But in the anime it's complicated by the fact (Opens in a new tab) that they transform physically into male bodies and their main leader, Seiya, has a romantic arc with Sailor Moon. In the manga it's made abundantly clear (Opens in a new tab) that they are women who are simply cross-dressing for the sake of their mission. They're an alien group of female fighters who presented as men to form a boy band to look for their lost princess on Earth, so we gotta talk about them! Credit: TOEI ANIMATION / SAILOR MOONĮven fans of the original anime may not be familiar with these characters - they only appeared in the final season, which has yet to receive an English dub. What a beautiful, gender-ambiguous alien. Seiya and the Sailor Starlights from Sailor Moon
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The main character literally sings a song about wanting to find a place where he belongs! Everyone in his hometown rejects him as a freak! He gets swole and has to learn from an older male figure how to act all manly and stuff! Tell me that is not every trans dude you've ever met." - Aiden J. "I know everyone says their Disney 'trans awakening' was Mulan, but mine was Hercules.
By uniting under similar experiences as adults, their relationship perfectly captures the most trans concept of all - found families. Oftentimes they can be seen (Opens in a new tab) either both dressing up as women, or with Jessie taking on a masculine costume and James a feminine one (which frequently got censored in America, of course.)īesides the flamboyant gender presentation, both grew up with difficult home lives (Opens in a new tab). They're not so much genuinely evil as they are hilariously incompetent - and their plans always had to involve being as Extra as possible. These fan-favorite antagonists of Team Rocket were notorious for donning elaborate, gender-bending disguises in the anime to nab some Pokémon and defeat those meddling kids. (opens in a new tab) (Opens in a new tab) Team Rocket (Jessie and James) from Pokémon Then, of course, there's this scene (Opens in a new tab). Yeah like, there’s a 'magical' version of you that’s incredibly powerful and also 'who you really are' but you have to keep it a secret from your family? That’s Trans Baby." - Mallika S.
"Any sort of character who has a magical transformation is Trans culture because the duality of 'normal'/'magical' selves represents being in the closet. There are a LOT of feelings (Opens in a new tab) about Danny out there. (I'm sorry, I'll be making that joke approximately 5 million more times.) Credit: GIPHY
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