

Why are there no hair drawn down there or anywhere apart from FEMALE
character's heads in anime? I heard it was illegal from my friend. Were they
making it up?


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Why are anime girls drawn without pubic hair?


I believe [Japan's obscenity
laws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Japan) have some particular
rules regarding pubic hair. Also, often hentai artists prefer a hairless body
for their particular demographic / fetish / etc.

Up until the mid 1990s, [pubic hair had to be
censored](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_Japan) in Japanese
media. The law has been relaxed since, but as it had been common to do without
hair, many artists continued with it.

Saying that, there are some hentai works that contain pubic hair - but whether
they are complying with the law is another topic, as mangaka's regularly
'interpret' the law loosely. Such as opting for a very minimal censor bar:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iAwVS.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iAwVS.png)

A female version would be similarly censored to a minimal interpretation of
the law. Unfortunately I don't have any appropriate pictures of fruit on hand.

**Further Reading**

[An Overview of Censorship in Anime](http://weeab.eu/an-overview-of-
censorship-in-anime/) (This is my own article on the subject, broadly covering
the topic)

["Obscenity, Pornography, and the Law in Japan: Reconsidering Oshima’s In the
Realm of the
Senses"](http://blog.hawaii.edu/aplpj/files/2011/11/APLPJ_04.1_alexander.pdf)
(Heavier in content, but perhaps more specific for your question)


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