Angel's Anime Rating Guide

Sometime ago, I picked up the VHS version of  Macross II ... 80 years have passed since the events chronicled in Macross- Do You Remember Love?. The descendants of the Zentradi/Meltrandi conflict have established a new society with the people of Earth. The U.N. Spacy force has integrated Zentradi warships into its fleet, and Zentradi and humanity peacefully co-exist. Episode 1 Contact Hibiki Kanzaki of SNN is after a story about Valkyrie ace Silvie Gena. Events in his life quickly change as an invading alien force enters the solar system. Armed with the legendary Minmei Song Attack, the Earth forces are sent to stop the invaders. Hibiki is assigned to cover the battle and encounters a mysterious and exotic alien wonan, Ishtar! Episode 2 Ishtar Hibiki returns with the beautiful micron Ishtar. Hibiki wants to teach her about human culture, but the alien warrior Feff plans to rescue her from Earth. Both Feff and Silvie follow Hibiki and Ishtar to Culture Park Plaza, the site o

A while back, I picked up Angel Links ... Volume 1: Avenging Angel Meifon Li is... ...the head of a major corporation, ...the captain of a state-of-the-art space ship, ...a formidable martial artist, a skilled negotiator, ... only 16 years old! Meifon is an extraordinary girl, with an extraordinary tale to tell. Join Meifon as she and the crew of the Angel Links run a free pirate-fighting service. She's rounded up a crack staff of experts, including the master strategist Valeria and the unstoppable Dragonite Duuz. They're going to clean up the galaxy, and they're not afraid to get their uniforms dirty! Volume 2: Fallen Angel Pirate fighters just wanna have fun! It's business as usual for the crew of the Angel Links as they continue their war against the Pirates in the Dracion star system. However, even the busy crew of the Angel Links needs some time off to have a social life. Kosei meets with a Pirate girl, but it's not what everyone thinks - or is it? And Me

Years ago, I picked up the VHS version of Cowboy Bebop ... Session 1 The year 2071 A.D. That future is now. Driven out of their terrestrial Eden, humanity chose the stars as the final frontier. With the section-by-section collapse of the former nations a mixed jumble of races and peoples came. They spread to the stars, taking with them the now confused concepts of freedom, violence, illegality and love, where new rules and a new generation of outlaws came into being. People referred to them as Cowboy Bebops...  Meet Spike and Jet, a drifter and a retired cyborg cop who have started a bounty hunting operation. In the converted ship The Bebop, Spike and Jet search the galaxy for criminals with bounties on their heads. They meet a lot of unusual characters, including the unusually intelligent dog, Ein, and the voluptuous and vexing femme fatale, Faye Valentine. See why Cowboy Bebop was Japan's best-selling anime title in 1998. Session 2 Spike and Vicious conclude their reunion w

At a time when video tapes still stalked the Earth, I picked up the VHS version of Geobreeders ... The brave men and women of Kagura Total Security work around the clock to rid the world of its most troublesome pests - phantoms! Their only weapons: their wits, the most advanced computer technology, and ... REALLY BIG GUNS! Okay, so they're a bunch of trigger-happy lunatics. But when a young friend gets kidnapped by a mysterious enemy, the Kagura team is her only hope. Boy, is she in trouble. Geobreeders was directed by Yuji Moriyama (director of 801 T.T.S. Airbats and Project A-ko 2-4, animation director of Macross Plus, The Wings of Honneamise and Project A-Ko). We've got girls with big guns, no gore or naughty bits and a good story with lots of humor. I used to have the subtitled VHS version. i enjoyed this title enough that I repurchased it on DVD. I gave Geobreeders a 3 out of 5. The Geobreeders soundtrack CD has 38 tracks and I liked 2 tracks for a total of 5.2%

Way back in the misty down of time, I picked up Hand Maid May ... Volume 1 Maid To Order Nanbara is furious! Nanbara, the self-absorbed, pompous, overbearing villain of our show has always resented Kazuya, the constantly distracted hero, and developed a virus to exact his ultimate revenge. Unfortunately, "revenge" became an accidental delivery of a 1-foot tall cyborg maid whose sweetness is only exceeded by her cheerfulness! Will Nanbara's schemes of revenge ever become realized? Will Kazuya be able to pay the $1,450,009 bill? Join May and our new cast of lunatics for a wild ride to explore the cutting edge of computer peripherals. Volume 2 Product Recall Cyberdyne pursues May's recall due to Kazuya's failure to pay the million-dollar invoice. However, thanks to Kasumi's kindness, Kazuya and May share some wonderful last-minute memories. Still, with Nanbara "assisting" Cyberdyne and the introduction of the mysterious Cyber-X, Kazuya's li

A while back, I picked up  Pet Shop Of Horrors ... Based on the hit manga by Mori Akino, Pet Shop of Horrors comes to life in animation. Welcome to Chinatown's most unique pet shop. There is a variety of exotic creatures to choose from, each with an intriguing tale to share with the lucky owner. But be careful, what you see is not necessarily what you get. Here is a collection of four stories of lost love, second chances, and redemption. Whether or not the client can handle the responsibility, however, is a matter of life and death. Daughter "Daughter" is a nightmarish tale of parents who killed their daughter with too much love. In an attempt to alleviate their sorrow, they approach Count D, who agrees to sell them a rare breed of rabbit which just happens to look like the couple's dead progeny. There are strict rules that must he followed in caring for the rabbit, and the consequences for indulging the little creature are deadly. Delicious Mermaids can he je

Sometime ago, I picked up Magic Users Club ... Volume 1 I'll Follow You It was in another world, during a magical time full of mystery, wonder, and ancient power. It was a place known as high school. When humanity was threatened by an alien force so powerful that all of Earth was left helpless, it became clear to anyone with any common sense at all that no one could ever stand against them. Luckily, our brave Magic User's Club doesn't have much of that. Earnestly clueless Sae Sawanoguchi must challenge the most powerful force in the universe, keep up with her homework, and thwart the bouncing bust of the evil queen of girl's comic books, Miyama. In addition, the life of a normal high school student could never be complete without an army of shiny, invulnerable alien robots with inscrutable goals and unlimited firepower. Luckily for earth, the Magic User's Club is on the job. They are armed with Sae's enthusiasm, Nanaka's knack of botching magic at the wo

At a time before Pioneer had made the seitch to DVD-only products, I picked up the VHS version of Parallel Dual: Trouble Adventure ... Volume 1 Visions Kazuki is plagued by visions of giant, destructive robots that no one else can see. But all of the years of ridicule are about to pay off! Before he knows what's happening, Kazuki gets ensnared by a pretty face, and then a mad scientist's experiment throws him into his world of visions! Now the danger is very real and his allies are twice as strange as he ever imagined! On the plus side, he gets to drive the robots! Volume 2 Student Housing Kazuki's old life is gone. Now, in the parallel world, he must juggle his life as a Core Robot Pilot along with his school work, and the most difficult subject of all - girls! It's bad enough to share the house with the most beautiful girl in the school, but then D, the alien girl moves in, and his teacher invades his bedroom! Now, when Rara reveals its most powerful weapon, w

Years ago, I picked up the VHS version of  Gestalt ... Oliver, a young priest of the Vasaria order, has heard about a god who lives on G, a distant island so forbidden the speaking its name brings a curse on all! When Oliver saves a young mute girl from slavery, their destinies become intertwined as they set out on a perilous journey to G. Ohri, a silenced sorceress from the island, is involved in a deadly game of survival that brings her and Oliver face to face with treacherous dark elves, giant carrion crawlers and powerful elementals. In the end, there is only one truth - Gestalt - a fantasy-filled voyage packed with plot twists, magic and wonder! In Gestalt , Oliver, a priest of the Vasaria order, has decided to go on a quest to the dreaded land of G. Why? Because it's there. Needless to say, he runs into some odd characters and has some fun along the way. This is a classic tale of magic and mystical creatures along the lines of Those Who Hunt Elves , but, without the tanks

In  Amazing Nurse Nanako , we follow the misadventures of Dr. Ogami, the worlds's leading surgeon, and his live-in nurse, housekeeper and troublemaker, Nanako... Volume 1 Memories of You "From the mind of the world's most brilliant scientist, comes the most powerful weapon of the 21st Century... Then again, maybe not. My name is Dr. Kyoji Ogami, the world's leading surgeon, scientist and bioengineer. The young lady that you see here is Nanako Shichigusa. She works for me as a nurse, housekeeper and addle-minded troublemaker. But despite Nanako's flaws, she is about to become the subject of my greatest experiment. Her simple brain will be removed and transplanted into the body of my ultimate cybernetic combat robot, the Venus 2000!!! But that's only if we can survive a vast worldwide conspiracy that starts with the U.S. military and continues throughout the highest levels of the world's major powers. Do they just want me for my brilliant intellect, or is

Sin  is based on a video game of the same name and is notable for being a U.S.-Japan co-production with AD Vision funding the effort... Enter the world of SIN. In the 21st century, the city of Freeport teeters on the verge of collapse. The twin tides of rampant crime and ruinous graft face but a single barrier, an elite strike-force labeled HARDCORPS. Lead by Colonel John Blade, they have become a fierce fighting force for justice in Freeport. Now, Blade must unravel a series of mysterious kidnappings. An elaborate puzzle unfolds as he delves into the decadence of the city, and at its heart is Elexis Sinclaire. Brilliant biochemist, unscrupulous businesswoman, and merciless vixen, Elexis will stop at nothing to achieve her monstrous goal: to bring about the evolution of mankind! Sin looks like a combination of Universal Soldier and Guyver . There's gallons of blood and some gruesome effects, but, only a few modest confrontations and it's only an hour. Sin is av

Hayao Miyazaki (creator of  Kiki's Delivery Service  and  My Neighbor Totoro ) brings us  Princess Mononoke ... The march of technology, embodied in the dark iron forges of the ambitious Tatara clan, threatens the natural forces explicit in the benevolent Great God of the Forest and the wide-eyed, spectral spirits he protects. When Ashitaka, a young warrior from a remote, and endangered, village clan, kills a ravenous, boar-like monster, he discovers the beast is in fact an infectious "demon god," transformed by human anger. Inflicted with its deadly curse, a young warrior sets out to the forests of the west in search of the cure that will save his life. Once there, he becomes inextricably entangled in a bitter battle that matches Lady Eboshi and a proud clan of humans against the forest's animal gods... who are led by the brave Princess Mononoke, a young woman raised by wolves! Claire Danes (The Mod Squad), Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting) and Billy Bob Thornt