Obscure Adventures in Geek and Nerd Culture

It shall be noted that Barumba is himself historically unsung outside of Japan, especially because his author inspired the late and great Akira Toriyama of all people.  It’s safe to assume that a Hakusensha edition of both series will be made possible, since not only was even basic level accurate research much less available in the Cold War than it is now, but also because many older versions of both series (in which he appears) are all gigantic cliche storms, even by Showa standards.  The franchise is canonically going to be renamed Barumba land after a proposed sequel series.  In the sequel series, Barumba himself has 3 sons and 3 daughters, who all look pretty different from him aside from their beauty. 

To take a look at hair in the various postwar decades throughout much of the world, I am covering Japanese hairstyles first.  Hime cuts  Modern Hime cuts are probably the longest running hair craze in Japanese history. They might’ve begun their lives in the late 1960s, until taking a major stride from the early 1970s onwards. Such cuts of both the first and second generations come in many sizes.  In other words, Megumi Asaoka is the one big Japanese talent who has spawned a generation of curtained haircuts! Her trademark hairstyle, the Megumi cut, codified the hime cut family revival in the first place.  People have indirectly been imitating Hime cuts or any relative thereof since the 1970s thanks to her and the more workout friendly Saori Minami.  The Saori cut, which defined Minami’s early career, does have rarely seen medium size front bangs, but has otherwise been popularised internationally by Chichi in Dragon Ball, which means it’s also called the Chichi c...