#takahashi naoko

[jozefallen]

Takahashi Naoko no Marathon Shiyouyo! 高橋尚子のマラソンしようよ！ A marathon running game. Love that this exists.

[feriowind]

how many different stedes can i draw

[chibiranmaruchan]

Cute exhibition 3/13.

[marcosvitor1996]

Sailor Moon characters seeing Lum Invader, Ataru Moroboshi, Shinobu Miyake and Inaba from Urusei Yatsura.

[animefeminist]

Anime’s Glass Ceiling: what keeps women out of the director’s chair?

One of my favorite current manga is Beastars, by Itagaki Paru. A bizarre mash-up of high school soap opera, murder mystery and obsessive thought experiment on how a world populated by animals might function, it earned itself enough acclaim to garner an anime adaptation produced by Studio Orange.

Orange is the best CG studio in the anime industry, but there was one aspect of their otherwise fantastic adaptation that stood out to me, like a splinter lodged in your hand from an otherwise beautiful coffee table. While Itagaki, the creator of Beastars, is a woman, the director of the anime—Matsumi Shinichi—is a man.

The world of manga is home to many talented and successful female writers and artists. Takeuchi Naoko combined the appeal of tokusatsu drama with magical girl aesthetics to create Sailor Moon, and in doing so created a whole new kind of magical girl story that remains popular to this day. Arakawa Hiromu wrote and drew one of the best shounen comics of the 2000s with Fullmetal Alchemist, and then proved herself equally capable of easy-going slice of life stories with her farming comic Silver Spoon.

Then you have Takahashi Rumiko, who is a manga industry unto herself, with masterpieces ranging from Urusei Yatsura’s zany comedy to Maison Ikkoku’s relationship drama to Mermaid Forest’s horror; not to mention that her series Ranma ½ played a central role in introducing countless American fans to anime in the 1990s.

The popularity of these authors led to their work being adapted into similarly successful anime. But most of these anime, if not all of them, were directed by men. Sailor Moon made the careers of countless animators and creators at Toei, but the main directors—Sato Junichi, Ikuhara Kunihiko, Igarashi Takuyai—were men. The 2003 anime adaptation of Fullmetal Alchemist I watched as a kid was directed by Mizushima Seiji and written by Aikawa Sho, both men. Urusei Yatsura served as the proving ground for one of anime’s most famous auteurs, Oshii Mamoru—a man.

Read it at Anime Feminist!

[naominotaisho]

Top de mis waifus favoritas con cabello largo y negro 😊🖤🛐

Muchos tienen debilidad por las rubias, otros por las pelirrojas, pero en mi caso (desde que tengo memoria) siempre he tenido una debilidad (no romántica, ojo. Lo mío es mas de admiración XD) por las chicas del anime que, además de ser geniales, poseían largas cabelleras negras con flequillo (al grado de influenciar muchos de mis gustos estéticos hasta el día de hoy). Así que, después de hacer memoria, se me ocurrió dedicarles un post...

Empecemos...  

10. Kikyo de Inuyasha 

En mi adolescencia no me caía bien (ahora si XD) pero siempre reconocí su belleza <3 

09. Yuuko Ichihara de XXXHolic

I believe in Yuuko Ichihara supremacy 🛐

08. Madoka Ayukawa de Kimagure Orange Road

Soy su fan!!  ❤  ❤ ❤ ❤ Es hermosa y genial  ❤

07. Kagome Higurashi de Inuyasha

Lo hace Rumiko, me vuelvo su fan XD (ella es la prueba de que Megan Stallion tiene buenos gustos)

06. Rei Hino de Sailor Moon 

Rei es un personaje que me gusta mucho en el manga y en Crystal. En el anime de los 80/90 no tanto...  

05. Akira Tachibana de Koi wa ameagari no you ni

(A mi me gustan mayores!! ♪♪♪ De esos que llaman señores... ♪♪♪ by  Becky G) 🤣🤣 04. Shouko Komi de Komi Can't Communicate

Tenemos un par de cosas en comun: Hablamos poco y amamos a los gatos XD 03. Yor Briar/Forger de Spy x Family

El modelo a seguir perfecto para una niña en crecimiento como Anya: es hermosa, es adorable, es un amor de persona, sabe artes marciales y... si eres un idiota puede destrozarte la cara en un segundo!! ❤️Loid hizo la eleccion perfecta 👍 02. Mai de Dragon Ball 

Ella era unica razón por la que soportaba cada aparicion de la banda de Pilaf en el Dragon Ball clasico XD Y actualmente sigue ocurriendo lo mismo en Dragon Ball Super. (Aclaro que siempre me gusto el personaje mucho antes de que Toriyama y Toyotaro lo retomaran)

01. Mana de Mermaid Saga 

Mana <3 🛐 🛐 🛐

[master-ray5]

Naoko's Favorite Ultraman?

Does anyone know what Naoko Takeuchi's favorite Ultraman series is? As Ultraman is an incredibly propular franchise and an national hero, many manga creators have incoporated Ultraman and his lore into their works. Prime example: Rumiko Takahashi with Urusei Yatsura. Lumis frequenlty shown to be throwing electricity in poses modeled after Ultraman.

My quesiton is, does the any in teh fan community know if Naoko Takeuchi mentioned what her favorite Ultraman series was? Becasue I am watching Return of Ultraman for the first time and have noticed the following names being used: Aino, Minako, Mizuno, Makoto.

Now i know ome of these are common names and sir names in Japan BUT I'm curious and thought it'd be an interesting post so here we are.

[crystalbehindthescenes]

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[slag0000]

石和田尚子さんとDamien Girotがフランスより来日するので、何かやりましょう、ということになり、3年ぶりにこちらの企画をやることになりました。一緒にこの企画を始めた本田ヨシ子さんは都合が合わず残念ながら不参加ですが、ダミアンの2回目の参加がとても楽しみです。彼と会うのは4年ぶりなんで、再会だけでも嬉しいのですが。どんな演奏になるでしょうか。 ●2022-07-27(wed) 江古田 Cafe Flying Teapot "Three Elements" act: 石和田尚子(dance) 高橋直康(electric bass) Damien Girot(percussion) open 19:00 / start 19:30 charge 1500yen(+1d)

[sarahalainn]

【LIVE】 Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes theme “Flags of Brave” Premiere！ 『百英雄伝』テーマ曲初演

Premiere of “Flags of Brave” #Eiyudenchronicle

11 May 2024, Billboard Tokyo

Produced by Sarah Àlainn

Sarah Àlainn Quartet

〜MAY there be Jazz! 〜

■Sarahband

Sarah Àlainn (Vocals, Violin, other)

Naoko Tanaka (Piano)

Tetsuya Hayakawa (Bass)

Shinnosuke Takahashi (Drums)

『百英雄伝』テーマ曲初演

2024年5月11日東京ビルボード(1st & 2ndステージ)

サラ・オレイン　プロデュース

サラ・オレイン　カルテット

〜MAY there be Jazz! 〜

■サラバンド

サラ・オレイン (ヴォーカル, ヴァイオリン , カリンバ、キーボード)

田中菜緒子 (ピアノ)

早川哲也 (ベース)

高橋信之介 (ドラム)

♪♪♪

そう言えば東京ビルボードにはカーテンがある。

このタミイングで是非開いて欲しい！と🙏

熱い想いに応えて下さった会場。

その瞬間です。照明は主人公の3色に拘りました♥️🩵💚

残り5公演となりました。

日本の皆様、生で是非。

▪️5.11 (土) Tokyo

http://www.billboard-live.com/pg/shop/show/index.php?mode=detail1&event=14775&shop=1

▫️5.18 (土) Osaka

http://www.billboard-live.com/pg/shop/show/index.php?mode=detail1&event=14776&shop=2

▫️5.24 (金) Yokohama

http://www.billboard-live.com/pg/shop/show/index.php?mode=detail1&event=14777&shop=4 #sarahalainn

サラ・オレイン名古屋公演

〜MAY there be Harmony! 〜

▫️5.19 (日) Nagoya

https://www.sarahalainn.net/news/detail/AjKGFcpy4ToA8Ogcaty1ZUEd3Qqg4VBJxfhvAnurKes=

[silvermoon424]

My manga collection (October 2023)

I did a post detailing my manga collection back in 2021, but it's grown a lot since then so I figured I'd make a new post! It was also a good time to do so because we're repainting my room and while there's usually a ton of anime merch in front of the books on my shelves, now it's all been packed up. So there's a clear look at the books without me having to move anything, lol.

Anyway, without further adieu, here we go! My manga collection is largely shoujo (specifically magical girls) and horror manga.

Pet Shop of Horrors by Matsuri Akino

Pet Shop of Horrors: Tokyo by Matsuri Akino

The Clique by Yishan Li

Frozen II manga by Arina Tanemura

Dark Metro by Tokyo Calen and Yoshiken

Yokai Rental Shop by Shin Mashiba

Confidential Confessions by Reiko Momochi

Pichi Pichi Pitch (aka Mermaid Melody) by Michiko Yokote and Pink Hanamori

Magical Girl Site by Kentaro Sato

Reiko the Zombie Shop by Rei Mikamoto

Les Miserables (manga adaptation) by TszMei Lee

Nightmares for Sale by Kaoru Ohashi

Presents by Kanako Inuki

Mail by Housui Yamazaki

Dark Water by Meimu

Tale of a White Night by Tooko Miyagi

Goth by Otsuichi and Kendi Oiwa

Beautiful People by Mitsukazu Mihara

Attack on Titan: No Regrets by Gun Snark and Hikaru Suruga

In Clothes Called Fat by Moyoco Anno

A Girl on the Shore by Inio Asano

Bride of Deimos by Etsuko Ikeda and Yuuho Ashibe

Limit by Keiko Suenobu

Helter Skelter by Kyoko Okazaki

Dolls omnibus (in Japanese) by Yumiko Kawahara

Ibitsu by Haruto Ryo

A God Somewhere (Western comic) by John Arcudi and Peter Snejbjerg

Beauty (Western comic) by Hubert and Kerascoët

Ah! My Goddess by Kōsuke Fujishima

Only One Wish by Mia Ikumi

Higurashi When They Cry: Festival Accompanying Arc by Karin Suzuragi

Chronicles of the Grim Peddler by Lee Jeoun-A

PTSD Radio by Masaaki Nakayama

Elfen Lied by Lynn Okamoto

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit by Motoro Mase

Happy Sugar Life by Tomiyaki Kagisora

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood by Hirohiko Araki

An Ojamajo Doremi artbook (in Japanese)

Mermaid Saga by Rumiko Takahashi

Dolls by Yumiko Kawahara

Maid-sama by Hiro Fujiwara

Franken Fran by Katsuhisa Kigitsu

Hell Girl by Miyuki Eto

Gurren Lagann by Kotaro Mori

Doll by Mitsukazu Mihara

Mantis Woman by Senno Knife

Various Sailor Moon artbooks from the anime, manga illustrations by Naoko Takeuchi, and fan artbooks

Sailor Moon Eternal Edition by Naoko Takeuchi

Sailor V Eternal Edition by Naoko Takeuchi

Puella Magi Madoka Magica by Hanokage

Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story by Hanokage

Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Wraith Arc by Hanokage

Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Rebellion Story by Hanokage

Puella Magi Oriko Magica by Kuroe Mura

Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Sadness Prayer by Kuroe Mura

Puella Magi Tart Magica by Golden Pe Done

Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story by Fuji Fujino

Assorted PMMM and Magia Record artbooks

Pokemon Adventures (aka Pokemon Special) by Hidenori Kusaka and Mato/Satoshi Yamamoto. I own the complete set of the RBG, Yellow, GSC, FRLG, Emerald and HGSS arcs as well as a few volumes from the RS, DP, and Black/White arcs.

Various Pokemon 4koma (in Japanese)

Pokemon: I Choose You by Ryo Takamisaki

Phantom Thief Pokemon 7 by Miho Asada

The Rise of Darkrai by Ryo Takamisaki

Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Adventure by Shigekatsu Ihara

The Electric Tale of Pikachu by Toshihiro Ono

The Art of Pokemon Adventures by Satoshi Yamamoto (both English and Japanese versions)

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team by Makoto Mizobuchi

Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea by Makoto Mizobuchi

Various Junji Ito Manga:

Dissolving Classroom

Fragments of Horror

The Liminal Zone

Sensor

Black Paradox

Gyo

Uzumaki

Tomie

Deserter

Tombs

Lovesickness

Smashed

Shiver

Frankenstein

Remina

Venus in the Blind Spot

No Longer Human

Twisted Visions (artbook)

Uzumaki coloring book

Uzumaki (original printing) by Junji Ito

Museum of Terror by Junji Ito

Soichi by Junji Ito

The Drifting Classroom by Kazuo Umezu

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency by Hirohiko Araki

Orochi by Kazuo Umezu

Be Very Afraid of Kanoko Inuki! by Kanoko Inuki

Wonderland by Yugo Ishikawa

Shadows House by Somato

I Had That Sane Dream Again by Yoru Sumino

Is Love the Answer? by Uta Isaki

Nightmare Inspector by Shin Mashiba

The Ring by Misao Inagaki

Wonder House of Horrors by Miyako Cojima

Puella Magi Suzune Magica by GAN

Puella Magi Kazumi Magica by Masaki Hiramatsu and Takashi Tensugi

Magia Record: Another Story by U35

I also have some manga in storage like Inuyasha and Kitchen Princess, but that's about it!

[demifiendrsa]

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie - PV1

Japanese theatrical dates:

Part 1 - June 9, 2023

Part 2 - June 30, 2023

The two-part film serves as a “fifth season” for Sailor Moon Crystal and a direct continuation of Sailor Moon Eternal that will cover the “Stars” arc, the final arc of Naoko Takeuchi’s original manga.

Poster

Cast additions

Megumi Hayashibara as Sailor Galaxia

Nana Mizuki as Princess Kakyū

Kotono Mitsuishi as Chibi Chibi

Previously announced cast members

Kotono Mitsuishi as Usagi Tsukino / Sailor Moon

Hisako Kanemoto as Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury

Rina Satou as Rei Hino / Sailor Mars

Ami Koshimizu as Makoto Kino / Sailor Jupiter

Shizuka Itō as Minako Aino / Sailor Venus

Misato Fukuen as Chibi-Usa / Sailor Chibi Moon

Ai Maeda as Setsuna Meiou / Sailor Pluto

Sayaka Ōhara as Michiru Kaiou / Sailor Neptune

Junko Minagawa as Haruka Tenou / Sailor Uranus

Yukiyo Fujii as Hotaru Tomoe / Sailor Saturn

Marina Inoue as Seiya Kō/Sailor Star Fighter

Saori Hayami as Taiki Kō/Sailor Star Maker

Ayane Sakura as Yaten Kō/Sailor Star Healer

Staff

Director: Tomoya Takahashi

Script: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

Character Design: Kazuko Tadano

Music: Yasuharu Takanashi

Art Director: Yumiko Soraga

Animation Production: Toei Animation, Studio Deen

[retrosofa]

We got a lot of trivia for Cutie Honey episode 22: “My Beloved Paradise Academy.”

Screenwriter: Masaki Tsuji

Art Director: Iwamitsu Ito

Animation Director: Shinya Takahashi

Director: Kazukiyo Shigeno

The animation director for this episode, Shinya Takahashi, has a history of working on Toei Animation’s early majokko series. He previously did the character designs for Himitsu no Akko-chan, Mahou no Mako-chan, Sarutobi Ecchan, and Mahoutsukai Chappy.

Takahashi would later do animation work for the 1995 PC-FX video game, Cutey Honey FX.

The principal of Paradise Academy is based on the grandfather from Go Nagai’s Kikkai-kun manga, which is also where the characters Alphonne and Pochi originated from. Kikkai-kun’s grandfather also served as the basis for the janitor Kiyohiko Todoroki in the Devilman anime.

The principal was voiced by Isamu Tanonaka, who had filled in for Keiko Yamamoto as Pochi in the previous episode. 

Goemon is based on Goemon Abashiri, the oldest son from the Abashiri Family manga. Goemon’s claim to fame is that he’s a “professional pervert.” Go Nagai’s assistant and good friend Ken Ishikawa was the model for Goemon. While he doesn’t appear in the original Cutie Honey manga, one of Honey’s (female) classmates is based on him. Goemon would make cameo appearances in New Cutey Honey, Re: Cutie Honey, and Cutie Honey Universe. 

Shunji Yamada (later known as Keaton Yamada) voiced Goemon in this episode only, while Sanji Hase played him for the remainder of the series. Hase was previously the King of Manaco in episode 16 and the occasional nameless Panther subordinate.

The “Yoshitune” that Danbei sings about is probably Minamoto no Yoshitsune, a military commander from the late Heian and early Kamakura periods.

Danbei’s “adorable nephew” Naojiro is another character borrowed from Go Nagai’s Abashiri Family. In that series, Naojiro was the second oldest son of the Abashiri family. His unique feature was being a cyborg.

In the original Cutie Honey manga Naojiro does not appear as Danbei’s nephew but instead as a girl named Naoko. Naoko is the gang leader of St. Chapel Academy, much like how Naojiro is the gang leader of Paradise Academy in the anime. According to producer Toshio Katsuta, he wanted to introduce Naojiro as a good contrast to Honey, unlike Seiji who he said was “silly and weak.” 

In this episode only, Naojiro was voiced by Hiroshi Masuoka, who previously voiced Demon General Zannin in Devilman and Hebitsubo in Dororon Enma-kun. For the remainder of the series Naojiro is voiced by an uncredited Shoji Nishizaki, who mostly did voice work in tokusatsu series. 

Naojiro would later make a cameo appearance in the second episode of New Cutey Honey.

While Paradise Academy does not appear in the original Cutie Honey manga, it is very much inspired by Go Nagai’s infamous manga, Harenchi Gakuen. Before he was reinventing the concept of magical girls and giant robots, Go Nagai was stirring up controversy with this 1968 series. Harenchi Gakuen or “Shameless Academy” was one of the first manga to be featured in the popular Weekly Shonen Jump. It featured ridiculous Benny Hill-like antics, excessive nudity, lowbrow toilet humor, crucifixion scenes played for laughs and made a mockery of the Japanese school system. There was such outage towards Harenchi Gakuen, PTA groups actually performed public burnings of the manga. Despite the controversies, Harenchi was immensely popular, which led to live action TV series and films. 

Paradise Academy’s name comes from the Abashiri Family manga. Originally, Paradise Academy was a prison-like middle school for aspiring young assassins and served as the setting for an early arc in the manga. A few of Naojiro’s classmates seen in this episode are taken directly from the Abashiri Family manga as well.

While attempting to evade Naojiro, Honey transforms into members of the baseball club, wrestling club and boxing club. As a boxer, she is only wearing shorts, shoes and boxing gloves. This is exactly how Kikunosuke dresses when she practices boxing in the Abashiri Family manga.

The self-proclaimed “Magician of Hell” was originally designed by Ken Ishikawa, who had her sporting more obvious magician motifs such as a giant top hat and bow tie. The “Great” in her name likely refers to a magician’s title.

Great Claw controlling Naojiro’s comrades with spider-like threads is possibly a reference to the Devilman manga. There are a couple of chapters involving a spider-like demon who controls the students of Nakado Academy and forces them to attack Akira and Miki. There is also an episode of the Devilman TV series which features a demon who controls human-like mannequins with spider threads.

This is also the only episode to not feature Panther Zora or Sister Jill.

That's all for episode 22!

[ljaesch]

Netflix to Begin Streaming the Sailor Moon Cosmos Anime Films on August 22, 2024

Netflix has announced that it will stream Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie, the two-part anime film project adapting the final “Shadow Galactica” arc of Naoko Takeuchi’s original Sailor Moon manga, exclusively worldwide on August 22, 2024. Tomoya Takahashi directed both films at Toei Animation. Kazuyuki Fudeyasu returned to write the scripts. Kazuko Tadano, the character designer for…

[yuripoll]

making good headway in reading (or rereading) everything for propaganda collection & rec writing, but @whysapphics suggested posting the list of titles for season 3 in case anyone wants to read things beforehand

still subject to change if i end up quibbling over what to include, but here's the current roster (under the cut)

dark forest, white road <- yoshida chiyu (high school drama including a blind girl)

ayaka is in love with hiroko <- sal jiang (silly office romcom)

the moon on a rainy night <- kuzushiro (high school drama including a deaf girl)

serendipity <- mimiyori (webcomic about an overworked magical girl)

handsome girl and sheltered girl <- majoccoid & mocha au lait (silly miscommunication romcom)

aoi hana <- takako shimura (classic schoolgirl yuri)

composing spring in this room where cherry blossoms bloom <- tokuwotsumu (angst. ough.)

makoto no momoka <- sumiko arai (oneshot)

i decided to fake a marriage with my junior to shut my parents up <- kodama naoko (exactly what it says on the tin)

sakura namiki <- takahashi makoto (OLD old. proto-yuri)

i'm not cut out to be a princess, so i'll elope with the villainess <- yamagata atsuka (isekai oneshot)

netsu wo obiru veil <- sakura togane (oneshot about unrequited love)

muted <- miranda mundt (fantasy webcomic)

the girl that can't get a girlfriend <- mieri hiranishi (autobiographical lesbian dramady)

a lady's table <- hwemi (girl dinner <3)

because you are a red rose <- mokuzuko (oneshot about unrequited love... again. im not having issues i prommy)

that time i was blackmailed by the class's green tea bitch <- xian jun (silly high school romcom)

2dk gpen aftertime <- yayoi ohsama (anthology including an epilogue to 2dk gpen alarm clock)

kanojo ni naritai kimi to boku <- takase umi (kind of a stretch to call it yuri (for spoiler reasons) but about a girls crush on her childhood friend who recently came out as trans)

indigo blue <- yamaji ebine (down to earth josei drama about a writer cheating on her bf with a woman)

destroy it all and love me in hell <- kuwabara tamotsu (so THIS is the toxic yuri ive heard so much about)

mahou josei chimaka <- kaiju (webcomic turned real comic about an ex-magical girl who needs to save the world again; no longer available online which unfortunately means i wont be able to read this one at the moment... hmu if anyone knows of an ebook sale for it ToT EDIT: oh im dumbbb i looked at the submission to double check for content warnings and its on IA)

savior <- junqi & jo9 (vampire yuri)

to die in june <- kuragenanami (alternate history where young girls were recruited to the jp army in ww2)

soulmate <- wenzhi lizi & ke ran bing (woman gets bodyswapped with her 17 year old self)

yuki and the authoress <- nagori yu (historical romance)

blooming sequence <- lee eul (college student romance)

you are my angela <- murasakino (short romance about an angel)

maria-sama ga miteru <- konno oyuki & nagasawa satoru (classic schoolgirl yuri)

a kiss and a white lily for her <- canno (modern schoolgirl yuri)

ohana holoholo <- torino shino (gay josei family drama)

kakegurui <- kawamoto homura & naomura tooru (not strictly yuri but, like teppuu, ive been led to believe its homoerotic enough to break that barrier)

[straightbaittournament]

the option with the least votes will be eliminated. propaganda under the cut (and more always welcome!):

kit herondale and livvy blackthorn:

They were literally straight bait. So Kit, Livvy and Livvy’s twin brother Ty were a trio with their own side plots in TDA. And well. We literally meet Kit when Ty breaks into his house and puts a knife to his throat and Kit gets distracted by Ty’s eyes. Then later Kit and Livvy have a few moments and kiss once. Then Livvy dies. There are some necromancy shenanigans. Kit confesses his love to Ty then immediately flees the country. Like Kit/Ty was clearly endgame from the start but Livvy and Kit just made out once.

peggy carter and daniel sousa:

She’s the best secret agent, he’s a hot as hell disabled war vet They get together, but also don’t because apparently Steve Rogers is a homewrecker Peggy moved on after losing Steve, got together with the amazing Daniel Sousa, and then got broken up because the Russos didn’t want Steve to be seen as being gay for Bucky

nina zenik and matthias helvar:

[MAJOR SPOILER] If they were truly straight Matthias wouldn’t have died (submitted also stated that nina is canonically bi/pan)

buffy summers and spike:

Buffy's a vampire slayer and Spike's a vampire. Enemies to Lovers. Absolutely not intended by creators, creators treated it like a joke at first, then some of the writers/producers actively hated it even throughout their canon relationship, they don't technically get together in the end, also he dies (kind of. he's brought back in another show. and the comics. it's complicated). Very queercoded relationship despite being m/f - desire, euphoria, shame, slowburn, keeping it a secret, doesn't think anyone else will understand or accept them, wanting to change for the better.

ellie chu and paul munsky:

Classic set-up where they start off as strangers and become really close. He even has a crush on her! straightmod feels it's important to note that ellie is also canonically a lesbian, so there's a bait and switch element to this one

himmel and frieren:

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jean-luc picard and beverly crusher:

They have a number of romantic moments throughout the TNG series from arguably the first but DEFINITELY the second episode. but they only get together (briefly before divorcing) in an alternate timeline episode which is also the season finale. Also they have a kid together in Picard but are still not allowed to be together She was married to his best friend and he was in love with her but wouldn’t say anything because he wouldn’t want to damage his bestie’s marriage and then his friend died and they met again years later and shared a lot of romantic and sexual tension for years. He openly admitted (under mind reading) that he had loved her since his bestie was alive but felt he couldn’t act on it. In an alternate future they got married. In the canon future they got together and broke up repeatedly because trauma makes relationships hard sometimes and they have a kid together who is named after the aforementioned bestie. An episode forcing them to share thoughts makes him openly admit that he loves her and has loved her for years even when she was married to his best friend.

tyler rake and nik khan:

They’re very close, have lots of chemistry, but have never been acknowledged in canon. At this point they are just work friends who save each others’ lives on the regular.

keiichi maebara and rena ryugu:

Fluffy harem romcom twists into yandere horror, but then twists again into a story of friendship triumphing over everything. Really holds for any pairing with Keiichi, but the rooftop battle in part 6 is just too good. A recent manga spinoff has them married to total randos, so their respective sons can have the same kind of relationship.

naoko takahashi and shouta oohara:

this “show” is a 2 episode hentai so I can understand if this doesn’t get in the brackets lol (I would not recommend watching this hentai for the sex scenes, I just remember reading about Oohara getting cucked for a girl and thinking that I had to see this) So, it starts off with Takahashi being in love with Oohara and they do have ghost sex in the first part of the episode 1 but what happens is that even though they have the opportunity to be together as ghosts, Takahashi pretty much IMMEDIATELY forgets about Oohara because she becomes completely infatuated with this ghost girl named Sakurako to the point where even when Oohara turns into a tiny penis in episode 2 but Takahashi doesn’t give a fuck

good luck everyone! now go vote!