The Creation of Dessert Anime

Lemon Pie-kun
On January 5, 2014, Mara, the original creator of Lemon Pie-kun, reblogged a Tumblr post about a dessert dating sim. After playing it in hopes that a lemon pie would be a character, she discovered that was not the case and decided to make her own lemon pie gijinka as a joke. Roughly two hours after the completion of her playthrough of the dessert dating sim, she posted her first sketch of Lemon Pie-kun and liked him so much that she decided to create an ask blog for him the next day.

Hershey Pie-kun
Continuing the joke, her friend Jo submitted a picture of a Hershey Pie to her blog on January 8, 2014. The next day, Mara received an anonymous ask stating that they shipped Lemon Pie-kun and Hershey Pie-kun. Yashikoru replied to the post, concurring with the anon's sentiment. Jo and Mara replied with incredulity and amusement.

"Gay Dessert Anime"
A few minutes later, Mara posted a fake anime-styled screenshot of Lemon Pie-kun and Hershey Pie-kun, dubbing it the "gay dessert anime" in one of the tags. In response, Jo posted another fake screenshot of the two on January 10, 2014. The post gathered quite a bit of popularity. Later that day, a mutual friend of Mara's and Jo's, Panda, jumped on-board with his own gijinka, Pizza Dessert-kun. Together, they formed the Original Trio.

As the day went on, more posts with gijinka designs started appearing in the "gay dessert anime" and "dessert anime" tags. On January 11, 2014, the tag "gay dessert anime" began to show up as a popular tag suggestion for posts and as a search bar suggestion.

Controversy Over the Name "Gay Dessert Anime"
As the fandom gained traction, people began to express discomfort with the fact that "gay" was part of the name. While the acronym GDA has stuck, the project is quickly becoming known as simply "Dessert Anime". However, many still tag their posts with "gay dessert anime".