<p>Is there any anime with an overweight female protagonist?</p>

<p>A friend of mine told me that there is none. Is she right?</p>

<p>I just need one simple yes/no answer and, if affirmative, one example.</p>

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2015-04-10T21:23:28.633Z
Not sure if it has an anime, but Buyuden has an overweight female protagonist (though she's only overweight post timeskip)
Nolonar
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2015-04-10T21:35:12.073Z
has your friend seen every anime that was ever made?
Sam I am says Reinstate Monica
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2015-04-10T21:36:37.247Z
You can look at [this query](http://www.anime-planet.com/characters/all?gender_id=2&include_tags=488&page=4) on anime-planet. That will list all overweight female characters, you will have to manually sort out which ones are side characters, and which aren't.
mivilar
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2015-04-17T03:46:03.150Z
I vote to reopen because the wording of this question does not sound like a recommendation request. Rather, it sounds like the poster wants to know a basic fact about anime: does such a case exist?
seijitsu
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2015-04-17T03:52:24.787Z
Although it may not qualify for overweight in medical terms, the protagonist of Ghibli's 『かぐや姫の物語』 (The Tale of the Princess Kaguya) is chubbier than modern-day anime protagonists in accordance with historical fact. In 11th century Heian era, women were supposed to have round faces and ample softness (see examples in the famous novel Tale of Genji, in which Genji easily notices when women who are sick grow visibly thinner as a result of their health). Matsuko, arguably 1 of an ensemble of 5 fairly equal protagonists of Ghibli's 『ホーホケキョとなりの山田くん』 (My Neighbors the Yamadas) is clearly overweight.
seijitsu
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2024-03-28T16:25:25.180Z
@mivilar Anime-Planet now allows one to search characters by their roles, so we can easily filter out side characters: https://www.anime-planet.com/characters/all?gender_id=2&role_id=1&include_tags=488&sort=title&order=asc. The most famous example among the query result is probably Jane from Jungle King Tar-chan.
Gao
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Is there any anime with an overweight female protagonist?
# Is there any anime with an overweight female protagonist?
Posted by: username_0 on 2015-04-10
Is there any anime with an overweight female protagonist?

A friend of mine told me that there is none. Is she right?

I just need one simple yes/no answer and, if affirmative, one example.
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Not sure if it has an anime, but Buyuden has an overweight female protagonist (though she's only overweight post timeskip)  
> **username_2**: has your friend seen every anime that was ever made?  
> **username_3**: You can look at [this query](http://www.anime-planet.com/characters/all?gender_id=2&include_tags=488&page=4) on anime-planet. That will list all overweight female characters, you will have to manually sort out which ones are side characters, and which aren't.  
> **username_4**: I vote to reopen because the wording of this question does not sound like a recommendation request. Rather, it sounds like the poster wants to know a basic fact about anime: does such a case exist?  
> **username_4**: Although it may not qualify for overweight in medical terms, the protagonist of Ghibli's 『かぐや姫の物語』 (The Tale of the Princess Kaguya) is chubbier than modern-day anime protagonists in accordance with historical fact. In 11th century Heian era, women were supposed to have round faces and ample softness (see examples in the famous novel Tale of Genji, in which Genji easily notices when women who are sick grow visibly thinner as a result of their health). Matsuko, arguably 1 of an ensemble of 5 fairly equal protagonists of Ghibli's 『ホーホケキョとなりの山田くん』 (My Neighbors the Yamadas) is clearly overweight.  
> **username_5**: @mivilar Anime-Planet now allows one to search characters by their roles, so we can easily filter out side characters: https://www.anime-planet.com/characters/all?gender_id=2&role_id=1&include_tags=488&sort=title&order=asc. The most famous example among the query result is probably Jane from Jungle King Tar-chan.  
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