Character Design Cliche

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Sometimes.

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Pacific Rim is a live-action cartoon anyway.

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/a/ lol

Dont forget whatshername from Pacific Rim

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>>88310391
Who?

You must have imagined it.

I went to school with a bunch of chinese and koreans and there wasn't a drop of dye amongst them. Where did this trend come from.

>>88310448
Where did you go to school?

The Pacific Northwest is packed full of 'em.

>>88310448
>Where did this trend come from.
Media

>>88310448
>I went to school with a bunch of chinese and koreans and there wasn't a drop of dye amongst them.
Were they cartoon characters?

>>88310088
>an asian wearing a shirt that says "monkey"

Lol

>>88310479
I know right? Its cultural appropriation of Black people.

>>88310448
It's definitely not as common as cartoons make it out to be but guys dying their hair is a thing in Japan.

It's cause asians have really boring hair compared to whites. White can have multiple shades of blonde, brown, red and black, but asians just have black. You've got to find a way to make them more interesting and differentiate them, and thankfully hair dye exists.

>>88310448
I think it's that in the simplified world of mainstream media, plain black hair means a character is evil, a goth, or antisocial. Creators want to stay true to the fact that all asians naturally have black hair, but want to make it clear that the character isn't one of these archetypes. Only a guess though.

>>88310463
>What are stereotypes

>>88310645
>all whites are the same
ok

>>88310722
Japs don't even want to stay true to black hair. That's why anime character hair is a rainbow.

Huh.
Never noticed this.
Thanks for pointing it out to me anon.

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>>88310819
sometimes literally

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>>88309980
I read that as dyke hair at first

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>>88310619
>but guys dying their hair is a thing in Japan.

It's a thing for girls too.