

Thanks to the improvement of tolerance in the society, there are more and more
people cross dressing, say, Rei Dunois. In anime, cross dressing is also not
that rare. In _Nanana's Buried Treasure_ , Daruku appears as a maid in a
costume but turns out to be a boy. In _Blend S_ , Hideri is also a boy in a
maid costume.

  * Daruku [![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xo4sD.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xo4sD.png)
  * Hideri [![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ONvfh.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ONvfh.jpg)

So, it's not shocking to see a cross dresser in an anime now. But who's the
first cross dresser in anime history?


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Who's the first cross dresser in anime history?


[Princess Knight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Knight) could be the
first. It is animated in 1967, and the original manga dates to 1953. From the
article:

> Princess Knight is the story of Sapphire who must pretend to be a male
> prince so she can inherit the throne of Silverland as women are not eligible
> to do so.

Since the author Osamu Tezuka is usually considered the/a founder of Japanese
animation, it should be among the first cross-dressers at least.


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Maybe Oozora Hibari from **Stop!! Hibari-kun!** (1983) is the first by choice.

<http://youtube.com/watch?v=GtP2XUvKT7g>

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/U5q6Pm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/U5q6Pm.jpg)
[![enter image description
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[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MoaA6m.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MoaA6m.jpg)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tUGMZm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tUGMZm.jpg)


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