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Category Archives: Series: Anime Hair

Japanese anime is known for having characters with unnatural hair colors and styles. How should we interpret unnatural hair colors and styles in anime? Seldom does anyone take a deep dive into the subject. Here at The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell occasionally publishes overly-detailed studies of matters involving anime hair.

Hair Color in the MYTH Visual Novel

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Her hair was exactly as pink as we expected.

November 23, 2021

Futaba Igarashi’s Hair Is Naturally Green?

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜The scales fell from my eyes like the cherry blossoms fall from the trees〜

August 19, 2021

Understanding Hair Color in the Kimi ni Todoke Anime Series

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜A detailed study of hair color prompted by a 2D girl’s short-lived dream〜

The Hair Makes the (2D) Girl: Anime on the Ship of Theseus

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜Is hair a part of you? Or is hair the whole of you?〜

Kaori Orimoto’s Hair is Blacker than I Expected

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜What if I told you that there are two people with black hair in the thumbnail?〜

February 12, 2021

Iroha Isshiki’s Hair is Brown, as Expected?

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜Following up my piece on the struggles of real Japanese students with naturally brown hair with an article on a fictional Japanese student with naturally brown hair〜