Aquaria is drag royalty. The drag queen, performer, make-up artist and model shot to fame in 2018 after competing and eventually winning the 10th season of the series. RuPaul’s Drag Race.
They also love anime because they share their love for shows like Pokemon And Yu-Gi-Oh!and even cosplay as Shinji Ikari out Neon Genesis Evangelion. Naturally, Aquaria was one of dozens of celebrities to walk the orange carpet at this year’s Crunchyroll Anime Awards.
Polygon had the opportunity to catch up with Aquaria at the event, where we asked them about the anime inspirations behind their fashion sense, their formative anime experiences growing up, and most importantly, which anime character they think has the best chance would have to win RuPaul’s Drag Race? The answer: James from Team Rocket Pokemonduh!
“Apparently James from Team Rocket in Pokémon,” Aquaria told Polygon. “I feel like she has to rush every episode to grab a Pikachu (or other Pokémon). Her drag is always creative and unique and very unnerving and really talented.
This year’s Crunchyroll Anime Awards was a star-studded event, with performances from Megan Thee Stallion, Dallas Cowboys Football star DeMarcus Lawrence, The miracles Iman Vellani and more.
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 won over 11 awards in total, including Anime of the Year, Breaking My Hero Academia‘s record of eight wins in 2018. More than 34 million votes were cast for this year’s nominees, but the most important vote of all was Aquaria’s for James. Team Rocket takes off again!