Line #35 LGBTFanbase/AnimeAndManga


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5	* The protagonist of ''Abarenbou Kishi!! Matsutarou'' is a large, bulky fellow who strikes well with bara fans, even if he is a jerk.
6	* ''Manga/{{Adekan}}'' is big on HoYay between scantily clad pretty boys with its daring nature and content garnering a lgbt fanbase.
7	* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'':
8	** The series has attracted a large fanbase interested in the side character of Hanji, as the gender-neutral wording used to describe the character, as well as a comment made by the author, indicate that they might be genderqueer. Kodansha, the company responsible for the English version of the manga, was given special instruction to keep neutral.
9	** Nanaba too, a character drawn with a mix of features the mangaka uses to [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics signify]] a character's gender, and who's also referred to in a neutral manner, although WordOfGod states that she's female. She's also popular with lesbians due to being a {{bifauxnen}}.
10	* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'': While not primarily known for it in its heyday, the series picked up a huge LGBT+ following in the years after its western fandom shrunk down to a cult size. This is owed to its relatively progressive values for the time; with its majority-female cast, it doesn't objectify or demean the girls, and even features a positively-portrayed LGBT character in Kaorin (who openly has a crush on Sakaki, to the point of a TransparentCloset in the Supplementary Lessons, and isn't treated any lesser or differently for it). This is in addition to the ever-present shipping between the cast, with plenty of [[HoYay lesbian undertones]] to go around.
11	* ''Manga/BigWindup'' attracts a lot of gay fans and fangirls due to the close, very HoYay heavy relationships, especially between Abe and Mihashi.
12	* ''Manga/BlackButler'' features rampant HoYay between many of the bishonen cast members, as well as LesYay between the females. There's also trans woman Grelle. The series has quite the fanbase.
13	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Sajin Komamura. A big anthro wolf. Don't let his appearance terrify you, he's actually [[GentleGiant one of the nicest guys in Soul Society]]. Most erotic art of him seems to be M/M. Since he's pretty shy, he works well as a bottom.
14	* ''Manga/BloomIntoYou'' is a YuriGenre manga that takes same-sex relationships more seriously than most other series like it. Not only does it have a few female characters who are in love with other female characters, but it also deconstructs the idea of the GayRomanticPhase, by showing how hurt Sayaka was when her first love revealed that she'd only seen their relationship as something that they'd eventually outgrow. In fact, two secondary characters, both adult women, have been dating since college.
15	* ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'', with its cast of loveable and appealing female characters, strikes a lot of high notes for sapphic viewers. It also helps that one of the main characters is explicitly gay, and several others including Bocchi herself are implied to be sapphic too.
16	* ''Manga/BokuraNoHentai'': One of the characters is a barely pubescent trans girl who's taken seriously, another is a gay crossdresser, and an important character is a bi WholesomeCrossdresser (who later quits but is still flamboyant and campy). The series as a whole has a theme about puberty, sexuality, and growing up.
17	* Kumatetsu, of ''Anime/TheBoyAndTheBeast'', has gathered a couple amount of fanboys from the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom, considering he is a muscled (literal) bear who is also a badass.
18	* Creator/{{CLAMP}}'s works have a sizeable LGBT audience. Their themes of "love has no boundaries" and EveryoneIsBi, which are not usually questioned in-universe, naturally attract many gay and bisexual fans. They also attract many genderqueer fans, due to several of their works having characters with NoBiologicalSex.
19	* ''Anime/CodeGeass'', for its many AmbiguouslyGay characters, {{Camp}}, and HoYay, has been the subject of much queer analysis and appreciation. The creators often tease it in some of the Fanservice material. Lelouch, regardless of how you read his sexual preferences, is a [[AgentPeacock fabulous, fierce badass]].
20	* ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby'' drew attention from the LGBT community due to featuring several characters with differing sexualities/orientations, such as a protagonist who's both a ManlyManAndSensitiveGuy, an male/intersex person with a SingleTargetSexuality, a bisexual woman, a (possibly) polyamoric woman, and a StraightGay man. There's also the fact that the singer of the anime's theme song is a transgender woman.
21	* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': Muscular humanoid Digimon tend to attract a lot of attention from gay male fans, especially Leomon, [=WereGarurumon=], Exveemon, or [=WarGreymon=].
22	* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'':
23	** The series is prone to bara LGBT Fanbase, being an anime about giant muscle-bound men and filled with bromance. It's just oozing testosterone. Nappa is the most common candidate, being giant dumb beefcake. Since Goku is naive as a brick, many fantasize that they could lure him to bed with the promise of candy.
24	** The UsefulNotes/FurryFandom LGBT fanbase seems fond of Giran. On a similar note, many Furries are also a fan of [[BigBad Freeza]], mostly for his tail and [[HandyFeet prehensile feet.]]
25	* ''Manga/DragonQuestTheAdventureOfDai'': Crocodine and Borahorn are seen quite often in bara manga.
26	* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' makes for great bara material. The series already has plenty of muscular men, lots of tackling, and more ass shots then you can count.
27	* ''Anime/{{Free}}'' attracts both a lot of fangirls and fanboys due to revolving around usually-shirtless AmbiguouslyGay boys being cute together and bonding. The gay male fans tend to gravitate toward [[GentleGiant Makoto]] and [[{{Hunk}} Sousuke]], often [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight shipping them even though they barely interact in canon]]. Makoto in particular ranked second in a poll for [[https://fire-kitsune-love.tumblr.com/post/59680180819/the-most-wanted-anime-boyfriend-voted-by-gay "The Most Wanted Anime Boyfriend" as voted by gay men]].
28	* ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist'':
29	** Darius and Heinkel ([[HoYay together]] or [[MrFanservice individually]]) have an immense gay following. Much of the cast consists of [[AuthorAppeal muscular men]] and shirtless scenes abound for the main character. Scar in particular is a major bara icon, and Heymans Breda is often beefed up in fanart as well. Ironically, the abundance of muscular men is due to self-admitted AuthorAppeal on the part of creator Creator/HiromuArakawa, who's female.
30	** Many of the various compelling and tough female characters have lots of fangirls, such as General Olivier Armstrong and Izumi Curtis. Paninya is also an EnsembleDarkhorse for this reason.
31	** Envy, who’s an androgynous male in the 2003 anime and genderless in the manga/''Brotherhood'', naturally has many non-binary fans. Many also consider their shapeshifting WishFulfillment. Being a psychopathic villain hasn’t even hurt their following, if anything it’s [[EvilIsCool helped!]]
32	** Despite being ''very'' insistent that he's into women, Greed has a lot of gay/bi fans for being a sexy, charming devilish {{Hunk}} in [[HellBentForLeather leather]], and his close bonding with his chimera henchmen and Ling Yao.
33	** ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' is considered very gay and has a lot of gay fans. Between Alfons and Ed's chemistry in TheMovie, Ed having less ShipTease with Winry than he does in the manga and ''Brotherhood'' (where she's more obviously meant to be his love interest), Roy and Riza not being quite as obviously romantic as in the manga/''Brotherhood'' ([[spoiler:most famously Roy ditching Riza in TheMovie to hang with the Elrics and Roy sinking into a depression when Ed 'dies']]), the Elric brothers being [[IncestSubtext obsessed with each other,]] and Roy's bond with Edward there's no surprise. Winry and Sheska have a nice amount of bonding as well.
34	* ''Manga/{{Gangsta}}'' attracted a following thanks to the main characters designs. There's also a fair share of HoYay in it.
35	* ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners'' is popular with queer fans for roughly the same reasons as [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight another work by the same writer]], in addition to having the exploration of gender identity and (to a lesser extent) sexual orientation as recurring themes throughout the story.
36	* ''Anime/GreatPretender'' is a CriminalFoundFamily story, a genre that by itself tends to attract an LGBT fanbase. However, the relationship between the two male leads is thick with intentional HomoeroticSubtext and ShipTease, deliberately invoking RomanceArc tropes and imagery between them, and at least one of them (Laurent Thierry) is confirmed to be bisexual. Abbie, one of the other leads, is frequently assumed to be asexual by fans because she's the only main cast member with no past relationships or obvious crushes, and while she isn't above [[HoneyTrap teasing men with her body to get what she wants from them]], she seems to exclusively play hard to get. And it certainly doesn't hurt that the song's RealSongThemeTune is the 1980's cover of [[TitledAfterTheSong "The Great Pretender"]] sung by LGBT icon Music/FreddieMercury.
37	* ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'':
38	** ''Haikyuu'' has attracted a lot of LGBT fans due to the amount of HoYay amongst the cast and the general fact it features a CastFullOfPrettyBoys.
39	** The series also has a small amount of female fans drawn in due to thinking that Kiyoko and Hitoka would be good together (Hitoka's StupidSexyFlanders reaction to Kiyoko didn't help).
40	* ''Manga/HandsomeGirlAndCrossdressingBoy'' has a large queer fanbase by its nature as a gender-blending romcom, and some readers have [[TransAudienceInterpretation interpreted one or both of the titular couple as closeted trans people]].
41	* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'':
42	** There's a huge amount of fanart depicting [[BigBad the Major]] and [[CatGirl Schrodinger.]]
43	** Father Anderson has an impressive bara following.
44	** Amusingly, Major and Schrodinger are respectively a Waffen-SS Sturmbannfuhrer and a Hitlerjugend Kameradschaftsfuhrer and Alexander Anderson is TheFundamentalist KnightTemplar, all being rampant homophobes.
45	* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'':
46	** [[NationsAsPeople Turkey and Grandpa Rome]] have humongous amounts of gay/bi male fans. Turkey's is so impressive that on Pixiv, there's more [[{{Bara}} erotic art of him]] than [[HandsomeLech France]]. [[LandDownUnder Australia]] and [[BigFun Cuba]], while mostly ignored by the majority of the fandom, have also made an impression on gay/bi fanboys. Germany himself is a poster man for Hetalia Bara Fandom.
47	** Hungary's ActionGirl and former {{bifauxnen}} looks (on top of how she looks in military gear) make her popular amongst fangirls.
48	** The series has ''official'' genderbent designs for the characters. It's not too uncommon to find women who just ignore ''Hetalia'' in exchange for ''Nyotalia''.
49	* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', especially the 2011 anime, has attracted a LGBT fanbase due to the high amount of HoYay between Gon and Killua. Killua's younger sister Alluka is also very strongly implied to be a trans girl. Kurapika, due to his former AmbiguousGender status, is often interpreted as trans as well.
50	* ''Anime/IzettaTheLastWitch'' gained a lot of attention from the LesYay promotional material between the two female leads Izetta and Finé. After the series began airing, the relationship between Izetta and Finé quickly became one of the strongest points of the series, and there are many supporters for them to become a couple.
51	* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' is like a LGBT fanbase's assortment for different audiences:
52	** The [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood first]] [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency three]] [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders parts]] of the story mainly feature musclebound, stylish men with heaps of HoYay involved.
53	** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Parts 4]]-[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind 5]] keep the style and bromance aspects intact but adds younger, feminine men to the mix.
54	** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Part 6]] genderflips the situation and features mainly strong women in [[GirlsBehindBars a prison setting]] attracting a lot of LesYay from the fans. Also helping is the fact that one of the protagonists switches from presenting as female to presenting as male between his first and second appearances, which Creator/HirohikoAraki confirmed was the result of him "[going] beyond the standard definition of genders," attracting a sizable number of trans fans as well.
55	** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Part 7]] brings back the HoYay with the bromance between the two {{Bishonen}} protagonists, as well as a bit of canon LesYay with the bisexual character Scarlet Valentine.
56	** A lot of the character designs are taken directly from or influenced by runway models, which gives a gender-blending style to the series that attracts trans & genderqueer fans.
57	* With its themes of gender identity (there are androgynous characters that people mistake for a gender they aren't born as), same sex relationships, and characters that attract crushes from their same sex, ''Manga/KaguyaHime'' has attracted a substantial LGBT fandom.
58	* In ''Manga/KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'', main character Hazumu is [[GenderBender permanently turned female]] at the beginning of the story but doesn't seem particularly bothered by it and is later seen to be [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} happier this way]], which has naturally attracted transgender fans. There's also one {{Celibate Hero}}ine character who's implied to be aro-ace, putting the yuri manga on asexual fans' radars.
59	* Despite being primarily oriented for young adult men, ''Manga/KeepYourHandsOffEizouken'' has a noticeably large lesbian following, especially in the west, on account of its surprisingly large and well-portrayed female cast and female-centric storytelling, with copious amounts of room for [[HoYay Les Yay]].
60	* ''Anime/KillLaKill'' has a noticeable amount of [=LGBT=] fans because of the following:
61	** The amount of LesYay floating around thanks to the PseudoRomanticFriendship of Ryuko and Mako, with [[spoiler:the possibility that they begin dating at the end of the series]] fueling the fire further.
62	** Bara fans kiss the floor in which Gamagoori and Tsumugu step. The art is not shy about focusing on their voluptuous muscles and, just like everybody, spend a lot of time in the bare minimum amount of clothing possible.
63	* The gems from ''Manga/LandOfTheLustrous'' are a race of genderless beings with NoBiologicalSex, which has naturally attracted quite a lot of nonbinary fans to the series.
64	* ''Franchise/LittleWitchAcademia'' gained a lot of lesbian/bi fans, mainly after [[Anime/LittleWitchAcademia2017 the TV series]] brought a significant amount of ShipTease between female characters. The [[LovePotion Love-Love Bee]] episode took some flak for perceived [[BaitAndSwitchLesbians queerbaiting]]. WordOfGod that [[FoeYayShipping Akko/Diana]] would never be canon also prompted some backlash (Though to be fair, this was said of ''[[NoHuggingNoKissing all romance]]''), but it certainly didn't stop the avalanche of fanart.
65	* The ''Franchise/LoveLive'' franchise is primarily aimed at a male audience, but it's also gained a lot of lesbian and bisexual female fans (especially in the west) thanks to all the LesYay between the characters and the [[CostumePorn pretty outfits]] they wear in ''VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestival''.
66	* ''Manga/LoveMeForWhoIAm'' has plenty of non-binary fans, which is unsurprising considering that the main character is NB, and the manga is based around their identity as such. It also has some major cast members that are trans women, as well as multiple gay characters of both genders.
67	* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'', especially ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', is popular amongst lesbian and bisexual anime fans for depicting what's essentially a happy, successful, lesbian couple that then becomes a happy, successful family unit, something that's exceedingly rare even in {{yuri}} anime and manga (which tends to end after the courting stage). In fact, Okazu, a blog by [[http://www.yuricon.com/ Yuricon]] founder Erica Friedman that focuses on {{Yuri}} for the LGBT demographic, [[http://okazu.yuricon.com/2007/12/22/top-ten-yuri-anime-of-2007/ listed it as her number 1 yuri anime of 2007]].
68	* ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs'' unsurprisingly has a lot of lesbian fans considering it's the most famous YuriGenre anime.
69	* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'', since it's a largely SliceOfLife story with an apparently lesbian couple raising a surrogate daughter, and the story treats it as no big deal.
70	* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'': While Gundam traditionally has had plenty of fans interested in the HoYay between the male characters, the show's first episode ending with the two female main characters engaged immediately attracted a following amongst queer women. It also helps that it is quickly established that gay marriage is normal and acceptable and nobody considers two girls being an item to be unusual (other than Suletta herself, who is criticized in-universe as being "conservative" for pointing it out).
71	* ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'': Despite all the couples in it being straight, LGBT fans like it largely due to Kashima and Mikoshiba. Kashima is a {{Bifauxnen}} who {{even the girls want\|her}}, and Mikoshiba has had the most romantic chemistry with Mayu, Nozaki's brother. There's also the EnsembleDarkHorse of Tomoda, a MrExposition character in an InUniverse DatingSim, who Nozaki and Mikoshiba interpret as being in love with the male player character.
72	* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Although the cast of fit male characters attracted a lot of love from bara fans, Endeavor in particular deserves special mention for having become an icon for {{Bara}} artists all over, comparable to characters like [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil Chris Redfield]].
73	* ''Anime/MyHime'' and its followups, in no small part because of the lesbian fanservice that gradually increases upon each season. Natsuki/Shizune was one of the major yuri fandom ships of the 2000s as a result.
74	* ''Manga/MyLoveStory'':
75	** The series is about a tall, muscular {{gonk}} of a boy who falls for a cute girl. Takeo's design is borderline bara-esque and Yamato has more than a few scenes [[CovertPervert cooing over]] his muscular physique and full lips. Even in-series Takeo caused this reaction when he began working at a gay cafe.
76	** There are also many fans who see Takeo's best friend, Suna, as UsefulNotes/{{asexual}}.
77	* ''Manga/NabariNoOu'', [[HoYay/NabariNoOu unsurprisingly]], has a disproportionate percentage of LGBT fans.
78	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
79	** Asuma Sarutobi is a popular icon amongst bara fans, with hundreds of FanArt and doujinshi dedicated to him.
80	** Sasuke and Naruto by themselves also get a ton of fans among both genders as well as fanart probably due to both being MrFanservice bait.
81	** Many female characters, including Sakura, Hinata, Ino, Tenten, and Temari, have a lot of fangirls.
82	** Several male characters such as Kiba, Killer B, Jiraya, Chouji, etc are popular with male fans.
83	* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'':
84	** [[EnsembleDarkHorse Kaworu]] is the only person to tell Shinji he is loved, and is a white-haired pretty boy. Do the math. Helps that his episode was written by a man who worked on Yaoi previously.
85	** Shinji himself for his effeminate looks and AmbiguouslyBi nature. He also has a fandom amongst trans people who headcanon him as a trans girl, trans boy, or non-binary person. The fact that Shinji was voiced in the 2019 dub by [[Creator/CaseyMongillo a nonbinary VA]] particularly amplified his trans fan following.
86	** Mari, from the ''Anime/{{Rebuild\|OfEvangelion}}'' movies and [[AdaptationExpansion the extra chapter of the manga]], gets this treatment because she's [[spoiler:explictly in love with a woman. Specifically, Shinji's mother]]. She's paired together ([[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant meaning works closely with]]) [[{{Tsundere}} Asuka]] in 3.33, which has become the most popular ship involving her because of their VitriolicBestBuds relationship and their ButchLesbian[=/=]LipstickLesbian undertones.
87	* ''{{Anime/Noir}}'' attracted a sizable lesbian fanbase due to the ambiguous relationship between the two female leads, and a much less subtle lesbian attraction shown later in the series.
88	* Creator/BeeTrain's next two series in their GirlsWithGuns trilogy, ''Anime/{{Madlax}}'' and ''Anime/ElCazadorDeLaBruja'', attracted similar if not as large groups for the same reasons.
89	* ''Literature/No6'' has garnered a fan base for Nezumi and Shion's canon QueerRomance in a non yaoi genre series as well as Inukashi's AmbiguousGenderIdentity hinting at them being a trans male. For added bonus, they get some subtext with Nezumi and Shion as well.
90	* In ''Manga/OnePiece'' the Wano Arc has been incredibly well received by gay and trans people in the West due to the characters O-Kiku and Yamato who are a trans woman and ([[AmbiguousGenderIdentity potentially]]) a trans man, neither of whom are being used for comic relief.
91	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', with its large cast, has its fair share:
92	** Sun and Moon introduced us to Mallow and Lillie, who went as far as cosplaying [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena Utena]].
93	** The series regularly has fun playing with gender roles, most famously with James's crossdressing habits, and the late voice actress for Meowth, Creator/MaddieBlaustein, was transgender.
94	** Ash has always been a LauncherOfAThousandShips for both girls and boys, but the moment LGBT people really started noticing the show is most definitely Pokémon Journeys, where for the first time the only other main character was a boy and thus the only real shipping option. Said boy, Goh, is also popularly {{headcanon}}'d as a trans boy because of his very androgynous appearance ([[BishonenJumpSyndrome yes, even for an anime]]) and the emphasis on [[BirdsOfAFeather how good of a match they are for each other]] only adds more [[ShipTease fuel]] to their [[ShippingGoggles fire]].
95	* ''Anime/PrettyCure'' provides a large LGBT fanbase due to the frequent ship tease between the primarily female cast
96	* ''Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode'' has Yukari Kotozume (Cure Macaron) and Akira Kenjou (Cure Chocolat) with the closest to a genuine relationship between two teammates, which was well received amongst the [=LGBT+=] fanbase, with a LoveConfession between the two. Even much of the fanbase who see ''Kira Kira'' as a ContestedSequel have praised the relationship.
97	* ''Manga/PrincessJellyfish'' does well with young women, teen girls, gay men, trans people, and crossdressers of any sexuality. The main male character is a fashionable, androgynous guy who crossdresses because he likes the clothing.
98	* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' has a lot of lesbian and bi/pansexual female fans. Not surprising, considering Homura is very obviously in love with Madoka, to the point where she's [[spoiler:endured countless time loops]] to try to save her, in addition to all the lesbian vibes she gives off. It was even ranked the best yuri anime by Biglobe, despite not actually being {{yuri}}.
99	* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' has a lot of trans, especially trans women, fans who view Ranma's curse as wish fulfillment.
100	* Ferris of ''Literature/ReZero'' is very popular among trans anime fans, being often the unofficial mascot of several communities due to being heavily coded as trans (and all but stated in their side novel).
101	* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' is popular for Anthy/Utena, and for its deconstruction of gender roles, [[EveryoneIsBi queer subtext all around,]] and coming-of-age (coming out?) story.
102	* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': Various heroes and villains alike span the full LGBT spectrum, quite possibly including [[AmbiguouslyBi Sailor Moon herself]]. TheNineties [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]] in particular is notable for introducing a gender-bending version of the Sailor Starlights. Haruka is a good-looking {{Bifauxnen}} who passes as a man and [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer garners crushes from girls even after they discover her female identity]]. She is said to be non-binary too. ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'' follows suit, dispelling fears of not following the manga as closely as they said they would by having Usagi go gaga over girls.
103	* The ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' franchise:
104	** Because of the cast being full of ripped pretty boys, the original manga has a huge male gay fanbase. There is also some HoYay subtext and very effeminate characters as well.
105	** ''Manga/SaintSeiyaTheLostCanvas'' also have a devoted LGBT fanbase, due to taking the HoYay and HomoeroticSubtext of the original manga and turn it up to eleven. For example, the main character Tenma doesn't have a true female love interest, but his male childhood best friend Alone is practically in love with him and wants to take him on his side even after they turned into enemies.
106	* ''Anime/SamuraiFlamenco'': Regardless of the FlipFlopOfGod over its canonicity, the series is popular with gay anime fans because of how the story can be read as the realistic development of a queer romance between the two main characters, while engaging in little of the kinds of fanservice and typical BoysLove tropes that a lot of queer audiences find distasteful.
107	* ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd'': With its [[{{Bishonen}} pretty male characters]] and female characters who are known to get a lot of HoYay with each other, the series has quite the fanbase. It has several implied lgbt characters as well.
108	* ''Manga/ShonenNoteBoySoprano'' attracts both a LGBT fanbase and a music loving fanbase. It has several canonically LGBT characters and several implied ones. This is unsurprising as it's written by the same x-gender mangaka who made ''Manga/NabariNoOu'', which also has a LGBT fanbase.
109	* ''Manga/SoulEater'''s Free and Crona each became ''very'' popular among {{Bara}} fans and non-binary people respectively, the former due to Free being a huge, muscular man who's also a werewolf and the latter due to Crona having an AmbiguousGender and how said ambiguity largely goes uncommented on (and when it does, it's dismissed pretty quickly--[[MemeticMutation Crona is just Crona]]).
110	* ''Literature/SoundEuphonium'' very quickly garnered one to the point where it is essentially a honorary YuriGenre series. It's a [[MusicStories band anime]] with ''heavy'' HomoeroticSubtext between Kumiko and Reina, and some other characters but mostly Kumiko and Reina.
111	* ''Anime/StarsAlign'' was already gaining LGBT fans early on thanks to Yuu's crush on Touma being treated sympathetically, but it was further cemented in Episode 8 with Yuu admitting that [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} they're not sure what gender they identify as]] and Maki's acceptance of that (along with Maki revealing that his mother's friend Shou is a trans man who often looked after him while growing up). The episode also marks one of the very few instances in anime where terms like "non-binary" and "[=FTM=]" are explicitly said out loud and discussed.
112	* ''Manga/SweetBlueFlowers'': The manga is a QueerRomance manga, so lesbian and female bisexual fans were expected, however it has a few asexual fans too because [[spoiler:Akari]] has some implications of being ace later in the manga.
113	* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': If Kamina doesn't sell any gay viewer on it, post-TimeSkip Simon will, and then there's also the massive amounts of HomoeroticSubtext between them.
114	* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' has managed to develop a strong following among LGBT fans, thanks to a cast of attractive characters prone to HoYay or LesYay, and several canon LGBT characters. The series includes the bisexual (or possibly pansexual) Tsukiyama, AmbiguouslyGay Naki who is described as having his male subordinates' love, Uta who comments on liking girls and then notices Mutsuki's and Urie's good looks, homosexual Drag Queen Nico and his ambiguous yet suggestive relationship with Yamori and his flirting with various male characters, DepravedBisexual Nutcracker, and leaves a rather ambiguous situation concerning [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender Juuzou]]'s gender identity. Further more, Abara is hinted to have feelings for him and to further the ambiguous nature of Juuzuo's gender identity, Abara pictures Suzuya wearing a wedding dress in an omake. Also, the sequel has earned considerable praise for revealing Tooru Mutsuki to be a transgender man, portraying him in a respectful and accurate fashion. His [[spoiler: feelings of love towards Sasaki as revealed in chapter 114]] and ShipTease with other male characters help at least for the fans who like him. Big Madam is also hinted in the sequel as being a trans woman as she is referred to with male pronouns at her death. And then there's Matsuri who is revealed to be gay and in love with Urie who is implied to have feelings for Mutsuki. There's also Hsiao's implied crush on Saiko and Saiko's statement of how she is everyone's bride and her commenting on Hsiao's sexiness which implies her as identifying as bisexual.
115	* ''Manga/{{Unico}}'':
116	** The series has gained a lot of fans from the LGBTQ community in both Japan and [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff especially the west]]. Not only do its themes about love, empathy, and compassion really resonate with members of the community, but LGBT fans immediately notice some queer themes and subtext in Unico's relationships with a few of his male friends (notably with [[Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresofUnico Beezle/Akuma-kun]] and [[OurSphinxesAreDifferent Piro/Marusu]]).
117	** Unico is dearly loved by queer, pansexual, and bisexual fans due to his feminine design and being openly comfortable dressing in and/or [[WholesomeCrossdresser wearing female makeup and accessories]] and [[InTouchWithHisFeminineSide displaying effeminate behavior]]. This even extends to [[https://www.teepublic.com/poster-and-art/3655509-cutie-uni fanmade merchandise]] and [[https://imgur.com/a/Gwz3cwu fanart of the protagonist]] by American fans. Some even claim that he's pansexual due to being very affectionate towards his male and female friends.
118	** Fans familiar with Piro/Marusu's appearance in ''Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic'' believe him to be non-binary since the character's gender is never mentioned in any dub of the movie, while some theorize that Piro/Marusu is trans since the character's male in the original manga despite his feminine design and appearance.
119	* ''Anime/ValkyrieDriveMermaid'' quickly gained a notorious amount of lesbian fans, due to essentially being ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'' but with lesbians.
120	* ''Manga/VenusVersusVirus'' is so thick on the PseudoRomanticFriendship that its English translation is labeled a yuri manga, gaining it more than its fair share of LGBT fans.
121	* The ''Manga/WanderingSon'' fanbase is full of transgender people as the series heavily revolves around realistic interpretations of trans people, specifically trans children.
122	* ''Anime/WhenMarnieWasThere'' is a film about two girls who develop a very close friendship with lots of hand-holding, physical affection, and cute dancing. Never mind that [[spoiler:Marnie is Anna's DeadAllAlong [[DotingGrandparent grandparent]]]], it still has a large LGBT fanbase.
123	* ''Anime/WildKnightsGulkeeva'': Every male knight, practically without exception. They are very {{Stripperiffic}}.
124	* While works in the YaoiGenre are generally made by straight women for straight women, and the vast majority of the fanbase is [[YaoiFangirl female]], it does have an LGBT fandom composed of both [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} transmasculine people]] who relate strongly to men being assigned feminine bodies and roles, and gay and bisexual men who prefer the [[TheTwink twink aesthetic]] and want PornWithPlot, both of which are in short supply in the BaraGenre (a genre explicitly made for gay men) and in much Western mainstream gay erotica.
125	* ''Anime/YuGiOh'':
126	** For having plenty of pretty boys who have a bunch of HoYay moments with each other and the two main characters who [[AmbiguouslyGay may or may not be in love with each other]], it would be more surprising if Yu-Gi-Oh doesn't have an LGBT fanbase. Yugi, Yami, Kaiba, Marik and Yami Bakura in particular get this treatment the most.
127	* ''Anime/YukiYunaIsAHero'' is another MagicalGirlWarrior series that has attracted a LGBT fandom. What with ''literally'' having no named male characters, the LesYay between the characters, and the fact Togo is canonically in love with Yuna, it has attracted quite a lot of queer fans.
128	* ''Anime/YuriOnIce'' has a huge fanbase composed of the queer community in general, but particularly gay and bisexual men, for [[spoiler:portraying a healthy normalized relationship between the two male leads, as Yuri and Victor become the OfficialCouple as of episode 7]], a first in mainstream and sports anime.
129	* ''Manga/{{Yuureitou}}'' has a lot of transgender fans as one of the two main characters, Tetsuo, is a well-written and [[{{bishonen}} handsome]] trans man. There are also [[CastFullOfGay many gay and bisexual men]] in it. [[spoiler:Tetsuo ends up the OfficialCouple with Amano, who is the protagonist and is male]].
130	* ''Anime/ZettaiMutekiRaijinOh'': Asuka's got both fangirls and fanboys (who are otherwise straight) in the fandom.
131	* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'':
132	** [[spoiler:Within ''hours'' of Lily being revealed to be a UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} girl, the LGBT community warmly applauded her as one of the best and subtlest representations of a trans character in an anime, as well as her peers' acceptance of her.]]
133	** The queer fandom was already drawn to the series as an IdolSinger HorrorComedy mashup, with seven main female characters who (un)live and work together, all of whom are likable in their own right. Ex-biker Saki draws particular attention, with her relationship with protagonist Sakura, her rough and ready attitude, and her history with an all-female biker gang leading many fans to see her as a butch lesbian.

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