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Can we go back to the pirate / ninja question for a bit? lol I'd say I'm a bit of both... I mean, I'd side withthe ninja, but I look like a pirate.

Getting to anime though, I think my favorite is probably FLCL, but that's really more a mini-series... For a full one I think I'd either side with Cowboy Bebop ( a recent addition to my list of things to watch) and Robotech (aka Macross).

Extra note of happy-joy-ness that is often lacking in Kozo posts! My t-shirts will very soon be available online. My friend has started an online index of webcomics that would double as an advertisement space for his mom's T-shirt business. I talked to him and he agreed to sell my t-shirts and iron-ons aswell! ^_^ huzzah! blaugh

At the moment, my current game of choice is Tenchu: Fatal Shadows. AI is a bit more intelligent (thank god) than the last few; enemies will actually scale rooves and buildings and such to find you, and they can see through cover a bit better (actually in this one you can hide in broad daylight, since cover really doesn't matter, due to the fact if you can walk through it, they can see through it).

The upside is that the game is more challenging. Bosses are actually worth fighting (except the second one, which is purposefully pathetic) and can be a serious pain (took me three or four tries to beat the final boss on easy mode). Combat's a bit sticky; you'll find yourself standing up and facing the wrong way (really bad for fighting enemies that can stealth kill you). That's right, enemies can stealth kill you. Misplace yourself in an aerial stealth kill, and you'll be the one with your throat slit, depending on the enemy.

They've added the interesting (yet highly annoying) concept of throws, which are remarkably difficult to do (and even harder to break if you're on the taking end of it) and enemies just love to spam them. Luckily they aren't that strong, and they're more of an annoyance than anything.

Stealth kills are now redefined, though Ayame still has her classic double-bladed throat slit (sadly it can't cut off any heads, from what I've seen), and they've added a nifty way of gaining new abilities through scrolls that stealth-killed enemies drop. Ranks still give you items, of course, but they actually tell you what you've earned now. Another perk is an interesting concept that was lacking in the first three Tenchu games; DOUBLE STEALTH KILLS. That's right, if you've got two enemies close enough together (enough for you to be within kill range of them both), you can stealth kill them, and get this, you can do it from both the ground and the air.

Interesting abilities include Sniper, which is the ability to stealth kill with shurikens (finally) with a well-placed one to the back of the head (hit detection is kinda off, but I'm perfecting my shot). This still, surprisingly, earns you scrolls, though you don't have a chance for the bonus scroll with the well-timed square button strike during the stealth kill (which also offers an improved view of the kill). For Ayame, the screen just goes inverted colours for a moment, and for Rin, it offers a bitching internal shot of the wound she inflicts (much like Tessu, for those of us who remember the hidden character from Wrath of Heaven/Return from Darkness). Also, in case you're wondering WHY Rikimaru isn't present, Fatal Shadows covers the time gap between the original Tenchu and Wrath of Heaven/Return from Darkness, which is good, since there was a question of 'so, what was Ayame doing all this time? Sitting on her arse?' Plus, it makes females look like very effective a**-kickers (as if Ayame didn't the first time around, but she was somewhat lacking at times). Rin's an interesting character. For a ninja (even though she only just completed her training), she's very...well, loud. Granted she can sneak around, but when you start attacking, she's quite loud (but generally that doesn't matter). For those of you who remember Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins, she's much like Tatsumaru, combat style.

Anyways, the game was damn hard for me to find. Of three game stores in my town (GameStop, EB, and Game Crazy), only Game Crazy had it, and they had one copy left. This leads me to believe that either not many were produced, or people just like the game. Personally, I think it has great replay value, simply for unlocking (and abusing) the skills, and also due to Level Selects interesting Ninja Select and Layouts feature, where each map has 3 different layouts (of items and enemies), as well as the fact that you can use a ninja on the map she wouldn't be found on in story mode, for example Rin on the first level, which is normally Ayame's story mode level.

Sadly, from both what I've seen from the game and found online on GameWinners, there's no hidden characters in this one. However there are alternate costumes (which I endeavor to unlock!) and yet more items for me to unlock, along with levels (doing certain things in certain levels previous to one where there's two paths unlocks a certain level). If you ask me, if you're good enough you won't have to fight too much to worry about being thrown to death. However, the AI sees a bit better and isn't as stupid, though it's only a step above cheese.

And for those of you who know what I'm talking about, thank goodness the Poison Riceball trick still works.

You could put words together and probably come up with an anime series accidentally, really.

"My Sexual Harassment"

There you go.

Although it's considered a legendery series, I'm not a fan of Escaflowne, also, I couldn't get past DVD 1 with Ronin Warriaors. it is so AWFUL.

Don't get me wrong, I love old stuff like Vampire Hunter D and so forth, but that anime just SUCKED.

I really enjoyed Fullmetal Alchemist, Last Exile, Trigun, Rahxephon (which is a lot like Evangalion, only better, in my oppinion at the least). I liked Ruroni Kenshin, wheres I didn't really enjoy Noir. Samurai deeper Kyo and Ninja scroll were too similiar, although I can't say that I fully hated them.

I really enjoyed Jubei's theme.

I'll review more later.

I've seen the majority on SHazzer's list, although I still odn't see most of my favorites on it.

Well, there's a lot I didn't name. We just wanted to see who could get to 75 first.

xD

I didn't put down RG Veda or Mar or Tsubasa or xxxHoLiC or x/1999 or Spirited Away or Fighting Foodons (lawl) or that Kirby one (lawl again) or Grave of the Fireflies (now I'm getting into movies) or Angelic Layer... I could go on. >.>

I HATE gundam. In my opinnion the best one was G Gundam.

I liked Angelic Layer.

Once again, I stress, SEE LAST EXILE.



Dio Elaclare, "Adult"

Nope. Not a Gundam fan.

Fullmetal panic was alright. I've yet to see the second one.

I liked Patlabor and Rahxephon, although the latter aren't technically mechs...