Anime Hair

One very interesting aspect of anime is the hair styles of the characters. Actually, this is another major defining factor in anime. Just as in any movie or cartoon, the hair styles of the characters can be either very "normal", conventional styles or they can be a completely off the wall, impossible to do arrangement. In many ways and in many different anime, the hairstyle of the character is used to define what type of person that character is. By no means are all anime charactes bound by these observations. There are plenty of manga and OAV characters who don't fit these molds, but I am talking in general about character hairstyles.

General styles and what they may say about the character.
	Short	Conservative or military.
	Bald	Aged or religious.
	Spiky	Engergetic or youthful.
	Long Bangs	Something to hide.
	Trimmed wedge	Cool or futuristic.
	Long, straight	Down-to-earth.
	Large Spikes	Powerful and maybe supernatural.
	Pony tails	Cute and ditzy.
	Short and slick	Professional, may also show pride.

General colors and what they may say about the character.
Red	Good fighter, outspoken, energetic, stubborn.
Blonde	Youthful, somewhat ditzy.
White or Silver	Magical or very powerful. Dignified.
Violet	Smart and/or secretive.
Green	Outsider, good-natured.
Brown or Black	Traditional and normal.
Pink	Naive, innocent, sickeningly cute and bubbly.
Blue	Energetic, introverted.

Studies of specific character's hair (Coming Soon)