I don’t know how accurate it is, but I heard a compelling explanation:
In Western animation, character models are generally more cartoonish and extreme, so it’s easy to tell them apart. In anime, characters tend to be more realistically proportioned and homogenous, which makes them much harder to distinguish. Crazy hairstyles and colors help make the characters easily distinguishable.
I don’t know how accurate it is, but I heard a compelling explanation:
In Western animation, character models are generally more cartoonish and extreme, so it’s easy to tell them apart. In anime, characters tend to be more realistically proportioned and homogenous, which makes them much harder to distinguish. Crazy hairstyles and colors help make the characters easily distinguishable.
“Realistically proportioned”
Average Yaoi Anatomy 🥀
Unrealistic Male Body Standards SMH
Ok, but that’s a pretty unusual art style for an anime.
Yeah, that’s why I said “tend”. There are plenty of exceptions but they are exceptions.
Like it or not, this is what peak male performance looks like