History Anime / KazemakaseTsukikageRan

* BoringInvincibleHero: Ran almost never faces an opponent depicted as a serious challenge.

'''''Kazemakase: Tsukikage Ran''''' [-(English title: ''Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran'')-] is an anime series directed by Akitaro Daichi (who also gave us ''[[Manga/KodomoNoOmocha Kodocha]]'', ''Anime/JubeiChan'', ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', and ''Anime/NowAndThenHereAndThere''), that aired for 13 episodes in 2000. It follows a basic adventure formula, with different settings, villains and people to help in every episode. The series derives most of its strength from the often humorous and dynamic interaction between Ran and Meow, who could be seen as {{lovely angels}} with a twist.

* {{Badass}}: Ran is the number one samurai in this show.

'''''Kazemakase: Tsukikage Ran''''' [-(English title: ''Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran'')-] is an anime series directed by Akitaro Daichi (who also gave us ''[[Manga/KodomoNoOmocha Kodocha]], ''Anime/JubeiChan'', ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', and ''Anime/NowAndThenHereAndThere''), that aired for 13 episodes in 2000. It follows a basic adventure formula, with different settings, villains and people to help in every episode. The series derives most of its strength from the often humorous and dynamic interaction between Ran and Meow, who could be seen as {{lovely angels}} with a twist.

Ran is a young female {{ronin}} with an unmatched degree of swordsmanship. She wanders through Japan, looking for thrills and a steady supply of good saké[[labelnote:•]] (rice-wine, in case you didn't know)[[/note]]. One day she runs into Meow, a somewhat younger girl who has tremendous skill in Chinese martial arts and a lust for strife matching her own. Together they wind up in all kinds of adventures, ranging from skirmishes with the {{yakuza}} to helping clueless parents to duking it out with an overgrown European woman.

* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Mei is stabbed from behind by a samurai addict who came to have more of her drug and was taken out by her. Also, this happens after she has chided Meow and Mei of not killing off her henchmen they had taken out, saying that sparing them will cost them their lives.]]

* ShadowArchetype: Meow has one in Mei. They were childhood friends who both studied martial arts (they're nowadays on the same level of skill). While Meow left to seek adventures with merriment and goodwill, Mei worked hard to get out of poverty that took the lives of her parents (though not by honest business).

* TitleDrop: "Where should we go next?" "Wherever the wind blows us".

* TheDrifter: Both of them wander from town to town.

''Kazemakase: Tsukikage Ran'' (''Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran'') is an anime series produced by Akitaro Daichi (who also produced ''Anime/JubeiChan'' and ''Manga/FruitsBasket''), that aired for 13 episodes in 2000. It follows a basic adventure formula, with different settings, villains and people to help in every episode. The series derives most of its strength from the often humorous and dynamic interaction between Ran and Meow, who could be seen as {{lovely angels}} with a twist.

Ran is a young female {{ronin}} with an unmatched degree of swordsmanship. She wanders through Japan, looking for thrills and a steady supply of good sake[[note]]Rice Wine, in case you didn't know[[/note]]. One day she runs into Meow, a somewhat younger Chinese girl who has tremendous skill in Chinese martial arts and a lust for strife matching her own. Together they wind up in all kinds of adventures, ranging from skirmishes with the {{yakuza}} to helping clueless parents to duking it out with an overgrown European woman.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Stephanie is as spaced out as she is big. She thinks everyone in Japan is either a geisha, a samurai or a ninja and when she finds people who don't fit these roles, she tries to reconcile them as combinations like Geisha-Ninja or Samura-Ninja.

*** Hiraga Gennai (1729-1779), also known as the electric guy from Anime/ReadOrDie, shows up in one episode.

* {{Ronin}}: Ran is a wandering samurai because she doesn't want to work for anyone. The opening theme is about the simple joy of the masterless samurai. "I have my freedom and sake."

* {{Tsurime Eyes}} / {{Tareme Eyes}}: In one episode this is was the visual cue that distinguished the YamatoNadeshiko from the EvilMatriarch. The first had the eyes downward while the second pointed up.

* JidaiGeki: Possibly but there are other time frames.

''Kazemakase: Tsukikage Ran'' (''Carried by the wind: Tsukikage Ran'') is an anime series produced by Akitaro Daichi (who also produced ''Anime/JubeiChan'' and ''Manga/FruitsBasket''), that aired for 13 episodes in 2000. It follows a basic adventure formula, with different settings, villains and people to help in every episode. The series derives most of its strength from the often humorous and dynamic interaction between Ran and Meow, who could be seen as {{lovely angels}} with a twist.

* {{Acrofatic}}: [[spoiler:Meow's supposed CriminalDoppelganger]] is surprising nimble for blimb

* HeyItsThatVoice: Meow is [[AkemiOkamura Nami]]. Dub!Meow is [[MichelleRuff Rukia]].

* DistaffCounterpart: Ran is considered similar to [[RurouniKenshin Kenshin Himura]] but there's one big difference; she is ''not'' a TechnicalPacifist nor is she atoning for anything. She knows non-lethal techniques like when she slapped a woman with the flat of her blade but she does not care to use it every time.

* {{Acrofatic}}: [[spoiler:Meow's supposed CriminalDoppelganger]] is this.

* {{Aesop}}: Mei gives one in universe but the episode itself gives a counter one.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Ran fits all the qualifications, especially aloof. Usually given away by her voice but edging close to {{Bifauxnen}}, considering an old woman is reminded of her son after meeting her.

* AnimeAccentAbsence: Meow, Stephanie and Mei.

** BadassAndBaby: It happened once with Meow.
** BadassInDistress: Meow is a skilled fighter but she's handed the DistressBall on occasion, which offers Ran a chance to kick butt. As soon as Meow gets free, she joins Ran in beating up the bad guys.
** CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Meow mostly talks and acts before she thinks, hiding well her skill in martial arts.

* CatGirl: Despite lacking the ears, Meow tends to make a cat-like impression, especially when fighting. Plus, ya know, [[CaptainObvious her name is MEOW]].

* CurbStompBattle: Any battle Ran takes part in.
* CycleOfVengeance: Ran warns about this trope at the end of the 11th episode.

* DeadpanSnarker: You don't get much more deadpan than Ran.
* DistaffCounterpart: Ran is considered similar to [[RurouniKenshin Kenshin Himura]] but there's one big difference; she is ''not'' a TechnicalPacifist, though she does know non-lethal techniques like when she slapped a woman with the flat of her blade.
* DoorstopBaby: Meow is stuck with one in one episode.

* ForGreatJustice: Meow will fight anyone for this reason. She even calls herself 'The Beauty of Justice'

* HeroicNeutral: Ran regularly.

* LargeHam: Meow can be....enthusiastic when she introduces herself and other occasions. This involves a louder voice and practiced posing.
* LimitedWardrobe: They have ''one'' outfit and you never see them wash it. Ew. [[DirtForcefield They are apparently immune to all kinds of dirt and grime]] but Meow's outfit ''does'' show signs of wear and tear around the edges.

* {{Mooks}}: Almost all their enemies are either this or EliteMooks.

* {{Ronin}}: Ran is a wandering samurai because she doesn't want to work for anyone. The opening theme is about the simply joy of the masterless samurai. "I have my freedom and sake."

* TheStoic: Ran, when she's in battle mode.

* VagabondBuddies: This is Ran & Meow's relationship.

* WronglyAccused: Poor Meow in the 12th episode.

* WronglyAccused: Poor Meow.

* ShrinesAndTemples: The pair come across them from time to time. Meow prayed at one for food and instead robbed the collection box.

* CurbStompBattle: Any battle Ran takes part in.

* BoisterousBruiser: Stephanie loudly proclaims her stereotypical views of Japan and its people, but she's unambiguously the strongest character in the series, and she has come closer to defeating Ran than any other.

* CriminalDoppelgänger: One episode deals with two female bandits (a swordswoman and a martial artist) who have escaped from a prison island and are killing people. Ran and Meow apparently fit their descriptions and the village they're passing though tries to apprehend them. It turns out that the swordswoman very much looks like Ran. Meow's counterpart [[spoiler:looks nothing like her]].

* EvilCounterpart: Ran and Meow encounter two female bandits who happened to be a ronin and a martial artist. While the ronin certainly qualified as Ran's counterpart, Meow was shocked and then irritated to learn that the martial artist was [[spoiler:a dumpy middleaged woman]].

* BiTheWay: Meow, probably. She shows attraction to handsome men, but she's also seen ogling pretty girls from time to time.