new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytouhou/game/effect.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+##
+## Copyright (C) 2011 Emmanuel Gil Peyrot <linkmauve@linkmauve.fr>
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+## by the Free Software Foundation; version 3 only.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+##
+
+
+from pytouhou.game.sprite import Sprite
+from pytouhou.vm.anmrunner import ANMRunner
+
+
+
+class Effect(object):
+    def __init__(self, pos, index, anm_wrapper):
+        self._sprite = Sprite()
+        self._anmrunner = ANMRunner(anm_wrapper, index, self._sprite)
+        self._anmrunner.run_frame()
+        self._removed = False
+
+        self.x, self.y = pos
+
+    def update(self):
+        if self._anmrunner and not self._anmrunner.run_frame():
+            self._anmrunner = None
+
+        if self._sprite:
+            if self._sprite._removed:
+                self._sprite = None

--- a/pytouhou/game/enemy.py
+++ b/pytouhou/game/enemy.py
@@ -21,24 +21,6 @@ from pytouhou.game.item import Item
 from math import cos, sin, atan2, pi
 
 
-class Effect(object):
-    def __init__(self, pos, index, anm_wrapper):
-        self._sprite = Sprite()
-        self._anmrunner = ANMRunner(anm_wrapper, index, self._sprite)
-        self._anmrunner.run_frame()
-        self._removed = False
-
-        self.x, self.y = pos
-
-    def update(self):
-        if self._anmrunner and not self._anmrunner.run_frame():
-            self._anmrunner = None
-
-        if self._sprite:
-            if self._sprite._removed:
-                self._sprite = None
-
-
 class Enemy(object):
     def __init__(self, pos, life, _type, bonus_dropped, die_score, anm_wrapper, game):
         self._game = game
@@ -173,8 +155,7 @@ class Enemy(object):
 
 
     def die_anim(self):
-        eff00 = self._game.resource_loader.get_anm_wrapper(('eff00.anm',))
-        self._game.effects.append(Effect((self.x, self.y), self.death_anim, eff00))
+        self._game.new_effect((self.x, self.y), self.death_anim)
 
 
     def set_pos(self, x, y, z):

--- a/pytouhou/game/game.py
+++ b/pytouhou/game/game.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from pytouhou.vm.eclrunner import ECLMai
 from pytouhou.game.player import Player
 from pytouhou.game.enemy import Enemy
 from pytouhou.game.item import Item
+from pytouhou.game.effect import Effect
 
 
 
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ class Game(object):
 
         self.enm_anm_wrapper = resource_loader.get_anm_wrapper2(('stg%denm.anm' % stage,
                                                                  'stg%denm2.anm' % stage))
+        self.eff00 = resource_loader.get_anm_wrapper(('eff00.anm',))
         ecl = resource_loader.get_ecl('ecldata%d.ecl' % stage)
         self.ecl_runner = ECLMainRunner(ecl, self)
 
@@ -70,6 +72,10 @@ class Game(object):
         self.bullets = []
 
 
+    def new_effect(self, pos, anim):
+        self.effects.append(Effect(pos, anim, self.eff00))
+
+
     def new_enemy(self, pos, life, instr_type, bonus_dropped, die_score):
         enemy = Enemy(pos, life, instr_type, bonus_dropped, die_score, self.enm_anm_wrapper, self)
         self.enemies.append(enemy)

--- a/pytouhou/game/player.py
+++ b/pytouhou/game/player.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 
 from pytouhou.game.sprite import Sprite
-from pytouhou.game.enemy import Effect
 from pytouhou.vm.anmrunner import ANMRunner
 
 
@@ -77,8 +76,7 @@ class Player(object):
     def collide(self):
         if not self.state.invulnerable_time and not self.death_time and self.state.touchable: # Border Between Life and Death
             self.death_time = self._game.frame
-            eff00 = self._game.resource_loader.get_anm_wrapper(('eff00.anm',))
-            self._game.effects.append(Effect((self.state.x, self.state.y), 2, eff00))
+            self._game.new_effect((self.state.x, self.state.y), 2)
 
 
     def collect(self, item):