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* ''Attack on Titan'' character Hange Zoë's gender is never confirmed, and manga author Hajime Isayama has asked the English-language publisher to "avoid gendered pronouns when referring to Hange, or at least to use he AND she with equal frequency."<ref name="Romano-AOT">{{Cite web |title='Attack on Titan' creator gets the last word in debate over character's gender |last=Romano |first=Aja |work=The Daily Dot |date=16 January 2014 |access-date=10 September 2021 |url= https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/fandom/attack-titan-snk-hange-hanji-gender-debate/}}</ref> | * ''Attack on Titan'' character Hange Zoë's gender is never confirmed, and manga author Hajime Isayama has asked the English-language publisher to "avoid gendered pronouns when referring to Hange, or at least to use he AND she with equal frequency."<ref name="Romano-AOT">{{Cite web |title='Attack on Titan' creator gets the last word in debate over character's gender |last=Romano |first=Aja |work=The Daily Dot |date=16 January 2014 |access-date=10 September 2021 |url= https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/fandom/attack-titan-snk-hange-hanji-gender-debate/}}</ref> | ||
* ''Ouran Highschool Host Club'' features the character Haruhi Fujioka, who is assigned female at birth, but "happened to be" dressed in a masculine manner. When their friends discover their sex, they ask, "You're a girl?!" to which they reply, "Biologically, yes." They later state that they do not think a person's gender is important, which many fans see as a sign that Haruhi is [[Agender|agender]] or genderblind. They typically are typically referred to using traditionally feminine pronouns such as "she", though Haruhi has shown no preference. | * ''Ouran Highschool Host Club'' features the character Haruhi Fujioka, who is assigned female at birth, but "happened to be" dressed in a masculine manner. When their friends discover their sex, they ask, "You're a girl?!" to which they reply, "Biologically, yes." They later state that they do not think a person's gender is important, which many fans see as a sign that Haruhi is [[Agender|agender]] or genderblind. They typically are typically referred to using traditionally feminine pronouns such as "she", though Haruhi has shown no preference. | ||
* The character Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivruski IV ("Ed" for short) in ''Cowboy Bebop'' is androgynous, and Ed's father is unsure if they are his son or daughter. The director Shinichiro Watanabe said in an interview that "[Ed's] gender is meaningless, we don't need it. [...] I wanted to create a character that surpasses humanity. I personally think that he might not even be human."<ref name="Rizzo-Smith">{{Cite web |title=The Many Inspirations of Cowboy Bebop Director Shinichiro Watanabe |last=Rizzo-Smith |first=Julian |work=IGN |date=23 November 2017 |access-date=15 October 2020 |url= https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/11/24/the-many-inspirations-of-cowboy-bebop-director-shinichiro-watanabe}}</ref> | * The character Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivruski IV ("Ed" for short) in ''Cowboy Bebop'' is androgynous, and Ed's father is unsure if they are his son or daughter. The director Shinichiro Watanabe said in an interview that "[Ed's] gender is meaningless, we don't need it. [...] I wanted to create a character that surpasses humanity. I personally think that he might not even be human."<ref name="Rizzo-Smith">{{Cite web |title=The Many Inspirations of Cowboy Bebop Director Shinichiro Watanabe |last=Rizzo-Smith |first=Julian |work=IGN |date=23 November 2017 |access-date=15 October 2020 |url= https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/11/24/the-many-inspirations-of-cowboy-bebop-director-shinichiro-watanabe}}</ref> In the 2021 live-action version of the show, Ed is portrayed by a nonbinary actor, Eden Perkins. | ||
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