History LGBTRepresentationInMedia / AnimeAndManga

* ''Manga/GushingOverMagicalGirls'': Pretty much every character is a lesbian, including the protagonist Utena.

* ''Anime/AnimaYell'': Kon Akitsune is a lesbian who is revealed to have a crush on her female tutor (who she later ends up dating) in the third episode.

See also QueerMedia, YaoiGenre, BaraGenre, and YuriGenre for works with a primary focus on LGBT people, queer subjects and themes and QueerRomance for works that focus on romantic relationships between queer characters as the main plot. See also LGBTPlusCreators for a list of artists/media creators who are LGBTQIA+.

See also QueerMedia for works with a primary focus on LGBT people, queer subjects and themes and QueerRomance for works that focus on romantic relationships between queer characters as the main plot. See also LGBTPlusCreators for a list of artists/media creators who are LGBTQIA+.

* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': The anime and manga have included several LGBT characters, both major and minor; the most prominent being Sailor Uranus (Haruka Tenoh) and Sailor Neptune (Michiru Kaioh) being a lesbian couple. Other characters to note are the villains Zoisite and Kunzite who are in a gay relationship which was obscured in the U.S. and some other countries by [[ShesAManInJapan gender-bending Zoisite into a woman]]. Fish's Eye of the Amazon Trio is a gay man as well, but was also gender-bent into a woman in the U.S. dub/other countries’ dubs for the same reasons as Zoisite. And there are the Sailor Starlights, who were men who transformed into women for their super-powered forms for the anime adaptation.

Please see QueerMedia for works with a primary focus on LGBT people, queer subjects and themes and QueerRomance for works that focus on romantic relationships between queer characters as the main plot. See also LGBTPlusCreators for a list of artists/media creators who are LGBTQIA+.

See also LGBTPlusCreators for a list of artists/media creators who are LGBTQIA+.

* ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'': One of the supporting characters is Ren Yamai, a lesbian who's obsessed with the eponymous character. There's also the non-binary Najimi Osana who also uses they/them pronouns in translations.

* ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'': One of the supporting characters is Ren Yamai, a lesbian who's obsessed with the eponymous character.

* ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'' features a trans man James Bond (originally Irene Adler and yes, they're based on that Franchise/JamesBond) as one of Professor Moriarty's core crew.

* ''Anime/{{Trigun}}'': In the manga, one of Knives' closest and most powerful servants is Elendira the Crimson-Nail, who is indicated to be a transwoman with the power to MindRape people and a gigantic crossbow that fires piercing nails.

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': Ymir is a lesbian, and is in a relationship with Christa Lenz, who is bisexual.

* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': The anime and manga have included several LGBT characters both as major and minor characters, the most prominent being Sailor Uranus (Haruka Tenoh) and Sailor Neptune (Michiru Kaioh) being a lesbian couple. Other characters to note are the villains Zoisite and Kunzite who are in a gay relationship which was obscured in America and some other countries by [[ShesAManInJapan gender-bending Zoisite into a woman]]. Fish's Eye of the Amazon Trio is gay as well, but was also gender-bent into a woman for the same reasons as Zoisite. And there are the Sailor Starlights, who were men who transformed into women for their super-powered forms for the anime adaptation.