Hair color is a spectrum
Submitted 1 month ago by hmmm@sh.itjust.works to animemes@ani.social
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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 month ago
OrganicMustard@lemmy.world 1 month ago
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 1 month ago
It is becoming a bit easier to express individuality in Japan, but that definitely does not apply to most people working a corporate job. Any given picture of a crowded Japanese street that indicates rush hour will have a bunch of people in suits/etc with standard hair. Off hours or in the bigger cities there might be a more interesting sample.
Etterra@discuss.online 1 month ago
There is brown however, so the meme is still technically inaccurate.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 month ago
anyhow2503@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah, it looks very much like that picture, at least in any crowd I’ve seen. Japanese society is pretty uptight about visually standing out too much. It’s all relegated to specific locations or events. Comiket is one example, because the many attending cosplayers are impossible to spot outside of the actual location (unless you count their luggage). Compared to similar events in europe, most of which are way smaller, you’ll see extravagantly dressed people with bright hair colors in a large radius and on public transport.
Rolder@reddthat.com 1 month ago
From what I’ve read, many schools have or had in the past dress code requirements requiring the students hair to be black.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I didn’t know how accurate it is, but I heard a compelling explanation:
I’m Western animation, character models are generally more cartoonish and extreme, so it’s easy to tell them apart. In anime, characters tend to be more realistically proportioned and homogenous, which makes them much harder to distinguish. Crazy hairstyles and colors help make the characters easily distinguishable.
GraniteM@lemmy.world 1 month ago
hmmm@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Average Yaoi Anatomy 🥀
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Unrealistic Male Body Standards SMH
OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Ok, but that’s a pretty unusual art style for an anime.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Yeah, that’s why I said “tend”. There are plenty of exceptions but they are exceptions.
dalekcaan@feddit.nl 1 month ago
ScrambledEggs@lazysoci.al 1 month ago
That’s how you know who the important characters are.
oce@jlai.lu 1 month ago
Same with clothes. Japan average fashion is very gray.
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 month ago
homogeneity & fascism create the former.
self expression is often trampled upon. And it won’t change any time soon.
Thin is why I’m in a hurry to emigrate.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I think it’s like with birds? Like if you can see further into the colour spectrum a black bird suddenly has colourful plumage. Maybe if you’re in a cartoon universe you can see more colours
anonymous_in_atl@ani.social 1 month ago
All the colors of the spectrum
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Bocchi?
zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
A testament to character design.