2009–present | Fairy Tail | Bob | Gay | Bob is the founder and Guild master of the Blue Pegasus Guild. He tends to wear dresses and makeup and act flirtatious around young male mages but does have a more serious and angry side. | Japan |
| Freed Justine | Bisexual | He has been shown in a side story to be staring happily at nude models and pictures of some of his male teammates including Eve, Hibiki, Ren and Laxus but also claimed to be shy around insufficiently dressed women. | |||
| 2009–present | Queen's Blade | Elina | Lesbian | She has naughty, lesbian thoughts about her sister Leina to which Leina wants no part in. | Japan |
2010s[edit]
| Year(s) | Title | Character(s) | Classification | Notes | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 7, 2010 – September 30, 2011 | Baka and Test | Toshimitsu Kubo | Gay | Kubo has a crush on the main character Akihisa Yoshii. | Japan |
| Miharu Shimizu | Lesbian | Miharu is in love with Minami Shimada, but Minami tries to avoid her. | |||
| January 8, 2010 – March 26, 2016 | Durarara!! | Mairu Orihara Kururi Orihara | Bisexual | Mairu and Kururi, the sisters of the series' antagonist Izaya Orihara, are openly bisexual characters. | Japan |
| January 9, 2010 – June 28, 2011 | The Qwaser of Stigmata | Ekaterina 'Katja' Kurae Hana Katsuragi | Lesbian | Hana is Katja's sex slave and BDSM submissive. Hana also serves as her reserve of 'Soma', breast milk with magical properties, which Katja routinely drinks. | Japan |
| Mutsumi Sendou | Bisexual | Mutsumi is the lover of Tasuku Fujiomi. He is the only man Mutsumi is attracted to and she is often annoyed by his tendency to be a womanizer. However, Mutsumi is attracted to girls too. She openly flirts with Mafuyu in front of Sasha. She also kidnaps and rapes Mafuyu, and in the process discovers that Mafuyu holds the power known as 'Sword of Maria'.[101][102] | |||
| Eva-Q Eva-R | Bisexual | Eva-Q and Eva-R seek to be sex and BDSM slaves. They are seen harassing three people, of both genders, asking them to be their master or mistress: a female police officer, the class president Fumika Mitarai and Alexander 'Sasha' Nikolaevich Hell. Eva-Q and Eva-R also kiss each other.[103] | |||
| April 5, 2010 – September 3, 2018 | Adventure Time | Marceline the Vampire Queen Princess Bubblegum | Bisexual | On August 7, 2014, at a Barnes & Noble book signing for Martin Olson's book, The Adventure Time Encyclopædia, Olivia Olson confirmed that Marceline and Princess Bubblegum had dated; which can explain their rivalry and why they had trouble getting along with the other in the past. According to Olson, since the show airs in some countries where same-sex relationships are illegal, Marceline and Princess Bubblegum's relationship cannot be depicted on the TV series. She stated that their relationship may be mentioned in an upcoming book, but had no further statements regarding the two.[104] Additionally, Princess Bubblegum used to date the male character Mr. Cream Puff[105] and Marceline dated a male wizard named Ash.[106] Their relationship finally became official during the series finale, where both share an on-screen kiss.[107][108] | United States |
| BMO | Genderqueer | BMO is neither male nor female.[109] In the show both the pronoun 'he' and the term 'm'lady' have been used in reference to BMO. While BMO is an object used for recreation by Finn and Jake, it is still considered a close friend and treated as an equal by the two.[109] BMO speaks English with a Korean accent.[110] | |||
| April 6, 2010 – September 28, 2010 | Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin | Gisuke Sasaki | Gay | A perverted pedophilic doctor at the Shonan Special Disciplinary School who abuses his position to sexually molest boys. | Japan |
| April 11, 2010 – September 19, 2010 | The Betrayal Knows My Name | Yuki Giou (Sakurai) and Zess (Luka Corosszeira) | Gay, Bisexual | Yuki's previous incarnation was a woman named Yuki and Yuki and Luka were lovers. In the present, Yuki and Luka are highly protective of each other and are implied to be in love with each other. | Japan |
| June 27, 2010 – March 25, 2012 | Mary Shelley's Frankenhole | Sanguinaire Polidori | Gay | Polidori is openly gay and the partner of Victor. | United States |
| August 16, 2010 – May 11, 2012 | Kuttsukiboshi | Kiiko Kawakami Aaya Saitō | Lesbian, Bisexual | Kiiko is in love with Aaya, but didn't have the courage to tell her in the beginning. Aaya likes to perform experiments with Kiiko's powers, but in reality she is in love with her. She usually takes the lead when it comes to activities and has an outgoing personality. Aaya's older brother, Kōta Saitō had a terminal disease and manipulated Aaya into having sex with him before going in for his operation where he died. | Japan |
| October 1, 2010 – April 28, 2011 | Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt | Garterbelt | Bisexual | He is a priest with an interest in young males, Brief in particular. In his youth however, he was a brutal thug who committed a wide array of crimes including robbery, prostitution, selling drugs and murder. | Japan |
| October 2, 2010 – December 18, 2010 | MM! | Tatsukichi Hayama | Genderqueer | He enjoys cross-dressing (which induces his female alter-ego 'Tatsumi Antoinette XVI' to appear). He is troubled at the start when Taro, who does not know of Tatsukichi's hobby, becomes infatuated with his female alter ego. While cross-dressing, his alter-ego has a superiority complex, and repeatedly argues with Isurugi (sometimes over Taro's affection), as well as verbally attacking Mio's breast size repeatedly. | Japan |
| Yumi Mamiya | Bisexual | She hates Taro and loves Tatsukichi, but does not know that Tatsukichi is a cross-dresser. In certain scenes in the anime, it is implied that she has lesbian tendencies when groping and fondling Arashiko and Mio. | |||
| October 4, 2010 – September 8, 2014 | Squid Girl | Sanae Nagatsuki | Lesbian | She develops an obsessive crush on Squid Girl, often trying to get intimate with her at every opportunity and getting attacked in the process. She keeps a vast collection of Squid Girl photographs and memorabilia. She develops inhuman reflexes for taking Squid Girl's photos, and also a masochistic streak from Squid Girl's violent responses to her advances. She's also a classmate of Eiko, and the two of them attend the same school together. Due to her obsession with Squid Girl, her Dog, Alex often tries to gain her attention, through various means, and will often bite Squid Girl, in anger, despite Squid Girl's own irritation with Sanae's obsession. | Japan |
| October 7, 2010 – December 23, 2010 | Togainu no Chi | Akira, Keisuke, Rin, Shiki, Nano, Motomi | Gay | As the anime is based on a BL video game where the main character Akira can hook up with Keisuke, Rin, Shiki, Nano and Motomi, it is safe to say these characters also hold feelings for Akira in the anime. | Japan |
| Arbitro and Kau | Gay | Arbitro is the head of a narcotics company and has a horrific hobby of experimenting on and modifying the bodies of handsome young men. Kau is his favorite 'pet', who exhibits love towards Arbitro in what appears to be a form of Stockholm Syndrome. | |||
| October 15, 2010 – December 31, 2010 | Princess Jellyfish | Kuranosuke Koibuchi | Genderqueer | He is the son of a rich political family and loves to cross-dress. | Japan |
| November 26, 2010 – present | Young Justice | Multiple characters | LGBTQ | According to series creator Greg Weisman, the show included LGBT characters during its first two seasons.[111][112] | United States |
| Marie Logan | Lesbian or Bisexual | Marie Logan is introduced in the first season as the mother of Garfield Logan / Beast Boy. As detailed in the tie-in comic series, Marie was killed by Queen Bee in the five-year time skip between the first and second seasons. Queen Bee used her abilities of pheremone control to enthral Marie and kill herself by driving off a cliff.[113] Since Queen Bee's abilities only work on people that are sexually attracted to women,[114] Marie was either a lesbian or bisexual.[115][116] | |||
| December 18, 2010 – February 15, 2012 | Yuri Seijin Naoko-san | Naoko-san | Lesbian | Naoko-san is an alien who comes from the Planet Yuri and takes the place of Misuzu's sister. She appears to have a thing for little girls. She also seeks to conquer the world by 'yurifying' it.[117] In the manga, her depiction as a 'yurian' is in reality a metaphor for 'lesbian'.[118] | Japan |
| Hii-chan | Lesbian | The best friend of Misuzu and later Naoko-san, who wears glasses. She appears to have a deranged crush on Misuzu. | |||
| January 9, 2011 – March 27, 2011 | I Don't Like You at All, Big Brother!! | Rin Yatagai | Lesbian | Ran's older twin sister. Although she initially appears to help Nao stop Ran's crazy plans, it is later revealed that she is a lesbian who has become interested in Nao's lips as well as seems to have a harem of girls after her attention. In the end, she accidentally kisses Iroha and takes a liking to her instead.[119][120] | Japan |
| January 9, 2011 – present | Bob's Burgers | Marshmallow | Trans woman | Marshmallow is a transgender sex worker.[121] | United States |
| Marbles | Trans woman | Marbles is a transgender sex worker.[122] | |||
| Glitter | Trans woman | Glitter is a transgender sex worker who is said to be going under gender reassignment because she mentions the town being full of 'Doctors who refuse to cut off your penis'.[122] | |||
| Cha-Cha | Trans woman | Cha-Cha is a transgender sex worker.[122] | |||
| Dalton Crespin | Gay | He had a boyfriend whom he broke up with prior to the episode 'The Bleakening' who is now boyfriends with another one of his ex-boyfriends.[123] | |||
| January 13, 2011 – March 31, 2011 | Wandering Son | Shuichi Nitori | Lesbian Trans Woman | Shuichi Nitori expresses a desire to become a woman since childhood and shows lesbian interest in two girls: Yoshino Takatsuki and later Anna Suehiro. | Japan |
| Yoshino Takatsuki | Genderqueer, Lesbian | Yoshino Takatsuki initially has gender dysphoria but grows out of it after becoming a model. She likes dressing as a boy and even enjoyed being hit on by an older woman. She later develops feelings for Shuichi but it occurs years after she gets over her crush on her. | |||
| Anna Suehiro | Bisexual | She develops feelings for Shuichi as a boy, but later declares that she does not mind if she is 'considered a lesbian' if Shuichi comes out as a transgender woman. | |||
| Makoto Ariga | Straight Trans woman | Makoto expresses a desire to be a woman primarily due to her love of men and even dreams of entering into a relationship with a cool adult man. | |||
| Hiroyuki Yoshi | Straight Trans woman | Hiroyuki is a trans woman who lives with her boyfriend Shiina and runs a gay bar. | |||
| March 22, 2011 – December 23, 2011 | Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi | Ritsu Onodera and Masamune Takano | Bisexual, Gay | Ritsu and Masamune dated in their high school years but due to a misunderstanding broke up on bad terms, causing Ritsu to state he would never fall in love again. He dated other women in the past to forget but he later meets Masamune once more when he becomes an editor for shoujo manga, working under him. The two eventually and slowly rebuild their relationship. Masamune has shown no interest in women. | Japan |
| Shouta Kisa and Kou Yukina | Gay, Bisexual | Shouta Kisa has a bad habit of falling for good looking men and falls for Kou, but is scared to pursue a relationship as he feels love doesn't really exist. Kou dated women in the past but later falls in love with Shouta and the two develop a strong romantic relationship. | |||
| Yoshiyuki Hatori and Chiaki Yoshino | Bisexual, Gay | Yoshiyuki has been friends with Chiaki for a long time and the two eventually start dating. Hatori had a previous girlfriend in the past. | |||
| Takafumi Yokozawa and Zen Kirishima | Bisexual | Takafumi claims to have liked women in the past, but fell in love with Masamune Takano who did not reciprocate his feelings. He later enters a relationship with Zen Kirishima, who was once happily married until his wife tragically passed. | |||
| Yuu Yanase | Gay | He is in love with Chiaki Yoshino | |||
| Ryuichiro Isaka and Kaoru Asahina | Gay | The two are in love with each other. | |||
| April 3, 2011 – September 18, 2011 | Tiger & Bunny | Nathan Seymour / Fire Emblem | Genderqueer, Gay | Nathan is a highly effeminate homosexual man who identifies as gender queer though also at times prefers to be identified as a woman, often spending more time with the female heroes while flirting with the male heroes. In the past, they tried to present themselves femininely but was harshly criticized and while no longer presented as femininely, they still hold a strong romantic infatuation towards men (something that led to their bullying as a child) | Japan |
| April 5, 2011 – June 27, 2011 | Battle Girls: Time Paradox | Akechi Mitsuhide | Lesbian | Nobunaga's humble aide, who is often bemused at her acceptance of Hideyoshi's odd behavior and is secretly infatuated with Nobunaga. To this end, she is prepared to do whatever it takes to 'make Nobunaga happy', which is why she is willing to acquire the Crimson Armor set on her feudal lord's behalf. Sub-consequently, she is also jealous, at times, with Hide's interactions with Nobunaga. | Japan |
| April 6, 2011 – November 11, 2014 | Steins;Gate | Ruka Urishibara | Trans woman | Ruka is a trans girl. She states that she has always felt trapped in the wrong body.[124] Rintaro, the protagonist, is initially shocked to learn that Ruka is a 'guy', because he thinks she has great feminine grace and beauty.[125] Ruka is in love with Rintaro, but feels ashamed of it due to being a 'guy'.[126] In the series, some characters are able to send 'D-Mails', text messages that arrive in the past via time travel.[127] Ruka successfully changes the past, causing herself to be born as a cis girl. This is accomplished by sending a D-Mail to her mother and persuading her to change her diet when she was pregnant with Ruka.[124] Usually, Rintaro seems to be the only person who keeps his memory intact after D-Mails cause changes like this,[127] however the cis girl Ruka eventually remembers that she used to be a 'guy' as well.[126] At some point, in an attempt to save the life of their friend Mayuri, Rintaro urges all his friends to undo their D-Mails,[128] which includes asking the cis girl Ruka to go back to being a 'guy' by sending another D-Mail to her mother in the past. Ruka obliges, on the condition that he goes on a date with her while she is still a cis girl, which he accepts. Afterwards, Ruka reverses the change as promised.[126] | Japan |
| April 15, 2011 – December 22, 2015 | Aria the Scarlet Ammo | Shino Sasaki | Lesbian | She first met Akari at a food stand where they share a leaf pie. She has since developed an obsessive crush on Akari to the point that she is willing to resort to violence in order to make Akari break off her amica relationship with Aria who she is extremely jealous of. She is also known to stalk Akari and take candid pictures of her changing or in a swimsuit. | Japan |
| Urara Takachiho | Lesbian | She and Akari were originally rivals, but became friends after Akari saved her from the collapsing scaffolding during the Quartet test. In addition, Urara fell in love with Akari and fights for her affection alongside Shino. She is willing to do many things for Akari and has perverted fantasies of dominating her. | |||
| Kinichi / Kana Tohyama | Genderqueer | Under the influence of Hysteria Mode, Kinichi crossdresses as 'Kana' with long braided brown hair and wears a female Butei uniform, long black stockings, and brown lace-up boots. In addition, his physical appearance become more feminine with large eyes and soft facial features like many female characters in the series. Often times Kinji (his younger brother) has to correct himself when addressing Kana, as she does not respond to 'Nii-san.' | |||
| July 5, 2011 – present | YuruYuri | Chinatsu Yoshikawa | Lesbian | Although the work is rather ambiguous about the orientation of main girls, Chinatsu is the one who has a confirmed crush on another girl. | Japan |
| Ayano Sugiura | Lesbian | Ayano is in love with Kyouko but is often not too honest with her feelings for her, always referring to her by her full name and treating her with acts of hostility, despite not wanting do so on purpose. | |||
| Chitose Ikeda | Lesbian | Chitose and her twin sister, Chizuru have various yuri fantasies whenever they take their glasses off, with Chitose almost always pairing Kyōko together with Ayano, which often leads to near-fatal nosebleeds while Chizuru pairs Ayano with Chitose and drools instead of having nosebleeds. Whenever Chitose gets drunk (or eats chocolate in the anime), she goes on a kissing rampage. | |||
| Chizuru Ikeda | |||||
| Akane Akaza | Lesbian | Akari's older sister. She is secretly infatuated with Akari, with her room almost completely covered in photos of her, often doing various perverted things with her belongings when she is not around and reading lots of doujins about sisterly incest. | |||
| Tomoko Yoshikawa | Lesbian | Chinatsu's older sister. She's a friend of Akane and has strong feelings for her. | |||
| Nadeshiko Ohmuro | Lesbian | Sakurako's older sister who is eighteen years old. She is in a romantic relationship with one of her friends, though it has not yet been revealed who. | |||
| July 7, 2011 – September 15, 2011 | No. 6 | Shion Nezumi | Gay | The anime has a few instances of their romantic feelings for each other. In episodes 7 and 11 they kissed. The creator also confirmed that they're in love with each other. | Japan |
| July 10, 2011 – September 25, 2011 | R-15 | Ran Musen | Lesbian | Ran is shown to be only interested in girls and hates Taketo, but this changes after Taketo helps rescue Fukune from Beni Botan. She then befriends Taketo soon after. | Japan |
| July 12, 2011 – January 4, 2012 | Manyū Hiken-chō | Kaede | Lesbian | Kaede is the loyal underling and best friend of Chifusa Manyū. Kaede routinely attempts to play with Chifusa's breasts[129][130][131] or otherwise touch her without warning — for example, Kaede hugs Chifusa against her will[130] and at other point Kaede is seen licking Chifusa's ear.[132] This often annoys Chifusa. As a running gag, some bystander usually witnesses such a scene and says to himself that the two girls must be a lesbian couple. In 'Chifusa Defects', Chifusa asks Kaede if she is lesbian, but goes away without waiting for an answer.[129] In 'The First Breast Slice', Kaede persuades Chifusa to cuddle with her in bed to keep Chifusa warm.[133] In 'Bud of Love', Kaede encourages Chifusa to grope her breasts.[134] Kaede keeps records of Chifusa's bosom size, which keeps constantly growing because of the Breast Flow technique.[133] In some DVD extras, it is shown that Kaede stalks Chifusa in private moments.[135] | Japan |
| Oiso | Lesbian | Oiso is the owner of a seafood restaurant. She hires Chifusa and Kaede after they eat there but are unable to pay the bill. She hits on Chifusa in two separate opportunities. In both times, she gropes Chifusa's bosom while flirting, making Chifusa uncomfortable and prompting Kaede to stop her.[136] | |||
| October 1, 2011 – September 29, 2012 | Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere | Naito Margot Malga Naruze | Lesbian | Naito and Malga are lovers which makes the two lesbian witches in open rebellion against the Catholic Church.[137] | Japan |
| October 2, 2011 – June 14, 2015 | China, IL | Crystal Peppers | Trans woman | Crystal is a transgender woman. It was implied she only had top surgery, as she had testicles up until 'Coming Out of the Casket', when they're amputated by Steve and placed in a glass jar on his bookcase. | United States |
| October 9, 2011 – December 25, 2011 | Ben-To | Ume Shiraume | Lesbian | She is obsessed with Hana and usually beats Yō up out of jealousy, despite also being prone to flirt with other girls like Ayame. | Japan |
| October 10, 2011 – April 16, 2012 | Future Diary | Aru Akise | Gay | Aru has feelings for Yuki. | Japan |
| Mao Nonosaka | Lesbian | Mao is in love with her best friend Hinata and is possessive of her. | |||
| October 27, 2011 – December 29, 2011 | Good Vibes | Voneeta Teets | Bisexual | The sex-ed teacher at Del Toro High. She is a bisexual who weighs 400 pounds and gets around in a motorized scooter, but she is immensely proud of her body and is insatiably horny. | United States |
| October 30, 2011 – December 18, 2011 | Allen Gregory | Richard De Longpre | Gay, Bisexual | Richard and Jeremy are the fathers of the title character. Jeremy is a former social worker who had a loving wife and family, although this changed after Richard became one of his clients. Richard was attracted to Jeremy to the point where he started stalking him and his family until Jeremy finally agreed to be his husband. It is said that Jeremy is actually heterosexual but left his wife and children for Richard, who offered him an easy, no-maintenance life as his trophy husband. | United States |
| Jeremy De Longpre | |||||
| January 6, 2012 – present | Symphogear | Cagliostro | Trans woman | She used to be a man who was a swindler known for his endless lies, before being granted a perfect body by Saint-Germain. Cagliostro has since sworn to never lie about her feelings. | Japan |
| Prelati | Trans woman | She also used to be a man who indulged in luxury and pleasure, before being granted a perfect body by Saint-Germain, following his defeat at her hands. Prelati has since sworn to become an earnest researcher, but sometimes lets her preference for fun get in the way of her work. | |||
| January 8, 2012 – June 30, 2012 | Bodacious Space Pirates | Jenny Dolittle and Lynn Lambretta | Lesbian | The two are president and vice president of the Space Yacht Club along with being lesbian lovers. | Japan |
| January 8, 2012 – March 27, 2012 | Brave 10 | Kamanosuke Yuri | Genderqueer | Their exact gender is unknown but on occasion is referenced as male. Nonetheless, they develop a romantic interest in Saizo. | Japan |
| January 12, 2012 – March 29, 2012 | Inu x Boku SS | Nobara Yukinokōji | Lesbian | She holds a primary sexual interest in young cute girls. | Japan |
| January 23, 2012 – June 26, 2013 | Gokujyo | Asuka Utsunomiya | Lesbian | Asuka appears to be romantically interested in the main protagonist, Aya Akabane. Furthermore, in the OVA, Asuka makes some moves on Ai Nanasato whilst the others sleep. | Japan |
| Ai Nanasato | Lesbian | Ai gives in to Asuka's desires as she makes some moves on her in the OVA. At the very end, she says to Asuka that it would be best if they don't tell anyone of what happened that night to which Asuka replies, 'What happened last night?' | |||
| Madoka Oowada | Lesbian | She is a wildly perverted girl who has various fantasies and constant nosebleeds. These are mostly aimed at Aya. | |||
| March 23, 2012 – present | Doc McStuffins | Thea Edie | Lesbian | The title character, Dottie 'Doc' McStuffins, routinely interacts with toys, dolls, and stuffed animals that have come to life. In episode 'The Emergency Plan' (August 5, 2017), two dolls form a lesbian married couple and are parents of two doll children. This was the first same-sex couple featured in a Disney Junior pre-school series.[138][139] | United States |
| April 4, 2012 – June 27, 2012 | Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine | Lieutenant Oscar | Gay | Oscar is an androgynous male who is Zenigata's assistant and has romantic feelings for him. | Japan |
| April 10, 2012 – December 26, 2012 | Jormungand | Sofia Velmer/Valmet | Lesbian | She is a lesbian with a crush on Koko Hekmatyar. | Japan |
| April 14, 2012 – December 19, 2014 | The Legend of Korra | Asami Sato Korra | Bisexual | In The Legend of Korra, both Asami and Korra are romantically involved with Mako at different points. The series finale ended with Korra and Asami holding hands and looking into each other's eyes while traveling through a portal right before the ending credits.[140] The creators later confirmed that the intention of the ending scene was to show Asami and Korra becoming a romantic couple.[141][142][143] In the graphic novel The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, which is the sequel to the animated series, Korra and Asami are in a relationship. | United States |
| Kya | Lesbian | Kya is Aang's daughter who appears in The Legend of Korra. Her sexuality is not mentioned in the animated series, but in the sequel graphic novel The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, she is shown to be lesbian and gives advice to Korra and Asami about coming out.[144] | |||
| Kyoshi | Bisexual | Avatar Kyoshi is one of the previous reincarnations of Aang and Korra. She appears in both Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, but her sexuality is not mentioned in either animated series. In the graphic novel The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, she is shown to be bisexual. She is described as unable to affect progress towards acceptance of same-sex relationships because the Earth Kingdom is the 'slowest to accept change' and 'the most militaristically repressive'. | |||
| June 15, 2012 – February 15, 2016 | Gravity Falls | Sheriff Blubs Deputy Durland | Gay | In the series finale, the two men publicly express their love for each other.[145][146][147] | United States |
| July 6, 2012 – September 21, 2012 | Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero | Chikage Izumi | Lesbian | She is a friendly, tomboyish girl with short brown hair and amber eyes. She becomes friends with Miu immediately. She is also a lesbian, and shamelessly admits it, though she develops a slight 'liking' for Akatsuki.[148] | Japan |
| September 25, 2012 – April 14, 2015 | Brickleberry | Connie Cunaman | Lesbian | Connie admits she is a lesbian and it is revealed to the viewers that her strength is dubbed by her as 'lesbian strength'. She is obsessed with Ethel and was turned away by her Evangelical parents for being a homosexual. On a side note, when Connie gets excited, her vagina makes growling noises similar to that of a stomach, requiring her to talk it down like a wild animal. | United States |
| October 1, 2012 – December 20, 2016 | Kamisama Kiss | Otohiko | Gay | Otohiko is a feminine wind god who prefers men and has a strong crush on Ookuninushi, the God of Wealth, who doesn't reciprocate as he strictly prefers women. | Japan |
| October 3, 2012 – March 27, 2013 | From the New World | Saki Watanabe | Bisexual | She loved Shun for a long time but dates Maria and later marries Satoru. | Japan |
| Maria Akizuki | Bisexual | She falls in love with and begins to date Saki but later enters a duty pact with and marries Mamoru Itō. | |||
| Satoru Asahina | Bisexual | Satoru dated Shun for a while but the two later broke up and he began to date another boy for a time, but that relationship also failed. He later falls in love with and marries Saki. | |||
| Shun Aonuma | Bisexual | He dated Satoru Asahina for a time but was in love with Saki since childhood. However, he stayed away from Saki for fear of his growing uncontrollable power. | |||
| October 12, 2012 – present | Psycho-Pass | Shion Karanomori Yayoi Kunizuka | Bisexual, Lesbian | Shion and Yayoi are in an open sexual relationship, while Shion openly declares her bisexuality and polyamory at the end of the first season.. | Japan |
| November 8, 2012 – present | Bravest Warriors | Plum | Bisexual | She seems to have a crush on Chris as seen in Gas Powered Stick when she flirts and kisses him, but that could've been a ruse in order to remove the peach pit that gave Chris X-ray vision. Furthermore, on numerous occasions, she has identified as bisexual. | United States, Canada |
| January 5, 2013 – September 29, 2013 | Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East | Genpachi Inukai | Bisexual | Genpachi initially held deep feelings for his late fiancée Nui who died but learns she committed suicide because she slept with another man, believing Genpachi died during a war and upon learning he survived, committed suicide out of guilt. Genpachi later falls in love with Shino Inuzuka. | Japan |
| Ao | Gay | Ao is Sosuke's dark half who has Sosuke's memories of his life and is in love and obsessed with Shino Inuzuka. | |||
| January 5, 2013 – February 1, 2014 | Dofus: The Treasures of Kerubim | Simone Julie | Lesbian | Julie shows attraction towards Simone the minute she sees her.[149] Simone is seen going on dates with Julie in various episodes of the show. | France |
| April 7, 2013 – May 27, 2015 | Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet | Lukkage | Bisexual | She has two female sex slaves who also serve as her co-pilots for her mecha. Later she develops a romantic interest in Pinion, especially with his hair down. | Japan |
| April 7, 2013 – present | Attack on Titan | Ymir Krista Lenz | Lesbian | The official website mentions Ymir is in love with Historia (Krista)[150] Also at the series panel for Animagic 2014, producer George Wada confirmed that Ymir and Krista are a couple[151] | Japan |
| Reiner Braun | Bisexual | In Episode 29, it is revealed Reiner 'had no interest in women' while suggesting Ymir's shared homosexuality. But despite that, Reiner has shown some interest in Krista. Asking her to marry him on multiple occasions in his mind. | |||
| April 9, 2013 – February 22, 2017 | Yuyushiki | Kei Okano | Lesbian | She is quite fond of Chiho and is later shown to have a crush on her. This leads to her being often cold towards Yui for allegedly taking Chiho away from her. Kei's other friend, Fumi is aware of her fondness and interest for Chiho and often teases her about it. | Japan |
| April 12, 2013 – December 26, 2013 | Valvrave the Liberator | Akira Renbokoji | Lesbian | She is shown to have romantic feelings for Shoko. | Japan |
| July 6, 2013 – March 3, 2017 | Kin-iro Mosaic | Aya Komichi | Lesbian | She is rather bashful towards Yoko, often not being honest with her feelings. She frequently misinterprets situations between herself and Yoko, responding indignantly and blushing, mostly because of not being able to admit her love to Yoko. | Japan |
| July 12, 2013 – September 26, 2015 | Gatchaman Crowds | O.D. | Genderqueer | They are a flamboyant alien with no specific gender. | Japan |
| Berg Katze | Genderqueer | An androgynous alien shapeshifter with no specified gender. | |||
| July 13, 2013 – September 21, 2016 | Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya | Kuro / Chloe von Einzbern | Bisexual | Kuro's existence is later revealed to be another side of Illya that was previously sealed away so that Illya could live an ordinary life. In order to maintain existence, she must obtain mana from others by kissing them. After the 'power struggle' in the Einzbern house, she is considered the 'little sister' of Illya. Chloe is almost openly bisexual who has affection for guys like Shirou and any girl she will met, especially Illya. Due to this, she often becomes the main source of yuri fanservice in the manga and the show. | Japan |
| July 18, 2013 – present | RWBY | Ilia Amitola | Lesbian | Ilia confessed that she has held onto romantic feelings for her former-current-best friend Blake Belladonna. Miles Luna, one of the show runners, confirmed her sexuality in a 2018 Reddit AMA.[152] | United States |
| Saphron and Terra Cotta-Arc | Lesbian | Saphron is the sister of Jaune Arc, she and her wife with their son Adrian made their debut in the seventh episode of Volume 6 'The Grimm Reaper'. | |||
| August 1, 2013 – November 3, 2015 | The Awesomes | Zip Danger / 'Frantic' | Gay | Frantic is forcibly outed under media pressure in S2E5, 'The Awesomes' Awesome Show'. He later falls for Christopher, a member of villain team The Gay Mafia. | United States |
| Tomboy | Lesbian | Originally presenting as Gadget Gal's nemesis, she is outed in S1E3, 'Baby Got Backstory', as using the feud to cope with her own romantic feelings for her. | |||
| Steven | Gay | Steven is a member of villain team The Gay Mafia, and makes his debut in S3E8, 'The Gayfather'. | |||
| Christopher | Gay | Christopher makes his debut appearance as member of villain team The Gay Mafia in S3E8, 'The Gayfather'. He falls for Frantic immediately upon meeting him, and sabotages his team's efforts as a result. | |||
| The Gayfather | Gay | The Gayfather is the leader of villain team The Gay Mafia, and makes his debut in S3E8, 'The Gayfather'. | |||
| October 5, 2013 – March 28, 2015 | Log Horizon | Kurinon | Lesbian | Kurinon is a girl who joined the West Wid Brigade due to its overly large female population and is a proud lesbian. | Japan |
| October 10, 2013 – March 27, 2014 | Samurai Flamenco | Mari Maya and Moe Morita | Bisexual, Lesbian | Mari Maya has a fetish for men in uniforms. She also has an inferiority complex towards Moe but the two later reconcile by kissing each other. | Japan |
| November 4, 2013 – present | Steven Universe | Pearl | Lesbian, Genderqueer | In 'We Need to Talk', it is very apparent that Pearl, a female-presenting non-binary gem, is attracted to another gem named Rose Quartz, her now-deceased leader.[153] Her feelings are later confirmed romantic in nature and reciprocated by Rose.[154] In 'Last One Out of Beach City', Pearl is attracted to a female human. | United States |
| Ruby Sapphire | Lesbian, Genderqueer | Two sexless but feminine-presenting members of the Crystal Gems who have a romantic relationship with each other, and stay permanently fused to form Garnet.[155] Also the co-executive producer, Ian Jones-Quartey, has confirmed that, according to human standards and terminology, calling Ruby a non-binary, feminine-presenting lesbian would be 'a fair assessment'.[156] On July 6, 2018, the episode 'Reunited' aired, on which Ruby and Sapphire got married, kissed, and fused into Garnet. | |||
| Rose Quartz / Pink Diamond | Pansexual, Genderqueer | The Crystal Gems describe her to Steven as loving and seeing beauty in all forms of life, and flashback episodes show the development of her relationship with Greg from infatuation into love and understanding. She also prior to this, had a relationship with Pearl while fighting. | |||
| Stevonnie | Non-binary | Stevonnie is a fusion of both Steven and Connie. Steven and Connie identify as male and female respectively, but the gender of Stevonnie is difficult to describe. Rebecca Sugar, the creator of Steven Universe, referred to an inquiry on Stevonnie's gender—whether Stevonnie is agender, bigender, or something else—by stating that 'Stevonnie is an experience! The living relationship between Steven and Connie.' Sugar described Stevonnie as a complex and specific metaphor, that becomes relatable as it takes shape in the form of a unique character. Besides challenging gender norms, Stevonnie serves as a metaphor for 'terrifying firsts in a first relationship,' the feeling of hitting puberty, and objectification.[157][158] Stevonnie is commonly referred to using gender neutral pronouns (such as the singular they), and both male and female characters seem to be physically attracted to Stevonnie.[159][160] | |||
| December 2, 2013 – present | Rick and Morty | Rick Sanchez | Pansexual | Rick has been stated to be pansexual by Justin Roiland, one of the show's creators and executive producers.[161] This was shown in 'Auto Erotic Assimilation', when Rick connects with Unity, an ex-lover who is a collective hive mind of assimilated individuals from the planet they occupy. Throughout the series, Rick's sexuality has also been alluded to, mostly in his backstory.[162] | United States |
| Sleepy Gary | Bisexual | In 'Total Rickall', Sleepy Gary is one of the dozens of aliens that alter the memories of Rick, Morty, Beth and Summer in order to pose as friends and family members. Because of the fake memories, Beth believes herself to be married with Sleepy Gary, and Jerry believes he is having a secret affair with him. | |||
| December 21, 2013 – present | The Crumpets | Grownboy & Steve | Bisexual, Gay | In 'Cheep Shot' ('Cui-cui la praline' in French), Grownboy visits his family and tells his mother that Steve left him. He follows a bird wounded by his mother's automatic Gatling gun to the lawn next door. He meets Ms. McBrisk and they bond together over their devotion to bird caring. When Steve is looking for Grownboy, he meets McBrisk at her doorstep and she forces him to leave. Afterwards, McBrisk desperately persuades Grownboy to get married instantly, which he agrees. After Steve's car hit the bird Grownboy and McBrisk had released, he learns it's head band's color matches the one Grownboy would use for a bandage and returns to the house. Steve disrupts the wedding, which is only attended by birds and hosted by an online speaker, and pleads and offers Grownboy a ring which he accepts excitedly. The speaker recognizes the newly wedded men before they depart in Steve's car. | France |
| January 8, 2014 – March 26, 2014 | Hamatora: The Animation | Theo | Gay | He has openly shown attraction to males. | Japan |
| January 9, 2014 – March 27, 2014 | Sakura Trick | Haruka Takayama Yū Sonoda | Lesbian | Haruka and Yū are in a romantic relationship.[163] | Japan |
| Kotone Noda Shizuku Minami | Lesbian | Kotone and Shizuku are in a romantic relationship.[164] | |||
| Mitsuki Sonoda | Lesbian | Mitsuki is Yū's older sister. She is suspicious of the relationship between Haruka and Yū, and she disapproves of said relationship. However, she develops a crush on Haruka. | |||
| Rina Sakai | Lesbian | She is in love with Mitsuki, despite knowing of Mitsuki's crush on Haruka. | |||
| January 10, 2014 – March 29, 2014 | No-Rin | Kaoru Hanazono | Gay | Kaoru makes a pass at Minori Nakazawa, much to Kōsaku's irritation. Later, when Kosaku confronts him, Kaoru kisses Kōsaku, revealing his sexual preference towards men. | Japan |
| January 13, 2014 – March 31, 2014 | Chozen | Chozen Hunter | Gay | Chozen is a white, gay, aspiring rap superstar. He is in a relationship with fratboy-type Hunter.[165] | United States |
| January 15, 2014 – March 19, 2014 | Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha | Akemi Seumizome | Lesbian | Akemi is a popular girl who constantly gets confessions from boys, but she later finds herself falling in love with tomboy Keiko Sanjō. Though Keiko rejects her, the two remain friends. | Japan |
| April 3, 2014 – June 19, 2014 | Riddle Story of Devil | Tokaku Azuma and Haru Ichinose | Lesbian | Tokaku protects Haru and initially believes her feelings for her are due to Haru's manipulation ability but grows to realize her feelings are genuine. | Japan |
| Eisuke Inukai | Gay | He is in a homosexual relationship and has an adopted daughter. | |||
| April 3, 2014 – June 19, 2014 | The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior | Sayaka Watanabe | Bisexual | A college student who loves to lead men on but reveals later on that she dates both men and women and loves reading BL. She also is shown to have a sexual attraction to her fellow dormmate Mayumi, whom she often fondles despite the latter's resentment. | Japan |
| April 10, 2014 – July 18, 2014 | Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san | Yachiyo Inugami Suzu Nekoyama | Lesbian | Yachiyo and Suzu fall in love at first sight after they get introduced to each other by their mutual friend, Aki Hiiragi. The whole series revolves around their relationship.[166] | Japan |
| Tamaki Nekoyama | Lesbian | Tamaki is Suzu's older sister who often dates several women and has constant hangovers. | |||
| April 10, 2014 – present | Is the Order a Rabbit? | Sharo Kirima | Lesbian | She greatly admires Rize as a person and as her upperclassman, and has a crush on her. She stated that she's in love with Rize, but isn't ready to confess yet. | Japan |
| April 11, 2014 – June 26, 2015 | Knights of Sidonia | Izana Shinatose | Genderqueer | Izana belongs to a new, nonbinary third gender that originated during the hundreds of years of human emigration into space. Izana is referred to using gender neutral pronouns in the original Japanese dialogue. Because the English language lacks an appropriate equivalent, she is often referred to using feminine pronouns for the sake of simplicity. | Japan |
| April 14, 2014 – June 24, 2018 | Clarence | EJ Randell Sue Randell | Lesbian | EJ and Sue, who were introduced in 'Jeff Wins', the 29th episode of Clarence, are Jeff's mothers.[167] | United States |
| Kevin | Gay | Kevin has an unnamed boyfriend as revealed in the episode 'Neighborhood Grill'. | |||
| July 6, 2014 – September 21, 2014 | Dramatical Murder | Aoba Seragaki, Ren, Koujaku, Noiz, Mink, Clear | Gay / Bisexual | As the anime is based on a BL game where Aoba is the main character and can end up with Ren, Koujaku, Noiz, Mink or Clear, it is safe to say all these characters have feelings for Aoba in the anime as well. Koujaku is stated to be a womanizer but does have feelings for Aoba though the sexuality of the rest of the cast including Aoba is somewhat more varied and can be gay or bisexual depending on the game's route. | Japan |
| July 6, 2014 – February 20, 2015 | Sabagebu! | Urara Kasugano | Lesbian | Initially doting on Miou, she falls in love with Momoka instead after developing a masochistic taste for her violent punishments. | Japan |
| Yayoi Isurugi | Lesbian | The student council president who is often bewildered by Miou's antics, though appears to be developing a crush on her. | |||
| July 7, 2014 – December 15, 2014 | Akame ga Kill! | Bulat | Gay | He admits that he is attracted to Tatsumi while training him. | Japan |
| Dr. Stylish | Gay | He is a scientist who conducts cruel experiments and is implied to be homosexual, as he hits only on the male members of the Jaegers, the team he is on. In addition, he offers his experiments the chance to spend the night alone with him | |||
| Seryu Ubiquitous | Lesbian | She is implied to love Esdeath, who she felt gave her a reason to live besides her own warped sense of justice. | |||
| Suzuka | Bisexual | She is bisexual, having shown enjoyment at being beaten by a group of spies and showing sexual interest in Esdeath and Tatsumi. | |||
| July 9, 2014 – November 22, 2014 | Love Stage!! | Izumi Sena, Ryoma Ichijo | Bisexual | The two fall in love despite Izumi initially not being comfortable with the idea of being in a relationship with another man and Ryoma struggling to accept his feelings despite having previously only liked women. | Japan |
| Rei Sagara, Shogo Sena | Gay | Rei Sagara used to be in love with Shogo Sena's father after he helped him improve his life but Shogo himself has been in love with Rei since he was 16 years old. The two are in a sexual relationship. | |||
| August 22, 2014 – present | BoJack Horseman | Kelsey Jannings | Lesbian | While she is calling BoJack to tell him that they are replacing Andrew Garfield's with him, Kelsey says 'I get enough of that from my ex-wife along with newspaper clippings about gluten.[168] | United States |
| Herb Kazzaz | Gay | Herb appears to be a friendly, upbeat, and supportive person who believes in everyone on board and cares for them. Herb's closeted homosexuality was first hinted at by Charlotte's statement: 'I don't think I'm the person Herb's looking for,' a mere scene before Herb steals a kiss from BoJack at Griffith Park. He was later removed from the show after it was revealed that he was indeed gay. Herb could possibly be bisexual, as he once dated Charlotte, although that could have been a cover to throw people off, or he was unsure of his sexuality at the time. | |||
| Todd Chavez | Asexual | In the season 3 finale, Todd confides in his friend Emily that he doesn't think he is either straight or gay, and in fact 'might be nothing'. He explores the identity further in season 4 and accepts his asexuality, while meeting others who share his orientation.[169] | |||
| October 5, 2014 – December 21, 2014 | Gugure! Kokkuri-san | Inugami | Genderqueer | Inugami is a dog spirit who adores Kohina as she was the only one to care for them when they were alive. Because they cannot remember which gender they originally were, they frequently switch genders. | Japan |
| October 5, 2014 – March 29, 2015 | Cross Ange | Hilda, Zola, Chris, Rosalie | Lesbian | Hilda was lovers with Zola and later begins to engage in sexual relations with Chris and Rosalie. Rosalie deeply loves Chris. | Japan |
| October 5, 2014 – present | The Seven Deadly Sins | Slader | Gay | He is a powerful holy knight and ally to the seven deadly sins. The author has confirmed through an interview that Slader is gay. | Japan |
| October 29, 2014 – January 28, 2015 | Hybrid Child | Kotarō Izumi and Haruki | Gay | Kotarō Izumi is the 16th head of the noble Izumi household and cares for Haruki, a hybrid child (an android that grows with the love and care of their owner). When Haruki is dying, Kotarō takes him back to his creator Kuroda to fix him and tries to find a stone necessary to help him. Haruki tells Kotarō to stop and kisses him, with Kotarō seemingly reciprocating his feelings. Later, Haruki is saved by Kuroda and returned to Kotarō Izumi. | Japan |
| Yuzu and Ichi Seya | Gay | Ichi Seya is an old friend of Tsukishima's and Kuroda's and is a samurai haunted by his past. He falls in love with his hybrid child Yuzu who reciprocates. | |||
| Tsukishima and Kuroda | Gay | Kuroda, the original creator of the hybrid children, was deeply in love with his childhood friend Tsukishima but the two frequently argued. They made love for the first and last time before Tsukushima committed suicide to pay for the loss of his clan in a samurai war. | |||
| January 5, 2015 – March 30, 2015 | Yurikuma Arashi | Kureha Tsubaki Sumika Izumino Ginko Yurishiro Lulu Yurigasaki Yurika Hakonaka | Lesbian | The main protagonists of the series are presented as having various sexual encounters and romantic relationships as the growth of hatred towards bears grows within Kureha who lost her girlfriend, Sumika and her mother, Reia by the hands of them. She later learns the truth from Ginko and Lulu (which later proves that Yurika was lying) about why her mother and Sumika died and is later in acceptance of bears and even becomes one herself to embark on her romantic relationship with Ginko. In the manga however, Kureha falls in love with Ginko at first sight with Ginko returning her feelings; Lulu falls in love with Ginko in which Ginko herself later shares the same feelings after remembering their past childhood life and Sumika falls in love with Kureha after watching her in the distance during class, despite knowing that Kureha's love for Ginko is true. Yurika on the other hand, is revealed to be in a sexual relationship with Ginko's mother, Kale in order to keep the memory of Kureha's mother going after both she and Kale had been in love with her.[170] | Japan |
| Kale Yurishiro | Lesbian | Ginko's mother. She is in a sexual relationship with Yurika in the manga. She was apparently in love with Reia, allegedly killing her after she married a man. In the anime, she appears as a former love interest to Yurika up until she suddenly had to leave for unexplained reasons. | |||
| Mitsuko Yurizono | Lesbian | Mitsuko is incredibly manipulative, and often uses sexual domination to get her way. She attempts to eat Kureha, but is shot by her and killed. She later appears before Ginko as the personification of her desire and attempts to seduce her into eating Kureha, but is rejected. In the manga, she later enters a relationship with Sumika. | |||
| Konomi Yurikawa | Lesbian | Konomi was in a relationship with Mitsuko, and also a member and the first-seen leader of the Invisible Storm. Her catchphrase, only said when she is a bear, is 'Nasty!' She attempts to attack Kureha out of jealousy, but is killed after Mitsuko shoots her in the head. Her corpse is later remodeled as a cyborg by the Invisible Storm to power a large cannon. In the manga however, she shows strong hatred towards Mitsuko but still had feelings for another girl. | |||
| Eriko Oniyama | Lesbian | She is seduced and manipulated by Mitsuko into becoming the leader in order to ensure Kureha's exclusion so Mitsuko can target and eat her; however, Ginko and Lulu lure Eriko to the flowerbed and eat her as part of a plan to protect Kureha. | |||
| Kaoru Harishima | Lesbian | Kaoru wishes to become an important person who won't be excluded. Upon appointment as leader of the Storm, Kaoru formulates a plan to manipulate and torment Kureha, and is later revealed to have manipulated Sumika as a part of this plan, but her plan is foiled by the interference of Ginko. It is later revealed that Yurika was manipulating Kaoru to her own ends, with the two apparently also engaging in sexual activities. Yurika ends up eating Kaoru after Kaoru outlives her perceived usefulness. | |||
| January 18, 2015 – May 19, 2019 | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | Jackie Lynn Thomas | Bisexual | Jackie-Lynn and Marco start dating in the season 2 episode 'Bon Bon the Birthday Clown', but ended their relationship in the season 3 episode 'Sophomore Slump'. In the season 4 episode 'Britta's Tacos', it is revealed that Jackie is in a relationship with a French girl named Chloé. | United States |
| April 6, 2015 – June 22, 2015 | Mikagura School Suite | Eruna Ichinomiya | Lesbian | Eruna is the main character of the story. She is a somewhat dimwitted girl who has a romantic interest in girls and as a result spends much of her time playing dating simulation visual novels on her portable device. She enrolls into Mikagura Private Academy after her cousin Shigure recommends it to her, largely due to wanting to be able to meet Seisa whom she developed a strong interest in. | Japan |
| July 4, 2015 – March 26, 2016 | Gate | Tuka Luna Marceau | Bisexual | She has entertained a crush on Mari Kurokawa, however she has displayed hidden feelings for the protagonist, Itami often calling him 'father' both out of habit and out of bashfulness about her true feelings for him.[171] | Japan |
| Hardy | Lesbian | She is The Goddess of the Underworld in the Special Region, whose main temple is located in the city of Belnago (she is mentioned in Episode 8 of the anime). Hardy is very whimsical and likes to act upon her own desires; she is also a lesbian, and would like to claim Rory as her bride. | |||
| Giselle | Lesbian | Giselle is a member of the dragon folk, the youngest of the Twelve Apostles in the Special Region (at an age of just over 400 years), and Hardy's personal servant. She is in love with Hardy and hence considers herself a rival to Rory Mercury. She is responsible for waking the Flame Dragon in Hardy's name. | |||
| September 7, 2015 – October 9, 2015 (US) January 4, 2016 – February 15, 2016 (CA) | Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race | Tom | Ambiguously Gay | A producer on The Ridonculous Race said that she 'interprets Jacques and Tom as gay' but that 'nothing is canon.' | United States (2015), Canada (2016) |
| Jacques | Ambiguously Gay | ||||
| October 4, 2015 – April 2, 2017 | Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans | Norba Shino | Bisexual | A slightly flamboyant eccentric who's suggested to reciprocate another boy's romantic affections. Outright confirmed bisexual by the series' director Tatsuyuki Nagai. | Japan |
| Yamagi Gilmerton | Gay | He's in love with another male, Norba Shino, claiming he'd rather die together with his love than to live on without him. | |||
| October 5, 2015 – present | One-Punch Man | Puri-Puri-Prisoner | Gay | Puri-Puri-Prisoner is a flamboyant, muscular gay hero who gets put in prison for taking an interest in and attacking other male heroes and criminals, thus the name. | Japan |
| October 10, 2015 – May 25, 2016[172] | Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid | Mamori Tokonome Mirei Shikishima | Lesbian | Mamori and Mirei are in an intimate, romantic relationship. Mirei states that she would not have any purpose to live without her meeting Mamori. Aside from that, Mirei had a past relationship with one of the antagonists, Momoka whom she worked alongside (as revealed in one of the OVA shorts). | Japan |
| Akira Hiragi | Lesbian, Genderqueer | The benevolent Governor of Mermaid, and the founder of Wärter (German for 'keeper(s)'), the island's peace-keeping force. While believed by everyone on the island to be the only male resident on Mermaid, she is actually a woman asked by her mother to act like a man in order to stay safe. For physical protection, her mother also provided her with an artificial Extar named Sri. Only Torino and Mirei knew her true gender until she was exposed by Momoka. In an earlier episode (episode 7), with Mirei knocked out, Mamori has Akira drive with her in order to stop the terrorists, briefly exposing her identity to Mirei before leaving the scene. Furthermore, supplemental material revealed she was in a relationship with a woman named Haruka (who was her first Extar) in college, a relationship she still longs for as Mermaid's Governor. | |||
| Meifeng Sakura | Pansexual | A crafty girl who speaks Kansai dialect and is often seen wearing a partial cowboy outfit. She often holds bets and scams in order to make money which she can use to activate her Extar ability in the form of a golden mech suit. This evidently shows that she is sexually attracted to money. However, the use of her power consumes both the money and her clothes, leaving her in the nude when her power shuts off. She also seems to like observing Mamori and Mirei when they drive. | |||
| Charlotte Scharsen | Lesbian | She has a harem of Extars (other girls) – called the Adel ('nobility') – that she uses all at once when fighting her opponents. She strives to bring Mermaid under her thumb, but is later used (out of love attraction) as a willing puppet Governor by Momoka. While she was still under Akira's command (still thinking she was a man), she always used her as an example to why she hates men. | |||
| Miyasato and Kouzuki | Lesbian | Miyasato is a Liberator who arouses Kouzuki, an Extar, to transform her into a gun known as a Liberator Arm. They are seen attacking Mamori in the first episode, until Mirei arrives on the island and deals with them. They are part of Charlotte's harem of Extars. | |||
| Kasumi Shigure, Hibiki Kenjo | Lesbian | Kasumi and Hibiki are in a romantic relationship although Hibiki was so traumatized by her experience at Mermaid that she refused to leave her room throughout the series. Hibiki decided to join the fight at the very end with the purpose of not letting anyone else suffer the same way she did, apologizing to Kasumi for leaving her fight alone the whole time. In one of the OVA shorts, Kasumi describes Hibiki as a 'mysterious kitten' when the two of them had sex. | |||
| Tomomi Nukui | Lesbian | In Episode 2, Mamori is arranged to be partnered with a trainer named Tomomi Nukui as a wedding ceremony to find a suitable Liberator as a partner. Meifeng Sakura meanwhile follows orders to set Mirei free, allowing her to come to Mamori's rescue. | |||
| Rain Hasumi, Lady J | Lesbian | Rain Hasumi, together with her lover Lady J forms the duo, Lady Lady. When both girls' Extar forms are combined, they turn into a powerful jet. | |||
| Nimi Minimi and Noe Ōya | Lesbian | Nimi is an Extar who is partners with her girlfriend Noe. Rather than take the shape of a weapon, her Arm form causes her to grow to gigantic sizes. Earlier on, Noe gets arrested by the Wärter after Nimi runs away, as they were believed to be incompatible. After they release her, she and Nimi on some occasions are seen helping Mirei and Mamori in fights. | |||
| Momoka Sagara | Lesbian | The series' second main antagonist. Like Mirei, she is a Soldier (code name A3) and her former partner. She is sent to Mermaid alongside her allies in order to locate the source of the Valkyrie Effect. She also harbors a deep hatred of Mirei for 'abandoning' her, which turned her into a homicidal maniac, and has volunteered herself for further enhancement; they enable her to transform her chosen Extar into any weapon of her choice and absorb A Virus carriers to enhance her Arm's power. This involved her using Charlotte for a period of time to expose Akira's true identity and crown Charlotte the new governor of the island. Momoka also tried to seduce Mamori into driving with her (which actually worked). In Episode 12, as the captives are attacked by tentacles that draw the Armed Virus out of them, providing Momoka with enough power to even destroy a satellite, Mirei manages to break free and reunite with Mamori, freeing her from Momoka's control and releasing the others. They defeat Momoka but it is also discovered that Mirei and Momoka did have a relationship in the past. Furthermore, in one of the OVA shorts, Momoka is seen being intimate with Mirei. | |||
| E9 | Lesbian | When she arrives to the island alongside Momoka and D5, she is seen in Episode 10, using a mysterious power (sexually) to inspect girls' bodies for something. Also, she and Charlotte drive to form a Soldier Arm. | |||
| January 7, 2016 – March 24, 2016 | Haruchika | Haruta Kamijou | Gay | He's in love with his male teacher. | Japan |
| April 3, 2016 – present | My Hero Academia | Yawara 'Tiger' Chatora | Trans man | Although not mentioned in the story, the author stated in the character introduction that 'Yawara was formerly female until he took a trip to Thailand.' | Japan |
| Kenji 'Magne' Hikiishi | Trans woman | She had a male body, but she preferred to be referred to as a female by her friends. | |||
| April 6, 2016 – March 16, 2017 | Super Lovers | Haru Kaido, Ren Kaido | Bisexual, Gay | Haru Kaido was formerly a player who dated numerous women, but eventually falls for his stepbrother Ren Kaido. Ren himself has been in love with Haru since he was young and has shown no interest in women. | Japan |
| Seiji Takamori / Kiyoka | Gay, Genderqueer | Seiji, better known as Kiyoka, dresses in woman's clothes and appears to prefer men, having once confessed to Haru and been turned down. | |||
| April 7, 2016 – June 23, 2016 | Anne Happy | Hibiki Hagyū | Lesbian | She is a tsundere with a crush on her childhood friend Ren and is hostile towards females who get close to her. | Japan |
| April 10, 2016 – June 26, 2016 | Kiznaiver | Ruru | Lesbian | Ruru fell in love with Honoka and sought a romantic relationship with her. Even though Honoka likely reciprocated her feelings, she feared the grief from Ruru's inevitable death would be too much to bear if they became further involved. Honoka stopped their friendship entirely, leaving Ruru to finish their manga alone. After her death, Honoka blamed herself for forcing Ruru to work on the last chapter by herself, worsening her illness due to overwork and heartbreak. | Japan |
| Honoka Maki | Bisexual | ||||
| May 2, 2016 – present | The Loud House | Howard and Harold McBride | Gay | Howard and Harold are the adoptive fathers of Clyde McBride, who is the best friend of protagonist Lincoln Loud. Howard and Harold are overprotective of their son and shower Clyde with attention. They are the first pair of married male characters to be depicted on a Nickelodeon series.[173][174] | United States |
| Luna Loud | Bisexual | Luna shows attraction to Hugh, Lincoln's tutor, in 'Study Muffin', and sends a love letter to a girl named Sam in 'L is for Love'. | |||
| June 10, 2016 – December 14, 2018 | Voltron: Legendary Defender | Takashi Shirogane, Adam, Curtis | Gay | Shiro and Adam were romantically involved before the start of the Kerberos mission. However they broke up. Shiro went into space and several years later Adam dies fighting the Galra. However, the epilogue at the end of eighth and final season, shows Shiro being married to a background character introduced in Season 8. The two shared an on-screen kiss. | United States |
| July 5, 2016 – September 20, 2016 | The High School Life of a Fudanshi | Yūjirō Shiratori | Gay | Yūjirō is a gay effeminate crossdresser with a liking toward men. | Japan |
| July 11, 2016 – January 12, 2017 | Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School | Juzo Sakakura | Gay | Juzo Sakakura was in love with his best friend since high school, Kyosuke Munakata. This is confirmed by Junko Enoshima, who figures out that he is in love with the other male, and attempts to blackmail him with pictures she took of him looking lovingly at a photo of Kyosuke. Later, he seemingly attempts to confess his feelings to Kyosuke, but is stabbed before he can say how he feels. Though he survives, he is badly wounded, and he spends his last moments trying to keep Kyosuke safe, and prays that he makes it out alive. Juzo is never shown having feelings for a woman. | Japan |
| Teruteru Hanamura | Pansexual | Teruteru Hanamura is explicitly shown to be pansexual, both in the Danganronpa 3 anime and in the video game Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. He considers his sexual tastes to be 'open'. While he does show more interest in women than he does in men, he does not object to the idea of being with a man and he has shown sexual attraction towards characters like Nekomaru Nidai and Nagito Komaeda. However, his interests have only been shown to be sexual and he has never been shown to be romantically involved with anyone. | |||
| September 19, 2016 – October 14, 2016 | Prisoner Zero | Del Rev Bowi Rev | Gay | Del refers to Bowi as his husband in the final episode of season 1. In addition, throughout the series there are examples of their relationship, including the fact that they have the same last name, raised a child together, and the way the other characters voice concerns about how Del will react to Bowi's death. What looks like a wedding photo can be seen in a flashback episode. | Australia |
| October 1, 2016 – December 17, 2016 | Magical Girl Raising Project | Sister Nana | Lesbian | Nana and Weiss are in a relationship | Japan |
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| Souta Kishibe / La Pucelle | Genderqueer | Souta Kishibe is a boy in his civilian persona, but becomes a girl when transformed into La Pucelle. | |||
| October 5, 2016 – March 22, 2017 | Nanbaka | Kiji Matsuba | Genderqueer | Kiji Mitsuba is a prison guard at Nanba prison known for wearing copious amounts of makeup and is very feminine and seems to prefer dressing effeminately. He is referred to as an okama by his fellow guards and his own inmates, with okama being Japanese slang for a man who cross dresses as a woman. | Japan |
| Ruka Gojou | Genderqueer, Gay | Ruka Gojou loves beauty and refers to himself as a 'queen' while stating he is different from Kiji who he deems an 'okama' and also seems to have some attraction towards men, as he blushed when Honey, a pretty boy, complimented his looks. | |||
| Hitoshi Sugoroku | Genderqueer | Hitoshi Sugoroku is a crossdresser who looks, acts and behaves like a woman. | |||
| October 6, 2016 – December 21, 2016 | Yuri on Ice | Seung-Gil Lee | Gay | In the official character information, as well as said by Kubo Mitsurou, Seung-Gil is described as 'having an extreme aversion to both women and vegetables'. | Japan |
| Viktor Nikiforov Yūri Katsuki | Gay | Throughout the story, Yūri and Victor are shown to have a growing relationship, and in episode 7 when they kiss. In episode 10, Yūri buys them matching rings, which Viktor refers to as 'engagement rings'. Both characters' exact sexualities remain ambiguous throughout the series. | |||
| October 6, 2016 – December 22, 2016 | Kiss Him, Not Me | Shima Nishina | Pansexual | An androgynous girl who claims to like anything and anyone so long as they are beautiful and who develops interest in Kae Serinuma, even before she lost weight as Kae encouraged her to follow her dream and become a doujin artist. | Japan |
| October 6, 2016 – December 29, 2016 | Flip Flappers | Cocona and Papika | Lesbian | Cocona is a seemingly ordinary middle school student living a normal life with her grandmother. As she ponders over what future career she should take up, she meets an energetic yet eccentric girl named Papika, who immediately takes an interest in Cocona. Without hesitation, she drags her into an organization called Flip Flap. From then on, throughout the whole series, Cocona and Papika are displayed as a couple going on bizarre adventures with each other. Their friendship slowly turns to romantic and between Episode 12 & 13, Cocona and Papika realize their love for each other during a fight with Cocona's mother.[175] They are later seen going home together in that same episode. | Japan |
| October 6, 2016 – December 22, 2016 | Keijo | Mio Kusakai | Lesbian | She is half-British and half-Japanese and is known to be a lesbian who flirts with other girls. In addition to her great athleticism, she is also able to use a technique called Titty Hypnosis in which she sways her ample breasts like a pendulum which dazes and confounds her opponents though the technique has been banned in their school due to the potential of it causing inexperienced opponents to drown in their hypnotized state.[176] | Japan |
| October 7, 2016 – present | Drifters | Count Saint-Germi | Gay | Count Saint-Germi is a real European adventurer and is considered to be one of the greatest philosophers of his time. The anime features characters from different time periods coming to a mystic world. In this portrayal of Count Saint-Germi, he is a flamboyant drag queen and homosexual. | Japan |
| Alesta and Flamé | Gay | Saint-Germi's aides Alesta and Flamé are also homosexual with Alesta having a particular preference towards much older men and Flamé having an affection for men with long hair (and covering one eye). | |||
| January 6, 2017 – March 24, 2017 | Fuuka | Makoto Mikasa | Bisexual | He is openly homosexual, although towards the end of the manga he confesses his love for his female sempai. | Japan |
| January 7, 2017 – May 11, 2018 | Spiritpact | Yang Jinghua and Duanmi Xi | Bisexual, Gay | Yang Jinghua is a poor man who barely makes money selling charms and fixing electronics. He is killed and his spirit is found by Duanmi xi, head of a large family specilizing in exorcism under the guise of being pharmacists. He forms a contract with Yang and later enters into a vow that is the equivalent of marriage. The two show a strong attraction towards each other and their bond deepens over the course of the story. Yang shows interest in women but remains loyal to Duanmi. | China |
| January 11, 2017 – present | Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid | Tohru | Lesbian | Tohru falls in love with Kobayashi after she saved her and starts living in her flat as a maid.[177] | Japan |
| January 12, 2017 – March 30, 2017 | Scum's Wish | Sanae Ebato | Lesbian | Sanae has a strong dislike for men and is even in love with her best friend Hanabi, with whom she several times has sex. Besides this, although she is not always sure of her romantic feelings, both person to whom she was sexually attracted were women. In the manga continuation, she begins a new relationship with her university female teacher. | Japan |
| April 6, 2017 – June 22, 2017 | Love Tyrant | Yuzu Kichougasaki | Bisexual | She has a crush on her half-sister, Akane Hiyama, but later in the series she develops feelings for Seiji Aino. | Japan |
| April 7, 2017 – June 23, 2017 | Hinako Note | Yua Nakajima | Lesbian | Yua strongly loves Chiaki and often has a one-sided rivalry with Hinako. | Japan |
| April 7, 2017 – June 30, 2017 | Kado: The Right Answer | Shun Hanamori | Gay | He is Kojiro Shindo's coworker and roommate. He is clingy to Shindo and once has a conversation with Tsukai regarding her feelings for Shindo, during which he reveals his deep romantic feelings for Shindo but chooses to support Tsukai's feelings for Shindo. | Japan |
| April 14, 2017 – July 29, 2017 | Seven Mortal Sins | Leviathan (Envy) | Lesbian | She becomes instantly infatuated with Lucifer upon the latter's arrival in Hell and makes herself into the fallen angel's sidekick. She is therefore continuously jealous of Maria because she receives the better part of Lucifer's attention, though the two are quite capable of working together if it serves Lucifer's interests. | Japan |
| June 30, 2017 | Danger & Eggs | Multiple | Multiple | Multiple LGBTQ characters[178][179] | United States |
| July 1, 2017 – September 23, 2017 | Hina Logi: From Luck & Logic | Liones Yelistratova Nina Alexandrovna | Lesbian | As the series progresses, Liones and Nina are displayed as being in love with each other. | Japan |
| July 1, 2017 – present | Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler | Midari Ikishima | Lesbian | Ikishima is said to be a person who is not enamored by men. In episode 7, she says to Jabami Yumeko that she has been looking for the woman perfect for her, just like the student council president. She also asks her to dominate her. She also has a fetish for dying and is sad when Yumeko won't kill her. | Japan |
| July 4, 2017 – September 19, 2017 | Love and Lies | Yūsuke Nisaka | Gay | Nisaka has strong feelings for Nejima, the main male protagonist. In episode three, Nisaka kisses Nejima when he finds him asleep in the classroom. | Japan |
| July 5, 2017 – September 20, 2017 | NTR: Netsuzou Trap | Yuma Okazaki Hotaru Mizushina | Bisexual | The story centers around two high school girls named Yuma and Hotaru who each have a boyfriend but secretly cheat with each other. Yuma cannot explain the feeling she gets around Hotaru, which eventually leads her to believe that their relationship may be more than just a friendship. In the final episode, Yuma finally realizes that Hotaru has had feelings for her all along and confesses her love for her. | Japan |
| July 7, 2017 – December 22, 2017 | Altair: A Record of Battles | Al-Kaplan 'Red Tiger' Balaban | Gay | He is heavily implied to be homosexual, as he greatly enjoys and surrounds himself in the company of beautiful men and even ensures his army of personally selected soldiers only consists of handsome men. He shows no interest in women and even flirts with Mahmut the main character. | Japan |
| July 8, 2017 – September 23, 2017 | Hitorijime My Hero | Masahiro Setagawa, Kousuke Ooshiba | Bisexual | Masahiro is Kosuke's student and 'underling' and initially deeply respects him due to being an infamous street fighter who saved him from bullies. The two both showed interest in women in the past, but end up falling in love with each other and end up in a romantic relationship, despite their status as teacher and student. | Japan |
| Kensuke Ooshiba, Asaya Hasekura | Gay | Kensuke and Asaya are a couple. The two were childhood friends and Asaya often defended Kensuke from bullying because of his small stature. The two drifted apart due to an argument and met again in high school, where Asaya confesses his love to Kensuke and after some trials, the two become a couple. | |||
| July 9, 2017 – September 24, 2017 | A Centaur's Life | Mitsuyo Akechi, Inukai Michi | Lesbian | Mitsuyo and Inukai are in a lesbian relationship. | Japan |
| August 1, 2017 – present | OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes | Red Action | Lesbian | In a Reddit Q&A with Ian Jones-Quartey, a fan asked in regards to hearing a rumor if Kali Hawk's character, Red Action, being confirmed to be gay true and has also asked the same for Enid being bisexual. Ian replied, 'True and True'.[180] In addition, in the episode, 'We Messed Up', when Enid sees Mr. Gar has a picture of KO's mom when she was younger, she eagerly asks who the babe is [181] and when Enid and K.O. are biking to Rad's house in 'Hope This Flies', Enid's helmet has a peace sign sticker colored like the bisexual pride flag.[182] | United States |
| Enid | Bisexual | ||||
| August 28, 2017 – September 15, 2018 | Mysticons | Zarya Moonwolf and Kitty Boon | Lesbian | In the episode 'The Princess and the Pirate' the two were supposed to share a kiss after Zarya tells Kitty that she loves her. The kiss was cut from the final airing by the network, but the creator confirmed the two as a couple. | Canada |
| September 8, 2017 – June 8, 2018 | UQ Holder! | Kuroumaru Tokisaka | Genderqueer | Kuroumaru comes from a clan of demons the Yatagarasu which are genderless until they choose a gender at the age of 16. While Kuroumaru is genderless, they appear female but vehemently deny this and identify as male. However, as time progresses they fall in love with their friend Touta Kanoe which causes their body to slowly change to a girl against their will. | Japan |
| September 29, 2017 – present | Big Mouth | Matthew | Gay | Matthew is a flamboyantly gay student with a love of drama and spreading gossip. He is voiced by Andrew Rannells. | United States |
| Shannon Glaser | Bisexual | Shannon is the mother of Jessi Glaser. Despite her already being married to her husband, Greg, she is shown to be secretly cheating on him by dating Cantor Dina Reznick, another woman. Cantor is a recurring character in the show and Shannon's love interest. | |||
| Cantor Dina Reznick | Lesbian | ||||
| Jay Bilzerian | Bisexual | He has shown various moments of being sexually attracted to women as well as Matthew, even sharing a kiss with one another after Jay stated the phrase, 'Hey, man, a mouth's a mouth'.[183] | |||
| October 4, 2017 – December 20, 2017 | Konohana Kitan | Ren Natsume | Lesbian | Ren is attracted to Natsume while Natsume is really protective of her. | Japan |
| October 7, 2017 – December 23, 2017 | Land of the Lustrous | Jewels | Genderqueer | In Hoseki no Kuni, the earth is inhabited by jewels who take the form of humans and are at war with the Lunarians who hunt the jewels down for their value. The jewels themselves are androgynous and have no gender, though most have very feminine appearances. | Japan |
| December 8, 2017 – present | Freedom Fighters: The Ray | Ray Terrill / The Ray | Gay | Ray and John go to a bar where Ray fails to ask a man on a date.[184] As Ray struggles with his recent unemployment and avoids coming out to his conservative parents, the Ray from Earth-X[185] emerges through a breach and hands the cortex off to his Earth-1 counterpart, along with his powers, before succumbing to his injuries. In Episode 3, John and Ray go back to the bar and Ray strikes up a conversation with the man, Jacob in which later becomes his lover. | United States |
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| January 4, 2018 – March 22, 2018 | Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles | Yū Ōsawa | Lesbian | Yū is a cheerful and optimistic girl who has developed an obsession for her new classmate Koizumi. When she discovers Koizumi's passion for ramen, she attempts to use this to get closer to her. | Japan |
| January 5, 2018 | Devilman Crybaby | Ryo Asuka / Satan | Intersex / Gay | Ryo Asuka is Akira Fudo's best friend; Akira is the protagonist. Akira was the first person to show him kindness, causing him to become deeply attached. Near the end, Ryo remembers he is Satan, an intersex fallen angel who fell out of favor with God when he challenged God's authority for killing the demons and replacing them with humans. Satan set out to start a war between humans and demons and was reborn as a male. He fell in love with Akira and subconsciously had him turned into a devilman (a demon human hybrid) to ensure he would survive the war and be by his side. By the end of the series, Satan realizes he loves Akira despite having previously believed love did not exist and cries and mourns Akira's death. | Japan |
| Moryu Koda | Gay | He was in love with his childhood friend Junichi whom he killed after being turned into a devilman which caused him much emotional and mental pain and was later shown sleeping with an unknown male. | |||
| January 6, 2018 – March 24, 2018 | Citrus | Yuzu Aihara Mei Aihara | Lesbian, Bisexual | Yuzu is a self-proclaimed gyaru and is the story's protagonist and Mei Aihara's older step-sister. Her father died when she was very young. Yuzu instantly dislikes Mei, perplexed by her cold attitude and random sexual advances. Despite this, Yuzu's frustration eventually turns into a strong romantic attraction, and she develops a protectiveness for Mei and a deep concern for her well-being. Despite Yuzu struggling with her romantic interest in Mei, she also tries her best to be a good older sister figure, doing her best to mend the relationship between Mei and her father and doing what she can to offer support. Mei is stern, cold and composed, but has a short temper. Although greatly respected by the student body, she may on occasion act or speak cruelly. This trait, as well as the fact that Mei often makes sexual advances toward her simply to manipulate her, greatly frustrates Yuzu. Mei initially had some kind of romantic relationship with a young, handsome male teacher, although Yuzu later discovered that he only intended to use her for her money and revealed his transgressions, leading to him leaving the school. As Yuzu gets to know her more, she is shown to be rather sensitive and lonely, which often stirs Yuzu's protective side. | Japan |
| Himeko Momokino | Lesbian | She is in love with Mei and is very possessive of her, becoming jealous when Yuzu enters her life. | |||
| Matsuri Mizusawa | Lesbian | Matsuri is Yuzu's childhood friend who later comes to see her and confess that she is in love with her. Like Mei, she tends to be manipulative. | |||
| Sara Tachibana | Pansexual | She confesses to Mei's love, but also tells Yuzu that she does not care about the gender of the person she falls in love with. | |||
| Kayo Maruta | Lesbian | She has a crush on Mitsuko Taniguchi, Harumi's older sister. | |||
| January 7, 2018 – March 25, 2018 | Slow Start | Eiko Tokura | Lesbian | She has a crush on her homeroom teacher Kiyose Enami, always having an interest in her personality. | Japan |
| Tamate's Grandmothers | Lesbian | As revealed occasionally through the series and then officially in Episode 6, Tamate lives with her two grandmothers who are a couple. | |||
| January 12, 2018 – March 30, 2018 | Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens | Jirō | Gay | A stereotypical gay male who used to work as a hairdresser but now owns his own hit man agency. | Japan |
| José Martínez | Gay | He is revealed to be gay by Lin in episode 11. | |||
| January 13, 2018 – July 7, 2018 | Darling in the Franxx | Ikuno | Lesbian | Eventually, Ikuno comes out to Ichigo in episode 18 and confesses her love for her, emphasizing how much time she had to suffer because of her feelings for another girl. | Japan |
| Nines | Genderqueer, Bisexual | Although their piloting system is also a 'couple' of a boy and a girl, throughout the show their squad is positioned as an 'alternative' to traditional heterosexual relationship, and the leader of the Nines even several times lectures on the meaninglessness of gender differences. Previously, he also openly notes his bisexuality, being attracted not only to Ichigo, but also to Hiro as a 'cute boy'. | |||
| January 13, 2018 – March 31, 2018 | Killing Bites | Oshie Nodoguro | Lesbian | She has a crush on Hitomi and is portrayed as being similar in behaviour to the Greater honeyguide, a species of bird thought to cooperate with honey badgers by leading them to bees nests. However, Oshie usually ends up injured as a result of being around Hitomi because, as the narrator frequently points out, Oshie is human, not a Therianthrope. | Japan |
| April 2, 2018 – June 18, 2018 | Magical Girl Ore | Sakuyo Mikage | Pansexual | Sakuyo fell in love with her childhood friend Saki. At first she though that she felt jealous of her brother who Saki admired. However, as they started spending more time together Sayuko discovered that her feelings for Saki were more profound, she was determined to protect her, but also to never confess. However, Sayuko was forced to come out in a situation of crisis and so she stopped hiding her attraction. Saki didn't answer her confession. She also stated that she wouldn't care if Saki was woman, man, dog or even an amoeba, so long as it would be her, Sayuko would love her. | Japan |
| Ruka Kiryu | Lesbian | She is in love with her partner Michiru from their idol duo, and becomes capable of transformation. | |||
| April 4, 2018 – September 18, 2018 | Lupin the Third Part V | Albert Dandorojii | Gay | He is a mysterious man who knows of Lupin's past, having been one of his partners in crime in the past. He is shown to be homosexual, as he is shown in his debut episode (episode 7) to be with his boyfriend, who is stated in episode 8 to be a photographer named Tickey whom he has been with for a while. Lupin comments his taste in men doesn't change. | Japan |
| April 4, 2018 – June 20, 2018 | Tachibanakan Triangle | Hanabi Natsuno Konomi Fujiwara Iori Takamura Yoriko Fujiwara Yū Tsukishiro Sonoa Mitsui | Lesbian | Tachibanakan To Lie Angle also known 'Love to Lie Angle', is a Japanese yuri manga-animated series. The story revolves around Natsuno Hanabi who went back to her hometown to study in high school in which she thought that she will have a new wonderful life, but is later now in a love triangle between her childhood friend Konomi Fujiwara and another beautiful girl. | Japan |
| April 5, 2018 – June 21, 2018 | Comic Girls | Koyume Koizuka | Lesbian | She has a crush on Tsubasa Katsuki, liking both her 'masculine' and 'feminine' sides. Koyume never knew the feeling of love before meeting Tsubasa and was unable to draw male characters until she started basing them on her. In the episode 5 Ruki Irokawa finds out about Koyume's crush and convinces her to go on a date with Tsubasa. She plans to confess to her, but since Koyume is still unsure of her feelings, she ends up not doing it. | Japan |
| April 6, 2018 – June 22, 2018 | Magical Girl Site | Kiyoharu Suirenji | Trans woman | Kiyoharu is a transgender girl that gets bullied in her class for being transgender and therefore gets turned into a magical girl to get revenge. While some of the other girls had problems with her identity previously, after transforming they accept her as another magical girl. | Japan |
| April 7, 2018 – June 23, 2018 | Devils' Line | Ryunosuke Katagiri | Trans man | He is a devil (vampire) who was born female but identifies as male. | Japan |
| April 8, 2018 – June 30, 2018 | Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online | Pitohui / Elsa Kanzaki | Bisexual | In episode 12, she kisses the main character Karen on the lips and flirts with her. M/Goshi Asogi, who is her manservant and in love with her, warns Karen that Elsa goes through men and women relatively quickly. | Japan |
| Clarence | Bisexual | In episode 9, Clarence, a fellow GGO player, is dying and Karen demands Clarence give up her remaining magazines. Clarence demands a kiss in exchange and reveals she is female (and chose an androgynous avatar) and that she is bisexual. | |||
| April 8, 2018 – June 24, 2018 | Cutie Honey Universe | Naoko Sukeban | Lesbian | Despite her rough looks and personality, she has a crush on Honey and is as a result quite jealous of Natsuko. During Panther Claw's assault on Saint Chapel, in revenge for the death of her entire gang and in order to protect Honey, she intercepts a deadly attack by Snake Panther and covers Honey and Natsuko's escape, apparently at the cost of her own life. However, thanks to her toughness she returns in the final episode to take the final fight to Sister Jill, and later joins Honey at their rebuilt school. | Japan |
| Pochi's Wife and Alphonne | Bisexual, Lesbian | Principal Pochi's Wife and Alphonne are in a lesbian relationship. | |||
| April 9, 2018 – June 25, 2018 | Fumikiri Jikan | Tomo | Lesbian | During Episode 1, Tomo confessed her love for her best friend, Ai after having brief discussions about love interests. Ai is left confused but Tomo ensures her that she should take her time when responding to her confession. In Episode 12, Ai is still unsure on how she should respond, often viewing the atmosphere and place as 'ruining the mood'. Tomo then starts to have doubts and regrets about her confession to Ai and hence, tries to inform Ai otherwise. However, Ai refrains her from doing so and states that she should give her some time to think and that no matter who confesses to her, she would still feel the same way. As the train passes by, Tomo expresses her love for her once again much to Ai's embarrassment. | Japan |
| June 6, 2018 – present | Big City Greens | Alexander and Terry | Gay | Alexander and Terry are a male couple who sometimes bicker over their relationship. | United States |
| June 9, 2018 | Kase-san and Morning Glories | Yui Yamada Tomoka Kase | Lesbian | Kase-san and Morning Glories is the debut OVA release of Hiromi Takashima’s ongoing yuri series about a high school romance between the clumsy, flower-adoring Yamada and the exuberant Kase, the school’s track and field star.[186] | Japan |
| July 5, 2018 – December 20, 2018 | Banana Fish | Ash Lynx | Bisexual | Ash has slept with both men and women during his time as a prostitute.[187] Other characters compare him and Eiji to soulmates and chaste lovers[188] and he used to have a crush on a girl when he was 14.[189] | Japan |
| 'Papa' Dino Golzine | Gay | Golzine is a kingpin in Unione Corse who groomed Ash to be his sex slave and future heir to his criminal empire. | |||
| July 5, 2018 – September 20, 2018 | Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou | Sumire Yamanashi | Lesbian or Bisexual | Although Sumire is portrayed as sexually attracted to Yuzu, she also has a few moments with the androgynous looking boy Aki. | Japan |
| July 6, 2018 – September 21, 2018 | Chio's School Road | Madoka Kushitori | Lesbian | Madoka is a senior student at Chio's school who is captain of the Kabaddi Club, who has lesbian tendencies. She has a strong passion for kabaddi, which she ultimately comes to realize is not based in the sport itself, but rather for it being the perfect excuse to grope other girls. This is actually confirmed in the sixth episode, which is completely devoted to jokes about her 'coming out'. | Japan |
| July 7, 2018 – present | Summer Camp Island | Ghost's dads | Gay | In the end of episode 8 'Ghost the Boy', a character named Ghost is reunited with his two dads. | United States |
| July 9, 2018 – present | Mo Dao Zu Shi | Wei Wuxian and Lan Wanji | Bisexual, Gay | Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji are love interests in the series. Wei Wuxian is known for his flirting with girls, despite never even kissing one. Lan Wangji falls in love with Wei Wuixian before Wei dies and remains dead for thirteen years until he is brought back to life. It is later revealed that Lan Wangji loved Wei throughout those thirteen years after Wei Wuxian has come to realize he is in love with Lan Wangji himself. They get married and adopt a kid at the end of the series. | China |
| July 14, 2018 – September 29, 2018 | Happy Sugar Life | Satō Matsuzaka, Shio Kōbe | Bisexual or Pansexual + Probably Lesbian or Pansexual | Satō is depicted as a person who has no prejudices in sexual preferences, and her only canonical love interest is the girl Shio. And although the sexual part of their relationship is still questionable (including at the end of Episode 10 where Satō and Shio share an on-screen kiss after their wedding vows),[190] the manga repeatedly emphasizes the romantic basis of Satō's feelings. At the same time, the nature of Shio's feelings remains partially ambiguous, so the director of the show, in his own words, considered their relationship more family than romantic, although he didn't rule out the presence of both elements in their feelings. The anime ends with Shio implying she could adopt Satō's way of life and her view on love. | Japan |
| Satō's aunt | Pansexual | A relative of Satō who had taken full custody of her after her parents died many years ago. Mentally unstable and deeply insane, she accepts sexual desires, fetishm and violence towards Satō, anyone or anything with disturbing masochistic pleasure (as revealed in Episode 7), believing them to be love. Her deeply twisted views of love are responsible for making Satō the deranged psychopath that she is today. | |||
| Daichi Kitaumekawa | Bisexual | Satō's high school teacher. Underneath his handsome looks and friendly personality, he is revealed to be a pervert with sadomasochistic tendencies who is obsessed with Satō. Although not overly made clear in the anime, his manga interlude reveals to Satō he has dated several men and women.[191] | |||
| Sumire Miyazaki | Lesbian | Sumire reveals that she has a crush on Satō at the end of Episode 4 while blushing over sniffing Satō's work uniform. In the following episode, she confesses to Satō about her obsession with her and wanting to be more closer to her. Satō however sees Sumire's advances as a threat to discovering her secret relationship with Shio, and so decides to kiss Sumire and also tell her she loves her in order to stop her from prying into her life any further. During Episode 11, Sumire is seen somewhat helping Satō in disposing evidence of Shouko's murder, seeing this as a way to spend time with Satō. | |||
| July 14, 2018 – September 29, 2018 | Grand Blue | Azusa Hamaoka | Bisexual | She admits in Episode 4 that she is bisexual and is attracted to both Tokita and Nanaka. | Japan |
| August 21, 2018 – present | 16 Hudson | Paul and Bayani | Gay | Main character Luc is adopted by Paul and Bayani, making 16 Hudson the first preschool show to feature a main character with two dads.[192] | Canada |
| August 31, 2018 – present | Paradise PD | Stanley Hopson | Bisexual | Stanley has many stories of having gay sex with several famous people, throughout history. Most of these figures were confirmed to be LGBT, but some of them weren't. Given Stanley's dementia, it's unknown how much of the things he says are actually true, but given the high-concept nature of his life, it wouldn't be a stretch to say that all of it is factual. In 'Police Academy', he had a romance with a woman named Esmeralda, meaning that he is bisexual. | United States |
| September 1, 2018 – present | Transformers: Cyberverse | Acid Storm | Genderfluid | Acid Storm is a Seeker and member of the Decepticons.[193] | United States |
| September 14, 2018 – present | The Dragon Prince | LGBTQ | The creators of The Dragon Prince have confirmed that the show will feature LGBT characters.[194] | United States | |
| Queens of Duren | Lesbian | In the second season, Queen Aanya is shown as the ruler of the Kingdom of Duren. Her mothers, the Queens, died nine years prior to the beginning of the series while fighting Thunder, the Dragon King. | |||
| October 4, 2018 – December 20, 2018 | Zombie Land Saga | Lily Hoshikawa | Trans girl | According to Episode 8, Lily was born as 'Masao Go', and before her death she was seen to be a famous child actress. Her death came from a combination of occupational stress and the mental shock of growing facial hair, which caused her to go into cardiac arrest (explaining why her heart is shown to be out of her chest in her zombie form). Lily doesn't seemed displeased at the idea of being a zombie, because to her it means that she can be a child forever, preventing her from further experiencing the anxiety and gender dysphoria that previously ended her life. | Japan |
| October 5, 2018 – December 21, 2018 | Ms. Vampire who lives in my neighborhood | Ellie | Lesbian | Ellie and Hinata start off on bad terms after inadvertently touching on each other's personal complexes, but they soon make up with each other after Ellie saves Hinata from falling down the stairs. In Episode 10, she falls in love with Hinata.[195] | Japan |
| Sakuya Kurai | Lesbian | Sakuya is one of Akari's classmates. During the series, she has displayed romantic and sexual feelings for Yu Aoki, another classmate.[196] | |||
| October 5, 2018 – December 28, 2018 | Bloom Into You | Yuu Koito and Touko Nanami | Lesbian | Yuu Koito is a girl who loves shoujo manga and hopes to encounter a confession but when she finally does, feels nothing and doesn't respond. She soon becomes friends with Touko who also has received confessions but felt nothing from them. Eventually, Touko begins to have feelings for Yuu and confesses to her, and she is shown reciprocating. | Japan |
| Sayaka Saeki | Lesbian | Sayaka is Nanami's best friend from first grade. In Episode 7, Sayaka recalls how she dated a girl in middle school, only to find that she wasn't taking it seriously, after which she fell for Touko. In the following episode, she has a brief run-in with her ex-girlfriend, managing to say her peace to her. | |||
| Riko Hakozaki Miyako Kodama | Lesbian | Riko and Miyako are confirmed in Episode 7 to be in a lesbian relationship. | |||
| October 5, 2018 – April 24, 2019 | Our Maid is Way Too Annoying! | Tsubame Kamoi | Lesbian | Tsubame Kamoi has displayed romantic attraction to young girls, hence why she decided to take a maid job in the household of the protagonist Misha. On numerous occasions, she has opened up about her past problems in dating girls because of her early menstruation development. She also has the desire to marry Misha when she is able to gain her approval. | Japan |
| Midori Ukai | Lesbian | Midori is a former JSDF lieutenant who fell in love with Tsubame and developed a masochistic obsession with her. Similarly to Tsubame, she also has a romantic interest in young girls (not as extreme as Tsubame), which usually leads to her getting in trouble with the police, despite not intending to do so. | |||
| October 6, 2018 – December 22, 2018 | Boarding School Juliet | Charteux Westia | Lesbian or Bisexual | The male protagonist, Romio discovered that Charteux was in love with Juliet, the female protagonist. | Japan |
| October 6, 2018 – December 28, 2018 | Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu. | Takato Saijou and Junta Azuyama | Gay, Bisexual | Takato Saijou is a long-standing actor who loses his position of most huggable man to upcoming actor Junta Azuyama. However, soon Junta confesses that he has strong romantic feelings for Takato and coerces him into a sexual relationship against Takato's will. Despite this, Takato finds himself moved by Junta's actions and persistence and has since established a genuine romantic relationship with him. | Japan |
| Chihiro Ayagi | Bisexual | Chihiro Ayagi is an upcoming actor who engaged in sexual favors with older women to get good roles. However, after meeting Takato Saijou, he falls in love with him and even tries to seduce the latter while he is drunk. Though he fails, he promises to start anew and no longer engage in sexual favors. He continues to have feelings for Takato Saijou but fails in his attempts to flirt and seduce him due to Takato's obliviousness to his feelings and Junta's interference. | |||
| October 7, 2018 – December 23, 2018 | Anima Yell! | Kon Akitsune | Lesbian | Kon is a lesbian who is able to successfully confess to her female crush thanks to the Cheer Club's help in Episode 3. | Japan |
| November 13, 2018 – present | She-Ra and the Princesses of Power | Netossa | Lesbian | Netossa and Spinnerella are both members of the Princess Alliance by the beginning of the series, a group composed of magical girls that oppose Hordak.[197] | United States |
| Spinnerella | |||||
| George & Lance | Gay | It was revealed at New York Comic Con on October 4, 2018,[198] by Aimee Carrero (Princess Adora / She-Ra)[199] that main character Bow has two dads.[200] They first appear in the season two finale, where it's revealed that they are historians, living in a library in the Whispering Woods. They are initially unaware that Bow has been helping in the Rebellion. | |||
| January 4, 2019 – March 29, 2019 | Boogiepop and Others | Shinjirō Anō | Gay or Bisexual | Shinjirō Anō is a teenage boy who, in middle school, developed romantic feelings for a male transfer student Taniguchi Masaki as shown in episode 5 and is frustrated in Taniguchi's relationship with his girlfriend Aya Orihata, wondering what Taniguchi sees in her. However, his memories of Taniguchi are erased when he spies on them and is caught and brainwashed by Spooky E, a synthetic human who makes him a human terminal and servant to the 'Towa Organization'. Boogiepop breaks him out of the mind control and he begins to date a girl. Despite this, Shinjirō feels as if he lost something important and cries when thinking of it, most likely referring to the feelings he had for Taniguchi. | Japan |
| January 8, 2019 – May 24, 2019 | Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me | Miyako Hoshino | Lesbian | When Miyako's sister, Hinata introduces her friend Hana to her, she instantly becomes attracted to her. During the series, Miyako has been shown to be quite perverted when it especially comes to dressing up Hana or anything Hana-related, much to Hana's own dismay.[201] From Episode 9, Miyako becomes more aware of her romantic feelings towards Hana and tries acting on them. | Japan |
| Koko Matsumoto | Lesbian | Koko was a girl who was in a club with Miyako during high school, and now goes to the same college as her. She is obsessively in love with Miyako to the point of stalking her everywhere she goes and in everything she does.[202] | |||
| January 12, 2019 – March 30, 2019 | Domestic Girlfriend | Masaki Kobayashi | Gay | Masaki is a current bartender and owner of the cafe Fumiya Kurimoto works at and that Natsuo, Rui and Hina frequently visit. In the past, he was a rising star of the Yakuza and son of the head of a Yakuza branch. Sometime after falling in love with another Yakuza male of a rival branch, he would leave the Yakuza behind him in order to pursue happiness though his homosexual lifestyle. He has a soft spot for cute males and makes no attempt to hide his desires to those he likes. | Japan |
| January 12, 2019 – March 30, 2019 | Endro! | Princess Rona | Bisexual | She is obsessed with the idea of becoming the wife of a hero and emphasizes this, even when it turns out that the hero is a girl. Further in the series, she explicitly declares that gender is not a problem for her. | Japan |
| Female Knight | Lesbian | She is fascinated with young girls, and is in particular attracted to Mao. | |||
| January 26, 2019 – present | gen:LOCK | Val/entina Romanyszyn | Genderfluid | In Episode 4, Val/entina mentioned that they are genderfluid, going by the name 'Val' when male-presenting and 'Valentina' when female-presenting.[203] | United States |
| March 15, 2019 – present | Love, Death & Robots | Sonnie | Lesbian | In a dystopian cyberpunk future, a scarred and traumatized Sonnie partakes in gruesome death matches where engineered beasts mercilessly tear each other apart for sport to entertain the sadistic, rich and powerful. She is seduced by the mistress of a sinister man who bet on her beast. | United States |
| April 10, 2019 – present | Carole & Tuesday | Ertegun | Bisexual | Ertegun states in the series that he has love 'only for capable dudes and great chicks'. | Japan |
| Marie and Anne | Bisexual, Lesbian | Marie used to date Gus, but now is in a relationship with Anne, and the two plan to get married soon. | |||
| April 12, 2019 – present | Sarazanmai | Enta Jinnai | Gay | Enta has been in love with Kazuki ever since they joined the soccer team together. | Japan |
| Reo Niiboshi | Reo and Mabu work together and also are partners. | ||||
| Mabu Akutsu | |||||
| TBD | Q-Force | Q-Force members | LGBTQ+ | The series will focus on the adventures of a secret agent and 'his team of fellow LGBTQ super-spies'.[204] |
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Notes[edit]
- ^ In the Brazilian Portuguese dub by Dublavideo, the scene where Hyō claims to be Bucky's lover was censored. Hyō claims to be Bucky's friend instead.
- ^ In Portuguese, 'Zezé' is a reduplication of 'Zé', a familiar form of 'José', which is equivalent to English 'Joseph', and 'Maria' is equivalent to English 'Mary'. 'Zezé Maria' is a normal masculine name, as it is not unknown for men in Portuguese-speaking countries to be called José Maria or Zé Maria. However, José is a masculine name and Maria is a feminine name, hinting at the character's gender ambiguity.
- ^ In Portuguese, Zezé Maria is referred to by pronouns ele ('he') and ela ('she'), as well as articles o (masculine 'the') and a (feminine 'the').
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| Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 3) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nickelodeon |
| Original release | September 21, 2007 – July 19, 2008 |
| Season chronology | |
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| List of Avatar: The Last Airbender episodes | |
Season Three (Book Three: Fire) of Avatar: The Last Airbender, an American animated television series on Nickelodeon, first aired its 21 episodes from September 21, 2007 to July 19, 2008. The season was created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, and starred Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, Jessie Flower, Dante Basco, Dee Bradley Baker, Greg Baldwin, Grey DeLisle and Mark Hamill as the main character voices.
This third and final season focuses on Aang's quest to defeat the tyrannical Fire Lord Ozai and finally restore harmony and order to the world.
The season is then followed by The Promise, The Search, and The Rift comic series that take place one or two years later after the hundred-year war's end.
The final season features twenty-one episodes, one more than the previous two seasons. The season finale consisted of the four episodes airing together as a two-hour television movie. Season Three received a similar positive critical reception to that of the previous seasons. The season, and especially the four-part finale 'Sozin's Comet', received much critical acclaim, with praises from sources such as DVD Talk. Between October 30, 2007 and September 16, 2008, Nickelodeon released four DVD volumes and a 'Complete Box Set'.
Production[edit]
The season was produced by and aired on Nickelodeon, which is owned by Viacom.[1] The season's executive producers and co-creators were Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who worked alongside episode director and co-producer Aaron Ehasz.[2] Most of the individual episodes were directed by Ethan Spaulding, Lauren MacMullan and Giancarlo Volpe.[3] Episodes were written by a team of writers, which consisted of Aaron Ehasz, Elizabeth Welch Ehasz, Tim Hedrick, and John O'Bryan, along with creators DiMartino and Konietzko.[3]
The season's music was composed by 'The Track Team', which consists of Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn, who were known to the show's creators because Zuckerman was Konietzko's roommate.[4]
Plot[edit]
In the season's beginning, protagonist Aang and his friends Sokka, Katara, and Toph are traveling through the Fire Nation, conjuring a plan for invading the Fire Nation and looking for a teacher to teach Aang Firebending. Midway through the season, Aang gathers friends he met in previous episodes and leads a failed invasion into the Fire Nation. Former antagonist and anti-heroZuko changes sides and joins Aang, serving as his Firebending teacher until the four-part series finale when Aang finally defeats the Fire Lord and ends the one hundred-year war in a surprising way: he uses a new ability to permanently rid Ozai of his natural firebending abilities to avoid violating selfless Air Nomad teachings.
Cast[edit]
All of the central characters generally remained the same: Zach Tyler Eisen voices Aang, Mae Whitman voices Katara, Jack DeSena voices Sokka, Jessie Flower voices Toph, Dante Basco voices Zuko, Dee Bradley Baker voices Appa and Momo,[3] and Grey DeLisle voices Azula.
Additionally, Mark Hamill joins the cast to voice Fire Lord Ozai after having minor appearances throughout the first and second seasons of the series,[3]while Greg Baldwin now voices Iroh due to Mako Iwamatsu's passing.[5]
Reception[edit]
The season received critical acclaim. Jamie S. Rich from DVD Talk remarked, 'In addition to the solid writing, Avatar the Last Airbender [sic] also has amazing animation. The character designs, with its roots in classic Asian folklore, are colorful and inventive, and the overall animation is smooth and consistently executed'.[6] Jamie S. Rich wrote in another review:[7]
| “ | This final season in the trilogy is turning out to be the best... At this point in the story, major things are happening, with the characters going through changes and the various plot elements coming together. Thankfully, the show creators never rest, and the quality control is top-notch. The writing is smart, and the animation always impressive. (2008) | ” |
Henrik Batallones, a BuddyTV Staff Columnist, also noted the wide variety of positive reviews from the press for the series finale, noting that sources such as The New York Times and Toon Zone gave Avatar: The Last Airbender 'glowing reviews'.[8]
The season also received praise for its video and sound quality. Nick Lyons from DVD Talk felt that the video quality appeared better than previous seasons, which had also garnered additional awards. He also remarks that the sound is 'spot on...as per usual.'[9] At the 2008 Annie Awards, the season won 'Best Animated Television Production for Children'. At the same Annie Awards, Joaquim Dos Santos won the 'Best Directing in an Animated Television Production' caption for his directing in 'Into the Inferno'.[10] Joaquim Dos Santos also gave Avatar: The Last Airbender a nomination at Annecy 2008 for his work with 'The Day of Black Sun Part 2: The Eclipse'.[11] Additionally, music editor and composer Jeremy Zuckerman and the sound editing team were nominated a Golden Reel award for 'Best Sound Editing in a Television Animation' for their work in 'Avatar Aang'.[12]
Episodes[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Animated by | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code [1] | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 1 | 'The Awakening' | SEK Studio | Giancarlo Volpe | Aaron Ehasz | September 21, 2007 | 301 | — |
| Aang awakens to find himself weakened, his head full of hair, and all of his friends dressed in Fire Nation clothing as they travel on a stolen ship. He is dismayed to discover that the world believes him to be dead, just like when he was frozen in ice. Sokka believes that this is a positive development and insists they should maintain the illusion as long as possible, since it means the Fire Nation won't be hunting Team Avatar anymore and that they won't be expecting Aang at the invasion. Zuko and Azula are welcomed home as heroes, and Fire Lord Ozai makes his first appearance in the series in which his full, unobscured figure is revealed, as he congratulates Zuko for killing the Avatar. Zuko realizes that Azula credited him with the honor-bestowing reputation for having killed the Avatar for ulterior motives that will eventually serve her own ends. Aang tries to run away by himself, but his friends find him. He accepts that with the fall of Ba Sing Se, secrecy is their greatest advantage, and gives up his glider, a part of his identity as an airbender, to the lava flows of Avatar Roku's island. | ||||||||
| 42 | 2 | 'The Headband' | JM Animation | Joaquim Dos Santos | John O'Bryan | September 28, 2007 | 302 | — |
| Aang and friends steal some clothes as temporary disguises while traveling in the Fire Nation, and Aang is accidentally taken to a Fire Nation school. He hides his tattoos with a headband and long sleeves, and learns the Fire Nation pledge of loyalty and must maintain his cool upon hearing propaganda about the death of the airbenders. He organizes a school-wide dance party for the up-tight Fire Nation kids. When the principal arrives to shut it down, the kids help Aang escape. A form of movement similar to Capoeira is shown as a Fire Nation traditional dance. Meanwhile, Zuko becomes increasingly certain the Avatar is still alive and hires an assassin to kill Aang. | ||||||||
| 43 | 3 | 'The Painted Lady' | Moi Animation | Ethan Spaulding | Joshua Hamilton | October 5, 2007 | 303 | — |
| The gang arrives at a Fire Nation village populated by sick and starving people. They are sick because of a nearby Fire Nation munitions factory polluting the river. Katara convinces the group to stay by making Appa appear sick and assumes the role of 'The Painted Lady,' a local legend, in order to heal the sick and steal food from the factory. eventually destroying the factory, she is forced to give up the ruse to Aang. In response to the destruction of the factory, Fire Nation soliders attack the village, but are repelled by Team Avatar. Katara reveals herself to the villagers, who thank her for her selfless aid. Later that night, Katara is also thanked by the spirit of the real Painted Lady. | ||||||||
| 44 | 4 | 'Sokka's Master' | JM Animation | Giancarlo Volpe | Tim Hedrick | October 12, 2007 | 304 | — |
Sokka has long felt isolated as the only person of the group unable to bend. Determined to increase his usefulness to the group and the war effort, he seeks out Fire Nation sword master Piandao, still under his assumed Fire Nation identity. With persistence, he convinces the master to take him on as a student. Piandao teaches Sokka the philosophy of swordsmanship by giving him various seemingly boring tasks like painting and rock-gardening. The sword master also helps Sokka forge his own sword, and Sokka chooses to use a meteorite he has found for the necessary material. When Sokka gains Piandao's respect, he becomes ashamed of misrepresenting himself and divulges he is not from the Fire Nation. Piandao reveals that this fact had been readily apparent from their first meeting and that the ways of the sword belong to all nations. He gives Sokka a white lotus Pai Sho tile as a farewell gift. Meanwhile, Iroh, devises a plan to escape his Fire Nation prison and, while feigning the part of a broken and humiliated wretch for his captors, secretly begins an intense training regimen to further build his strength. Note: At the end of the episode, Sokka gives Toph a piece of the meteorite. She bends it to create the Nickelodeon splatter shape. | ||||||||
| 45 | 5 | 'The Beach' | Moi Animation | Joaquim Dos Santos | Katie Mattila | October 19, 2007 | 305 | — |
| Zuko, Azula, Mai and Ty Lee are forced to go on vacation to Ember Island while Aang and his friends meanwhile are attacked by Zuko's assassin, who uses an obscure form of firebending (later referenced as 'combustion bending') which channels his power through his third eye to create powerful localized explosions with much more destructive force than normal firebending. After winning a beach volleyball game, Zuko and the girls get invited to a party where Azula tries to flirt but scares guys away with her psychotic raving. Zuko, who has resumed a romantic relationship with Mai, observes a boy flirting with her and destroys a vase in anger, prompting Mai to tell him off. Later around a campfire, Ty Lee reveals she is so outgoing because she grew up with six identical sisters and hated it. Mai reveals that her parents were worried about their careers and gave Mai anything she wanted, but required that she always kept her emotions subdued and acted properly, and that this created the cold persona that she feels she must always project to others. Zuko reveals that he hates himself because he is unsure of the difference between right and wrong anymore. Azula reveals that she knew her mother thought she was a monster, before brushing it off by claiming that her mother was quite obviously correct. The group then bond and end the night by returning to the party and trashing the place as the horrified host looks on and cries. | ||||||||
| 46 | 6 | 'The Avatar and the Fire Lord' | JM Animation | Ethan Spaulding | Elizabeth Welch Ehasz | October 26, 2007 | 306 | — |
Through separate sources, Aang and Zuko both learn about the strong and close childhood friendship of Avatar Roku and Fire-lord Sozin. Sozin suggested to Roku that, as the pinnacle of civilization, the Fire Nation should control the destiny of the entire world to ensure universal prosperity. As Roku was the Avatar, he knew the importance of balance between all people and disagreed. When Sozin later greedily took an Earth Kingdom colony, Roku defeated him in battle and threatened to kill him if he again tried to do anything that crossed that line. When Roku's island volcano erupted years later, Sozin came to help. But, at the last moment, when Roku was overcome by volcanic gases, Sozin realized that he could rule the world if he let Roku die, and he abandoned him. Roku then died from the lava and was reincarnated as Aang. In his prison cell, Iroh tells Zuko that as the great-grandson of both Roku and Sozin, he alone has the ability to resolve their endless conflict and restore order and peace to the world. At the end of the episode, Toph asks if friendships can transcend life times where both Aang and Katara acknowledge and accept Toph's intuition (implying that Aang's next incarnation, Avatar Korra, will befriend both Katara and Toph). | ||||||||
| 47 | 7 | 'The Runaway' | Moi Animation | Giancarlo Volpe | Joshua Hamilton | November 2, 2007 | 307 | — |
| Katara expresses her disapproval when Toph begins scamming Fire Nation civilians for quick cash. Toph thinks Katara is acting too motherly, and a rift forms within the group. To patch things up, Katara decides to pull a scam with Toph, but they are caught by Zuko's assassin, Combustion Man. He uses them as bait in an attempt to kill Aang, but Katara's quick thinking saves the day. | ||||||||
| 48 | 8 | 'The Puppetmaster' | JM Animation | Joaquim Dos Santos | Tim Hedrick | November 9, 2007 | 308 | — |
| The gang discovers that there have been strange disappearances in a Fire Nation town during a full moon. They befriend an elderly innkeeper named Hama, who reveals that she is a waterbender from the Southern Water Tribe that had been taken away sixty years previously alongside her fellow Southern waterbenders. She becomes Katara's mentor and shares with her the tragic story of her life as a longtime prisoner of the Fire Nation. Katara then discovers that Hama is enacting her revenge by kidnapping Fire Nation civilians with bloodbending, a sinister and dark technique of waterbending which can only be used by an incredibly strong and skilled waterbender, and only during a full moon when his or her waterbending abilities are at their strongest potential. The resulting battle forces Katara to use the technique against Hama to save Aang and Sokka. After being arrested by the village, Hama congratulates Katara on mastering bloodbending. A horrified and saddened Katara cries and Aang and Sokka comfort her. | ||||||||
| 49 | 9 | 'Nightmares and Daydreams' | Moi Animation | Ethan Spaulding | John O'Bryan | November 16, 2007 | 309 | — |
| The invasion is four days away, and Aang begins to feel nervous about confronting the Fire-Lord. Feeling that he is unprepared, he trains constantly and loses sleep, causing him to hallucinate and have nightmares. After three straight days, it takes the collaboration of Sokka, Toph and Katara to get him to finally sleep and feel confident about facing Fire Lord Ozai. | ||||||||
| 50 | 10 | 'The Day of Black Sun, Part 1: The Invasion' | JM Animation | Giancarlo Volpe | Michael Dante DiMartino | November 30, 2007 | 310 | 3.77[13] |
| On the day of the solar eclipse, many allies featured in previous episodes reunite with Team Avatar to a launch the planned invasion of the Fire Nation, lead by Hakoda. Aang finally kisses Katara as sign of his strong feelings for her, worried that he may not return. Relying on several forms of bending and aquatic vehicles designed by Sokka, engineered and constructed by the Machinist, and propelled by waterbending, the invasion forces successfully circumvent several layers of Fire Nation defenses and infiltrate the capital, where they begin a grueling assault towards the palace under constant onslaught from Fire Nation forces. Aang reaches the Fire-Lord's palace, only to find out that no one is present. | ||||||||
| 51 | 11 | 'The Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse' | Moi Animation | Joaquim Dos Santos | Aaron Ehasz | November 30, 2007 | 311 | 3.77[13] |
| As the eclipse begins, Sokka, Aang, and Toph search for the Fire-Lord, but only find Azula in an underground bunker, and give chase to her. When Sokka realizes that Azula is merely delaying them to exhaust the time they can benefit from the eclipse, he initially attempts to stop the chase, but Azula provokes him into going on the attack again by telling him of Suki's capture. Zuko confronts his father in another bunker. He tells Ozai that Azula struck down the Avatar, who survived the attack, that the Fire Nation only spreads fear and hatred, and that in order to restore peace he will join forces with the Avatar. Zuko refuses to kill Ozai as that is the Avatar's destiny, not his. As he begins to leave, Ozai stalls him by revealing the events of the night Fire-Lord Azulon died. Azulon had ordered Ozai to kill Zuko, as punishment for Ozai's request to be made heir to the Fire Nation throne, following Iroh's retreat from state affairs after the death of his son Lu-tan at the siege of Ba Sing Se. Desperate to save her son's life, Zuko's mother sought an alternative, creating a treasonous plan for Ozai to take the throne immediately by assassinating Azulon with poison which she would produce; Zuko's mother was banished following the successful implementation of the plan, but Ozai does not reveal where she was sent. As Ozai finishes the tale, the eclipse ends and he attacks. Zuko redirects Ozai's lightning back at him, using the technique taught to him by Iroh and leaves, intent on freeing his uncle. However, Iroh single-handedly breaks out from prison before Zuko can join him. The exhausted and diminished invasion force has no choice but to surrender and be captured, but at the urging of his allies, Aang flees with his friends to the Western Air Temple with Zuko trailing them on a stolen warship balloon. | ||||||||
| 52 | 12 | 'The Western Air Temple' | JM Animation | Ethan Spaulding | Elizabeth Welch Ehasz Tim Hedrick | July 14, 2008 | 312 | — |
| Zuko follows Aang and his friends to the Western Air Temple, seeking to join their group. There, Zuko desperately tries to prove to them that he has changed for the better and wishes only to atone for his past mistakes. It is only after Zuko helps save them from Combustion Man that he receives their acceptance as Aang's firebending teacher and the fifth member of Team Avatar. However, an embittered and cautious Katara still refuses to trust that Zuko has really changed and threatens to take his life at the slightest sign of treachery. | ||||||||
| 53 | 13 | 'The Firebending Masters' | Moi Animation | Giancarlo Volpe | John O'Bryan | July 15, 2008 | 313 | — |
| Zuko tries to teach Aang how to firebend, but has lost his own ability to bend as he is no longer reliant on rage, the previous focus of his firebending. Toph suggests they learn from the original source of firebending, the mighty dragons. Zuko reveals that his uncle Iroh killed the last dragon long ago, in the last of a line of glory hunts that earns a firebender the title of 'Dragon'., but he also notes that the dragons first imparted their knowledge to the Sun Warriors, a now extinct people who were the genesis of the Fire Nation. Zuko and Aang travel to the ruins of the Sun Warrior civilization, where they discover a tribe of the fabled people still exist. The pair must carry a sacred flame up to the mountain to meet the 'Masters', who turn out to be a pair of surviving dragons, but their flames go out at the last moment. They perform the dragon dance, a series of firebending forms seen carved in the ruins, and the last two dragons reveal that at its core firebending is a source of life, not destruction. The Sun Warriors reveal that Iroh had lied about the extinction of the dragons after receiving similar training, in order to protect the remaining members of the species from further hunts. Both Aang and Zuko begin to firebend again, stronger and more skillfully than before. | ||||||||
| 54 | 14 | 'The Boiling Rock, Part 1' | JM Animation | Joaquim Dos Santos | May Chan | July 16, 2008 | 314 | 3.97[14] |
| Sokka and Zuko infiltrate the Fire Nation's top prison, the Boiling Rock, to find Sokka's father Hakoda. It is surrounded by a boiling lake, trapping Sokka and Zuko when their balloon crashes. They find Suki and hatch an escape plan with Sokka disguised as a guard. Zuko is captured and the warden, Mai's uncle, recognizes him. A prisoner, Chit Sang, blackmails them into letting him join help orchestrate the escape. As they are nearing escape, a new batch of prisoners arrive, including Sokka's father Hakoda. Sokka, Zuko, and Suki decide to stay to save him. Chit Sang and his friends leave without them but make a mistake. | ||||||||
| 55 | 15 | 'The Boiling Rock, Part 2' | Moi Animation | Ethan Spaulding | Joshua Hamilton | July 16, 2008 | 315 | 3.97[14] |
| Sokka, Zuko, Suki, and Chit Sang create a new plan for escaping the prison after the original plan failed. Mai appears and demands to know why Zuko left her. He says he's trying to save the Fire Nation, not destroy it. Later, Sokka and allies take the warden hostage to escape on the gondola which provides access to the prison over the boiling water. The guards attempt to cut the line following the warden's orders, but Mai saves them by stopping the guards. Azula is furious over her betrayal, but Mai declares she loves Zuko more than she fears Azula, enraging Azula further. After Ty Lee stops Azula's attack on Mai with Chi-blocking (a technique which allows her to temporarily eliminate the abilities of a bender) and tries to aid her escape, Azula furiously has them both imprisoned. | ||||||||
| 56 | 16 | 'The Southern Raiders' | Moi Animation | Joaquim Dos Santos | Elizabeth Welch Ehasz | July 17, 2008 | 316 | 4.23[14] |
| Azula chases Aang from the temple. Zuko confronts Katara about her distrust of him and tries to gain her friendship. He decides to help Katara find the soldier responsible for Kya's untimely death. Aang warns her that revenge is not the answer. Along the way, Katara's behavior becomes increasingly aggressive, and she even resorts to mercilessly bloodbending a Fire Nation soldier. They eventually find the retired soldier, Yan Rha, who reveals that Katara's mother had died protecting her. Despite Katara's rage, pain, and desire for revenge, she is unable to take Yam Rha's life as revenge. Katara and Zuko leave, and once reunited with a relieved Aang and the rest of Team Avatar, Katara finally forgives Zuko and accepts his friendship. | ||||||||
| 57 | 17 | 'The Ember Island Players' | JM Animation | Giancarlo Volpe | Tim Hedrick, Josh Hamilton John O'Bryan | July 18, 2008 | 317 | 4.53[14] |
| Sokka discovers that the Ember Island Players, a Fire Nation theater group, is debuting a play based upon their adventures. The play turns out to be Fire Nation propaganda, and although the audience enjoys the play, Aang and his friends are embarrassed by the inaccurate and exaggerated portrayals of themselves (with the sole exception of Toph, who is amused by her depiction as a large muscled man who employs a primitive form of sonar by yelling at everything). In context, the play also serves as a concise summary of Aang's entire journey throughout the show. The play ends with the Fire Nation winning the war, Azula killing Zuko and the Fire Lord killing the Avatar, which triggers a standing ovation from the audience and clearly frightens Aang. | ||||||||
| 58 | 18 | 'Sozin's Comet, Part 1: The Phoenix King' | JM Animation | Ethan Spaulding | Michael Dante DiMartino | July 19, 2008 | 318 | 5.59[14] |
| Aang has decided to fight the Fire-lord after Sozin's Comet passes. Zuko derails this plan by revealing that Ozai intends to raze the entire Earth-Kingdom continent while under its influence. The gang begins a frantic training regimen while Aang struggles with his responsibilities: his friends exhort him to simply kill Ozai, but Aang clings to the pacifist beliefs of his Air-Nomad heritage. In his sleep, Aang is drawn towards a mysterious island that appears suddenly in the sea; the next day, his friends find June the Bounty Hunter to attempt to locate him again. Ozai bequeaths the Fire Nation throne to Azula and declares himself 'Phoenix King', ruler of the known world, while Aang awakens on the unknown island now in the middle of the sea. | ||||||||
| 59 | 19 | 'Sozin's Comet, Part 2: The Old Masters' | Moi Animation | Giancarlo Volpe | Aaron Ehasz | July 19, 2008 | 319 | 5.59[14] |
| On the island, Aang seeks guidance from his past lives, but they too insist he may have to take violent action against the Fire Lord. The island turns out to be a giant lion-turtle, which gives Aang the guidance he has been seeking. After June is unable to find Aang, Zuko decides to ask June to find his uncle Iroh instead. After June leads them to the outer wall of Ba Sing Se, they meet King Bumi, Jeong Jeong, Master Pakku, and Master Piandao, who are revealed to be members of the Order of the White Lotus, a secret society, presently lead by Iroh, that is constituted by citizens of all three surviving nations. After reuniting with Iroh, the team decides to split up and go in different directions to help stall the Fire Nation's plans: Zuko and Katara will handle Azula at the capital of the Fire Nation; Sokka, Suki and Toph will attempt to deflect the Fire Nation airships encroaching on the Earth Kingdom, and Iroh is to lead the White Lotus in the liberation of Ba Sing Se. Sozin's Comet arrives and Phoenix King Ozai prepares to destroy both the Earth Kingdom and the Avatar. | ||||||||
| 60 | 20 | 'Sozin's Comet, Part 3: Into the Inferno' | JM Animation | Joaquim Dos Santos | Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko | July 19, 2008 | 320 | 5.59[14] |
| Azula's mental stability, undermined by the betrayal of her childhood friends at the Boiling Rock, begins to deteriorate as her coronation as Fire Lord approaches. Zuko and Katara confront her right when she is about to be crowned, but Azula challenges her brother to an Agni Kai. Zuko, although initially prevailing against his sister's unbalanced assault, is gravely injured when he dives in front of lightning that Azula throws at Katara. Aang duels Ozai, but still being unwilling to kill, is kept constantly on the defensive, narrowly avoiding Ozai's onslaught of firebending, which is powerfully augmented by Sozin's Comet. Sokka, Toph and Suki attempt to halt the Airship fleet but are soon separated, while the Order of the White Lotus battles for Ba Sing Se's freedom. | ||||||||
| 61 | 21 | 'Sozin's Comet, Part 4: Avatar Aang' | JM Animation | Joaquim Dos Santos | Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko | July 19, 2008 | 321 | 5.59[14] |
With a chance injury, Ozai accidentally causes Aang to enter the mighty Avatar State. The Order of the White Lotus successfully liberates Ba Sing Se, while Sokka, Suki and Toph successfully disable all of the airships in the Fire Nation attack armada. Katara fights and outmaneuvers Azula, freezing her in ice and then chaining her to the ground, triggering a psychotic breakdown in Azula. Katara then uses her exceptionally strong healing abilities to revive a severely wounded Zuko. Aang, in the power of the Avatar state, chases and easily overwhelms Ozai, yet still refuses to kill him. Aang uses knowledge he received from the lion-turtle and employs an ancient form of bending to alter the natural energy within Ozai, using the technique to permanently strip him of his firebending abilities, defeating the Phoenix King without taking his life. In an epilogue sequence set some days later, newly appointed Fire Lord Zuko declares the war over. Zuko and Mai reconcile officially, and Zuko confronts his father, angrily asking where his mother, Ursa, is being kept. Some time later, 'Team Avatar' celebrate together at Iroh's tea shop in Ba Sing Se; slipping out to share a quiet moment together, Aang and Katara embrace and kiss under the sunset.
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DVD releases[edit]
The first three DVD volumes contain five episodes each, and the fourth volume contains six. A later boxed set contained all four volumes. The first DVD was released on October 30, 2007, and the complete boxed set was released on September 16, 2008.[15] They are released by Paramount Home Entertainment. Each of the individual Season Three DVDs also comes complete with an exclusive comic book.[16] The Complete Book 3 Collection DVD includes the following DVD extras: Inside Sozin's Comet: Exclusive Four-Part Commentary by Creators, The Women of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Book 3 Finale Pencil Test Animation and Into the Fire Nation at San Diego Comic-Con.[17] The boxed set was released on February 1, 2010 in the United Kingdom.[18]
| Volume | Discs | Episodes | Region 1 release | Region 2 release | Region 4 release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 | October 30, 2007 | Not released | June 1, 2010[19] |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | January 22, 2008 | Not released | September 23, 2010[20] |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | May 6, 2008 | Not released | October 7, 2010[21] |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | July 29, 2008 | Not released | November 4, 2010[22] |
| Box set | 5[23] | 21[23] | September 16, 2008 | February 1, 2010[18] | December 2, 2010 |
Footnotes[edit]
- 1.^ Production code format taken from the commentary for 'Sozin's Comet Part 1: The Phoenix King'
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- ^Rich, Jamie S. (January 22, 2008). 'Avatar The Last Airbender — Book 3: Fire, Vol. 2'. DVDTalk.com. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
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- ^'Avatar - The Legend of Aang: Book 3 - Fire: Volume 1'. EzyDVD. Archived from the original on 10 April 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
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