A list for anime fans that are sick of how gay anime tends to cater to straight peoples fantasies. These are more mature and have an actual plot/are made for queer people.
Antique Bakery - Shoujo comedy otherwise titled āSeiyou Kottou Yougashiten: Antiqueā and č„æę“ éŖØč£ ę“čååŗ in Japanese. It has 12 episodes and also a live-action adaptation! It follows the lives of four men working in a bakery. The owner and waiter, Tachibana, comes from a rich family and was kidnapped as a child. Haunted by nightmares of the experience, he decides to open up a cake shop. Yusuke Ono is the patisserie, and went to highschool with Tachibana. Heās known as āthe gay of demonic charmā because men often fall for him regardless of their orientation. Eji Kanda is a former and injured young boxer with a major sweet tooth working as Onoās apprentice. Finally, Chikage Kobayakawa is a childhood friend of Tachibana sent by Tachibanaās family to keep an eye on him. Heās very clumsy and struggles with training to be a waiter.
Bloom Into You - School romance anime titled āYagate Kimi ni Naruā and ććć¦åć«ćŖ in Japanese. 13 episodes long with an English dub available. Yuu Koito is a freshman whoās never experienced feelings of love. When a junior high student confesses to her, she feels nothing and delays her response, entering highschool without giving a reply. While there, she meets Student Council President Touko Nanami, who shares her lack of romantic feelings. Touko encourages her to turn the junior high student down, and the two girls bond over their similarities. Things seem to be going well until Touko admits that sheās developed feelings for Yuu.
From The New World - Psychological Sci-fi drama titled āShinsekai Yoriā in Japanese. 25 episodes long with an English dub available. Though the two female love interests are featured below, the show also has two male love interests and all the main characters are heavily implied to be bisexual. Following an outbreak of psychokinesis in 0.1% of the population, a transformation sweeps rapidly through the world. The ability to manipulate matter sends earth into an era of chaos and violence before the psychic humans are finally able to cobble together a fragile peace by isolating themselves from society and creating a new world for themselves thats bound by comolex rules. Inside the town of Kamisu 66, 12 year old Saki Watanabe has just awakened her powers and is happy to rejoin her friends- Satoru Asahina, Mamoru Itou, Maria Akizuki, and Shun Aonuma- at a special academy for people with powers. Things arent as happy and peaceful as they seem though when Saki begins to question what happens to those without powers..
No. 6 - No. 6 is a science fiction dystopia taking place in a city known only as āNo. 6ā. Shion is a privileged boy from an elite family, on the right track to becoming a well adjusted and functioning member of society when he meets a boy named Nezumi, on the run from authorities. When he gives him shelter and is discovered, his entire world is cjanged and the privileges his family had are stripped from them. Years later, after finding a mysterious body, the two men are reunited. English dub available, 11 episodes.
Revolutionary Girl Utena - Titled āShojo Kakumei Utenaā and å°å„³é©å½ć¦ććin Japanese, Utena is fantasy/romance anime set in a school called Ohtori Academy. It follows a girl named Utena Tenjou, whoās always dreamed of being like a prince. She meets Anthy Himemiya, a strange girl referred to as the āRose Brideā who is dueled over by the schoolās student council in hopes of winning a tornament and gaining the power to ārevolutionize the world.ā The romantic relationship between Anthy and Utena is more explicit in the film, but the Anime has several more explicitly queer characters and moments. Family and sexuality are two of the most reoccuring themes throughout the show. English dubbed, 39 episodes + 1 film.
Simoun - Titled ć·ć ć¼ć³Ā ShimÅ«n in Japanese, 26 episodes available and only English subtitled. Simoun is a planetary romance/coming of age Anime taking place on an earth-like planet named Daikuriku. The people born there are all born female. In the nation of Simulacrum (a land with a monopoly on helical motor tech that other lands covet and wage war against) all girls grow up until the age of seventeen, before travelling to the āholy placeā and selecting their permanent sex. Simulacrum is defended by airships known as āSimounā that can only be piloted by priestesses known as āSibyllaeā which are girls who havent chosen a permanent sex. Doing so prevents them from piloting the ships. This story follows the girls as they nake important decisions regarding their futures while a war is waging.
Sweet Blue Flowers - Coming of age romance Anime titled āAoi Hanaā and éćč± in Japanese, 11 episodes and only English subtitles available. The story follows Fumi Manjome, a lesbian high school girl and her close childhood friend Akira Okudaira. It follows both girls and their friends as they enter highschool and face new struggles and challenges such as dating, coming out, and realizing others in their lives might be queer as well.
Wandering Son - Titled āHourou Musokoā and ę¾ęµŖęÆå in Japanese, subtitled only, 12 episodes long. The story follows two young transgender children from elementary school all the way through high school. Shuichi Nitori is seen as a boy, but she longs to be recognized as a girl. While in the 5th grade she encounters Yoshino Takatsuki, who everyone believes to be a girl but is actually a boy. The two bond over their similarities and become close friends. Wandering son touches on many topics from pubery related worries to binding to transphobia.
Whispered Words - Titled āSasameki Kotoā and ććććććØ in Japanese. 13 episodes, only subtitled available. The series follows Sumika Murasame, a 15 year old student secretly in love with her female best friend, Ushio Kazama. Ushio also likss girls, but only cute small ones- which Sumika is definitely not. The two friends get to know another two girls in their class who are a couple, and contemplate starting a āgirls clubā for lesbians. The series tackles several topics surrounding sexuality and gender.
Yuri!!! On Ice - Titled ć¦ć¼ćŖ!!! on ICE in Japanese. English dubbed, 12 episodes. Yuri on Ice is a sports-comedy Anime series about figure skating. After a crushing defeat in The Grand Prix Final, 23 year old Japanese figure skater Yuri Katsuki returns to his hometown and puts his career on hold. But after a recorded version of him performing a routine by his idol, Victor Nikiforov, pops up online, his entire life changes. Victor shows up at his familyās hot springs and offers to coach him.
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