All in Blog Post
The Winter 2021 anime season is boiling over with great characters, both old and new. Many of them have rightfully soared in popularity online, like the plucky spider Kumoko and the adult version of Eren Yeager, but others (especially those in supporting roles) have fallen by the wayside. We’re here today to shine a well-deserved spotlight on five of our favorite underrated characters of the season, so please join us in celebrating them!
For LGBT folks and anyone else who doesn’t fit into traditional gender norms, the world of anime is a much more welcoming place than Western media (not that there was a very high bar to beat). Still, it’s rare to find a character who isn’t written as a joke and lives their best life without caring if they fit society’s definition of how they “should” look or act. Today, we’ll be showcasing five of our favorite anime characters who kick gender norms to the curb!
We’re big fans of boys love ships, both as part of our constant search for LGBT representation in anime and also just as fun thought experiments. Luckily, the Winter 2021 anime season has given us plenty to think about, so here’s a brief analysis of our favorite boys love ships from this latest batch of anime!
As the Winter 2021 anime season comes to its conclusion, we must take a look back at the best female characters it bestowed upon us. This time, we have a diverse array of schoolgirls, magical girls, and supernatural fox girls whose smiles we must vow to protect. Please join us in fawning over them for as long as we think we can get away with!
This anime season has blessed us with a cornucopia of fantastic male characters, ranging from good boys to bad boys to maybe even some boys' love. We’re highlighting five of our favorites today, so please come join us as we praise them to the high heavens!
Tensions are at an all-time high in the world of Beastars, thanks to an incident in the drama club where Tao the panther accidentally rips off Kibi the anteater’s arm during practice. Since the still-unsolved devouring incident also happened in the drama club, this sends Cherryton School into high alert and it’s decided that carnivores and herbivores will be in different classes starting next year and all mixed clubs will be suspended indefinitely. This causes an uproar among the students, with many strong opinions on both sides of the issue. Let’s examine the reality of the situation and see which side has the stronger case – can carnivores and herbivores really live together in peace?
