Were th starlights from sailor moon gay

Who remembers the Sailor Moon anime, which aired in the 90s on the channel TV Manchete and in the beginning of the s on Cartoon Network? Originated from a manga japanese comics , the animated television show was a worldwide hit and to this day it has a big legion of fans, resulting in a remake Sailor Moon Crystal and even a live action series in In audiovisual productions, it was common to see gay people being secondary and comical characters.

Shattering Boundaries: Sailor Moon’s Impact on my Queer Identity

Sailor Moon resonated with me more than any other childhood cartoon I ever saw. More than a decade after the series aired, I heard that it had been censored when it was translated over to North America. Blogger Rebecca Ballenger has created a fantastic resource that details the way the series was massively altered, cutting out a lot of the queer elements central to the show , and a Sailor Moon Wiki entry on queer plot points from the original rounds off her coverage.

Debate: Is The Sailor Moon Anime Homophobic?

Homophobia also seems to rear its ugly head in other ways in the Sailor Moon anime. While Usagi will tell Seiya and the Starlights frequently how much Haruka and Michiru mean to her, she always seems to dance around the issue of their sexuality. Like in one episode, she kept hinting that Haruka doesn't care for men but she wouldn't just come out and say Haruka was a lesbian for some reason.

Kakyuu had witnessed the birth of the Silver Millennium Crystal even in her galaxy and had wanted to meet Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom, but now she is here on the much more dire business of hoping to defeat the dreaded Galaxia. This is the first real hint we get Seiya feels a lot more for the Moon princess than any of the other Starlights as Seiya holds her close and comforts her.