History of LGBTQ characters in animated series: 2020s

Building on the progress in the 2010s, and anytime before, the 2020s held the promise of changing LGBTQ representation in animation in a significant way, especially when it came to Western animation. This went far and beyond anything in the 1990s or in the 2000s. In 2020 alone, the Steven Universe came to an end with the final episodes of Steven Universe Future,[1] as did She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, with its final season bringing the slow-burn lesbian romance of Catra and Adora full circle with their kiss saving the world (and universe) from destruction.[2] At the same time, The Hollow,[3] DuckTales,[4] and The Loud House,[5][6] Harley Quinn,[7] and Cleopatra in Space[8] featured LGBTQ+ characters while Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts premiered with a canon gay character named Benson.[9] In anime, Asteroid in Love,[10] and My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom![11] included LGBTQ characters, as did others.

For LGBTQ+ animated characters, see List of animated series with LGBTQ characters. For history of homosexuality in U.S. film, see History of homosexuality in American film. For the history of anime, see History of anime. For media portrayals of bisexuals, see Media portrayals of bisexuality. For media portrayal of lesbians, see Media portrayal of lesbianism.

For the list of LGBTQ+ characters in the 2020s, see the List of animated series with LGBTQ characters page. For fictional characters in other parts of the LGBTQ+ community, see the lists of lesbian, gay, trans, bisexual, non-binary, pansexual, asexual, and intersex characters.

Representation moves forward in anime

In the world of anime, there were a few series which included LGBTQ+ characters, all of which premiered in 2020. Four of those shows were aired on Tokyo MX. The first of these shows was Asteroid in Love featured two protagonists (Mira and Ao) who want to discover an asteroid together[12] and have a friendship that develops into something that is more romantic.[13][10] Even in the show's ninth episode, Ao and Mira begin living together, continuing the low-key yuri romance.[14]

On July 14, Faye Hopper wrote a review of Asteroid in Love. She noted that the show has "fundamental cuteness" but criticized for not having enough to sustain all the episodes.[15] She further stated that Ao and Mira are "in the same position" at the end of the series as they were at the beginning, describing the connections between Ao and Mira as shallow. She specifically noted that the viewers "never understand how much Ao and Mira matter to each other," saying it never digs deep into the relationships between characters.

The second Tokyo MX show was Seton Academy: Join the Pack!. It featured an intersex, and possibly genderfluid, hyena named Iena Madaraba. Iena had a bigger role in the series, although still a secondary character. She is a spotted hyena with male genitalia and is confused about her true gender & sexuality, and although she later finds out that she is biologically female, she still allows others to refer her with either gender pronoun in episodes such as "The Wild Habits of a Troubled Animal."[16] Some criticized the episodes about Iena to have "a wave of transphobic undertones"[17] and not portraying gender identity accurately,[18] although the same critic was satisfied with the end of Iena's "gender arc."[19]

The third anime broadcast on Tokyo MX was an adult sex comedy, controversial because it walked "the thin line of how explicit anime can be"[20] named Interspecies Reviewers included an intersex protagonist, an angel with a broken halo, named Crimvael, and a one-time lesbian character, Bina Banana, a female film director who runs a lesbian succubus brothel.[21] Crim, is well-endowed intersex angel with a broken halo that, like Iena, has male and female genitalia, as noted throughout the series. On THEM Anime Reviews, Stig Høgset, noted that while Crim identifies as male, he has "sexual organs of both men and women," saying that he acts like this is the "standard for all angels," and has some enjoyable sexual experiences in the series.[22] Høgset further pointed out that the show is centered around "a group of men going around having sex with various girls in brothel-like settings," and writing about their experiences at these establishments.

Otome road in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan which shows image from the Otome game Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time; Image by Boyfriendback on September 20, 2005

In April, the episodes of My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, a fantasy-drama anime, began airing on Tokyo MX. The series follows a girl named Catarina Claes who was previously an otaku who "died in a past life" and enjoyed an otome game,[11] who amasses a bisexual harem pining for her as she tries to avoid being a villain and becomes very thoughtful.[23] This anime features three lesbian characters. Mary Hunt develops romantic feelings toward the series protagonist, Catarina, differing from the script of the otome game, Fortune Lover, beginning in the second episode of the series, and she later concocts a "terrifying plan" of sorts to get them to stay together.[24] Sophia Ascart, in the eighth episode, when inside the book world,a pins Catarina against a wall, confesses her love, and proposes they move in together.[25] Maria Campbell, in the show's season one finale, Catarina asks her who she likes, and she says "the only one I love, admire, and want to be with for all time is you, Lady Catarina. So please allow me to stay by your side from now on."[26] In May 2020, seven of the 10 spots of a "weekly favorite couple poll" by Anime Trending[27][28] were shipping characters with Catarina![29] The same month, voice actor Kouichi Yamadera, who voiced characters in Cowboy Bebop (Spike Spiegel), Dragon Ball Super (Beerus), and Lupin III (Koichi Zenigata) who had trended on Twitter when he created a meme about being a date with his boyfriend, made a video version of the same meme, which picked up "over 41,000 retweets and hundreds of amused comments from people impressed with how flamboyant Yamadera looks" as a gay voice actor.[30] The season ended, with a "friendship ending," one reviewer calling it a "very definitive ending for Catarina and Her Polyamorous Bisexual Harem of Doom,"[31] and an upcoming second season sometime in 2021.[32] The series was later praised by Rebecca Silverman and Theron Martin of the Anime News Network for being well-done, and offers "a rewarding bisexual power fantasy" which Caterina is unaware of due to her dense nature.[33]

Apart from these series, there are a number of other anime with similar themes, which also aired on Tokyo MX. One of these was Tamayomi Baseball, adapted from a baseball manga series of the same name, which around centers Yomi Takeda, a pitcher, who reunites with her Tamaki Yamazaki, her childhood friend, and they fulfill their promise to each other as they start their baseball journeys, which aired from April to May 2020.[34] Others pointed out to Kaguya-sama: Love is War. In the second season of that anime, which aired from April to June 2020, two characters, Kaguya and Chika, got married in a board game. Additionally, the action, comedy, and harem series, Super HxEros, which aired on Tokyo MX, also had LGBTQ characters. Specifically one character, Maihime Shirayuki has an unnamed "lesbian prince girlfriend."[35] The show features Kirara Hoshino's friend dating "an older girl," with everyone acknowledging it and moving on.

In 2020, other networks broadcast shows with LGBTQ characters. One of those was If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die on TBS. In this anime, the protagonist, Eripiyo, is obsessed with her favorite idol, a shy girl named Maina Ichii.[36][37] Eripiyo becomes obsessed with Maina Ichii, resulting in using almost all her money to buy Maina's merchandise.[38] Additionally, Assault Lily: Bouquet which will air on the same channel may have similar themes.[39] In a review on Erica Friedman's Okazu, Kristin called it a trap for yuri, saying she highly doubts "it will be worth it unless you’re really into the skin and bouncing boobs of teenage girls."[40]

There are other series with LGBTQ+ themes which aired or will air on Japanese television. For instance, in July 2020, a science-fiction fantasy named Journal of Mysterious Creatures, based on a web novel from China, centers on a 23-year-old jobless man named Yoshihito, who rents rooms in his house, first to a girl (later shown to be a werewolf) named Lily, who is attracted to Vivian, a vampire, as they all live in the same house.[41] In October 2020, the romantic yuri anime titled Adachi and Shimamura premiered on TV Tokyo. It follows two close friends, Adachi and Hougetsu Shimamura, with Adachi wishing they were closer, even having "dreams of kissing Shimamura."[11] As such, the series, previously a yuri light novel series of the same name written by Hitoma Iruma, will focus on Adachi and Shimamura falling in love. There are a number of other examples. For instance, Kaede Johan Nouvelle, Riri Hitotsuyanagi, and Yuyu Shirai are lesbian characters in Assault Lily Bouquet, which has an openly homoerotic focus, with some calling the romance between Kaede and Riri a good sign for those fans tired of having lesbian characters "doomed to the Wasteland of Subtext."[42] In this anime, Yuyu competes with Kaede for Riri's affection.

There were other efforts at progress in the 2020s in anime when it came to representation. In March 2020, the voice actor Shiki Aoki for Idolm@ster, who voices Asuka Ninomiya, came out as a trans man, explaining how gender identity and sexual orientation are different.[43] He also stated that he identifies as pansexual (in the past he had identified as bisexual), his journey to discovering his gender identity, and noted the growing awareness of LGBTQ+ identities, although people continue to "feel uncertain about their identity," encouraging them to speak with him. Around the same time, The Daily Dot published an article talking about a Gender and Anime at Anime Boston in February 2020, noting that manga and anime have "a dearth of gender representation," with issues within Japanese culture itself, with crossdressing and genderqueer identity often made out to be a joke or a "trap" for the protagonist.[44] They further argued that Hourou Musako in Wandering Son is one of the "few sensitive portrayals of transgender characters out there," with one panelist calling it the "only true transgender anime in existence" and saying listeners should be "sensitive when discussing gender identity." From July to August 2020, The Titan's Bride aired on ComicFesta Anime (Premium), Tokyo MX, YouTube, and Niconico (Standard), featuring various LGBTQ characters, Kōichi Mizuki and Caius Lao Bistail, who are gay characters.[45] In January of the following year, the production of an English dub was suggested, with Ascendent Animation's President and COO, Kiba Walker, who is directing the dub, said that the series is a story that "needs to be brought into the mainstream," and removed the taboo "of LGBT stories and themes," arguing that "hardcore BL and fantasy fans" will love what they did with the dub."[46]

In November 2020 it was announced that those who created Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me would be beginning a "new anime project."[47] In 2021, Luminous Witches[48] created by Shaft, may have yuri themes.[49] On December 13, the two voice actors for the protagonists, Yumiri Hanamori (Sorao Kamikoshi) and Ai Kayano (Toriko Nishina) will host a special talk program titled "Otherside Special Activity Report," which will be streamed on the anime's website.[50]

On January 4, 2021, Takuya Satou's Otherside Picnic, a yuri anime, premiered on Tokyo MX and other networks.[lower-alpha 1] Satou previously had experience with anime, specifically by directing Asagao to Kase-san.[51] Nicholas Friedman of Funimation described the series as "cloaked in sci-fi mystery" after protagonist Sorao Kamikoshi "comes into contact with Toriko Nishina"[52] while Rafael Antonio Pineda of Anime News Network called it a "sci-fi yuri anime."[53] CHiCO with HoneyWorks will be performing the opening theme, while Miki Satō performs the ending theme. Two months later, in March 2021, Twittering Birds Never Fly will premiere as an original video animation produced by Blue Lynx, a Fuji TV subsidiary. It features Yashiro, a masochist and yakuza boss warms up to his new bodyguard, Chikara Doumeki. As his entreaties fail, he discovers why his bodyguard only wants to stay at "arm's length" to himself, rather than get involved in a relationship.[54] Mamoru Oshii's Vlad Love, which has no premiere set after being originally scheduled release in October 2020,[55][56] may premiere sometime in 2021.

An increase in Western animations with LGBTQ storylines
Main article: History of LGBTQ characters in animation: 2020s

In the 2020s, representation became more pronounced than before in Western animation. This included shows like Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Cleopatra in Space, The Owl House, The Hollow, Harley Quinn, Hoops, and Adventure Time: Distant Lands, with the promise of upcoming seasons of Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss, and gen:LOCK, RWBY, along with a variety of soon-to-come shows like Lumberjanes and DeadEndia. At the same time, series like She-Ra and the Princesses of Power and Steven Universe Future, both of which had various LGBTQ characters, came to an end in 2020.

In January 2021, GLAAD nominated various animated series for awards at their 32nd GLAAD Media Awards in April 2020.[57] This included Big Mouth and Harley Quinn for the Outstanding Comedy Series award, the DuckTales episode “Challenge of the Senior Junior Woodchucks!," the Clifford The Big Red Dog episode "Dogbot," the Fancy Nancy episode "Nancy Plays Dress Up," and Summer Camp Island for the Outstanding Children’s Programming award. Additionally, Craig of the Creek, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, The Loud House, the Adventure Time: Distant Lands episode "Obsidian," The Owl House, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power and Steven Universe were nominated for the Outstanding Kids & Family Programming award.

See also

Notes
  1. Such as Sun TV, BS11, and AT-X.

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