Episode 315 – LGBT in Japan and Anime
The Anime Addicts have a discussion on LGBT representation in Japan and in anime. We talk about the laws in Japan and some great anime that have LGBT characters. We also review the anime One Punch Man.
Review: One Punch Man
March 22, 2016 @ 9:49 pm
The anime (and manga) “Antique Bakery” has a sympathetically portrayed gay character who is not a comic relief character or the butt of jokes. They do make him out to have a strong libido and be a bit of a “player” and “heartbreaker”, to slightly comedic effect I guess, but otherwise they take his emotional life seriously. It shows him suffering homophobic slurs in High School and how he moved forward from those negative experiences. I found the character very relatable. Moreover, the character’s employer, who is the former classmate who used the homophobic slur, later apologies for this and asks his former classmate for forgiveness. I haven’t read the manga, but I was really impressed with the anime adaptation for how it handled the gay male co-main character.