Dirty Pair (1985 anime)
S1:E7 - “Love is Everything. Risk Your Life to Elope!!”
(Watch the clip here)
This mid-80′s anime really said trans rights 🏳️⚧️
And interestingly enough, Joanca was voiced by Masako Katsuki, who would go on to voice another groundbreaking LGBTQ+ character nearly a decade later… Michiru Kaioh/Sailor Neptune!
The Bowling for Soup single "1985" was released on July 27th, 2004, which is 19 years ago today, and if you can do some quick math, you've already worked out that the year 1985 was 19 years before 2004.
In other words, we've officially hit the point where the song "1985" is now as dated as the things it was referencing.