Angel's Anime Rating Guide

Death Parade seemed like something I might enjoy... When two people die at the same time, they're sent to a place that's neither heaven nor hell: a lavish bar between worlds where the stakes are high and the rules are simple: if you win you live again, if you die you're gone for good. Decim is the bartender charged with serving the souls who enter Quindecim. He may make a mean cocktail, but his true profession is to play the role of arbiter: a judge who determines whether or not a soul is worthy of reincarnation. To aid in his judgment, the bar's patrons are forced to play simple games laced with sadistic twists designed to bring their true natures to light. To Decim, judgment has always been black and white -- that is until he meets a mysterious young woman whose fate seems impossible to decide. His indecision shakes the very foundation of the games and raises the biggest question of all: who is fit to judge the dead?

Around the time that  Urusei Yatsura  was making a splash in the U.S., I had heard about  Dr. Slump ... Senbei Norimaki created Arale, the most precocious little girl robot... which means Penguin Village won't be so quiet and peaceful any more! Possessing super strength and being naive about the ways of humans, Arale explores life with her creator the only way she knows how - with lots of wacky hijinks, puns, and toilet humor! Whether it be searching for the ingredients to a love potion, rescuing Senbei's sweetheart from space, running in a grand race, finding treasure that makes dreams come true, or visiting a mechanical city, there's never a dull moment in Penguin Village with Arale and Dr. Slump!

I took the opportunity to watch Durarara!! ... Ikebukuro, Tokyo. Mikado Ryugamine is a young man who yearns for the city like no other. At the invitation of his childhood friend, Masaomi Kida, he leaves his hometown and enters Raira Academy in Ikebukuro. Masaomi warns Mikado about the mysterious organization of unknown origin known as the "Dollars" and some dangerous people in Ikebukuro to watch out for. In particular: the brawling champion Shizuo Heiwajima and hobbyist information broker Izaya Orihara. On his first day out in the city, Mikado, remembering another of Masaomi’s stories, sees a jet-black motorcycle being driven by the fabled Headless Rider. From then on, a series of random attacks and events begins to occur on the streets of Ikebukuro, and a group known as the Yellow Scarves arises as Ikebukuro begins to crumble!

Recently, I watched Bayonetta ... Twenty years after her awakening, Bayonetta is still searching for clues that could help unravel the mysteries of her dark past. Aided in her quest by the clandestine weapon smith Rodin - and his deadly creations: Scarborough Fair - Bayonetta continues to leave a trail of angel corpses in her wake. Her search for answers leads to encounters with a mysterious - and eerily familiar - little girl, a vengeance-obsessed journalist, and a deadly white-haired beauty that seems to know more about Bayonetta than the witch herself.

I've seen the entire first season and some of the second season of Attack On Titan on Cartoon Network ... Season 1 When the man-eating giants called Titans first appeared, humans retreated behind massive walls. After a hundred years of safety, a colossal-sized Titan smashes through the defenses, unleashing a flood of giants and carnage in the streets. Eren Jaeger watches helplessly as one of the creatures devours his mother. He vows to kill every Titan walking the earth.

I have to admit that Space Dandy is really one of my guilty pleasures... Season 1 Rocket into the outer limits with the one and only Dandy! This dreamy space case and his to-die-for pompadour jet across the galaxy in search of aliens no one has ever laid eyes on. Capturing rare species may pay the bills, baby, but Dandy would rather kick back and enjoy the scenery at the nearest Boobies. Joined by his misfit sidekicks - a rundown vacuum cleaner robot called QT and Meow the alien space cat - Dandy boldly goes where no dapper don has ever gone before. Hotly pursued by the chimp-faced Dr. Gel, the adventures of Dandy and the gang will make you laugh, then cry, and then laugh till you cry all over again. Buckle up for blast off, baby! You're cruising with the Dandy now, and he don't stop till the end of the universe. Season 2 Space Dandy is a dandy guy in space! This dreamy adventurer with a to-die-for pompadour travels across the galaxy in search of aliens no one has ev...

I've had  Behind Closed Doors for a while, but, for some reason that defies description, I didn't notice that it wasn't on the list until just recently... When the Master's Away, The Sex Kittens Play! Somewhere, there is a forbidden mansion, a house of unspeakable erotic pleasures. Behind each door, a beautiful woman lies in wait for a man's touch. But these voluptuous vixens have an appetite for pain and punishment that compels even the strongest to beg for mercy! What man can withstand the unbearable pleasure, and rule the harem as his own?

I picked up Belladonna Of Sadness aka Tragedy of Belladonna a while back, on one of my anime hunting expeditions out in the suburbs... One of the great lost masterpieces of Japanese animation, Belladonna of Sadness is the last film in the adult-themed Animerama trilogy produced by the godfather of Japanese anime and manga, Osamu Tezuka and directed by his long-time collaborator Eiichi Yamamoto (Astro Boy and Kimba: The White Lion). An innocent young woman, Jeanne is violently raped by the local lord on her wedding night. To take revenge, she makes a pact with the Devil himself who appears as an erotic sprite and transforms her into a black-robed vision of madness and desire. If Led Zeppelin had a favorite film, this would be it. In other words, Stairway to Hell.

Dimensions: 3000x500 I wanted an animated background in my header, but, I didn't necessarily want a movie playing in the header. While, I think it might be possible, with some sophisticated engineering, to place a YouTube video in the header, I didn't really want something as over-the-top as a YouTube video. Instead, I decided to focus my efforts on using CSS animation techniques to make a background that scrolls sideways.

Sometime ago, I noticed a post on the AnimeNation forum regarding an animated commercial --  Xi Avant ... Xi Avant, director Kenji Kamiyama’s (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society) three-and-a-half-minute short film is set in Spain and other locales in the near future, and features the NTT Docomo mobile phone network's next-generation Xi service.

This is quite a bit off-topic and about seven months after the actual 20th anniversary of the Anime Rating Guide circa October 2018. Lately, I've been fielding questions regarding some of the behind-the-scenes work that I do to manage this blog and I thought this would be good opportunity to answer some of those questions and commemorate twenty years in existence. Also, before I begin, it should be noted that for some reason that defies description, Advancer Tina , is getting quite a bit of attention lately. But, it's O.K. After all, that's why Tina volunteered for that suicide mission...

The Anime List has been an integral part of the Anime Rating Guide since its inception over twenty years ago. My latest adventure being a geek involved upgrading the Anime List . Previously, I used MS Access  to generate lists for two static pages -- a list of anime sorted by title and a second list of anime sorted by rating. I really wanted to combine these two pages into one page that would allow filtering and sorting on demand. So, taking inspiration from Stuart Langridge's Sortable , I used MS Access to generate one list of anime sorted by title, and let the Sortable gadget work its magic. Then, I wrote some custom code to handle filtering on-the-fly and viola, the new Anime List was born.