Ask John: Why Are Gay Themes So Prevelant in Sci-Fi Anime?
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
Question:
Why are homosexual undertones so common in sci-fi anime? It’s almost impossible to not see it in No.6, currently airing. But it’s certainly no stretch of the imagination to get yaoi vibes in many other sci-fi anime (particularly those that take place in the distant future) like Toward the Terra, Jyu Oh Sei, Candidate for Goddess, Aquarion, and even some iterations of Gundam. Why in the world do these kinds of shows have a prevalence for depicting unusually close males who seem to ignore women like it’s their job? Surely it can’t be chalked up to cultural differences or we would see the same thing going on in other genres of anime with similar frequency and overtness.
