In honor of June being Pride month and Sunday being the Pride March here in New York City here is a list of my favorite LGBTQ characters in anime. These characters are in no particular order. If you are looking for an anime series that shows a little more diversity in their characters here is some place to start.

If you can think of any other characters or animes I left off of this list please leave them in the comments and help expand our knowledge.

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Animes that feature LGBTQ Characters

Shion and Yayoi – Psycho-pass

Haruka and Yuu – Sakura Trick

Touya and Yukito  – Cardcaptor Sakura/Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles

Yuzu and Mei –  Citrus

Ryouma and Izumi –  Love Stage

Kusakabe and Sajou – Doukyuusei

Utena and Anthy – Revolutionary Girl Utena

Shion and Nezumi – No.6

Sailor Neptune and Uranus (Michiru and Haruka) – Sailor Moon

Yuri and Victor – Yuri on Ice

Grell – Black Butler

Kaworu Nagisa – Neon Genesis Evangelion

Aoi – Maid-Sama

Haruhi Fujioka – Ouran highschool Host Club

Ymir and Christa – Attack on Titan

Ruka – Steins Gate

Hana – Tokyo Godfathers

Kuranosuke – Princess Jellyfish

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Clooney, who is being presented with the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award on June 7, and ahead of that honor the actor opened up to The Hollywood Reporter about the parts of his career that have had the biggest influence on his work. Not to my surprise, he credited Batman & Robin.

“It’s really easy to pick: Batman & Robin,” he said. “That’s not a joke. Up until that moment, I was an actor only concerned with finding work. After the failure of that film creatively, I understood that I needed to take control of the films I made, not just the role. My next three films were Out of Sight, Three Kings, and O Brother, Where Art Thou?”

Clooney taking the failure of Batman & Robin as a lesson makes a lot of sense. When Clooney took over Batman from Val Kilmer in 1997, there was a lot of expectation. Batman Forever may have been met by mixed critical response, but the film was a box office hit with fans going into Batman & Robin excited for the next chapter.

The film “Batman & Robin” became something that even Clooney himself has joked about and apologized for over the years. Clooney even once said that he was the “least qualified” person to comment on another much-criticized take on Ben Affleck as Batman, saying that he “so terribly destroyed the part” that his opinion wasn’t important.

Of course, Clooney didn’t actually destroy the role of Batman. While it would be eight years before Batman returned to live action films, return he did with Christian Bale as the hero in Batman Begins. Clooney’s time as Batman also allowed him to give Affleck a bit of advice about the role for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

As for Batman & Robin itself, it’s had a positive impact outside of just helping Clooney to become a better actor. The film, which is now 21 years old, has a particularly strong following with the LGBTQ community, so much so that the film’s director Joel Schumacher noted last year that while it wasn’t his intention, he’ll take that positive legacy.

“I never thought of that,” Schumacher said. “I do know that there is definitely a large gay audience for all of the Batman films. But yeah, I tried to put in something for everyone. I never thought it was an important moment in gay cinema but hey, I’ll take it.”

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