Angel's Anime Rating Guide

Denki-Gai  is a slice-of-life drama that follows the exploits of workers at Umanohone, a Japanese book store... Volume 1 A blush-inducing, coming-of-age comedy about manga-loving book store employees! The characters are all hard-core manga fans and maniacs of some sort, and work at the comic shop "Uma no Hone." On a daily basis, they display new releases, shrink-wrap comics, shudder at their lack of feminine qualities, question their love for porn literature... and basically have fun while working hard (?). Girls and guys call each other by nicknames and some begin to develop close relationships! Volume 2 A mysterious woman who knows about Umanohone's past has appeared! And she's got unsurpassable girly-power! However, Sensei's girly-power is awfully low, due to her doing the "same clothes everyday" thing in order to draw a manga for the Rookie of the Year award. Later, the heat of Summer Comika sends the staff of Umanohone to an onsen, where the

In Search Of The Lost Future  centers around a web of love, loss, friendship and fate between and among the members of the Astronomy Club and an effort to change one member's fate... A series of increasingly strange events have been reported at Uchihama Academy’s soon-to-be-replaced aging school building. When the student council grows concerned about the spectral encounters, puzzling sleep disorders, and bizarre mishaps, they enlist the aid of the Astronomy Club to crack the case before it’s too late. One evening after school, club member Sou Akiyama is rocked by a sudden earthquake and an encounter with a beautiful and mysterious naked girl who appears to know him even though he has no recollection of ever meeting her. The next day, the very same girl arrives at his school as a transfer student who’s interested in joining the Astronomy Club. In the blink of an eye, Sou’s fate along with the fates of all the girls in his club begin to change in very dramatic and mysterious wa

Empire of Corpses  revolves around Dr. John Watson's (yes, THAT Watson) efforts to not only reanimate his dead friend, but, to restore his departed friend's soul... From the studio that produced Attack on Titan comes The Empire of Corpses, a captivating historical action thriller based on a Phillip K. Dick Award winning novel by Project Itoh. In an alternate version of 19th century London, the world has been revolutionized by "corpse reanimation technology" creating armies of undead who serve the living as laborers across the globe. In an attempt to revive his dearly departed friend, young medical student John Watson becomes obsessed with replicating the work of Dr. Victor Frankenstein - the legendary corpse engineer whose research produced the only re-animated corpse to possess a soul. But when his illegal experiments put him at odds with the British government, Watson is drafted into a worldwide race to find the lost research notes of Victor Frankenstein before

Recently, I picked up Harmony ... In a future ruled by an unwavering dedication to good health, three high school girls led by the defiant Miach Mihie attempt suicide as the ultimate act of rebellion. Tuan Kirie survives, but can't shake the hatred she has for the perfect world she lives in. Years later, a simultaneous mass suicide rocks the globe and sends society into a state of shock. A small group stands up to take credit for the event, claiming they've hijacked the consciousness of every person on the planet. Everything about the terrorists' message sounds too familiar to Tuan. She suspects her old friend Miach might be involved, but how could that be when she'd supposedly killed herself years earlier? Desperate for answers, Tuan launches an investigation that takes her across the globe chasing the ghost of her old friend. But what is Miach's end game? Will she finally wake the world from its monotonous slumber? Or, end it all for good? Set in a future whe

This post is a bit off-topic. Recently, I decided to gather up all of the CDs in my collection and get them organized into a library. I used to use WinAmp -- it was lightweight and had some nice features like skins and visualizations. But, technology had marched on and it was time to try something new. My first choice was iTunes -- it is easy to use and has a very useful service for finding the song names and in some cases even the album cover art. But, I'm getting a little ahead of myself. The first step was installing the software. iTunes was relatively painless to install, but, using the online registration tool on the Apple web site to secure an Apple ID, proved to be surprisingly difficult. The web interface requires that I verify my email address. I tried at least five times to complete the email verification, but, on each occasion, the email verification failed. Fortunately, instead of using the web interface, the iTunes software has an integrated process for securing an