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One Piece: Wan pîsu (1999)
Japanese, yes - American, NO.
I'd give this anime a huge, whopping 10 if it's rating the Japanese show. The American "kiddy-cartoon" though...can we give half-negatives? -_<><> Please? Darn you 4kids. More than 30% of -their- show has been cut and changed. The names, the attitudes, the actions. Entire episodes and arcs have been taken out. Was it worth it to make a show, 4kids, that was NOT INTENDED for the 6-11 yr. old demographic and force it into that category? Haven't you squeezed enough $ out of this wonderful Japanese phenomenon? Yet the Japanese anime... Oh goodness yes. I couldn't rate it enough stars! Comedy/drama/romance, whatever you want it has it, along with a fabulous music score and marvelously innovative characters. There's something for everyone (even an anthro that isn't a let-down like some anthro characters are in anime shows.) I just can't stress enough to people: buy the Japanese DVD's! If you complain that this show is annoying and you can't stand it, more than likely you're watching the hack job that 4kids produced. I'll admit some people just can't stand Oda's odd style of elongating people, and his very unique styled characters no matter what. But you can't say it gets stale fast. I'm up to episode #160+ and it's still going strong...past 260 as far as I know.
Silent Hill 4: The Room (2004)
Worst SH Game Yet
I can truly say this is the weakest and worst SH game yet in the series. It was -very- frustrating! The new 'power up' charge attacks are useless. You'll get whaled on by a monster every time if you try to use 'em. The female characters have been extra "whored-up". The male character extra "dumbed-down", (even by poor James' standards. Buffer does not mean better.) I can say that -any- game that makes you care for an extra person (tag-along female player) always annoys me, and Eileen was NO different. They should have taken clues from the newest Resident Evil (that latest tag-along gal DUCKS when you tell her to and automatically gets out of the way of the weapons when you're trying to attack.) All right: I still own it, and I even pre ordered this, since I'm a giant fan. I do play it, occasionally. The music score was great, as always. The details and monsters good...although I miss the -old-style- gum-heads and dogs. (Those ape critters got on my nerves with their screeching too.) The plot was good.
As soon as Eileen joins my party though: ruined. I hate carting around dead weight like that. I found myself cursing more than usual at any time when I play a SH game, and the fun level deteriorated rapidly after she joined up with me. I simply play up to the part when she joins and then lose interest every time. There's also no good 'extra weapon'. The extra is...what? A weapon for, you guessed it: Eileen. Like anyone's going to dare equip her sorry butt with anything stronger than a purse. O_|| I gave this a 4.
It's not even halfway up to par with the rest of the SH games, even the first, which I've played countless times.