Actors & Directors
- Nicole Tieri
- Misty Daniels
- Jamie McGonnigal
- Kevin T. Collins
- Lisa Ortiz
- Junichi Sato
Run time: 75 min.
Creator: Akinori Endo
Price: $19.95
Review Magic Users Club: Should I Do (Dub) / Anime Works:
Actors & Directors
- Noboru Ishiguro
- Kazuo Kumakura
- Mari Shimizu
- Hisashi Kachita
- Osamu Tezuka
- Takeshi Kuwahara
- Masako Sugaya
Run time: 30 min.
List Price: $19.95
Price: $49.95
Review Astro Boy 8 (Dub) / Central Park Media:
Actors & Directors
- Mîna Tominaga
- Mamoru Oshii
- Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi
- Yoshiko Sakakibara
- Toshio Furukawa
- Yô Inoue
Run time: 100 min.
Creator: Masami Yûki
List Price: $19.95
Price: $29.01
Review Patlabor 1 (Spanish) / Manga Video:This stylish science fiction detective story bears the stamp of director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell). "Labors" are gigantic robots used for everything from construction work to law enforcement, but a massive land reclamation project in Tokyo Bay is threatened by robots going on unexplained rampages. Patlabor cops Noah Izumi and Azuma Shinohara are called in to investigate, and soon find themselves trying to decipher the apocalyptic visions of E. Hoba, who wrote the operating system for the Labor robots and then committed suicide. Hoba introduced a virus into the software that could affect robots all over world and cause unparalleled destruction. In abandoned slum apartments and high-tech construction sites, he left clues about what he was doing-and why. But are Noah, Azuma, and their friends clever enough to second-guess a genius? And will their superior officers accept their conclusions? The first Patlabor feature has a darker tone and look than the previous OVA series. Oshii assumes the viewer already knows the characters, and doesn't bother introducing them. But this powerful tale of the dangers of over-reliance on technology is far superior to ordinary mecha features. The recent attacks of powerful computer viruses give the story an added relevance. [+](Unrated; suitable for ages 10 and older: occasional profanity and robot vs. robot violence. ) -Charles Solomon.
Actors & Directors
- Alaina Burnett
- Lisa Ann Beley
- Ted Cole
- Takahiro Sakurai
- Don Brown
Run time: 110 min.
Price: $14.98
Review Zoids - The Ultimate X (Vol. 6) / Viz Video:
Release date: 2001-02-20
Creator: Nanako Haruna
List Price: $29.95
Price: $59.90
Review Can Can Bunny Extra (Sub) / Adv Films:
Release date: 2001-02-13
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: Raul Inglis
List Price: $14.98
Price: $49.99
Review Reboot 3 (Dub) / Adv Films:Enzo Matrix, who has grown up to be a sullen, muscular hero, continues to search for Bob, his Defender friend and hero. He's accompanied by Andraia, now a curvaceous babe in a revealing costume. They take up with Capitain Capacitator, a. k. a. Crimson Binome, a pirate of the "aargh, matey" school; his motley crew; and "web surfer" Ray Tracer, whom Matrix regards as a potential rival. As they journey through cyber-dimensions, Andraia receives a life-threatening bite from a "web creature," then Capacitator's ship, the Saucy Mare, is attacked by a host of strange-looking "Web Riders," whose leader turns out to be Bob. After reviving Andraia, Bob heads the ship back to continue the war against the evil Megabyte. The animation lacks any sense of weight-a problem with motion-capture computer graphics: despite all the elaborate visual patterns, tracking shots, and reflections, the characters move like marionettes. There are also numerous story problems: e. [+]g. when the Saucy Mare is attacked by "pixels," the Web Riders and Tracer defeat them with some sort of light beams that are never explained. The first computer-animated network series, Reboot has its fans (thanks in part to the show's exposure on the Cartoon Network), who are the obvious audience for this disc. Contains these episodes: 9. "The Return of the Crimson Binome," 10. "Edge of Beyond," 11. "Web Riders on the Storm/Interface," 12. "Mousetrap. " Rated "suitable for all ages," but violence and grotesque imagery are inappropriate for children under 8. -Charles Solomon.
Actors & Directors
- Rutger Hauer
- Kristy Swanson
- Fran Rubel Kuzui
- Luke Perry
- Donald Sutherland
- Paul Reubens
Review Buffy the Vampire Slayer:Fran Rubel Kuzui's 1992 tongue-in-cheek vampire comedy is sugarcoated horror, an unusual mix of the cute and scary, with a splash of postmodern pop nonsense to give culture critics something to think about. Kristy Swanson plays a Valley Girl who learns she belongs to a line of ancient vampire killers. After training under the watchful eye of a mentor (Donald Sutherland), she becomes a spandex-wearing, kung-fu kicking, stake-stabbing babe and the mortal enemy of a narcissistic master vampire (Rutger Hauer). The accent is all on cheery attitude, though the action can be as authentically unnerving as any other halfway decent monster movie. Paul Reubens, formerly Pee-wee Herman, has a small role as Hauer's fanged familiar. -Tom Keogh.
Release date: 1999-09-28
Run time: 100 min.
List Price: $19.98
Price: $29.95
Review Tokyo Blue: Case 1 / Adv Films:Mika and Rin don't have anything in common. Except they're dynamite to look at. For instance, Mika fires a huge Magnum. Rin prefers a smaller gun. Mika's looking for the perfect man. To Rin, perfect means breathing. But when the Japanese government learns that a former convict might flee the country with perfect counterfeiting film for US $100 dollar bills, Mika and Rin get the case. They may get off on the wrong foot, but these ladies don't pussyfoot around. Justice has never been this tempting.
Actors & Directors
- Richard Nixon
- Frank Gannon
Run time: 66 min.
List Price: $19.98
Price: $44.79
Review Real Richard Nixon: Early Life / Central Park Media:
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Release date: 2001-10-30
Run time: 25 min.
Price: $9.98
Review Miffy - Miffy at School / Geneon [Pioneer]:Includes episodes that introduce cuddly, yet interesting characters: Boris Bear and his girlfriend, Barbara, Kitty Nelly who wants to be an Indian, and Poppy Pig, plus episodes on Miffy's day at school and her flying plane with her Uncle Bob. Miffy has been delighting parents and children through out the world for over forty years. Join her now as she comes to life in this entertaining and educational television series. Miffy and her friends help children learn about colors, numbers and shapes, while having fun discovering the world around them. * Over 80 million books sold worldwide * Miffy is a delight for pre-schoolers, both educational and fun!.
Release date: 2005-03-08
Price: $9.98
Review Connie the Cow 4: Birds Bees & Butterflies / Our Time:
Price: $24.95
Review leslie sansone's set 4 pack: Walk Away the Pound with Leslie Sansone: 10 Minute Tone Up, Walk Away the Pounds with Leslie Sansone 2 Miles High Calorie Burn (2001), Walk Away the Pounds, Walk Away the Pounds with Leslie Sansone 3 miles:
Actors & Directors
- Kunihiko Ikuhara
- Yuriko Fuchizaki
- Aya Hisakawa
- Kotono Mitsuishi
- Tomoko Kawakami
- Takehito Koyasu
Run time: 180 min.
Creator: Yoji Enokido
List Price: $49.99
Price: $45.95
Review Revolutionary Girl Utena Collector's Boxed Set / Software Sculptures/Wea V:A logical step for the young fan of anime is this series from the creator of the popular crossover hit Sailor Moon. The story line skews slightly older, not for its violence but for its complexity. The theme is modern mythology, not intergalactic warfare, so it's more interesting and less violent than in Sailor Moon. And less bubble-headed. Our heroine, Utena, is admired by classmates who share Sailor Moon's giddy hysterics, but Utena herself is solid, noble, and strong. Saved by a prince as a child, Utena dresses in the men's uniform of the expansive Ohtori Academy. Her goal is to be prince, and in this introductory disc (seven episodes, nearly three hours of material), she shows signs of becoming one. The scheming student council allows her into the mysterious forest arena, where she wins a sword duel (not played for blood) and wins the devoted loyalty of Anthy, the mysterious Rose Bride. They become a team, discovering the riddles of the arena forest and fending off challengers (while excelling in classes to boot). While some Westerners may read far too much into the sexual politics of the series, it's very old-fashioned at its core: Utena's affections are girded toward a duelist who just may be the prince who saved her years before. [+]Some mild domestic violence and oddly subtitled songs ("Absolute Destroy Apocalyptic," "Paleozoic Era in the Flies") will ruffle some parents, but for ages 9 and up it's engaging entertainment. Utena delivers for girls what Star Wars did for boys: a never-ending series of adventures that one can imagine themselves in, whether daydreaming or playing in the backyard. The DVD comes in both subtitled and dubbed formats. -Doug Thomas.
Release date: 2002-07-23
Price: $14.99
Review The Sound of Waves Parts 1 & 2 / Central Park Media:
Actors & Directors
- Michael Benyaer
- Owen Hurley
- Gary Chalk
- Sharon Alexander
- Kathleen Barr
- Tony Jay
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: Philip Mitchell
List Price: $14.98
Price: $44.99
Review Reboot 4: Battle Comes Home / Adv Films:The third season of this computer-animated series stumbles to a conclusion in these last four episodes. Despite the numerous writing credits, each episode juxtaposes long stretches of filler, where nothing really happens, with periods of frenzied but difficult-to-follow action. In "Showdown" archvillain Megabyte, who sounds like George Sanders as Shere Kahn in Disney's The Jungle Book, prepares to escape in a reddish sphere after a duel with Enzo. Mouse does something on a keyboard that causes tentacles to sprout from the sphere and destroy Megabyte. What she does and how she does it is never explained, and her preemptive strike prevents Enzo from destroying the villain, as a hero should. Simulations of Megabyte pop up in the next episode, while Bob struggles to save the cybercity, only to vanish inexplicably. The first all-computer-animated television series, Reboot inadvertently showcases the limits of the technology. The motion-capture technique gives the characters an unsettling weightless look, which robs their fights and gymnastics flips of any power. The elaborate surface patterns, brightly colored special effects, and three-dimensional camera moves can't disguise the fact that motion capture is still inferior to limited drawn animation. Rated "suitable for all ages," but violence (including suggestions of torture), grotesque imagery, and ethnic stereotypes are inappropriate for children under 10. [+]The show played in an edited form on the Cartoon Network. -Charles Solomon.
Actors & Directors
- Ted Cole
- Takahiro Sakurai
- Alaina Burnett
- Lisa Ann Beley
- Don Brown
Run time: 88 min.
Price: $14.98
Review Zoids - The Supersonic Battle (Vol. 4) / Viz Video:
Release date: 2000-08-15
Run time: 90 min.
List Price: $29.95
Price: $28.45
Review Armicron: In Outlaw Power / Raven Releasing:
Actors & Directors
- Eiji Funakoshi
- Christopher Murphy
- Miyuki Akiyama
- Noriaki Yuasa
- Yuko Hamada
- Nobuhiro Kajima
Run time: 80 min.
Creator: Nisan Takahashi
List Price: $24.95
Price: $79.99
Review Gamera Vs. Guillon / Neptune Media:This fourth entry in the Gamera series found the titanic turtle paralleling the cuddly direction of his competitor Godzilla. When two young, star-gazing children investigate a spaceship that has practically landed in their backyard, they are whisked away to Terra, our undiscovered tenth planet whose two "groovy spacegirls" are all that remain of a once-superior alien civilization. But the boys soon discover that their seemingly friendly hosts have sinister plans in mind for them. Never fear, for Gamera comes to save them, flying through space to battle the spacegirls' guardian Guiron, a giant, rhino-like beast possessing a razor-sharp steel blade for a snout. This movie is truly suited for young children, for older kids, and especially for adults will chortle at the unintentional humor arising from the cheesy effects, underplayed roles, and possibly the worst dubbing job in Japanese monster history. Taken as comedy, adults will find this a real camp gem-when the two boys witness Guiron slice 'n' dice a laser-spewing Gaos, one of them proclaims: "What a monster!" -Bryan Reesman.
Actors & Directors
- Shannon Conley
- Robert Bardunias
- Todd Aikens
- John Boy
- Minato Ayase
Run time: 125 min.
List Price: $4.99
Price: $29.95
Review Knight Hunters: Shining Cross (Sub) / Anime Works:
Release date: 1998-09-22
Run time: 110 min.
Price: $24.95
Review Dragon League Vol 1 & 2 / Star Anime Enterprises:
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