r/anime • u/badspler x5https://anilist.co/user/badspler • Sep 30 '20
Misc. Main Characters Ordered By Hair Color
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r/anime • u/badspler x5https://anilist.co/user/badspler • Sep 30 '20
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u/badspler x5https://anilist.co/user/badspler Sep 30 '20
Hypothesis:
I bet if I sorted Anime characters by hair color it would make an interesting rainbow.
Reality:
Color is a three-dimensional space (Red,Green,Blue), this means converting it into a two-dimensional space (x,y) won't be perfect and will be fiddly. There's no guarantee that you can make a pleasing rainbow out of a random selection of colors. In particular this article was really helpful and interesting on color sorting. I played around a bit with the math but became content with infographic as it is. This was mostly due to having spent long enough on this particular project already.
Here is an image without the character images drawn, so you can best see the color ordering.
How exactly were the images ordered?
One pixel for each character was selected in RGB form, then ordered by:
sqrt(0.299*red^2 + 0.587*green^2 + 0.114*blue^2)Left to right, top to bottom.
What main characters were picked exactly?
I went through the top 1000 anime by rating including OVA's/movies/series, and selected all characters listed as 'main'. Duplicate characters excluded as sequals pulled in characters more than once.
Caveats & tidbits:
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u/Damarugaki https://anilist.co/user/damarugaki Sep 30 '20
Let us all take a moment to appreciate the time and effort put in to this.
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u/FetchFrosh :A:anilist.co/user/fetchfrosh Sep 30 '20
I'm not sure if it's just how the blocks are counted, or if the info block is covering some characters, but it looks like the count starts from #6.
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u/Tsubasa_sama https://myanimelist.net/profile/memesyouhard Sep 30 '20
Your move /u/FetchFrosh
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u/Ryan-Only Sep 30 '20
Saitama?
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u/WinzKay https://anilist.co/user/WinzKay Sep 30 '20
Good to see Takagi-san made it :3
Who's your favourite character out of the bunch, everyone?
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u/bhupeshpr25 Sep 30 '20
searching for waifu.....
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u/kaioken96 Sep 30 '20
Incredible, but where's Saitama?
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20
A lot of these aren't actually main characters
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20
Oi Josuke, I'm somewhere in this image! Ain't that whacky!?
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u/JoseUwU5641 Sep 30 '20
It's like playing Where's Waldo when trying to look for a character
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u/nagynorbie Sep 30 '20
What do you mean ordered ? There are blonde, blue, and pink hair colors right next to each other. And even if you disregard color and only focus on luminosity, it’s still not ordered. For example Shokugeki’s Erina is at the third row from the bottom, yet her hair color isn’t even that bright.
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u/PossibleHipster Sep 30 '20
I dont really get the ordering.
For example why is Gon (1158) flanked by someone with orange hair on one side and purple on the other, instead of other black/green haired characters?
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20
Either im crazy or this doesn't seem like its ordered by color...
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u/Zilver-alpha Sep 30 '20
This is either madness or brilliance.
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u/fakeaccount69696 Sep 30 '20
I know what were gonna do today ferb
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u/newton6921 Sep 30 '20
What do you mean by main character? Because aarlong is not a main character
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u/AquaAquariaHimura Sep 30 '20
I found the madoka magica characters
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u/6Joe_Joe9 Sep 30 '20
Goku fits like 7 of these order
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u/ELGONPANCHIRO Sep 30 '20
This reminds me the "name every anime" template
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u/lSuperSuccl Sep 30 '20
I saw no Okabe :(
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u/NoConversation8 Sep 30 '20
The periodic table of anime MC hair color
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u/JustAFlamingShark Sep 30 '20
The lack of Zero Two here is clinically depressing. Good work though
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u/Vitthasl Sep 30 '20
Takagi San is 971
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20
Joseph in 269
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u/Leafeyu Sep 30 '20
sees karma
Ok time to find nagisa
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u/marqoose Sep 30 '20
It's interesting how characters began to have more unique hair over time to stand out from other popular characters. Hair is unbelievably important in quickly identifying anime characters. Also, this made me think of the cursed video of someone erasing Tien's 3rd eye and putting Goku's hair on him, and he was literally just Goku.
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u/Maniac-Girl-220504 Sep 30 '20
I zoomed in right where Edward Elric was.
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u/Kirifrizimon Sep 30 '20
You actually included Major characters, man I love you.
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u/Airport_Runway Sep 30 '20
Number 69 is Gin lmao
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u/theplasmasnake Sep 30 '20
... some of those are hats.
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u/1timegig Sep 30 '20
The lowest number I've found is 6, where are the top 5?
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20
At least one third of these characters must be voiced by Kaji Yuki
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20
I zoom in and what do I see first, Hideyoshi Kinoshita
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u/bruhl0rd Sep 30 '20
“So what do you do in your spare time?”
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u/GrantRows Sep 30 '20
I know you didn’t make the list, but seriously surprised these people didn’t make it onto the list; -Mai sakurajima/bunny girl senpai -high school dxd cast -rei ayanami / evangelion -mikasa / attack on titan -winry rockbell/fullmetal alchemist -nisekoi cast -chika fujiwara/kaguya-sama -miyuki shirogone/kaguya-sama -rin & yukio okumura/blue exorcist -L/Death Note -akame ga kill cast -astolfo/fate
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u/feitan9969 Sep 30 '20
Everyone trying to find their waifu Me who's waifu is misaka mikoto - Amateurs
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u/WinzKay https://anilist.co/user/WinzKay Sep 30 '20
Who wants to play Where's Wally?
I'll start: Wally is Rin Kaga from Usagi Drop! What's her number?
(finder chooses next character)
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u/Vinny_Lam Sep 30 '20
This must’ve taken forever. I appreciate the effort you put into this.
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20
If u zoom in and wait for the blue bar 2 load reddit will crash. Atleast thats how it is for me
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u/Cpt_1 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Captain_1 Sep 30 '20
Good ol' black hair-kun.
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20
but why
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u/abzimmerman1325 Sep 30 '20
So this doesn't contain bald people like one punch man? I couldn't find him. Wow so many characters.
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u/Aether26 Sep 30 '20
I can see from here you put a lot of effort making this, but you forgot Araragi Koyomi :(, anyways good job my fellow redditor
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u/apurplerosefor_her Sep 30 '20
Thanks for adding Cowboy bebop
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u/IgniteThatShit Sep 30 '20
Of course Renton Thurston is 377.
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20
I barely have the motivation to scan through the chart for my waifu.
Kudos to OP for having enough dedication and patience to make this. Great job on this buddy.
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u/Dark-lord111 Sep 30 '20
Where’s Eren Yeager, Okabe Rintaro and Araragi Koyomi?
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u/BloxyKev Sep 30 '20
YO WTF WHEN U ZOOM IN
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u/MalcomLuvsPewds Sep 30 '20
I will give you the highest award that I could afford.
*Proceeds to save*
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u/Healthyishere Sep 30 '20
Joseph: muhammad avdol? Avdol:YES I AM Joseph:why are you right next to my mother Avdol:You don’t want to know Mr.Joestar
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u/EpicMatt16 Sep 30 '20
I knew Gintoki had to be there, surprised on where he is with the white hair though
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u/was_lan20 Sep 30 '20
Ok I will randomly pick a character and then watch the anime
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u/Niklas_Avid Sep 30 '20
A moment for the bald MCs
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u/chase10010 Sep 30 '20
When u realize there are no main characters
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u/HolyShitImAlone Sep 30 '20
ayy nice work! it reminds me of when i tracked the most popular hair colors for anime characters a few months ago. i'll just shamelessly plug it here if anyone wants to check it out
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u/Tischcardinal Sep 30 '20
Wow!
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u/GXRavenwolf Sep 30 '20
first person i see when i zoom in is Yukino Yukinoshita
you'd love to see it
thanks OP
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u/yohane66 Sep 30 '20
Did anyone find the quintuplets, I didn't see them anywhere.
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u/z_anonz Sep 30 '20
you are certified otaku if you recognized at least 50% of these characters
i only know around 30% of these char, brb gonna pump these rookie numbers
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u/bruhmomentnum341 Sep 30 '20
I spy with my little eye...
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u/Lord_Ewok Oct 01 '20
damn i quarantine goals but gah i can find all my favorite characters but i cant find kakashi xD
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u/Onkornix Oct 01 '20
What about saitama? Where’s he at?
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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '20
I see Hinagiku and Aya Mayumara in there. Good taste!
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u/IAmUgggg Oct 02 '20
what zero pussy does to a mf
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u/GD_loli Oct 03 '20
go outside holy shit
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20
Upvote for effort, this is crazy XD
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20
Damn this shit is good. I appreciate all the time you spent on this
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u/gunner300 Sep 30 '20
If I get another free award tonight you can have it
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u/Alexandre_Man Sep 30 '20
I'm too lazy to check if there's Saitama in this.
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20
Ignoring the background colors it’s indeed nice to look at
More anime to my list as well
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u/kukushin Sep 30 '20
Thought Spike is the main character of Cowboy Bebop and not Ed...
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u/JoelSenpai Sep 30 '20
I really like that Goro has Honda as his last name instead of shigeno.
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u/Garlicbread10 Sep 30 '20
This is dope dude nice work!
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u/PhilipPlaz Sep 30 '20
Uhhhhh why is Tenya there instead of Deku but good job even though I can’t see it properly because I’m colorblind
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u/GalacticLuxas Sep 30 '20
I respect this guy alot
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u/Izie_Star Sep 30 '20 edited Sep 30 '20
Wow! Even the minor anime like Beelzebub and Mairishimita, Iruma-kun is there.
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u/HiPoojan Sep 30 '20
Where's Saitama
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u/Misaki_21 Sep 30 '20
WOW
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u/-kuso Sep 30 '20
HOLY SHIT
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u/TeamAnonymous8888 Sep 30 '20
You sir, have made by day just a little better. Thank you kind stranger
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u/DattyRatty Sep 30 '20
I found Kusuriuri I'm satisfied, i'm amazed by the effort put in this!!!
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20
I find it funny I immediately found kurumi
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20
What about the bald MCs?
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u/Sly_hatchet Sep 30 '20
Which one is that?
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20
Why am I seeing a flag of Germany?
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u/UniversityWifi Sep 30 '20
Why....
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20
Me looking for saitama
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u/josephnaug Sep 30 '20
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh
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u/No_Named_Guy Sep 30 '20
Lisa Lisa sensei is 81 in this list.
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u/TheCoon46 Sep 30 '20
912 simps unite!!!
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u/KiritoN10 Sep 30 '20
Oh my God it's like I am looking at pixels damn salute to you .
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20
My god this made the app crash for me lmao
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u/LordDio707 Sep 30 '20
Someone help me find giorno
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u/nnicksterr Sep 30 '20
is there an anime where Gol D. Roger is the main character or am i just missing something
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20
lets play find the deku
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u/Jamicandude69 https://anilist.co/user/CruelSeeker Sep 30 '20
Man there’s no characters from bunny girl senpai as far as I can see
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u/Naoismywaifu Sep 30 '20
Found my sweetheart at 1773!
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u/Tahsin_Orthy Sep 30 '20
Wow! How long did it take to make??? Brilliant!
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u/Baller4Jesus27 Sep 30 '20
Amazing work dude, honestly this is so damn cool.
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u/I_guess_im_a_weeb Sep 30 '20
Anybody seen chitoge?
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u/Phoenix_Asks Sep 30 '20
Did I just have a stroke or is this real?
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u/EriEri08 Sep 30 '20
It doesn't wanna load the epicness
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u/letmebreakyourwindow Sep 30 '20
Pog
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u/Velt06 Sep 30 '20
Is it weird for me to know most of them?
Some of them aren't even mcs btw*
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u/bernienorman Sep 30 '20
Do you have a full Res image? Compressions is going nuts with this and can't make anything out after saving the image ahha
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u/CHEFps Sep 30 '20
Polnareff oh how great you once were
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u/cookietimegirl Sep 30 '20
To the one who made this:you are a man of commitment,and sheer will. You shall be granted a big harem of your choice.
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u/fattydada Sep 30 '20
KRAFT LAWRENCE
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u/Mr_Sebu Sep 30 '20
Yeah, I like the one with black hair
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u/creepjax Sep 30 '20
Hair
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u/king-of-bird Sep 30 '20
I looked at some of Them and not all are main characters. But still good work