Angel's Anime Rating Guide

When Blogger rolled out new templates in 2017, the navigation scheme for the new templates was a bit different. Those of us who happened to have the screen width set below a given width, discovered that the sidebar menu was not visible on the home page unless you selected a "hamburger" icon on the top-left corner of the page. And, if you navigated to a post, the hamburger icon disappeared entirely, so, those of us with screen widths below a given width could not access the sidebar menu at all from post pages.

After many years away, my brother, Sammy, recently came home from away and offered some fascinating insights into the peculiarities of censorship in the modern era. Sammy wanted to see an R-Rated movie. As he was looking for a suitable candidate --  Deadpool  --, he happened to notice a pile of  Tinker Bell  movies and mentioned that he had never seen any of them as they were unrated and as such, were banned. He also noted that  Big , the Tom Hanks movie where Tom plays a child who has suddenly grown big, was censored for objectionable content.

Recently, I took the opportunity to watch Napping Princess ... In Napping Princess the year is 2020, three days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. While she should be studying for her exams, Kokone Morikawa is often dozing off, stuck between reality and a dream-world full of fantastic motorized contraptions. But after her father, a talented, but, mysterious mechanic, is arrested for stealing technology from a powerful corporation, it's up to Kokone and her childhood friend Morio to save him. Together they realize that Kokone’s dream-world holds the answers to the mystery behind the stolen tech, and they embark on a journey that traverses dreams and reality, city and country, and past and present. Their mission uncovers a trail of clues to her father’s disappearance and ultimately a surprising revelation about Kokone's family.

I happened to catch a handful of episodes on Cartoon Network and  Dimension W seemed like something I should look into owning... In the near future, devices known as coils, harness the power of another dimension. Seeking illegal coils, bounty hunter Kyoma Mabuchi spends his days resisting the use of dimensional energy. That is, until a very realistic and adorable robot, Mira, gets mixed up in things. Partnering with the reluctant Kyoma on his missions, together they uncover the truth behind the mysterious power.

Last year, Blogger launched new templates. I selected the  Cntempo Template  and a feature of this template is to offer snippets of a number of posts on the home page with links to the full posts that underlie each each snippet. In many of my posts, I offer ratings for anime, movies or TV shows and I wanted a way to display the ratings in the snippets, so, visitors would not have to open a particular post to see a rating.

I have a soft spot for detective dramas, so, Un-Go seemed like something I might enjoy... Some call him the "Last Great Detective." Others call him the "Defeated Detective." What's certain is that he's Shinjurou Yuuki, a young man with a passion for mysteries and a talent for solving them that has made him the target of dark forces now stirring within the sinister underworld of a near future Tokyo. That could prove lethal, given that not even the other "good guys," including the police, are exactly on Shinjouro's side. Fortunately Yuuki's not completely on his own, and with the aid of his uniquely talented associate Inga, he's ready to cut a swath through the veils of secrecy that have been laid before him.

Witchblade has held a special place in my heart for a number of years, so, when I heard about a Witchblade anime, I had to have it... Anime Volume 1 The Witchblade is an ancient weapon bestowed only upon the women it forever scars. It's part armor, part sentient, and thirsts for battle. Masane Amaha discovers her fate and battles to keep possession of the Witchblade as two opposing forces risk all humanity for control of the ultimate weapon.

Over the weekend, I decided to watch both seasons of  Haganai in one sitting... Season 1 Yozora's an abrasive loudmouth whose only friend at school is imaginary. She knows she's difficult - which makes her better off than Kodaka, a new transfer student who picked up an undeserved bad reputation the second he stepped on campus. Inspired by their shared status as social catastrophes, the two loners unite and start the Neighbors Club, an organization dedicated to finding other misfits and making friends.

Last year, Blogger released new templates. In the Contempo template, visitors wishing to access the  underlying post can select the snippet title or a "read more" link under the snippet text, but, the snippet image and text are not linked to the underlying post. I wanted a means of making the snippet image and text link to the underlying post, so, after some trial and error, I made the following gadget: