Gay cartoon movies

When her family faces difficult times following the arrest of her father, she disguises herself and dawns the appearance of a boy in order to provide for her family in ways that a girl in Afghanistan can't.

While animated films have often tackled the "one gender disguises themselves as the other gender" plot line (such as in Disney's Mulan), The Breadwinner delves much deeper into this concept.

It charms you with unique characters, endearing interactions, and a budding romance. He formed a connection with the popular class president, who showed compassion towards him. It puts minimal effort into developing the plots and only focuses on the smut. As the storyline progresses, I begrudgingly admit the anime tackles more mature themes than expected. But what gay characters existed in shows aimed at kids were generally hidden, and their queerness only hinted at instead of confirmed.

Animation is too often seen as content made for kids, and same-sex attraction is regarded as an “adult” topic. Their friendship helps him heal from his shattered self-esteem.

Although not a BL anime, My New Boss Is Goofy has a heavily coded bromance. “The Owl House” (2020-2023)

Disney, maybe more than any other company in Hollywood, has a complicated history with the LGBTQ community, and it shows in their animated output.

A compassionate doctor attends to his injuries and tries to convince him to quit this dangerous career. He meets the game's final villain, an innocent-looking demon king, and they embark on an adventurous journey together.

The trio takes it upon themselves to take care of this child and to search the city of Tokyo far and wide in order to find the infant's original birth mother. It portrays the school romance enchantingly, capturing the thrills and tenderness of a newly dating couple. However, the storytelling is pitiful, the pacing is totally off, and the movie doesn’t feel friendly to those who haven’t read the source material.

• 18+ romance
• Deep & mature
• Movie
• 1 hour

The Titan's Bride (2020)

The Titan's Bride is an 18+ BL anime about an ordinary student magically summoned into the land of the titans.

“Steven Universe” (2013-2019)

Animation wasn’t exactly a queer wasteland before “Steven Universe” came to town. Much more egregious was the censorship of Sailor Scouts Haruka (Uranus) and Michiru (Neptune), out and proud lesbians in the Japanese version who were turned into cousins for the dub in a (failed) attempt to explain away their physical closeness.

Anime fans had seen hundreds of shows of its ilk premiere before: sports series (in this case, the sport is men’s figure skating) where the protagonist (anxious Japanese performer Yuri Katsuki) develops a blatantly homoerotic relationship with his best friend/rival/mentor (his new coach, Russian champion Viktor Nikiforov). You might not understand “Revolutionary Girl Utena” the first time you watch it, but the queer storytelling on display will undoubtedly resonate.