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Sean ([personal profile] sqbr) wrote2010-01-26 01:48 pm
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Anime with canon same sex relationships

This isn't a deep post. just an off topic tangent from this discussion.

So, ones I can think of off the top of my head (my brain has of course gone blank):

  • Revolutionary Girl Utena
  • Card Captor Sakura
  • Sailor Moon? (I haven't seen it)
  • Check the comments for many more!


It doesn't have to be the main characters, my point was that sometimes in anime (unlike mainstream western tv) you can think "Those two have such good chemistry, wouldn't it be great if they got together!" and they do.

EDIT: Obviously I'm not the best judge of this myself but the aim is stories one can enjoy as representations of queerness not unrealistic yaoi etc, and relatively mainstream anime that a typical sff geek might easily encounter and enjoy.

There's also lots where the subtext never quite becomes text but isn't actively contradicted either, like (as I recall) "Read or Die".
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[personal profile] bunny_m 2010-01-26 10:41 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't seen more than an episode or so of either the sub or the dub of CCS, but he way Sakura's friend and fashion designer was constantly creating new revealing costumes and then taking heaps of photos focusing on certain parts of Sakura was downright disturbing.

Of course, CCS was done by CLAMP, who have a long history of being very odd at best and seriously worrisome at times is well documented. (See especially Chobits.)