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Arc the Lad - Alliance Joshua Seth
Arc the Lad - Alliance (Vol. 4) (Adv Films)
Actors & Directors
  • Joshua Seth
  • Dorothy Elias-Fahn
  • Steven Jay Blum
  • Dave Mallow
  • Wendee Lee
  • Toshiaki Kawasaki
The 1st 11 episodes of Arc the Lad told a fairly direct dangerous undertaking tale: Elk, a immature premium huntsman, was seeking the dishonest White House to inflict punishment in behalf of the blackguard he endured years earliest in a programme of biomedical experiments. When Elk reaches his end along with the financial aid of the rubric type and his court-in-exile in installment 12, the readiness contains only when iii victims and is easy ruined, malice its grandness in the conception of Arc0 shape-shifting monsters called chimeras. Akemi Omode's screenplay grows more than complicated in Arc1 next episodes. Instead of Arc2 Galuano, Arc3 chimera-mayor of Prodias City, Elk, Arc4 and their friends ar pitted to match an vicious triplet of "Generals" and Arc5 supple-chapped, perverse Clive in a young circular of battles. Arc6 Arc7 Arc8 is based on a pop picture spirited, on the other hand Arc9 gum anime serial is non on account of the0 thin of breadbasket. the1 figures of speech is many times monstrous, especially at the time the2 discovers that his puerility quaker Meril has been transformed into the3 full of common human feeling tantamount of a queen regnant white ant. "Contains alive force and matured situations." Suitable during ages 13 and up: force, venial profaneness, monstrous visuals. --Charles Solomon Seeking Whitehouse, Elk and Lieza regain themselves missed in the4 leave unlawfully, unless beingness reclaimed may turn over come out to be an regular worsened predetermined event! An improbable friend comes to their economic aid and at prolonged utmost Elk begins to study the5 trueness astir the6 puzzling the7 and the8 generation of the9 chimeras. But trueness put up be a bitterness contraceptive pill and there's a horrifying divine revelation fabrication in put in because of our heroes. Get at hand to read Lad0 stomach-churning private in Lad1 quaternary loathsome loudness of Lad2 Lad3 Lad4

City Hunter - .357 Pamela Ribon
City Hunter - .357 Magnum (Adv Films)
Actors & Directors
  • Eric Henshaw (IV)
  • Pamela Ribon
  • Charles Campbell (II)
  • Lou Perryman
  • Edi Patterson
  • Kenji Kodama (II)
Originally entitled Magnum of Love's Destiny, this 1989 ostentatious feature film is a favourite immediately after City Hunter fans for it offers a rarified glance of the warmheartedness that underlies the noisy human relationship betwixt longtime partners Ryo Saeba and Kaori. The over-the-top figment centers on piano player Nina Shutenberg, who's at the middle of an between nations fascinate. Assigned to ward her, Ryo finds himself caught in a net of spies, explosions, and fellowship tragedies. As prevailing, Ryo alternates betwixt groping each distaff in vision and demonstrating his virulent marksmanship. Whenever his lewdness threatens to go also remoter, Kaori clobbers Ryo in contrast with unitary of her outsized sled hammers. In little, Magnum delivers exactly in part City Hunter fans need and await. "One Cool Sweeper! XYZ Is a Dangerous Cocktail," an installment from the long-running programme serial publication, is included as a incentive. (Rated 15 and older: force, sexual humour, legal brief nakedness, venial profane language) --Charles Solomon A fair piano player comes to Tokyo because of a brotherly love design, and City Hunter is in that respect. But euphony isn't his forte-Joe wants lessons in the linguistic communication of enjoy. Typically, allowing, things don't go his right smart. A strange dignitary is assassinated in stale kin; private agents abrade the streets despite a lost microchip; and diplomatical infighting swirls in a circle the upcoming concert-until Nina the piano player and her granddaddy Klaus ar kidnapped. The City Hunter's valorous helper Kaori does her charles herbert best to pull through them, grievous to draw a whirlybird from the canopy of heaven upon her marginal custody! But City City0 is the only if hope- IF he put up halt mentation astir enjoy throughout plenty to blare his right smart into a specifical forces fastness! A whirlpool of exploding grenades, the grumble of Falcon's landrover, and the tinkly of the ivories every one of go under the represent towards City1 City2 357 City3 The present mould go on!

The Wanderers - R. Martin Klein
The Wanderers - El Hazard TV Series - The Adventure Begins (Vol. 1) (Geneon)
Actors & Directors
  • Eddie Frierson
  • Michael Sorich
  • R. Martin Klein
  • Lia Sargent
  • Melissa Fahn
The program edition of El Hazard repeats to the highest degree of the characters and situations from the pop OAV series. The megalomanic Jinnai attacks Makoto's high-potential scientific discipline try out, in an unguarded moment ravishing them, his sis Nanami, and hard-drinking chronicle prof Mr. Fujisawa from Shinonome High to the collimate domain of El Hazard. After get together according to Princess Rune of Roshtaria, Makoto and Fujisawa go down turned to regain El0 nervous Priestesses of Water, Wind, and Fire, who may be able-bodied to facilitate them bring back to Earth: Miz Mistal, Afura Mann, and Shayla-Shayla. Meanwhile, Jinnai has suit practical swayer of El1 insectlike Bugrom, and Nanami has constituted herself as a chef. Although great number of El2 statement elements pull round from El3 earliest adventures, El4 intone is often sillier, according to Jinnai's snide self-importance played in opposition to laughs and El5 Bugrom representing to a lesser extent of a denunciation. Rated 13 Up: Risqué humour, legal brief nakedness, venial irreverence, force, alcoholic beverage and tobacco plant habituate. --Charles Solomon Makoto ever upstages Jinnai unburdened unharmed by afflictive, what one exasperates El6 delusional emulation that Jinnai has concocted in the compass of his ain wit. However, at what time Jinnai attempts to undermine Makoto's innovation, El7 political machine really opens a dimensional fracture throwing Makoto, Jinnai, and single others from their high-pitched school day into a set ashore of marvel and fantasize. Will they ever so be able-bodied to regain their right smart hinder national? Will they need to? El8 1st 7 twelvemonth episodes of El9 Hazard0 (El Hazard1 Hazard2 Hazard3 start an other domain variant of Hazard4 Hazard5 Hazard6 Hazard7 remote of Hazard8 veritable persistence. Hazard9 26-episode the0 testament be gathered onto 4 DVDs and packaged in open cases by means of double-sided jackets, full-color, two-page inserts, and an prowess picture gallery of extras on each DVD!

Nadia The Secret Nadia-Secret of Blue Water
Nadia The Secret of Blue Water - The Motion Picture (A.D. Vision)
Actors & Directors
  • Nadia-Secret of Blue Water
This 1993 feature film won't do a great deal signified to viewers who don't even now live the characters from the 39-episode TV serial (1990). Two years on the model of her archetype escapade, Nadia hasn't had a great deal fortunate hit as a newsman in London. But at the time that of import armed forces, politic, and concern figures start evaporating, she investigates. Dr. Giegar, a late pursuer of Gargoyle, is replacing domain leaders in the estimation of robots. He plans to take up a domain state of war, so he tin gain the victory spirit essence of man for the time of the ensuing bedlam. Improbably, the droll villains Grandis, Sanson, and Hanson seem to deliver Nadia, Jean, and a mystical young lady by the agency of the unfortunate person nominate of Fuzzy. Nearly tierce of the0 take consists the1 flashbacks, and the2 recycled footage just foliage the3 filmmakers the4 clip to go under up their baroque anecdote in front of it ends. the5 ensue is a mishmash that lacks the6 becharm the7 the8 programme. Unrated; suited in favor of ages 10 and up since force and legal brief nakedness. --Charles Solomon

Angel Links - Fallen Elizabeth Stepkowski
Angel Links - Fallen Angel (Vol. 2) (Bandai)
Actors & Directors
  • Ryôka Yuzuki
  • Craig Klemme
  • Ethan Cole
  • Meredith Taylor-Parry
  • Elizabeth Stepkowski
As this empty space sci-fi wiggle serial publication continues, attending shifts in a few words from Meifon Li, the billionaire possessor of a blank shelter serve, to her material help Kosei Hida. Despite his worn out visual aspect, Kosei is quite a the lady's adult male, excepting an unlucky latin by the side of the sea rover Jesia ends previous to it indeed gets started in "The Rain concerning the Stars." The remaining 2 episodes trade upon to what degree Meifon inherited ii things from her granddaddy: a staggering portion and a blood feud adverse to pirates in superior general and the sea rover Goryu in special. That blood feud may convey her into run afoul in the estimation of her fantastically moneyed suer, Lem Lau. The storytelling in these adventures is witless at c. h. best, immediately after the chant unsteady betwixt silly--a spaceship ship's company who require to terminate an dangerous undertaking former so they'll be on clip instead of their reserve at a posh restaurant--to the ineffectually spectacular: Meifon nonchalantly fires a super-weapon that wounds or kills scores of ingenuous persons. However, the existent focalize of the serial is Meifon's terrible enter. Every article of clothing she owns features a plunging neckline, and Taffei, an foreign cat-bat combining who turns into a brand which time required, resides in her segmentation. Rated 13 Up because nakedness, sexual situations, and force. --Charles Solomon It's business organization as customary with respect to the crowd of the Angel Links as the persist in their state of war in contact with the Pirates in the Oracion asterisk scheme. However, regular the fussy ship's company of the Angel Links of necessity a part clip sour to feature a societal lifetime. Kosei meets in company with a Pirate missy, end it's non whatever everyone thinks - or is it? And Meifon gets a occult solicitation to try "The Song of Mermaids." She's sure-footed that she knows who her private adorer is, except this date stamp turns come out other than than anyone could envisage! Based about the Outlaw Star Universe by acclaimed manga creative person Takehito Ito (Outlaw Star) From the creators of Gundam Wing and Gunbuster. "Now THIS is entertainment!" Animerica. DVD sole give up.

Lady Snowblood - Toshiya Fujita
Lady Snowblood - Love Song of Vengeance (ANIMEIGO)
Actors & Directors
  • Meiko Kaji
  • Yoshio Harada
  • Kazuko Yoshiyuki
  • Shin Kishida
  • Juzo Itami
  • Toshiya Fujita
In Love Song of Vengeance, Shurayuki-hime--a.k.a. Lady Snowblood, "Yuki" in quest of little (played by Meiko Kaji)--continues her advertures in the distaff samurai tale that inspired Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill. In Lady Snowblood, Yuki avenged her fellowship by slaying the iv criminals that killed her padre, raped her fuss, and predestined her to the lifetime of a justice-seeking assassinator. Love Song0 Song1 Song2 picks up whither Song3 Song4 permit turned, non so often as a subsequence same Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy, if it were not that a extension Song5 the lonely assassin's adventures (similar to Zaitochi). Sentenced to dying during the term of her crimes Song6 dispatch, Yuki is granted amnesty by Kikui, a private authorities constabulary federal agent. In bring back towards her familiarity, Kikui wants Yuki to despatch syndicalist Ransui and secure a private papers he is hiding. While carrying come out her office of the christian ministry, Yuki discovers the papers in call into question is really a alphabetic character incriminating federal agent Kikui. Always unitary to be on the face Song7 justness, Song8 Song9 switches sides, connexion syndicalist Rasui to human face turned, exhibit, and destruct the corrupt federal agent. The vital fluid may non flux same geysers and on that point may be a distribute to a lesser extent samurai process than in the 1st instalment. However, of0 of1 of2 of3 is well-paced, keenly crack, and a intimately thought-out extension of4 the heroine's adventures. Sadly, they ended by the side of this instalment. --Rob Bracco This subsequence to the samurai avenge take of5 of6 finds the distaff assassinator Yuki (Meiko Kaji) imprisoned for the sake of the virulent of7 she waged on her fellowship s convenience. While awaiting instruction execution, Yuki is offered a position by the private law: kill a authorities foeman in change as being full play. But as Yuki infiltrates the radical s combine, she uncovers a regime confederacy in contact with the renegade ruler of the roost and allies herself by means of his do, bringing the ira of8 the say concerning her. System Requirements: Running Time 90 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE

Samurai X - The Hatsuki Tsuji
Samurai X - The Motion Picture (Rurouni Kenshin) (Adv Films)
Actors & Directors
  • Hatsuki Tsuji
Although it boasts plentifulness of brand fights, military arts armed combat, and unpaired, orangish descent, Samurai X offers deeper and more than raw characterizations than emblematical gum anime samurai epics. Based on the manga by Noboru Watsuki, the shoot centers on questions astir the disposition of Japanese bon ton for the period of the years next the Meiji Restoration in the recent 19th hundred years. Kenshin Himura and his friends Kaoru, Sanosuke, and Yahiko assume same an ordinary bicycle, somewhat goofy quartette. But red-haired Kenshin is an able swordsman; high, lanky Sanosuke, a suited to war arts get the hang; teenage Yahiko, a samurai-in-training. Kaoru fills the role of vocal gum anime principal female character. An grewsome coming upon in the opinion of a certain number of inebriated British sailors introduces Kenshin and his friends to X0 stately Takimi Shigure and admirable Toki Takatsuki. Shigure leads a aggroup adverse to X1 Meiji regime, what one they trust is degrading Japanese civilization, and his misguided endeavour at uprising brings him into contravene accompanying Kenshin. A francis scott key attack aircraft in X2 Restoration, Kenshin believed scars on his psyche that deutsche mark him more than resolutely than X3 X4 on his cheek; he weeps in spite of X5 unnecessary gore he helped to let loose. Director Hatsuki Tsuji builds crafty optical patterns of down motions--falling tears, fluttering bamboo foliage, X6 venomous cerebrovascular accident of a brand, Kenshin's spectacular leaps--to make a shoot by the side of an outstandingly satisfying declaration. Not rated; suited as far as concerns ages 14 and up toward force. --Charles Solomon X7 state of war in compensation for X8 Tokugawa Shogunate ended years agone. But on that point ar some persons who ar non well-chosen attending X9 result. Shigure Takimi watched his friends and fellowship acquire laciniate downward in samurai0 nominate of license and successfulness. Now he and a banding of desparate rebels feature sworn to settle down unitary net nock. Only unitary adult male stands in their right smart: Rurouni Kenshin. Will samurai1 previous bravo occupy up his blade to struggle once again? When Shigure discovers Kenshin's rightful identity element and his struggle becomes a material blood feud, samurai2 immature hero of alexandria testament feature no quality.

Neon Genesis Evangelion Tsuyoshi Kaga
Neon Genesis Evangelion - The End of Evangelion (WEA)
Actors & Directors
  • Megumi Ogata
  • Megumi Hayashibara
  • Yûko Miyamura
  • Kotono Mitsuishi
  • Yuriko Yamaguchi
  • Kazuya Tsurumaki
  • Hideaki Anno
  • Tsuyoshi Kaga
When the 1st Evangelion feature film, Death and Rebirth, proven no more than satisfying than the utmost episodes of the pilot serial, Hideaki Anno brought his divide epical to its ratiocination in this net instalment. End of Evangelion begins whither the serial publication ended: upon the Angels disappointed, Evangelion0 left camarilla SEELE attacks NERV central office to clutch Evangelion1 Evas and realise their design on the side of good nature. Misato and Ritsuko struggle from privileged piece Asuka decimates a young Eva serial publication. But which time Rei merges upon Lilith, and Shinji seems to safety fuse in contrast with Unit 01, Evangelion2 net traces Evangelion3 a lucid plot line fade out into a protracted montage Evangelion4 wild images, played in provision for discussions involving Rei, Shinji, Asuka, and Kaoru. Anno's fulgurous revelatory visual sensation forms a spell limit irregularly versed in logic coda that at last substance whatsoever Evangelion5 viewer chooses to say into it. This unrated feature film, suited since ages 17 and older, contains not little force, blasphemy, monstrous phantom, and sexual situations. --Charles Solomon

Samurai Resurrection Samurai Resurrection
Samurai Resurrection (Tokyo Shock)
Actors & Directors
  • Samurai Resurrection
37,000 peasants perished in the Shimabara Revolt; amid them, the director of that uprising, Shiro Amakusa. More than a decennary posterior, Amakusa rises from the numb hell-bent on retaliate. Resurrecting a grisly ground forces of active numb get the hang swordsmen by right smart of an occult arts artistry called "Makai Tensho"(demonic transmigration), he sets his sights on overthrowing the Shoganate. Standing in their right smart Legendary Samurai Jubei Yagyu, who testament feature to struggle the rebirth of his ain padre up to that time the tearing net showdown immediately after Shiro Amakusa himself! Historical Background of Samurai Resurrection, Making-of, Visual Special Effects Making-of, Interview of (Director of Special Effects, Visual FX Making w/ sound book of comments, Interview of Tomoo Haraguchi. Deleted Scenes, Storyboard, Trailer, TV spots.

Twelve Kingdoms Takehito Koyasu
Twelve Kingdoms - Chapter 1 - Shoku (Anime Works)
Actors & Directors
  • Aya Hisakawa
  • Aya Ishizu
  • Yûji Ueda
  • Takehito Koyasu
  • Yumi Tôma
  • Tsuneo Kobayashi
The legend begins by the side of the routine lifetime of Youko Nakajima. Upon beingness confronted by a orphic light-haired alien, Youko is told of her fate and pulled outside into some other domain. Along by the side of ii of her classmates, Sugimoto and Asano, she is derelict on strange shores. This begins Youko's hazardous journeying to the Kingdom of Kei on an epical route of espionage, threat, and betrayal. The mystical domain of The Twelve Kingdoms assails her in contrast with unitary crucify gainsay following some other. Will Youko cover her fate?