![Ginko and Kureha at the end of Yuri Kuma Arashi](https://blog.animationstudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/kurehaandginkoend-150x150.png)
The work of anime director Kunihiko Ikuhara is not only known for being deeply symbolic, but also for having outstanding representations of lesbians in anime. This is significant because LGBT visibility is quite low in Japan. Gay marriage, for instance,…