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The depiction of '''LGBT characters in animated series 2000-2004''' increased from the previous decade. In 2000, ''[[Queer Duck]]'' premiered, with by ''[[The Simpsons|Simpsons]]'' and ''[[The Critic]]'' producer [[Mike Reiss]] hoping it would do something "good for the gay audience," with the show becoming the first animated TV series to have homosexuality as a predominant theme.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> While LGBTQ characters also appeared in ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', ''[[Futurama]]'', ''[[Family Guy]]'', ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy]]'', ''[[The Venture Bros.]]'', and ''[[The Simpsons]]'', while one show stood above the others. In the New Zealand animation, ''[[bro'Town]]'', one of the primary characters, Brother Ken is fa'afafine, a Samoan concept for a third gender, meaning he is born biologically male but is raised and sees themself as female.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Because the concept does not readily translate, when the series was broadcast on Adult Swim Latin America, a decision was made not to translate Samoan words and just present them as part of the "cultural journey".<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
===Lesbian characters===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character debut date
!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Title
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character(s)
! Notes
! Country
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| 2000
| ''[[Queer Duck]]''
| Melissa
| Melissa is Adam's sister. She is occasionally revealed to be lesbian throughout the series and the movie.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
| United States
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|March 7, 2001
|''[[Puni Puni Poemy]]''
|Futaba Aasu
|Poemy's classmate and best friend, and she is madly in love with her, a fact to which Poemy is oblivious.<ref></ref> In the final confrontation with the invading aliens, Futaba combines her power with Poemy's, and since Poemy is a representation of [[Earth]], this act pacifies the planet's population, resulting in peace with the aliens.<ref></ref> After this event, director Nabeshin casually mentions that Futaba is in reality the main character of the show. Her name comes from ''futa'', the Japanese word for "two". Futaba is mostly a parody of [[Tomoyo Daidouji]], the best friend of magical girl [[Sakura Kinomoto]] from ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' who is also a lesbian. Unlike Tomoyo, however, Futaba displays more extreme fantasies and lesbian arousal whenever she is with her friend.
|Japan
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| April 12, 2001
|''[[Hanaukyo Maid Team]]''
|Yashima Sanae
|Yashima is hopelessly and rather blatantly in love with Konoe. This often has her daydreaming up various lesbian fantasies with Konoe returning her feelings, resulting in rather embarrassing moments.<ref></ref>
|Japan
|-
| April 4, 2002<ref>Suburu seems to first appear in the episode "Folklore."</ref>
| ''[[.hack//sign]]''
| An Shoj/Tsukasa and Mariko Misono/Subaru
| An Shoji plays as a male character online due to the mental and physical abuse she suffers from her father, as she hoped that by playing as a male avatar she could distance herself from real life. As Tsukasa (her male avatar), she meets and falls in love with Subaru, the avatar of Mariko Misono.<ref></ref> The two girls later make plans to meet in real life.<ref></ref>
| Japan
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| April 1, 2003
| ''[[Air Master]]''
|Mina Nakanotani
|Mina is hopelessly in love with Maki after meeting her in the first episode.<ref></ref> She constantly denies this because her friends take it out of context, who is not sure how to handle the matter), making this the main reason her friends make fun of her.
| Japan
|-
| August 6, 2003
| rowspan="2" |''[[Ikki Tousen]]''
|Chinkyuu Koudai
|Ryofu's childhood friend and lesbian lover, and a C-rank fighter with great potential. While Ryofu was battling Totaku, Chinkyuu knocked out Kaku to prevent her from interfering. Kaku got her revenge later on, and when Chinkyuu recovered from her injuries, she saves Ryofu from being killed by Myosai. However, she realizes that Ryofu is moments away from dying and since she was loyal and in love with Ryofu, Chinkyuu decides to stay by her friend's side and commits suicide with her instead of surrendering to Sousou.<ref></ref>
| rowspan="2" |Japan
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| August 20, 2003
|Kan-u Uncho
|In ''Dragon Destiny'', the show's second season, she admits her love for Ryuubi to Koukin.<ref></ref> In ''Great Guardians'', in the show's third season, she has finally came into terms with her feelings for Ryuubi (who seems unaware), and often fantisizes about Ryuubi doing intimate things with her on numerous occasions.<ref></ref>
|-
| October 2, 2003
| ''[[Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito]]''
| Hazuki Azuma<br/>Hatsumi Azuma
| Hazuki Azuma is a tomboyish female with numerous female admirers, throughout her journeys, who develops a sexual attraction to her adopted older sister, Hatsumi Azuma, who reciprocates.<ref></ref><ref name="quill"></ref> After Hatsumi disappears on her 16th birthday, Hazuki goes world-hopping in hopes of finding Hazuki, which her companions, a bird, and a woman named Lilith, know by the name of "Eve." Her love is deep-rooted, seemingly reciprocated through love letters from Hatsumi while she lived in Japan, and encounters a woman named Fujihime in a feudal Japanese world whom looks almost identical to Hatsumi.<ref></ref><ref></ref> In the final episode, they kiss each other in the final episode, fulfilling Hazumi's wish.<ref></ref>
| Japan
|-
|October 15, 2003
|''[[Godannar]]''
|Shadow Dunaway and Luna
|Shadow and Luna are partners on the giant American robot Genesister. They share romantic feelings for each other.<ref></ref><ref></ref>
|Japan
|-
|January 25, 2004
|''[[Mezzo DSA]]''
|Sakura Sakurada
|Once a friend of Mikura, with her life having a downward spiral after they separated. She was rescued by Momomi Momoi from being raped, becoming a lesbian lover of Momomi, who taught Sakura how to fight and defend herself.<ref></ref> When she found out that Mikura killed Momomi, she tried to kill Mikura, but her attempts failed, later learning that Momomi and Mikura were actually half-sisters.
|Japan
|-
| July 24, 2004
| ''[[Re: Cutie Honey]]''
| Cutie Honey & Natsuko Aki
| Inspector Natsuko Aki grows close to Cutie Honey, otherwise known as Honey Kisaragi, apologizing for calling her a "nuisance" and bringing her back to life by lying naked with her, allowing their hearts to connect, returning her energy.<ref></ref> In the final episode, Natsuko cares for Cutie after a fight with a guardian of the Panther Claw.<ref></ref> After she gives Cutie a [[pep talk]], raising her spirits, Cutie embraces her, saying she "loves" her, and they have a tender moment before beginning the major battle. At the close of the episode, Cutie and Natsuko work together in a detective agency, fighting evildoers.
| Japan
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| October 1, 2004
| ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]''
|Otoha Kisaragi
|Chikane's loyal and devoted [[maid]].<ref name="distant land" /> A supporting character, she clarifies how Chikane reserved her feelings for Himeko alone. Otoha is jealous of Himeko.<ref name="secretloveshell"></ref> When Otoha is sent away, she expresses her love and admiration for Chikane, blushing and weeping when she hugs her.<ref></ref>
| Japan
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| April 4, 2004
| ''[[Doki Doki School Hours]]''
|Rio Kitagawa
|She is a lesbian and has stated on several occasion that she loves small girls, thus making it no surprise that she has a huge (and slightly sadistic) crush on Mika-sensei.<ref></ref> She is constantly flirting with her, which often borders on molestation. She also does well academically, though she isn't above failing a test on purpose if it means she'll get to spend time with Mika-sensei.
| Japan
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|April 6, 2004
|''[[Burst Angel]]''
|Meg
|She is the very best of friends with Jo and is 100% loyal only to her. Since Meg, whose full name is Megumi, was once an orphan in [[New York City]], Meg and Jo partnered and became bounty hunters together. While the anime tries to keep her relationship with Jo on the verge of friendly affection and still maintain a few subtle subtext, the manga prequel quite openly shows that Meg is experiencing a [[Lesbian|sexual attraction]] to her friend, fantasizing about their sex or even openly trying to seduce Jo. This is later referenced in the OVA sequel.<ref></ref>
|Japan
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| July 27, 2004
| ''[[Girls Bravo]]''
| Kosame
| Kosame is one of Lisa Fukuyama's bodyguards who works alongside Hayate. After fighting Kirie Kojima, she formed an attraction to and eventually fell in love with her.<ref></ref> Kosame's most notorious plot point is her love for Kirie Kojima.
| Japan
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| September 30, 2004
|''[[My-HiME]]''
|Natsuki Kuga<br/>Shizuru Fujino
|In the carnival it was revealed that Shizuru is Natsuki's most important person but because of Shizuru's psychotic rampage Natsuki began to doubt her feelings. Natsuki also loves Shizuru as Shizuru loves her.<ref></ref><ref></ref> On Shizuru's side of feelings, she harbors a secret obsessive infatuation with Natsuki Kuga and they remove themselves from the tournament by [[Suicide pact|killing each other]], but are resurrected in the final episode.<ref></ref> Natsuki accepts Shizuru's feelings after giving Takeda a letter explaining her rejection.
|Japan
|-
| October 19, 2004
| ''[[Bleach (TV series)|Bleach]]''
| [[List of Bleach characters#Karakura Town|Chizuru Honshō]]
| Chizuru is a classmate of Ichigo Kurosaki. She is an open lesbian and is often trying to get close to Orihime only to be thwarted by Tatsuki who would often attack her.<ref></ref> Chizuru temporarily becomes the superheroine "Karakura Erotic" and joins the Karakura-Raizer Team, a team of superheroes who protects Karakura while Ichigo and others go to rescue Orihime.<ref></ref> She is an effective fighter against beautiful women with her superheroine persona was introduced and described in the manga, and later shown in action in the anime, where she uses the "Hyper Erotic Mode" to gain great power and speed specifically against female enemies.<ref></ref>
| Japan
|-
| October 30, 2004
| ''[[Gakuen Alice]]''
|Anna Umenomiya
|Nine year old classmate of Mikan<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>When translated, [https://ift.tt/2WJStdR the page] describes Anna as 9 years old, Type A, Tangerine classmates, likes to cook and can make "unique things...by cooking."</ref> and is well known for her cooking skills although this backfires when her dishes come to life. She is usually seen with Nonoko and she has a crush on their teacher Misaki.<ref name="Last Dance"></ref> She looks up to her sister Miruku.
| Japan
|}
===Bisexual characters===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character debut date
!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Title
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character(s)
! Notes
! Country
|-
| September 6, 2001
| ''[[Fruits Basket]]''
| Hatsuharu Sohma
| Hatsuharu is part of the Sohma family, a family cursed into turning into members of the zodiac when under stress or hugged by members of the opposite sex.<ref></ref> He was born in the year of the cow and was often annoyed by people's comments about the stupidity of the cow from the zodiac, and blamed his troubles on Yuki, born the year of the rat. However, Yuki helps him realize he needs to move past people's comments and enters an on/off relationship with Rin Sohma, he refers to Yuki as his first love.
| Japan
|-
| October 24, 2001
| ''[[X (manga)|X]]''
| Kanoe
| The bisexual main antagonist of the series and Princess Hiroto's younger sister.<ref></ref> She is in a sexual relationship with Yūto but also flirts with Satsuki and Fūma.
| Japan
|-
|September 27, 2002
|''[[The Fairly OddParents]]''
|Sanjay
|Sanjay appears as one of Timmy's 'back-up friends' along with Elmer and is often striving to get recognition from the other three. He also seems to have an obsession with Timmy. In one episode, he dreams about Timmy rescuing him and after he was told that he was dreaming, Sanjay replies: ''"Bye Timmy, see you in my next dream!!"''<ref></ref> He also named the animal he wished for after Timmy, just like Tootie did.<ref></ref> He is later revealed to have a crush on Timmy since his date, Kimmy, looks exactly like Timmy to the point she sounds like him and has three goldfish and carries them around.<ref></ref>
|United States
|-
| December 22, 2002
| ''[[Futurama]]''
| Old Man Waterfall
| Old Man Waterfall is a [[polygamy|polygamist]]: he has seven wives and one husband.<ref></ref>
| United States
|-
| April 1, 2003
| ''[[Red vs. Blue]]''
| Kaikaina "Sister" Grif
| Kaikaina "Sister" Grif is an openly bisexual woman, previously being bi-curious, who appears as a main character in ''[[Red vs. Blue (season 5)|Season 5]]''<ref></ref> and ''[[Red vs. Blue: The Shisno Paradox|The Shisno Paradox]]''.<ref></ref>
| United States
|-
| June 3, 2003
| ''[[Air Master]]''
|Kinjiro Kitaeda
|He claims to hate women yet he likes Maki because he thinks she's different.<ref></ref> He had his first kiss stolen by one of his male subordinates, Nagato the Long Fist, while Nagato was fighting Fukamichi.
| Japan
|-
| August 16, 2003
| ''[[Ikki Tousen]]''
|Ryofu Housen
|Ryofu has had sexual relations with guys and girls, notably Saji and Chinkyuu. In the anime adaptation, Ryofu is a capable fighter, but more promiscuous than her manga counterpart, as shown when she molests Ryomou. She also sleeps with multiple guys and Chinkyuu on the girls side. She avenges Chinkyuu's death by trying to fight Hakufu at Toutaku's place, ending up committing murder suicide with Toutaku with a point-blank chi blast.<ref></ref>
| Japan
|-
| October 2, 2003
| ''[[Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito]]''
| Lilith
| Lilith, the guardian of the Great Library, flirts relentlessly with Hazuki, beginning in the show's third episode, although she is always turned down.<ref name="Jill"></ref> Sometimes she goes to absurd lengths to show her love in various book worlds, sometimes even trying to sleep with her.<ref name="quill" /><ref></ref> Lilith's previous lover was Adam, the library's previous protector, referred to as a male character.<ref name="Jill" /> While Lilith is close to her sister, Hitsumi, whose real name is Eve, she only loves her in a platonic way.
| Japan
|-
| May 18, 2004
| ''[[Gantz]]''
| Masanobu Hojo
| Masanobu is one of the hunters, the people assigned by Gantz to kill aliens. He is [[outing|outed]] by Gantz, who nicknames him "Homo". Kei Kurono, Masaru Kato and Tetsuo Nemoto treat Masanobu with hostility because of his sexuality. Masanobu repeatedly denies being gay, but otherwise says that he is not attracted to Tetsuo in particular. Unlike the others, Kei Kishimoto stands up for Masanobu.<ref></ref> In the Buddhist Temple mission, Masanobu dies together with Sadayo "Sadako" Suzumura, a fellow female hunter. In their last breath, after having their torsos severed in half by the sword of the Buddha statue, Sadako kisses Masanobu on the mouth.<ref></ref>
| Japan
|-
| September 2004
| ''[[DearS]]''
| Mitsuka Yoshimine
| Mitsuka is an [[exhibitionist]] high school English teacher, who often strips down to her [[lingerie]] during classes, makes her students read erotic stories, openly asks about their sex lives and flirts with them.<ref name="DearS episode 1"></ref> She is also a porn actress, who makes her own original videos, and constantly interprets everything around her in a sexual way.<ref></ref><ref name="DearS episode 1"/> She is attracted to boys and girls, sometimes seen flirting with her male student Takeya, and her female "DearS" (human-like aliens) students Ren and Miu.<ref name="DearS episode 5"></ref><ref></ref>
| Japan
|-
| October 5, 2004
| ''[[Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo]]''
| Franz d'Épinay
| Franz is engaged to a woman named Valentine for political reasons though he does not love her. He instead heavily implies throughout the series that he has strong feelings for someone else that can never be returned and that he can never marry that person but marriage is not the only way to make the person they love happy. It is later revealed his feelings are towards his best friend Albert. However, he did show some attraction to women and did consider sleeping with a woman in episode 1.<ref></ref>
| Japan
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| October 27, 2004
| ''[[Drawn Together]]''
| Foxxy Love
| Foxxy has relations with both men and women, but preferably with the former. She makes out with Princess Clara in the show's first episode,<ref name="hottub"/> and has a brief BDSM relationship with Captain Hero in another episode.<ref name="reqiuem"></ref>
| United States
|-
| November 6, 2004
| ''[[Gakuen Alice]]''
|Nonoko Ogasawara
|One of Mikan's classmates, possesses the Alice of chemistry, and thus likes to experiment with dangerous chemicals. This geeky side of her led her to become good friends with Hotaru, and later Mikan in the series. Like Anna, she also has a crush on her teacher Misaki.<ref name="Last Dance" />
| Japan
|}
===Gay characters===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character debut date
!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Title
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character(s)
! Notes
! Country
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Queer Duck]]''
| Steven Arlo Gator
| Steven is Queer Duck's significant other. He is shy and insecure and is usually the voice of reason whenever Queer Duck gets himself or anyone else in trouble. He marries Queer Duck in a [[Jewish Wedding]] in [[Vermont]] in one episode (although they are often seen as having an open relationship); a [[moose]] was the [[rabbi]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
| United States
|-
| February 15, 2000
| ''[[Jibaku-kun]]''
| Hyō
| Hyō is attracted to Bucky, the protagonist.<ref name="Jibaku episode 22"></ref>
| Japan
|-
|
| ''[[Miami Guns]]''
| George and Anthony
| They are two gay lovers who appear in a few episodes,<ref></ref> rumored to be big parts of "the Organization."<ref></ref> However, they are more interested in each other than in what vague plans that are in store.
| Japan
|-
| June 25, 2000
| ''[[Mission Hill (TV series)|Mission Hill]]''
| Gus Duncz <br> Wally Langford
| Gus and Wally are an elderly couple in their late 60s.<ref></ref>
| United States
|-
| July 12, 2000
| ''[[Family Guy]]''
| [[List of Family Guy characters#Other recurring characters|Jasper]]
| Jasper is a dog who is [[Brian Griffin]]'s gay cousin. Jasper marries his partner Ricardo in "[[You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives]]."<ref name="WatsonArp2011">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
| United States
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| April 22, 2001
| ''[[The Oblongs]]''
| Tab <br> Scooter
| Tab and Scooter are Peggy's fathers, a gay couple. They are introduced in a 2001 episode.<ref></ref>
| United States
|-
| June 8, 2001
| ''[[Time Squad]]''
| Larry 3000
| Larry 3000's voice actor, Mark Hamill, implied<ref></ref> Larry could easily have been interpreted as gay in the cartoon, due to his femininity and presentation as the "gay best friend" to Cleopatra in "Shop like an Egyptian",<ref></ref> although Larry has stated on multiple occasions he dislikes humans in general. However, this show never stated his sexuality, although Hamill described him as fierce and flamboyant.<ref></ref>
| United States
|-
| November 15, 2001
| ''[[Family Guy]]''
| [[Herbert (Family Guy character)|John Herbert]]
| Herbert is an elderly man. He has an [[ephebophilia]]c and [[hebephilia]]c attraction to young boys, and harbors [[unrequited love]] for underage teenager [[Chris Griffin]], though most other citizens of Quahog are oblivious to his sexuality. His voice actor [[Mike Henry (voice actor)|Mike Henry]] defines Herbert as a [[Pedophilia|pedophile]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
| United States
|-
| November 28, 2001
| ''[[X (manga)|X]]''
| [[Subaru Sumeragi]], [[Seishirō Sakurazuka]]
| Subaru tries to hunt and kill Seishirō for killing his sister and when he succeeds, he states he has killed the one he loves most.<ref></ref> Their past is elaborated in [[Tokyo Babylon]], where it was shown Seishirō would often flirt with and tried to seduce Subaru as part of a bet: if Subaru could make him fall in love with him, he wouldn't kill him. While Subaru did grow to love Seishirō, Seishirō couldn't reciprocate but killed Subaru's sister Hotaru in his stead per her request, and as Seishirō dies, he confesses "I also.." before dying.
| Japan
|-
| December 9, 2001
| ''[[Futurama]]''
| Enos Fry
| In one episode, [[Philip J. Fry]] travels to the past and meets his grandparents Enos and Mildred in their youth.<ref></ref> Philip encourages Enos to marry Mildred and have children, to which he replies: "Yeah, folks say that. But did you ever get the feeling you're only going with girls 'cause you're supposed to?" Enos does not show any interest in a pin-up calendar featuring a girl in skimpy clothing, but he flips some pages and happily stares at the picture of a shirtless man. Eventually, Enos dies without having any children and Philip unknowingly impregnates Mildred, thus becoming his own grandfather.
| United States
|-
| January 7, 2002
| ''[[Mirage of Blaze]]''
| Takaya Ougi and Yoshiaki Tachibana
| Takaya Ougi is the reincarnation of Kagetora Uesugi and Yoshiaki Tachibana is the reincarnation of Nobutsuna Naoe. Kagetora was raped by his vassals and pages and so he and his reincarnation Takaya are androphobic and hate men, but Takaya begins to fall in love with Yoshiaki/Naoe, who is persistent in his advances.<ref></ref>
| Japan
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| November 20, 2002
| ''[[South Park]]''
| [[Mr. Slave]]
| Mr. Slave was Mrs. Garrison's boyfriend until she made the transition into a female.<ref name=":3"></ref> He is now married to Big Gay Al.<ref name=":2"></ref>
| United States
|-
| April 28, 2002
| ''[[King of the Hill]]''
| [[Bug Gribble]] <br> Juan Pedro
| In one of the episodes, Dale's father, Bug has come out and participates in the [[gay rodeo]] circuit.<ref></ref> Bug is married to Juan Pedro.<ref name="Queer America"></ref>
| United States
|-
| November 2, 2002
| ''[[Clone High]]''
| [[List of Clone High characters#Family|Wally and Carl]]
| Wally and Carl are a gay couple, and the foster parents of JFK.<ref></ref>
| Canada, United States
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| February 24, 2003
| ''[[Inuyasha]]''
| Jakotsu
| Jakotsu is a member of the Jakotsutō, a criminal band of seven assassins. He is shown as being flamboyant and having a strong preference for men, complimenting Koga's loin cloth, flirting with Inuyasha and Miroku, and complimenting Sesshomaru's appearance.<ref></ref> In addition, he admits he likes cute boys but that seeing cute boys makes him want to chop them up.<ref></ref>
| Japan
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| May 9, 2003
| rowspan="2"|''[[Saint Beast]]''
| Kira and Maya
| Kira and Maya are brothers but are implied to have deeper feelings for each other.<ref></ref>
| rowspan="2"|Japan
|-
| June 6, 2003
| Kagero no Shiva
| Shiva has a deep romantic obsession with Judas.<ref></ref>
|-
| June 13, 2003
|''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy]]''
| Dean Toadblatt<br />Squidhat
| It was revealed in a 2005 episode that Dean Toadblatt and Squidhat were gay lovers.<ref></ref> Notably, Dean Toadblatt is a parody of [[Albus Dumbledore]] from [[J.K. Rowling]]'s ''[[Harry Potter]]'' book series, who was revealed to be gay on October 19, 2007, thus the episode unintentionally guessed Dumbledore's orientation.
| United States
|-
| January 12, 2004
| ''[[Inuyasha]]''
| Suzaku
| A flamboyant ninja demon working with Hoshiyomi to retrieve the Ken blade from Akitoki Hōjō, whose powers included summoning fire and transforming into a giant bird. He was killed by Miroku's Kazaana. He also seems to have a crush on Akitoki, who he touches and flirts with instead of fighting,<ref></ref> while also making advances toward Akitoki Hōjō, which is why he asked his future wife to change her name.<ref></ref>
| Japan
|-
| April 3, 2004
| ''[[Kyo Kara Maoh!]]''
| [[List of Kyo Kara Maoh! characters#Wolfram von Bielefeld|Wolfram von Bielefeld]]
| In another dimension called Shin Makoku, love between the same gender is not rare at all. Wolfram became Shibuya Yuuri's accidental fiancé after Yuuri slaps him on his left cheek for insulting his mother which actually is a traditional proposal amongst the nobles in Shin Makoku.<ref></ref> Although he did not approve of being the Maoh's fiancé at first, he changes his mind when Yuuri's demon side kicks his butt in battle. He soon grows very protective over Yuuri, yelling at anyone who comes too close to him<ref></ref> and is especially jealous of Konrad, his own brother.
| Japan
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| April 4, 2004
| ''[[Doki Doki School Hours]]''
| Yuichi Kudo
| A male honor student who is gay and in love with Suetake.<ref></ref> Though Suetake is completely oblivious to Kudo's affections, everyone else is aware of them, and they are constantly rolling their eyes over his actions (which is very similar to how they react to Kitagawa's love for Mika, the only difference being that Mika is aware of Kitagawa's feelings, but can do little to stop her advances). He is seen having fantasies about Suetake, and not much else.
| Japan
|-
| May 18, 2004
| ''[[Gantz]]''
| Chiaki Onizuka
| Chiaki is an openly gay high school student and heavyweight boxer. He studies in the same school as Kato Masaru, one of the main characters. Chiaki expresses a desire to rape Kato. However, this infuriates Kato, causing him to assault an unprepared Chiaki while he was using the bathroom stall and beat him into a bloody mess.<ref></ref>
| Japan
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| July 1, 2004
| ''[[Samurai Champloo]]''
| "Jouji"/Governor-General Izaac Titsingh
| "Jouji" (real name Izaac Titsingh) is the chief merchant of the Dutch East India Company's Japan Branch and a gay man who attempted to live as a Japanese man after reading "The Great Mirror of Male Love" by Saikaku Ihara.<ref></ref> He faced persecution in his home country of Holland due to his sexuality and had hoped to live freely as a gay man in Japan.
| Japan
|-
| August 21, 2004
| ''[[The Venture Bros.]]''
| Steve Summers<br/>Sasquatch
| A minor character in the series, he was a former astronaut who lives in a secluded part of the forest with a sasquatch. The latter is also his lover.<ref></ref>
| United States
|-
|
| ''[[Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo]]''
| Peppo
| Peppo is a boy who enjoys cross-dressing as a girl<ref></ref> and is gay. He develops feelings for Albert.
| Japan
|-
| October 27, 2004
|''[[Drawn Together]]''
| Xandir P. Wifflebottom
| Xandir is labeled as a "totally gay video game adventurer" during the show's first episode, and on a never-ending quest to save his girlfriend.<ref name="hottub"></ref> In a later episode, he comes to terms with his homosexuality after having his arm bitten off by the Wood Beast, a creature that determines a person's sexuality by biting off the arms of homosexuals and keeping the arms of heterosexuals intact.<ref></ref> In a later episode, Xandir has an affair with Captain Hero's gay alter ego, Tim Tommerson.<ref name="xandir"></ref>
| United States
|-
| October 22, 2004
| ''[[Braceface]]''
| Mark "Dion" Jones
| Canon gay male character.<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
| Canada
|-
| October 30, 2004
| ''[[The Venture Bros.]]''
| King Gorilla
| A talking gorilla super-villain and member of the Guild of Calamitous Intent. While in prison, he was attracted to the Monarch, another villain.<ref></ref>
| United States
|-
| November 2, 2004
| ''[[Yakitate!! Japan]]''
| Tsuyoshi Mokoyama
| Tsuyoshi is a flamboyant patisserie and contemporary of Ken Matsushiro.<ref></ref> He excels at making sweet breads and is shown to have a liking for pretty boys, often scheduling massages with them. He also demonstrated what appeared to be a crush on Ken Matsushiro, the manager of his rival company's Pantasia's southern Tokyo Branch. He had a picture of him drawn up and knitted a cloth with their names and a heart on it.
| Japan
|}
===Pansexual characters===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character debut date
!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Title
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character(s)
! Notes
! Country
|-
| May 13, 2002
| ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]''
|[[List of Azumanga Daioh characters#Kaori|Kaorin]]
| Kaorin has unrequited love for the athletic girl, Sakaki. Osaka specifically asks Kaori if she is homosexual, Kaori becomes embarrassed and then answers that it's "[[Class S (genre)|one of those things peculiar to puberty]]" and that she'd love Sakaki if say, she 'were' male or whatever, because she's cool.<ref>Azuma, Kiyohiko (July 2009). ''Azumanga Daioh: Supplementary Lessons''. Monthly Shōnen Sunday (in Japanese). '''3'''. Japan: Shogakukan. p. 119.</ref>
| Japan
|-
| September 11, 2004
| ''[[The Venture Bros.]]''
| [[List of characters from The Venture Bros.#Original Team Venture|Colonel Horace Gentleman]]
| According to the creators of the show, Colonel Gentleman was always, openly, and proudly gay.<ref name="huffpo"></ref> However, he has an ex-wife, Mz. Quymn,<ref name="drquymn"></ref> and former lover, Kiki,<ref></ref> who he lived with at his home in Tangiers, Morocco for years, and as such, is pansexual.
| United States
|-
| November 17, 2004
| ''[[Drawn Together]]''
| Captain Hero
| Captain Hero is shown to be sexually aroused by an array of paraphilias and will have sex with anything and anyone. He and Foxxy Love form a brief BDSM relationship in one episode,<ref name="reqiuem" /> and as his gay alter ego Tim Tommerson, has an affair with Xandir in another episode.<ref name="xandir" />
| United States
|}
===Transgender characters===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character debut date
!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Title
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character(s)
! Notes
! Country
|-
| April 1, 2001
| ''[[The Oblongs]]''
| Anita Bidet
| Anita Bidet is a female transgender bartender at the bar where Pickles goes to.<ref></ref>
| United States
|-
|November 21, 2001
|''[[The Simpsons]]''
|[[Brunella Pommelhorst]]
| Mrs. Pommelhorst is the gym teacher who announced his intention to take time off and return as "Mr. Pommelhorst, the shop teacher."<ref></ref>
|-
|June 4, 2002
|''[[Cheeky Angel]]''
|Megumi Amatsuka
|Megumi is a physically attractive trans woman who retains her masculine mannerisms and fighting abilities, which she uses very often, attracting the 'Megu-chan Protection Club', a group of misfit admirers.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref></ref> Nobody else knows she used to be a boy but was transformed into a girl. Initially, only Megumi's best friend, Miki, knew her secret, however the protection club quickly finds out.
|Japan
|}
===Genderqueer characters===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character debut date
!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Title
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character(s)
! Notes
! Country
|-
| October 11, 2003
| ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''
| Envy
| Envy is a shapeshifting homunculus without a specific gender.<ref></ref> While they are usually referred to in general neutral pronouns in the Japanese version, in both anime they are usually referred to as he.<ref></ref> They are normally seen to have the appearance of an 'androgynous' female.
| Japan
|-
| September 22, 2004
| ''[[bro'Town]]''
| Brother Ken
| Brother Ken is the principal of the school and is ''[[fa'afafine]]'', a Samoan concept for a third gender, a person who is born biologically male but is raised and sees themself as female. Because the concept does not readily translate, when the series was broadcast on Adult Swim Latin America, a decision was made not to translate Samoan words and just present them as part of the "cultural journey".<ref name="JohnsonKompare2014">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
| New Zealand
|}
===Other LGBTQ characters===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character debut date
!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Title
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character(s)
! Identity
! Notes
! Country
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Queer Duck]]''
| Adam Seymour Duckstein
| Gay or Bisexual
| Adam is the main character of the series. He is presented as a stereotypical gay duck and has been a victim of [[gay bashing]]. However, in the series finale, he wakes up to discover that he had sex with a woman.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
| United States
|-
|
| ''[[Descendants of Darkness]]''
| Asato Tsuzuki and Hisoka Kurosaki
| Gay, Bisexual
| Asato and Hisoka begin to fall in love with each other.<ref></ref> Hisoka showed some level of feelings for a girl named Tsubaki Kakyouin.
| Japan
|-
|
| ''[[Gravitation (manga)|Gravitation]]''
| Shuichi Shindo, Eiri Yuki
| Gay, Bisexual
| Shuichi Shindo falls in love with Eiri Yuki.<ref></ref> Over the course of the series manages to melt the cold heart of Eiri and the two become a couple. In one episode, it is revealed that Eiri has a financee named Ayaka, but she backs away after seeing the love between Shuichi and Eiri.<ref></ref>
| Japan
|-
| May 23, 2003
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Saint Beast]]''
| Rey and Luca
| Bisexual, Gay
| Saint Beast is a spinoff franchise of the series ''[[Angel Tales]]''. In Angel Tales, Rey loves Tsubasa but in the Saint Beast Franchise, Rey and Luca are lovers.<ref></ref>
| rowspan="2" | Japan
|-
| May 30, 2003
| Shin and Judas
| Bisexual, Gay
| Saint Beast is a spinoff franchise of the series ''[[Angel Tales]]''. In Angel Tales, Shin loves Ayumi but in the Saint Beast Franchise, Shin and Judas are lovers.<ref></ref>
|-
| June 6, 2003
| ''[[Eddsworld]]''
|Kim and Katya
|Bisexual, Lesbian
|In one episode, Edd and Tord meet Kim and instantly fall in love with her, hence trying various ways to impress her.<ref></ref> After Kim gives Tord a kiss, Edd gets upset and starts a fight with him. Later, Katya walks up to Kim after greeting her and they kiss each other, leaving both Edd and Tord heartbroken.
| United Kingdom
|-
| October 1, 2004
| ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]''
|Himeko Kurusugawa<br/>Chikane Himemiya
|Bisexual, Lesbian
|Chikane has loved Himeko since they met, although (despite her jealousy of Himeko and Sōma's friendship) she does not admit it until much later.<ref name="distant land"></ref><ref></ref> Chikane's feelings for Himeko border on obsession. She eventually turns evil upon joining the Orochi as the Eighth Head, vanquishing all but two of the Orochi heads, sexually assaulting Himeko and tormenting her during their final battle.<ref></ref> During the last few episodes Himeko realizes and accepts her feelings for Chikane, with Himeko is reunited with Chikane.<ref></ref>
| Japan
|}
==See also==
* [[List of yuri anime and manga]]
* [[List of LGBT-related films by year]]
* [[list of animated films with LGBT characters]].
==References==
[[Category:Lists of LGBT-related television programs|Animated]]
[[Category:Animated television programs]]
[[Category:Lists of animated television series]]
[[Category:LGBT in anime and manga| ]]
[[Category:LGBT characters in anime and manga| ]]
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