Introduction

If you know the smell of a guy who has just been out fishing, doing construction work or playing football, then you can guess why women might fantasize about something else. Perhaps a meticulously and metrosexually groomed vampire, who elegantly sweeps up to her balcony, or a deadly but lovely demon who promises her his forbidden world. Or maybe women are just thinking about pretty animé men with long hair.

The animé games and DVDs that have been coming to the U.S. recently represent a myopic look into the animé subculture of Manga in Japan. There are many animé influenced games in both the RPG and fighting genres.

This art form is getting very huge over here too. Because animé comes from another culture, it reflects a different sort of attitude. It affects the roles of sportsmanship and sexuality in the future of video games. Animé characters are favored by women and girls.

Women often like males with long hair. Perhaps even before Sampson and Delilah, long hair symbolized virility. From back in the 60's - when I can remember women saying "he's so beautiful, he looks like Jesus" - to today when we have Fabio's famous mane, and the sexy Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice, chicks (and some guys) still dig long hair.