Actors & Directors
- Louis Quinn
- Roger Smith
- Bea Benaderet
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
- Jacqueline Beer
- George Waggner
Run time: 682 min.
Price: $150.00
Review Clamp School Detectives 1-8 Box Set (Japanimation) / Sub / Bandai:Contains Clamp School Videos Vol. 1-8 with collectible box.
Creator: Joss Whedon
Review Buffy the Vampire Slayer / WB Television Network, The:
Run time: 82 min.
Creator: Ron Montez
Price: $39.95
Review Dance Vision USA - Learn to Dance with the Champions: AMERICAN STYLE INTERMEDIATE WEST COAST SWING [ ASRM-06 ]. / W.D. Eng Inc. Dance Vision USA:
Actors & Directors
- Richard Nixon
- Frank Gannon (II)
Run time: 66 min.
Price: $19.98
Review Real Richard Nixon: Early Life / Central Park Media:
Run time: 52 min.
Creator: Ron Montez
Review Dance Vision USA - Learn to Dance with the Champions: AMERICAN STYLE INTERMEDIATE RUMBA [ ASRM-04 ]. / W.D. Eng Inc. Dance Vision USA:
Actors & Directors
- Kôichi Yamadera
- Takehito Koyasu
- Jenny Baker
- Kôichi Chigira
- Kappei Yamaguchi
- Miki Itô
Run time: 111 min.
Price: $34.95
Review Tokyo Babylon 1 & 2 / U.S. Magna Corp/Wea V:Based on a manga series by the all-female Clamp studio, these two OAVs from 1992 and 1994 are linked by the character of Subaru, a powerful medium whose family has used their psychic powers to "protect Japan for 2,000 years. " In the first adventure, he's pitted against a power-hungry executive who murders anyone in his way. The embittered sister of one of his victims unwittingly releases a spirit too powerful for her to control. In the second, Subaru helps to solve the grisly murders committed by a serial killer stalking the Tokyo subways. The police also call in Mirei, who has powers of "post-cognition": an ability to see into past. In each case, Subaru is rescued at the last minute by the handsome veterinarian Seishiro. Subaru and Seishiro also appear in the feature X (1998). (Rated 13 and older: violence, violence against women, grotesque imagery) -Charles Solomon.
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Release date: 2000-06-20
Run time: 650 min.
List Price: $9.98
Price: $39.89
Review Fushigi Yugi- The Mysterious Play - Suzaku Boxed Set 1 / Geneon [Pioneer]:A sprawling mixture of mythical crises and slushy teenage romance, Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play has the scale, but not the depth, of an epic. Like the heroine of Sailor Moon, Miaka is a ditzy 15-year-old girl who's crazy about junk food and boys. She and her scholarly friend Yui find an ancient Chinese volume, The Universe of the Four Gods, about a girl "who made her dreams come true after she came to possess the seven stars of Suzaku," and are literally drawn into the book. Miaka is hailed as the girl from another world destined to become the priestess of Suzaku, the protecting deity of the Empire of Konan. She soon finds herself caught in a web of adventures, magic, deadly perils, intrigue, and counterintrigue. Miaka gains the affection of the seven Celestial Warriors of Suzaku: martial artist Tamahome; the exquisite emperor of Konan, Hotohori; the transvestite Nuriko; sorcerer-in-training Chichiri; mountain bandit Tasuki; physician Mitsukake; and the flute-playing Chiriko. The Warriors and the Priestess are all needed to summon Suzaku to save Konan from an invasion from the rival kingdom of Kutuo. Complicating matters are Yui's estrangement from Miaka and their rivalry for the dashing Tamahome. The animation is extremely limited, even by anime standards: director Hajime Kamegaki often uses pans over comic book-style artwork in place of character movements. But the adventures are enjoyable and the side characters are often engaging, especially Chichiri. [+]The weakest aspect of the series is Miaka, who comes across as a whiny twit: Tamahome and Hotohori fall in love with her, but it's difficult to understand why. Mysterious Play began as a girl's manga, then became a weekly TV program. It's more entertaining to watch one or two episodes at a time: after too many at one sitting, the story begins to feel repetitious and padded. This four-disc set includes only the first half of the story (the TV series' entire first season), ending on a real cliffhanger. The supplemental material offers a well-organized chart of the characters and their relationships, keyed to scenes in the story. -Charles Solomon Miaka, a high school student in Tokyo, has normal problems: fights with her mom, entrance exams, and deciding where she's going to go eat with her friends. Then she finds a mysterious book, the Universe of the Four Gods, in the library, and her life is changed forever when she is transported into the book.
Actors & Directors
- Tsutomu Shibayama
- Megumi Hayashibara
- Kenichi Ogata
- Shinji Takagi (II)
- Tomomi Mochizuki
- Hirotaka Suzuoki
- Kappei Yamaguchi
- Noriko Hidaka
Run time: 300 min.
Price: $124.95
Review Ranma 1/2 - OAV Series (Boxed Set) / Viz Video:
Actors & Directors
- Beau Billingslea
- Jennifer Watson (IV)
- Maureen O'Connell (III)
- Mika Doi
- Yuriko Yamamoto
- Toshihiro Hirano
Run time: 60 min.
Price: $24.99
Review Dragon Century / U.S. Renditions Video:
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Actors & Directors
- Night Warriors-Darkstalkers' R
Run time: 45 min.
List Price: $24.98
Price: $38.95
Review Night Warriors 3 (Dub) / Geneon [Pioneer]:
Creator: Joss Whedon
Review Buffy the Vampire Slayer / WB Television Network, The:
Creator: Joss Whedon
Review Buffy the Vampire Slayer / WB Television Network, The:
Actors & Directors
- Kristine Sutherland
- Sarah Michelle Gellar
- David Boreanaz
- James Marsters
- Anthony Head
Review Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 5 (Box Set 1) / WB Television Network, The:
Actors & Directors
- Richard Cansino
- Wendee Lee
- Rob Matthews (II)
- Gloria Gines
- Kôichi Chigira
- Steven Jay Blum
Review Yûgen kaisha:There are hundreds of thousands of companies in modern Tokyo, but only one Phantom Quest Corporation, a firm that specializes in exorcisms and troublesome spirits. Its founder and CEO is Ayaka Kisaragi, a red-haired klutz whose lipstick turns into an enchanted sword when she needs to dispatch vampires, demons, or ghosts. She's assisted by the exorcist Rokkon, the medium Madame Suimei, the innocent-looking Nanami, and Mamoru, a long-suffering computer whiz who tries to reconcile Ayaka's profligate spending with her limited income. The tone of Phantom Quest suggests Ghostbusters remade for Bette Midler-Ayaka drinks too much, oversleeps, and murders songs in karaoke settings, but she comes through in the end. Her tongue-in-cheek adventures juxtapose supernatural villains with slapstick comedy, much of it involving her put-upon beau, Detective Karino. In "Kiss of Fire," they defeat Count Dracula (whose coffin has been purchased as a novelty by a Japanese businessman) but trash Tokyo Tower in the process. The most satisfying of the four adventures is "Love Me Tender," in which the ghost of an archeologist tries to protect his former fiancée from beyond the grave. Possible sequels are hinted at in the DVD extras. Rated 13 and up for nudity, violence, sexual situations, and occasional profanity. -Charles Solomon.
Run time: 60 min.
Creator: Ron Montez
Review Dance Vision USA - Learn to Dance with the Champions: AMERICAN STYLE BEGINNING WEST COAST SWING AND EAST COAST SWING [ ASRM-02 ] / W.D. Eng Inc. Dance Vision USA:
Actors & Directors
- Rebecca Ferratti
- Ranma
- Shari Shattuck
Run time: 600 min.
List Price: $199.95
Price: $39.95
Review Ranma 1/2 - Hard Battle (Special Collector's Box Set) / Viz Video:
Actors & Directors
- Kôichi Mashimo
- Hiroyuki Shibamoto
- Mitsuo Iwata
- Maya Okamoto
- Carol Jacobanis
- Kôji Tsujitani
Run time: 390 min.
List Price: $89.95
Price: $38.49
Review Irresponsible Captain Tylor - OVA Collection / Ventura Distribution:
Actors & Directors
- Tom Fahn
- Stanley Gurd Jr.
- Steve Bulen
- Lena Gale
- Hiroyuki Yamaga
- Rob Matthews (II)
Review Wings of Honneamise:Many anime fans acclaim writer-director Hiroyuki Yamaga's Wings of Honneamise as a masterpiece, but general audiences may react less enthusiastically. Honneamise is a small country in a parallel world very similar to Earth. Shiro Lhadatt, the least impressive cadet in the air force flight school, volunteers to become the first astronaut in a controversial space program. Training toughens his body, while the priggish evangelist Riqunni challenges him to discipline his spirit. In one distasteful sequence, Shiro attempts to rape her. The next morning he starts to apologize, only to have her apologize for braining him with a candlestick, a scene certain to infuriate feminists. Despite an invasion by a hostile country, Shiro gets into space and delivers a ponderous homily from his capsule. Wings was made by a group of young artists in 1987, and with a record- setting budget. Art director Hiromasa Ogura's lavish designs blend '80s high-tech with art nouveau, and Yamaga's leaden pacing gives viewers the time to study every detail. Fans of Honneamise acclaim it as a critical meditation on the illusions and follies of the human race, which suggests that profundity, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. [+](Ages 13 and older for violence, attempted rape, and occasional profanity) -Charles Solomon.
Actors & Directors
- Ward Perry
- Scott McNeil
- Cathy Weseluck
- Sam Vincent
- Kathleen Barr
Run time: 45 min.
List Price: $12.98
Price: $49.95
Review Monkey Magic: Peach Party Pandemonium / Bandai:At the Peach Party, Kongo is outraged when he learns his job is the lowest rank within the Celestial Heavens. Demanding an increase in rank, Kongo is put to the ultimate test as he's challenged by one of the strongest warriors, Refang! Will Kongo meet this latest challenge and prevail? There's no time to monkey around! Episodes 8-9.
Creator: Joss Whedon
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