In Japanese, kin-me gin-me 金目銀眼, "gold eye, silver eye," means a specific type of heterochromia: having one yellow eye and one blue eye.
Character: Amanojaku 天の邪鬼
Anime: Ghost Stories, Gakkou no Kaidan 学校の怪談 (Episode 1)
Anime: Ghost Stories, Gakkou no Kaidan 学校の怪談 (Episode 1)
The reason for such an oddly specific term to exist is that this sort of heterochromia is particularly common in cats and dogs. In anime, cat girls also tend to feature this trait.
Examples
For reference, some examples:
Cats
Character: Molly モリィ
Anime: Mahoutsukai no Yome 魔法使いの嫁 (Episode 4)
Anime: Mahoutsukai no Yome 魔法使いの嫁 (Episode 4)
Character: Coconut ココナツ
Anime: Nekopara ネコぱら (Episode 1)
Anime: Nekopara ネコぱら (Episode 1)
Character: Ibaraki-douji 茨木童子
Anime: Onigiri 鬼斬 (Episode 13, Stitch)
Anime: Onigiri 鬼斬 (Episode 13, Stitch)
- hadaka-apuron
裸アプロン
"Naked apron."
Dogs
Character: Miketsukami Soushi 御狐神双熾
Anime: Inu x Boku SS, 妖狐×僕SS (OVA, Stitch)
Anime: Inu x Boku SS, 妖狐×僕SS (OVA, Stitch)
Other
Character: Mikuni 美邦
Anime: Shangri-La, シャングリ・ラ (Episode 5)
Anime: Shangri-La, シャングリ・ラ (Episode 5)
Character: Oskar von Reuenthal オスカー・フォン・ロイエンタール
Anime: Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu 銀河英雄伝説 (Episode 53)
Anime: Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu 銀河英雄伝説 (Episode 53)
Character: Sariel サリエル
Anime: Nanatsu no Bitoku 七つの美徳 (Episode 7)
Anime: Nanatsu no Bitoku 七つの美徳 (Episode 7)
Character: Takanashi Rikka 小鳥遊六花
Anime: Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! 中二病でも恋がしたい! (Episode 1)
Anime: Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! 中二病でも恋がしたい! (Episode 1)
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