Representation in anime is more than just the american progressive ideal of "representation" usually meaning "where& #39;s the PoC" though this list will have a good few pieces with PoC representation. Also expect an over-representation of Shinichiro Watanabe. Also i& #39;m counting manga.
There will also be a fair bit of LGBT anime/manga here because I am LGBT and like LGBT anime/manga. Also also this isn& #39;t saying that anime doesn& #39;t have a representation problem, because it does, just that there is a wealth of series that will give you what you want out there.
Also Also, read this post by @_JackPBrown about many of the shortcomings of Japanese media with regards to Black representation in media https://www.jacksonpbrown.com/anime-and-manga/2018/8/2/thoughts-on-the-promised-neverland-and-black-women-in-manga">https://www.jacksonpbrown.com/anime-and...
Carole and Tuesday is Shinichiro Watanabe& #39;s most recent series, chock-full of representation from every side, alongside an explicit antiracist message.
Golden Kamuy puts the oft-shunned Ainu people of Hokkaido front and center, exposing people to a culture that had been suppressed by the Japanese government for a long time.
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! has multiple reoccurring black characters that are important to the plot and are great!
one of the hero factions in Code Geass is Chinese, alongside a pretty multiracial class with an antiracist message.
There& #39;s this fucking series
Promare is absolutely gay fight me and takes place in a multiracial city and has an antiracist message to boot.
The works of Kabi Nagata are all about LGBT+ identity, especially her work "My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness"
Osamu Tezuka is oft-cited as a leftist creator, his works tackling gender, race, and everything else under the sun, so we& #39;ll be going through a couple of his manga next. Note that what may seem a little quaint now was a bit more progressive at the time - and Tezuka knew that
Note that Tezuka was not always as progressive as he was, a lot of his earlier works are plagued by racism similar to that of Walt Disney& #39;s cartoons, but he, unlike Disney, improved and learned.
Princess Knight is about a Princess who, before God made her, was given the heart of both a girl and a boy. Tackles trans identity questions before a lot of other japanese media about trans identity.
Wandering son is about the trans identity as a middle-schooler. I haven& #39;t read all of it but what I did read was heartwarming.
I have literally run out of space on this thread but this is just a toe-dip into diverse anime. It exists, it& #39;s just not going to be found by looking at the Crunchyroll "Currently Airing!" tab a VAST majority of the time.