Angel's Anime Rating Guide

I watched  Gunslinger Girl ... In Gunslinger Girl, the Social Welfare Agency is a government sponsored corporation that's on the fringe of technology. They give terminal patients another shot at life using cybernetic implants, shaping the patients into efficient machines for handling the government's dirty work. Having survived the brutal slaughter of her family, Henrietta awakens to her new life at the Agency with a re-built body and no memory of the past. We've got girls, guns and violence. The series starts out with a bang when Henrietta almost single-handedly takes out a room full of bad guys. Unfortunately, she wasn't actually supposed to, or, at least not without instructions. The series has a clean, well-polished appearance. The action sequences are very well executed. Sometimes, the callousness with which the characters commit violence can be a bit disturbing. There is, of course, some gore in the series. There are no naughty bits to speak of. Overall, I was

I spent about three hours today putting together a DVD of episodes of the Mighty B . Although, the world Bessie lives in can be a bit strange, I do like to visit from time to time. The show is funny, irreverent and quirky, but, at its core, the show is very sweet. My favorite episode is "Bee Patient" where we discover that Bessie, like many young people, has a fear of needles. I also like the rapport between Bessie and her dog, Happy and the fact that Bessie isn't afraid to pick her nose. As I was finalizing the DVD, I discovered, to my pleasant surprise, that there's going to be an official DVD release. According to TV Shows on DVD , there should be an official release on February 24, 2009... Nickelodeon and Paramount Home Entertainment will release The Mighty B! - We Got the Bee on February 24th. Besides getting an hour and a half of cartoon episodes on this disc, you'll also get a "Behind The Mighty B!" Featurette where you can meet the Creators a

I took the opportunity to watch  Big O ... Paradigm City. A City of Amnesia. Forty years ago everyone lost their memory, but humanity continues to survive. They've learned to operate machinery, produce electricity, and go on living each day at a time. Still, there's something missing in a town with no past and no history of what has come before. Roger Smith is a Negotiator, hired to negotiate disputes between parties, and Roger enjoys a reputation for being the best at his job. But he has an ace up his sleeve... a rather big ace. He controls a Megadeus called the Big O, a wondrous piece of technology from before the age of Amnesia. Occasionally, fragments of memories appear, and with them often comes trouble. The Big O comes in handy for subduing such dangers, but does it serve some greater purpose? Together with the unusual R. Dorothy Wayneright and his loyal butler Norman, Roger Smith keeps Paradigm City safe from the nightmare of memories. According to Wikipedia ... T

I picked up  Darker Than Black . The series spoke to me and said "buy me", so, I did. The story seemed like something I might like, so, I'll give it a try and see what happens... Season 1 Volume 1 A new and deadly breed of covert agent walks the streets. Known as Contractors, these assassins and spies wield bizarre supernatural powers to carry out the dirty work of others. They thrive in the underworld, between rumor and reality, their loyalties always in question. One among these operatives is more mysterious than the rest: the masked killer BK201, the Black Reaper. His true identity and intentions remain unknown, but as his path weaves through the shadows and alleys of Tokyo, blood is spilled on both sides of the law. It's a new age of confusion, and the rules of engagement have changed. Volume 2 A new and deadly breed of covert agent walks the streets. Known as Contractors, these assassins and spies wield bizarre supernatural powers to carry out the dirty w

I picked up the second volume of Claymore yesterday... A brutal scourge stalks the land. Yoma, monsters driven by a hunger satisfied by only one quarry: Humanity. The dark breed knows but a singular foe: Claymore. Human-Yoma hybrids of extraordinary strength and cunning, the Claymores roam from skirmish to skirmish delivering salvation by the edge of a blade... Volume 1 The Burden Of The Blade Thus begins the twisting tale of Clare, one such sister of the sword driven by pain in both victory and defeat. A child silent and suffering hidden in her past, Clare's march toward vengeance unfolds along a path marked by violence, solitude and scorn. In a land where even the predator is prey, the haunted hearts of hunter and hunted alike wear the scars of the age. Volume 2 Point Of No Return Thus continues the twisting tale of Clare, one such sister of the sword driven by pain in both victory and defeat. A disturbing glance into the past reveals the forces which molded an orphan

Recently, I had revisited an HBO documentary on Red Sox fandom and the so called " Curse of the Bambino ". Since the Red Sox have actually won the world series, the themes discussed in the documentary are no longer relevant. HBO's wry, enlightening account of 80-plus years of the Boston Red Sox's travails is a fusion of wit and history. "Everything's going fine," says one of this documentary's talking heads, speaking of the Red Sox's legacy of 11th-hour screw-ups. The problem is that Boston's doomstruck organization, fans say, has been in karmic payback since 1920 for then-owner Harry Frazee's sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. Historians dismiss claims that Frazee used the money to finance Broadway's No, No, Nanette, and there's evidence the self-destructive Ruth had actually become a liability for the team. In any case, the symbiotic fortunes of the Yankees and Red Sox is entertainingly summarized here. Even though th