
I can't tell if you're joking or not, but it wouldn't surprise me. Japan has been fascinated with transsexualism for, well, possibly forever. I remember that Battle of the Planets substantially "straightened" out the Gatchaman main villain to be a guy who wore (never mentioned) lipstick rather than a hermaphrodite.
Does anyone actually like the Famitsuu mascot, that creepy wolf or dog or whatever? He really annoys me; he's the Forrest Gump of the gaming world. "I was there, with the heroes!"