Well, Rhinoceros has been quite easy for me to learn. You may want to look at that. Also Wings3D is pretty easy. May want to also look at Shade... and the umm... oh! Metasequoia. Like the shorts there. Love the pasties. ^_^ Battering Ram looks pretty decent. Don't forget to make the ropes swing with the ram part when you do it. Some other anime titles that you may or may not have heard of/seen that are definitely worth checking into: Azumangah Daioh...<--- a MUST see Kanon...<--- Sixth Sense-type of story Kiddy Grade...<--- fun, light-hearted action with a dark side DNAngel...<--- pretty cool series G-Riders...<--- too cute for it's own good Pita Ten...<--- probably my next character build Super Gals...<--- butt-kicking valley girls Galaxy Angel...<--- seems to be shaping up nicely