Blue is a complicated character color. There are 2 main shades of blue: ultramarine and “true blue” cyan. Both shades are associated with wisdom and knowledge. Blue heads have different piles: ultramarine is the color of water while cyan is the color of the sky. The personalities also reflect the poles. Ultramarine Characters of this…
Author: Chris Kincaid
El Cazador de la Bruja
I stumbled across El Cazador de la Bruja late one night while perusing Netflix. The description sounded interesting despite only rating 2.5 stars. I was nicely surprised! El Cazador de la Bruja is said to be the spiritual successor of Noir and Madlax. Since I haven’t watched either anime yet, I have to take the…
It is All About the Hair: Green as Grass
Green hair is one of the odder hair colors in anime. It is the color of nature. Green is also the complementary color of red. The green personality is also the complement of red. Green hair represents the cycle of reproduction and change. Greens also tend to be rejuvenating characters: healers. Yellows are also rejuvenating…
The Second Year in Review
JapanPowered turns 2 this month! I started the project to support the local manga/anime club at the library. As these things go, the club went one way and the blog went the other. While I enjoy watching anime time to time, I didn’t think I was a large enough fan to write regularly about it….
It is All About the Hair: The Orange
Orange hair in anime comes in many different shades. Sometimes orange hair is referred to as “strawberry” like in Bleach because of it’s mix of red and yellow elements. When you think orange hair characters like Bleach’s Ichigo, Ouron Host Club’s Hikaru and Kaoru, Shirley Fenette from Code Geass, and Spice and Wolf’s Holo. Orange…
It is All About the Hair: Locks of Gold
Blonde hair in anime often is used for foreign characters or the rich. In anime, many Western characters are rich. Golden locks are considered happy and regenerative in nature. Golden characters are not the most energetic, but their abilities to recoup when knocked down make them resilient. Blonde hair is often an object of desire….