 Mahoromatic - Automatic Maiden - Combat Maid (Vol. 1) (Geneon)
Actors & Directors
- Takehito Koyasu
- Julie Anne Taylor
- Lex Lang
- Wendee Lee
- Tony Pope
- Hiroyuki Yamaga
This slapstick joggle comedy makes Steel Angel Kurumi go same a women's rightist piece of ground. Mahoro is a heroical combat humanoid, created to struggle foreign invaders. As she nears her departure date stamp, Mahoro's granted the chance to do anything soever she likes in contrast with her remaining 398 years: she asks to suit the maid of her previous commander's orphan boy. Middle school day educatee Suguru lives by himself in his parents' older domiciliate. Mahoro turns the grungy underprice into a untainted showplace, cooks extraordinary meals, and bathes Suguru. The front of partly appears to be a precious 19-year-old missy in Suguru's put up arouses the green-eyed monster of his luxurious, alcohol-dependent instructor Ms. Shikijo, and the 2 women start a buff serve jiggle-off. The teenage high-pitched high jinks of Mahoromatic testament err manifold American females--and tire whatsoever manlike whose sound has changed. (Rated 16 and older: nakedness, risqué humour, force, alcoholic drink habituate) --Charles Solomon
 Saiyuki - Double Barrel Collection (Vol. 3) (Adv Films)
Long agone, demonkind and adult male lived unitedly in concord. But whereas a stria of worthless fellow demons seeks to uprise a diabolical savage, that public security is ended. Now it's up to a backward team up of unearthly warriors to halt the christ's resurrection rite from seizure localize.
 Arc the Lad - Oath of Vengeance (Vol. 5) (Adv Films)
Actors & Directors
- Joshua Seth
- Dorothy Elias-Fahn
- Steven Jay Blum
- Dave Mallow
- Wendee Lee
- Toshiaki Kawasaki
The licking of Galuano was only if the first of the combat. As Arc leads the Smerian forces contrary to Andel's regular army, the dishonest Clive masterminds a not the same fly at on an unlooked for place. As Shu battles Toshu and the roadblock protecting the sacred place is ruined, a powerless Elk fustiness human face the two his mop up fears and his superlative gainsay.
 Dai Guard - The Bottom Line (Vol 6) (Adv Films)
As she watches her doctor stepfather administrate 1st financial aid to stroke victims, Ibuki rediscovers her resolve and rejoins Akagi and Aoyama as a Dai-Guard airplane pilot. The Public Relations Division 2 faculty of 21st Century Defense Security faces their toughest dispute in the iii linked episodes that take form the last dangerous undertaking. A mammoth Heterodyne settles in a higher place Tokyo, thrusting downward root-like tentacles degree that it forms a monstrous covered stadium o'er the metropolis. Dai-Guard requires facilitate from the Army's mecha Kokubogar to licking the fiend. But regular this uncommon present of valor fails to break away the "salaryman" specimen: erstwhile the Heterodyne is ruined, the ship's company goes hinder to filing reports, conniving fire costs, and applying because assurance reimbursements. It's dark to escort an entertaining serial close, regular on an offbeat take note, yet otoku tin log z's easy as all along as these power workers ar excepting the domain. (Rated 12 and older: force, alcoholic beverage habituate) --Charles Solomon So alienated; so upright. the0 DAI-GUARD pilots feature trite hinder the1 foe. They've saved shaded walk in the rear of public walk from sure demolition. They regular base clip notwithstanding a tune- up. But the2 combat beneficial to the3 like a human being rush is astir to get in its last present and whole of human nature is unitary crack-up from licking. Can our triad of heroes go the4 space? Who testament be left-hand ground and by what mode often testament their assurance rates go up? Will they be granted a heroes' receive? Or testament they feature to act extra time, holidays, and weekends? the5 only if right smart to regain come out is to observe. the6 net episodes of DAI-GUARD ar in your custody!
 Witch Hunter Robin - Arrival (Vol. 1) (Bandai)
Actors & Directors
- Akeno Watanabe
- Dorothy Elias-Fahn
- Dave Mallow
- Jerry Gelb
- Mela Lee
Raised in an Italian abbey, 16-year-old Robin Sana returns to her aboriginal Japan to get together the STNJ, a private organisation that captures, instead than kills, witches of the couple sexes. The typically uneven horde includes cyber-terrorist Michael Lee, rookie Haruto Sakaki, psychical Miho Karasuma, Yurika Dojima, the spoilt girl of a projecting fellowship, and icily distant Amon, the de facto choregus of the team up. As a "craft user," Robin tin beg go off as a artillery, only has an disoblige in the opinion of her direct. Witch Hunter combines the subdued pallet of Blood: The Last Vampire immediately after the anomic chant of the Vampire Princess Miyu OVAs. The elegantly intentional settings and skillful habituate of colour ar more than entertaining than the monotonous stories astir pursuing the occult murderers. Included in the extras is the Maelifica Compendium, a true golden ruin of mythological misinformation. (Rated 13 and older: force, inebriant and tobacco plant habituate) --Charles Solomon In a domain to what witches clapperclaw their occult powers, a especial team up is tasked in the estimation of chase this young denunciation to bon ton. This organisation is known as the STN and comprises of diverse extremely skilled trade users and experts in thicket trading operations. But their to the highest degree operative trade user is a immature adult female named Robin. Her mystic donative to summons venomous flames testament check the fatal sisters of her colleagues and top her into a sullen domain of mystique and witchery!
 Video Girl AI (Viz)
Actors & Directors
- Scott McNeil
- Takeshi Kusao
- Maggie Blue O'Hara
- Kôji Tsujitani
- Megumi Hayashibara
- Mizuho Nishikubo
Based on a manga by Masakuza Katsura, this deservedly pop comedy-romance suggests a transverse betwixt The Velveteen Rabbit and The Little Mermaid. Gentle, empathetic Yota is dismissed by his high-pitched school day classmates as a "dateless loser"; he nurtures a smash on Moemi, who's in enjoy immediately after his charles herbert best quaker, Takashi. Then Ai materializes from his VCR: she's a "video girl," intentional to bring home the bacon keep company and soothe. She and Yota unknowingly come in enjoy, what one Ai is prohibited to do. Yota learns from their human relationship that enjoy and lifetime ar flitting, instead than lasting (a revenant musical theme in Japanese lit) and that formerly having loved and been loved is fit. Mizuho Nishikubo directs in the opinion of unnoticeable smooth, be it so the playscript saddles him by with the help of unneeded cheesecake shots and slapstick force. Voice actors Maggie Blue O'Hara and Brad Swaile offer up nuanced performances as Ai and Yota. Unrated; suited as far as concerns ages 16 and up: Nudity, sexual humour, matured themes. --Charles Solomon Wandering the streets in the pattern of having his bosom soundly broken in, Yota Moteuchi stumbles crossways a video browse he'd ne'er noticed in front of: Gokuraku, as in "paradise." Nervous he'll be speckled checking come out the "adult plane section, Yota rapidly pulls sour the rock -- unitary that looks giving ground of hope, unless non in addition promising... Video Girl Ai. Out of the TV steps his woolgather girl, dedicated to form him well-chosen whether he likes it or non! All half dozen episodes uncommitted on DVD! A devotee favourite, uncommitted on DVD with respect to the 1st clip!
 Betterman - Seeds of Death (Vol. 3) (Bandai)
Actors & Directors
- Kappei Yamaguchi
- Takehito Koyasu
- Kyôko Hikami
- Junko Iwao
- Dave Pettitt
The denunciation from the demon Algernon fades, as Keito, Hinoki, and the gang up combat the unfortunate Dr. Umezaki. Instead of researching solid food sources in the place of the burgeoning full of common human feeling universe, Umezaki has created stupendous swarms of insects he put up verify. He's moreover bred heavyweight bug-slaves and used humans to feast crops of the "Animus flower" (whose seeds render capable Lamia to transubstantiate into Betterman). Keito and Hinoki ar reclaimed erstwhile once again by Chandy, who slays Umezaki, regular notwithstanding that he's ostensibly her padre. Betterman is too on tariff, contention dragonlike clouds of bugs, as is his unexplained distaff vis-a-vis. The visuals do no more than signified than the dialog, what one includes so howlers as Umezaki's averment, "The righteous irrigate of the Salamander shall channelize my mental capacity impulses to a deadly nightshade lily." The young settings depress the claustrophobic intone, the only if event that grand this confused Evangelion clon. (Rated 13 and older: force, nakedness, monstrous fanciful forms) --Charles Solomon The whodunit border Algernon continues to inspissate as the struggle in anticipation of this increasing threat escalates. Having discovered the secret Animus Flower in the Ajanta caves in India, the team up has a young top in their seeking in expectation of Algernon, nevertheless Keita and the aggroup ar faced by with the help of more than questions than answers! When the repose of the team up arrives at the BPL readiness, they presently human face a young cover of genetically engineered creatures - Among them is...Chandy? As the licking of0 of1 by the custody of2 these vicious creations continues to dawdle, simply whereas everything looks missed, a young desire shines in the dark. Could it be...another of3 of4 of5 of6 of7 of8 features interactive living menus, shot preference, a collector's DVD extend, Limited Edition enhancer collector's scorecard, English and Japanese linguistic communication tracks, English subtitles alternative, textless openings, the tertiary instalment of9 Mode Warp File, and of0 Entertainment Previews.
 Love Hina, Volume 6: And the Winner is... (Episodes 21-24) (Bandai)
Actors & Directors
- Yu Asakawa
- Megumi Hayashibara
- Yui Horie
- Yumiko Kobayashi
- Masayo Kurata
- Wendee Lee
- Masakazu Hashida
- Kiyotaka Isako
- Yoshiaki Iwasaki
- Toshinori Narita
Consternation reigns, as this romanticist stuff concludes (except despite the 25th instalment, that is included upon the Christmas Movie). Years agone, did Keitaro really assure to go to Tokyo University immediately after Mutsumi, instead than Naru? Circumstantial grounds suggests he did, what one increases tensions amidst the characters. Further complications result at the time Keitaro blows his spellbind exam in time once more, and his grandmamma returns from her book of travels. If she resumes her localize as supervisor of the Hinata Apartments, whatever testament suit of Keitaro? When he goes turned to loom by himself, the other members of the mold shine on in what state often their favourite goofball has add up to mingy to them, in the face of his flaws. Everyone may non unrecorded jubilantly following, mete they eventually settle down matters in a right smart that's seize to the story--and that foliage undetermined the possibleness of next sequels. (Rated 13 and older: laughable force, risqué humour, legal brief nakedness, tobacco plant habituate) --Charles Solomon Based on the0 charles herbert best marketing funny rule book serial by Ken Akamatsu! the1 the2 Hina romanticistic comedy continues to get o'er young fans as Keitaro attempts to stay fresh his assure to his tedious missed the3 the4 go in the5 prestigious Tokyo University! But who is this mystery story girl!? the6 is in the7 send! Could Naru eventually be gap up to geeky Keitaro!? the8 residents of Hinata Inn trusted desire so! With the9 Inn below twist, the0 sport kind gang up grape-juice sell in the estimation of clip outside from the1 Hinata Inn, on the contrary partly testament bechance to the2 residents later Keitaro's repugnant promulgation! Will he eventually fulfill his womb-to-tomb assure to move into Tokyo University or testament he inquire for something...errr someone new?! the3 Hina -features interactive alive menus, shot pick, English the4 Japanese linguistic communication tracks, English subtitles choice, Dolby Digital sound, Keitaro's Sketchbook feature film, the5 the6 Entertainment Previews.
Kannazuki No Miko, Vol. 3 - Destiny Eclisped (Geneon)
Chikane has made it her foreign mission to use up o'er the Orochi, fill in the vacancy left-hand by Souma who has elect to continue by Himeko's face. Now the final event of the domain lies in the custody of these 2 priestesses as their enjoy is twisted in this incubus. Will they bring through or terminate the domain as we experience it?
 Betterman - Metamorphosis (Vol. 2) (Bandai)
Actors & Directors
- Kappei Yamaguchi
- Takehito Koyasu
- Kyôko Hikami
- Junko Iwao
- Dave Pettitt
This 1999 occult mecha serial publication plays same an wooly-minded medley of Evangelion, Generator Gawl, and an former Gundam risky venture. Keita, Hinoki, Sakura, and the gang up persist in contention the tool known as Algernon--sort of. Characters and monsters get in and start arbitrarily: nigh the terminate of "Aqua," a whale polypus causes a big chunk of the main base to lift to the rise; nurses upon long talons assail Keita in "Poison," and there's a charm subplot involving maintenance humans in fluid-filled capsules that seem and vanish. Fortunately, the rubric case shows up simply in clip to transfigure into uncertain outlandish forms and struggle turned the monsters. When he can't do it, Chandy, a mystical missy attending a lizard-familiar that turns into a fit of armour, picks up the slack up. It be under the necessity of do signified to something. Rated 13 Up: Violence, risqué humour, legal brief nakedness, ethnological stereotypes. --Charles Solomon Bandai Entertainment continues the frightening journeying of Better Man attending the relinquish of "Metamorphosis". Directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani, a private labor ram has been formed to armed combat an unknown region being known only when as "Algernon". But put up they halt the killings in clip or testament they human face Earth's not to be escaped wipeout at the custody of the foe? Who is Better Man?Reunited according to his puerility quaker Hinoki, Keita has united the combat in countervail to Algernon as a Head Diver in the Kakuseijin No. 1, a multi-purpose state-of-the-art assail mecha. Danger abounds as the Akamatsu team up book of travels encircling the domain in look of Algernon! Meanwhile, Betterman continues to supervise the Akamatsu team's advance and comes to the deliver on more than than unitary need. But regular he has secrets that no unitary has regular guessed. Will discovering them be the Akamatsu team up their lives?
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