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• Ninja Scroll Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (26/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Manga is proud to present the anime classic, Ninja Scroll on Blu-ray for the first time ever! This new HD transfer of the classic action-anime from acclaimed director, Yoshiaki Kawajiri and Madhouse Studio (Summer Wars, Redline, Animatrix). A ninja-for-hire is forced into fighting an old nemesis who is bent on overthrowing the Japanese government. His nemesis is also the leader of a group of demons each with superhuman powers.

• Project A-KO - Blu-ray | Unknown | (02/06/2025) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Naruto The Movie: Road To Ninja | DVD | (26/10/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  For my friends and family I'll risk my life for this mission! Long ago a masked shinobi unleashed the Nine-Tailed Fox onto the Village Hidden in the Leaves to spread chaos and destruction. But the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina Uzumaki sealed the Tailed Beast into their newborn son Naruto to save the village foiling the shinobi's plans. Years later Naruto and his friends succeed in driving away the infamous Akatsuki who have mysteriously returned from the dead. Upon returning to the village the young shinobi are praised by their families for completing a dangerous mission. Reminded of how alone he is Naruto begins to wonder what it's like to have parents when a strange masked figure appears before him - the same masked shinobi responsible for the death of his parents! Languages: Japanese English Subtitles: English Bonus Features: Japanese Commercial Videos Japanese Promotional Videos Japanese Trailers

• Ninja Scroll Blu-ray/DVD Steelbook | Blu Ray | (26/11/2012) from £54.99   |  Saving you £-25.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Manga is proud to present the anime classic, Ninja Scroll on Blu-ray for the first time ever! This new HD transfer of the classic action-anime from acclaimed director, Yoshiaki Kawajiri and Madhouse Studio (Summer Wars, Redline, Animatrix) will be available as a strictly limited edition Double Play Blu-ray/DVD Steelbook.A ninja-for-hire is forced into fighting an old nemesis who is bent on overthrowing the Japanese government. His nemesis is also the leader of a group of demons each with superhuman powers.

• Grave Of The Fireflies | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the aftermath of World War II bombing two orphaned children struggle to survive in the Japanese countryside. To Seita and his four-year old sister the helplessness and indifference of their countrymen is even more painful than the enemy raids. Through desperation hunger and grief these children's lives are as heartbreakingly fragile as their spirit and love is inspiring. 'Grave Of The Fireflies' is a tale of the true tragedy of war and innocence lost not only of the abandoned young but of an entire nation. Isao Takahata's rightly revered and thought-provoking anime was winner of a special award at the 1989 Blue Ribbon awards and the Adult's Jury award at the 1994 Chicago International Children's Film Festival.

• Naruto The Movie: Road To Ninja | Blu Ray | (26/10/2015) from £14.48   |  Saving you £12.50 (100.08%)   |  RRP £24.99

  For my friends and family I'll risk my life for this mission! Long ago a masked shinobi unleashed the Nine-Tailed Fox onto the Village Hidden in the Leaves to spread chaos and destruction. But the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina Uzumaki sealed the Tailed Beast into their newborn son Naruto to save the village foiling the shinobi's plans. Years later Naruto and his friends succeed in driving away the infamous Akatsuki who have mysteriously returned from the dead. Upon returning to the village the young shinobi are praised by their families for completing a dangerous mission. Reminded of how alone he is Naruto begins to wonder what it's like to have parents when a strange masked figure appears before him - the same masked shinobi responsible for the death of his parents! Bonus Features: Japanese Commercial Videos Japanese Promotional Videos Japanese Trailers

• Ninja Scroll | DVD | (26/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A ninja-for-hire is forced into fighting an old nemesis who is bent on overthrowing the Japanese government. His nemesis is also the leader of a group of demons each with superhuman powers.

• Appleseed | DVD | (22/07/2002) from £11.01   |  Saving you £8.98 (81.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Violence, nudity, terrorism and swearing are not the usual cartoon fare, but with Appleseed we find ourselves firmly in the cyberpunk territory of Manga cinema. Based on the comic series by Masamune Shirow, the film's story takes place in a post-World War III future, in particular within the mega city of Olympus. With the city administered by the Biodroids (a race of perfect half-human, half-robot hybrids), there begins a human resistance to a society that offers little in the way of real freedoms. As with most of the Manga genre, the deceptively simple animation (reminiscent of Pokemon) conceal more than a few complex issues. Appleseed proves to be a thought provoking, if a little confusing, examination of the "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" argument, particularly as it somewhat blurs the moral borders by instilling both sides in the conflict with a degree of sympathy. Definitely one for Manga fans, but also recommended for SF buffs and those curious to try something a little different. On the DVD: Appleseed on disc has various language options, with the possibility of watching the film in either the original Japanese or dubbed English. The picture is bright and clear, as is the soundtrack. Highly recommended is the audio commentary from voice actress Larissa Murray and Manga expert Jonathon Clements, which not only fills in many of the gaps left by Shirow's original film but also provides an invaluable and often humorous insight into the genre as a whole. --Phil Udell

• Nightwalker: Collection | DVD | (22/07/2013) from £19.95   |  Saving you £10.04 (50.33%)   |  RRP £29.99

  A vampire with no past on a mission to atone for his sins against humanity Shido is a private detective with a secret obsession. The Nightbreed - a supernatural race of demons even more sinister than his own kind - have descended on the city taking possession of human bodies which they use to wreak havoc and murder. With the beautiful and determined government agent Yayoi hot on his tail and his vampiric elder Cain intent on bringing Shido back into the fold the undead vigilante races to keep one step ahead and solve the mysteries of the Nightbreed before it’s too late...

• The Big O - Anime Legends | DVD | (25/10/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Roger Smith is Paradigm City's top Negotiator. He solves all sorts of problems for all sorts of peoples. And when things get rough he's got some pretty big back-up: The Big O a giant robot from an era long gone and forgotten. Together with his faithful servant Norman and the android R. Dorothy Roger defends Paradigm City a city that has lost its memory after a mysterious event some forty years earlier. And Paradigm City needs a lot of defending. Fragment of Memories appears and where they do trouble follows. There are rogue robots monstrous creature and seemingly invaders from another land and the Big O is Paradigm City's last line of defense. But as they battle these monsters Roger and the others gradually uncover pieces to a bigger puzzle. A puzzle that someone doesn't want solved.

• Ninja Scroll | DVD | (13/11/2000) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-12.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A peak achievement of Japanese animation (anime), this propulsive mix of samurai action adventure and supernatural fantasy from writer-director Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Supernatural Best City) is defiantly animation for grown-ups, complete with fountains of blood, plenty of naked flesh, and (in both the subtitled and dubbed versions) some decidedly strong language. (Students of Japanese language could pick up some useful expressions.) The plot sounds like a 16th century variation on the X-Files: an entire village has been wiped out by a mysterious plague and an anti-government conspiracy of invulnerable demons seems to be responsible. A wandering ninja, Jubei, and his female counterpart, Kagero, team up to defeat the plotters. Jubei is a classic reluctant hero, agreeing to participate in the mission only after being fed a slow-acting poison; the antidote will be supplied after he cooperates. And Kagero, a looker whose embrace is lethal, is a femme fatale with a difference that seems distinctively Japanese: sexual contact itself is poisonous, especially for a warrior with a pure-soul. --David Chute, Amazon.com

• Ninja Scroll - 10th Anniversary Edition | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A peak achievement of Japanese anime, Ninja Scroll is a propulsive mix of samurai action-adventure and supernatural fantasy from writer-director Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Supernatural Best City). This is defiantly animation for grown-ups, complete with fountains of blood, plenty of naked flesh and (in both the subtitled and dubbed versions) some decidedly strong language. (Students of Japanese language could pick up some useful expressions.) The plot sounds like a 16th-century variation on The X-Files: an entire village has been wiped out by a mysterious plague and an antigovernment conspiracy of invulnerable demons seems to be responsible. A wandering ninja, Jubei, and his female counterpart, Kagero, team up to defeat the plotters. Jubei is a classic reluctant hero, agreeing to participate in the mission only after being fed a slow-acting poison; the antidote will be supplied after he cooperates. And Kagero, a looker whose embrace is lethal, is a femme fatale with a difference that seems distinctively Japanese: sexual contact itself is poisonous, especially for a warrior with a pure soul. --David Chute