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In the Manga, Phryne and Nessa have purple hair.  
In the Anime, Phryne has brown hair and Nessa has red hair.

Is there a reason for this inconsistency?

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Why is Phryne's hair purple in the Manga, but brown in the Anime?


No real sources or references for this, but it's almost certainly the work of
Masako Tashiro, the anime's character designer. As you can see in a [design
comparison image on this
page](http://washiblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/fractale-background-and-
review/), the detail and color changes between Hidari's and Tashiro's designs.
When you have to animate characters, it's up to the character designer to not
only create fitting and unique designs that match each character, but make
them simple enough so that the animators can animate them in a reasonable
amount of time. This is why you rarely see anime TV series with characters of
the same gender that have the exact same hair color. Without all of the detail
that can be afforded to still frames in a manga, there's often a reliance on
colors to easily differentiate between characters that share the screen a lot.


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