Many of the games that are currently being released are anime-esque.  Even the story lines mimic Japanese cinema in the “anything goes” fashion!  What I mean by this is, a story can take you one way, then completely smack you in the face and take a sharp turn towards who knows where!?  However, I must ask, is Japanese art “invading” gaming, or was it inevitable?  I believe that it’s more predominant because of our (Americans) growing interest in that culture.  Of course we’re going to witness the so-called “invasion” of anime into gaming! 

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In 2006 Clover studio released one of the greatest achievements on the PS2 console that the world had ever seen. The game known only as Okami was IGN’s 2006 Game of the Year. Okami took home several more awards that year, making it the eighth highest overall game of 2006 and second for the PS2, behind Konami’s Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence. Okami was a masterpiece if there ever was and it’s colorful sumi-e art style made for an excellent game. It is now the year 2008 and the game is still a masterpiece yet it is no longer under the name of Clover, but Capcom and Capcom has a whole lot of dirty laundry.

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