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Artist-writer Katsuhiro tomo began telling the story of Akira as a comic book series in 1982 but took a break from 1986 to 1988 to write, direct, supervise, and design this animated film version. Set in 2019, the film richly imagines the new..

Japanese anime--animated movies--have a reputation for beingultraviolent and ultracool. And there's a lot of cool to be found in Trigun:The $$60,000,000,000 Man (those two dollar signs aren't a typo--money, in the Trigun world, is counted in double..

From Yuki Kajiura, the music artist who created the unforgettable music to the smash hit anime series "Noir" and ".hack//SIGN," comes "Fiction," her latest and most unique CD release ever.Kajiura's composed music is widely recognized among anime..

Actor Katie Griffin Jill Frappier Susan Roman Ron Rubin Vince Corazza Creator Andy Heyward Nicole Thuault Phil Harnage Todd Swift Format Animated Color NTSC

This Japanese import featuring five teenagers with superhero powers may turn out to be for older girls what Pok mon is for the pee-wee set. The fantasy-action story lines of Sailor Moon (named for the leader) is typical anime fare--which means it's..

Toriyasu is a lazy, ordinary 10-year-old boy, who wearily endures theoutbursts of his boisterous younger sister, Meeko. When his dog Papadollturns up missing, Meeko is sure the pet has been abducted by aliens. Hersuspicions prove correct, as the..

High school entrance exams are approaching, and Serena and herfriends Amy, Raye, Lita, and Mina (Usagi, Ami, Rei, Makoto, and Minakoin Japanese) need to study--especially Serena, whose grades have neverbeen good. But Serena is easily distracted...

In 1988, the landmark Anime film AKIRA, by director Katsuhiro Otomo, defined the cutting edge of Anime around the world.By today's standards, Akira remains the pinnacle of cel animation and retains the explosive impact of its highly detailed..

Actor Masaya Onosaka Hiromi Tsuru Satsuki Yukino Mona Marshall Jeff Nimoy Format Animated Color Dubbed NTSC

This sensational, extremely influential, 1974 low-budget horror movie directed by Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist, Lifeforce, Salem's Lot), may be notorious for its title, but it's also a damn fine piece of moviemaking. And it's blood-curdling scary, too...

"If it's blood you want, it's blood you're gonna get," screams ExtremeChampionship Wrestling (ECW) play-by-play announcer Joey Stiles. He's talkingabout the hardcore "Glass Match," which features two men sticking their tapedhands in glue and then..

In the first three episodes of this 13-part original animation video first released in January 1996, Lieutenant Shiro Amada comes to Earth to lead a Mobile Suit unit in the war with Zeon. He quickly establishes himself as a likable, enthusiastic..

Format Animated Closed-captioned Color NTSC

'The pillows' have unleashed their latest album, 'Good Dreams' and this kickin' CD is coming to the U.S.!Known for their definitive, hard J-rocking, frenetic punk style that defined the smash anime hit, 'Fooly Cooly,' the trio of Sawao Yamanaka,..

The tragically brief career of '70s British pop group Badfinger is astory of a chaotic band in need of structure. As a rockumentary,Badfinger is an equally unfocused affair desperately in need ofhistorical context and, worse, a narrator. For a few..

In 1988, the landmark Anime film AKIRA, by director Katsuhiro Otomo, defined the cutting edge of Anime around the world.By today's standards, Akira remains the pinnacle of cel animation and retains the explosive impact of its highly detailed..

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Kimba continues to learn about life in the jungle as he faces poachers and the threat of a flash flood. Kimba valiantly saves the lives of many animals, but many still refuse his friendship out of pride and fear. Eventually, Kimba's courage and..

Naomi Armitage and Ross Sylibus have changed their names and live with their daughter Yoko as a normal happy family on Mars - until a robot riot breaks out at an anti-matter plant on Earth.Armitage learns that the riot is a plot to suppress evidence..

Erskine Caldwell's best-selling novel about the loves and lives of Georgia farmers receives a lusty adaptation in this superb drama. When a poor, white sharecropper becomes convinced that gold is buried on his property, he begins digging on his land..

Format Animated Closed-captioned Color HiFi Sound NTSC

Japanese pressing. King. 2005.

It's difficult to tell if this super-heroine adventure is meant as spoof or a real story: the tone is silly and the fragmentary story line makes little sense. Although they appear to be ordinary (if curvaceous) high school students, Mew and Mica are..

Episode #47:Scramble For The Dragon Balls! Episode #48:Arrival Of The Ginyu Force Episode #49:Elite Fighters Of The Universe... The Ginyu Force Vegeta secretly detects and then follows Krillin and Gohan to the secret hideout of the Eldest Namek. At..

High school entrance exams are approaching, and Serena and her friends Amy, Raye, Lita, and Mina (Usagi, Ami, Rei, Makoto, and Minako in Japanese) need to study--especially Serena, whose grades have never been good. But Serena is easily distracted...