Zen Posted July 27, 2003 Share Posted July 27, 2003 Okay, there is an overly used stereo type in anime characters too show indivduality, but now, you can't throw a rock in any direction in the anime industry without hitting at least three characters with it. It is the white or yellow haired super human. Yellow Hair- Super Sayains, Naruto(yes he is, FOX DEMON!), Vash the Stampede (Although its probably because he's not oreintal-asian like most anime characters). White Hair- Sessomaru and InuYasha, Sephiroth(FF7), Meier(Vampire Hunter D), Zentradi (Macross Saga). and many, many others. I want too know if anyone else was getting tired of this over used stereo type. It was created to show indivduality, but now you can barely tell the difference between characters. Is it just me? P.S.- there is also an abbundance of Purple haired Bad guys and bad boys (Zelgades, Some Zentradi.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akki Koroshiya Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 if you really think about it all of anime is built on sterotypes,like the rounder the face the more nice care free and such,same goes for the bigger and shinier eyes.and vis versa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Posted July 28, 2003 Author Share Posted July 28, 2003 Yeah, i guess your right. But it would blow me away if i saw an anime that contrived the anime look, but with more realistic story and characters. I would actually like to make a manga that is like a Bruce Lee film. If i saw that, then i would totally buy it. Bruce Lee is my all time hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akki Koroshiya Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 *cough*peoplewithlongwhitehairaremyhero*cough* Yea it does seem like ever anime does have somebody with white hair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbfrontmanvdp Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 I think the white hair is supposed to probably resemble good. Like the white hair is some heavenly sign or something like that. You very rarely see anyone evil with white hair, only a few times i have seen evil characters with white hair (example is Vicious). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akki Koroshiya Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 huh,because its opposite for me(example:Betterman) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Posted July 28, 2003 Author Share Posted July 28, 2003 Hold on. Actually the only goodies i've seen with white hair are InuYasha who was actually pretty bad before meeting Kikyo. What about Sesshomaru (although he does ahve a good core) and Sephiroth. Or Meier and the Zentradi. There all pretty evil too me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 White Hair=albino albino= rare in humans albino=common in anime anime= opposite of real life And..the yellow hair..it's the mark of the race. So you know I don't mind the white hair/red eyes/red lips albino stereotype. *wishes he was an albino* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzureWolf Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 [quote]Hold on. Actually the only goodies i've seen with white hair are InuYasha who was actually pretty bad before meeting Kikyo. What about Sesshomaru (although he does ahve a good core) and Sephiroth. Or Meier and the Zentradi. There all pretty evil too me.[/quote] It just seems to me, with the examples you've presented, that white hair represents a person who is beyond humanity (or his own humanity). Looks like either they have some inhumane (yes, with the "e") thing within them, putting them in a category outside of "Man/Woman," or they're just plain evil. Yellow seems to show just the opposite: being/becoming human because of one reason or another. Simply, an original evil growing out and cleansing itself to enter the level of humanity, but, at the same time, not necessarily [I]falling[/I] to that level. Instead, it's a rise, because starting evil and climbing to good is a bigger leap than transcending humankind. EDIT: [I]In my opinion[/I], it's a rise, not a fall. Yeah, you might say that losing that "greater superiority" that made the character inhuman would create a fall, but that's really open to discussion. :) Still, the main point is that the character aims for humanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TriGunMaSta68 Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 Yo, i like it wit yellowish/blondish in animes.i think half the reason Vash looks like a badass when hes serious is his hair, i think it looks kool that way. Anime Hair is my escape from Carrot Top's Hair, who/and his hair r pretty old. I MEAN ITS A WHITE CRACKA WIT A RED FRO?! WTF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbfrontmanvdp Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Double_B_Daigo [/i] [B]Hold on. Actually the only goodies i've seen with white hair are InuYasha who was actually pretty bad before meeting Kikyo. What about Sesshomaru (although he does ahve a good core) and Sephiroth. Or Meier and the Zentradi. There all pretty evil too me. [/B][/QUOTE] Sephiroth was a good person in the beginning though, just that the little bit of evil that was inside of him took control over him. Ill edit this later and list a few of the white haired good people tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tical Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 usually white hair is bad. Kenshin is a red haired superhuman. Inu and sessho and zentreadi arent humans. Saiyans arent humans, foxes arent humans, and vash isnt fully human. none you named are super human. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purcatalli Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Double_B_Daigo [/i] [B]Hold on. Actually the only goodies i've seen with white hair are InuYasha who was actually pretty bad before meeting Kikyo. What about Sesshomaru (although he does ahve a good core) and Sephiroth. Or Meier and the Zentradi. There all pretty evil too me. [/B][/QUOTE] Meier wasn't really all that evil once you think about it. He was just protecting his love. As cheesy as that sounds. O.e Anyway. Oooh...and also let's lookit Haru from Fruits Basket. He has black AND white hair. And a killer split personality. His nice and quiet side..and then his 'a tad on the sadistic' side. Heh heh.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperDonkey Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 I think it is because in Manga characters have either white or black hair. The artists got tired of making everybody have black hair, or wanted to portray blondes. Then the white hair stuck. If you think about it, you can only come up with SO many original ideas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doukeshi Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 to tell you the truth I never really noticed, other than the fact that Pegasus(Yu-Gi-Oh), Viscious(Cowboy Be-Bop) and Xion(Bloody Roar, okay it's a game but meh) all kind of looked the same to me *shrugs*. However, I think it is usually used to denote someone of evil, or not completely good intentions primarily because black is always used for evil and this puts it on it's head. Just look at Muraki in Yami no Matsuei, he wears all white and is evil, plus the ones I've already mentioned. In truth, I just think it makes suave bad guys look more suave to be honest. ^_~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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