Due to the eras when they were in vogue, anime with character designs by Akemi Takada and Atsuko Nakajima were all over this trope.The original Dirty Pair is an extremely notorious perpetrator of the Poofy Hair syndrome, especially Kei.Not much of a coincidence since the original novels began in the 80's. Slayers stars a main character with a headband and some impressively huge bangs, even for an anime.Then again, before becoming a Super Robot pilot, he kinda was. Especially notable is Ryo, who looks like part of a Hair Metal band. Dancougar is another fantastic example.So does Giovanni Gallo from Heat Guy J (which was made by the same people behind Escaflowne.).Folken from Vision of Escaflowne has a mullet.It gets more than a little weird during the Sanctuary/Golden Cloth arcs, where Phoenix Ikki has a decently sized mullet hanging down, but when he donned the Phoenix Cloth's helm, his mane was suddenly drawn as flowing halfway down his back.Also a glaring example (in the anime) of You Gotta Have Blue Hair, which, when combined with this trope, is a little weird. G Gundam though featured some main characters like Kyoji who sport arguably mullets.It does get considerably better in the 0100s, with Mobile Suit Gundam F91 and V Gundam having much less 80s hair, having been made in the 90s.Gundam Unicorn, set during UC 0096, keeps this for the sake of continuity, even though it started in 2010. Every Gundam show set in the UC era, due to the fact that the most notable of UC shows were made in the eighties.Bastard!! is a crowning achievement in 80s cheese, complete with giant feathered hair on most characters.Every Yuu Watase Bishounen ever is all mullet.This is even apparent in the sound novels, where most other characters' bodies and hair are more realistic. In certain scenes, it becomes quite apparent how much hair that little nine year old has. The show is set in the early eighties, so it makes some sense. To some extent, Keiichi from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, in certain scenes.After the timeskip, Renji manages to get a mullet that comes out of his pony tail.Many fans think that the mullet is a symbol of power now.After using Final Getsuga Tensho, Ichigo gets one again.And guess what? Aizen has a mullet now too.During the fight with Ulquiorra, Ichigo begins sporting a mullet as well.Kubo never did get over the eighties, did he? Grimmjow's release is a rather glaring example. In Wedding Peach Abridged, Limone mocks Pluie's "hideous devil mullet.".Handwaved as it's noted that the Eighties has come back in fashion - Priss's band plays "oldies", aka Hair Metal/Glam Metal.especially since it's supposed to be set Twenty Minutes Into the Future. Bubblegum Crisis is a rather glaring example.
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