If you were to delve back into the 2006 pet projects thread you may find some mention of something I called Shonen HERO. Finally after over a year of procrastination Iḿ compiling stuff to make this happen. Sometime in the next month or so I should be starting a campaign that mixes anime and live-action martial arts movies into a fictional Japan-like setting. Iḿ looking for interesting resources I can point my players to for character ideas. I´d say only a few of them are very familiar with the setting precepts, but Iḿ hoping it´ll feel fresh compared to psuedo-medieval Europe. Things like cool art, interesting powers, names, archetypes or anything would be a great help. I can post links for them or compile it all into our group website.
Hereś what I have so far (assuming I don´t lose my IP): http://69.137.241.217/~greg/rpg
Characters are going to be 250 points and very flashy. Players are more than welcome to crib from anime or similar sources as long as it follows the campaign guidelines and had a distinct Eastern flavor. A lot of that needs to come out through SFX and character background. If I had to liken the setting to something I´d probably pick Utawarareruno. It feels very Japanese, but doesn´t seem to actually be set in Japan. Other influences might be Inu-Yasha or Rurouni Kenshin which are technically period, but pick and choose what they want to focus on. A fair amount of my recommended source material includes China so Iḿ certain Iĺl mesh whatever is cool from the mainland. However, I know enough Japanese to add some flavor to the game, but maybe 2 words of Chinese (excluding Sheng Long).