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* Considering the abundance of white-blonde [[Action Girl]]s in ''[[Claymore]]'', it's likely that most fans assumed that Isley was yet another one until he took off his shirt. Of course, you can hardly blame them—does [http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/GoldenGal_42/isley.jpg this] look like a man's face to you?
* Midriff-exposing, bangle-wearing Toboe from ''Wolf's Rain'' apparently caused ''author'' gender confusion—an artist's note accompanying character model sheets in the first manga volume jokingly(?) laments "I thought he was a girl... sniffle".
* There is some disagreement about the gender of [[
* Canute from ''[[Vinland Saga]]'' amongst both the fandom and in-canon is confused for a girl when he first appears. He's male though, most certainly.
* Quite a few people mistake Fai from ''[[Tsubasa Chronicle]]'' and his "poofy Toma Seguchi coat" for a girl. Even though he is most definitely male, no matter how good he'd look in a dress.
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** In addition, anyone who missed Wonderweiss Margera's "birth" scene could be forgiven for thinking him a young girl, since he does look very feminine and almost never speaks.
** It also initially occured with Yoruichi, while she was still in her cat form. It wasn't helped by the fact that the anime gave her a masculine voice. Then she revealed her [[Ms. Fanservice|true form]] and there's no longer any doubt.
*** It was implyied in the manga however that she
* [[Ill Girl]] Kayoko Nagato in ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]'' has a name that isn't very girly, an androgynous voice, and a ''very'' short haircut (her dinosaur tooth necklace doesn't help). The only telltales was her pink backpack and Doremi using -chan when referring to her.
* Several characters from the ''[[Loveless]]'' manga. Yayoi, Kio, and both halves of "Zero" who have longer hair in feminine styles, feminine body structures, and most often baggy/feminine looking clothes. And no voice actors to seek guidance from.
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* Eisuke of ''[[Detective Conan]]''. Inspector Sato can sometimes look more masculine than [[Cute Clumsy Girl|him]].
* Raenef and Erutis of ''[[Demon Diary]]'' look like a girl and a guy, respectively. But, of course, it's actually the other way around. Raenef falls victim (rather literally, actually) to [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]] at one point, and Erutis [[Rage Against the Author|rants at the artist]] for making her look so boyish that the readers get confused.
* ''[[D Gray]]-Man'' has some a ''lot'' of [[Bishonen]], some of whom reach this level of girliness. Kanda, for example, is easily mistaken for female at first glance due to the [[Badass Long Hair|long hair]], and he's got nothing on the (male) [[Creepy Twins]] Jasdero and Devit; both are rather ambiguous-looking, and [[Fusion Dance|in combo]], [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hIfZla1VWGI/SeRr54VRdVI/AAAAAAAACT4/rvpsGZt4Eek/s400/jasdebi7.jpg well]{{Dead link}}... The author actually had to clarify their gender through the [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot]].
* ''[[Baka Test]]'''s Hideyoshi Kinoshita. It's basically the point of the character. It's gotten to the point that the fanbase has considered Hideyoshi to have be its own gender. Also to mention is that he can emulate anyone's voice.
* ''[[Heroman]]'' gives us Joey, the main character. While his name is obviously masculine, his design is androgynous at best and his personality, body language, and ''especially'' [[Cross-Dressing Voices|his voice]] are much closer to a tomboyish girl than a teenage male. It's enough to make you wonder.
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* Takumi in ''[[Gad Guard]]''. He has long blonde hair styled into a [[Hime Cut]] and appears to be romantically linking up with Hajiki in his first few episodes. However, switching to the English-language dub leaves the viewer in little doubt as to his gender as the voice sounds masculine (despite being voiced by a female in the English dub).
* ''[[Kimba the White Lion]]'': Due to Tezuka's art style which averts [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]] (even male characters have eyelashes), and due to the [[Cross-Dressing Voices]], people who have no knowledge of the series watching the 90s dub for the first time and caught certain filler episodes have thought that the title character is ''female''.
* Tail from ''[[Dorothy of Oz (manhwa)|Dorothy of Oz]]'', a [[Manhwa]] take on ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]''. He looks feminine, has feminine eyelashes, and his personality fits [[Genki Girl]]-[[Big Eater]]. Just [http://img25.tx.us.mangafox.com/store/manga/7417/01-001.0/compressed/dchapter_01.page_04-05.jpg look]{{Dead link}} [http://img01.dc.us.mangafox.com/store/manga/7417/01-001.0/compressed/dchapter_01.page_01.jpg at]{{Dead link}} [http://img25.tx.us.mangafox.com/store/manga/7417/01-001.0/compressed/dchapter_01.page_07.jpg him]{{Dead link}}. It doesn't help that he appears to have a [[Sarashi]] affect with his shirt and give him a "boost". Mara also gives some of this, due to her short hair and somewhat gender neutral appearance.
* For people who have not seen ''[[Seirei no Moribito]]'' from the start, it may be a surprise that Chagum is a boy.
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': Occasionally happens when Maya is mistaken for Shinji and the other way around. The source of this confusion is that, Word of God, Shinji's character design is actually a female head slapped onto a male body: he's based on Nadia, the main character from Gainax's previous series, "Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water", just with shorter bangs and the jewelry removed. So when people accuse Maya of looking "butch" its actually the other way around: Shinji is based on a girl. Maya is just how Gainax draws generic girls.
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** Beyblade's spinoff, ''[[Metal Fight Beyblade]]'', has quite a few guys with questionably feminine appearances. Thankfully, most of them are saved with masculine voices.
* ''[[Wandering Son]]'' is.. Complicated due to it being about [[Transsexualism|Transsexuality]] and crossdressing. But some characters play this trope straight. Makoto for example is rather feminine looking, round, short, has feminine mannerisms, and typically goes by "Mako-chan".
* ''[[Ai Ore Love Me]]'' lives off this trope. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120512161945/http://sherlockholmes.exteen.com/images/AnimeFv/AiWoUtauYoriOreNiOborero/dfdf.jpg Everyone in the background is a girl, and the one in the front is a boy].
* ''[[Gamaran]]'' has Ranmaru Itou, a male samurai who looks very feminine.
* The main character from [[Chi's Sweet Home]] is female; this trope is easily [[Justified]] since she's a two-to-three-month-old kitten. {{spoiler|The verdict is out on her new kitten pal Cocchi from the manga and OVA though; the Japanese version has him/her refer to him/herself with "[[Japanese Pronouns|ore-sama]]", and the overall interpretation leans toward male}}. But you never know with kittens, even in [[Real Life]] when sometimes you have to check twice.
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