No matter how much people like to say that they prefer their shows and movies to be one-of-a-kind gems, there is no single piece of media that doesn’t have some trope in it. Anime hairstyles are not restricted to anime shows - plenty of games and Western animated shows take inspiration from anime and the hairstyles featured in them.
While anime hairstyles may look weird to viewers who aren’t familiar with anime, they serve as an effective visual shorthand that communicates what kind of personality a character has.Anime hairstyles have a reputation for being unrealistic due to their unnatural colors and physics-defying structure.
