Nineteenth century Japan: a land torn by warfare and rebellion where small bands of soldiers seek to overthrow the tyrannical Tokugawa Shogunate. Kenshin is a young orphan whose fighting skills where honed by the great swordsman Hiko. But Kenshin's soul is embattled just like the battlefields of Japan his hopes for a new world peace at odds with his life of blood and killing. His world is thrown into further confusion by the arrival of a mysterious woman named Tomoe. Her kindness
After the great fire in Edo Kenshin and Tomoe are sent into exile on a small farm. They experience peace and quiet for the first time in their turbulent lives. The rebellion wounded after the events in Edo is slowly rebuilding far away from Kenshin and Tomoe. Their only link to the outside world is Lizuka who brings them dire news from the city.
Known throughout all Japan as the Hitokiri Battousai (sword-bearing master assassin) Rurouni Kenshin is now a lost soul cursed to seek atonement for his bloody past. Even the peace that now exists as a result of Kenshin's sword brings him no solace driving him to wander far from those he loves. His wife Kaoru steadfastly awaits his return as she mourns his absence. Will Kenshin come home before she dies of grief?
Junko Aoki has always kept away from other people. Held to be rude and unfriendly her co-workers make no effort to associate with her. But Junko's remote appearance hides a deadly secret; she has the ability to start fires with her mind. This makes her one of the deadliest people on the planet. Life changes for her after she is befriended by fellow office worker Tada and his sister Yukie welcomes Junko as a member of the family. It is this emotional involvement that leads Junko's
In a top-secret military laboratory scientists are struggling to defeat man's oldest rival. Death. With the development of the revolutionary drug DNX the fight to restore life has been won. But there is no time for celebration as the hapless scientists discover that those who have been raised form the dead quickly acquire an insatiable hunger for raw human flesh!
We're all connected... There is the world around us a world of people tactile sensation and culture. There is the wired world inside the computer of images personalities virtual experiences and a culture all of its own. The day after a classmate commits suicide Lain a thirteen year-old girl discovers how closely the two worlds are linked when she receives an e-mail from the dead girl: ""I just abandoned my body. I still live here..."" Has the line between the real world and t
A man wakes to find himself locked in a tiny concrete room. Why is he there and where did he come from? A terrible stomach injury means that he is slowly bleeding to death. He begins to explore the narrow confines of his prison and crawls around the maze-like room only to see a horrible vision of hell waiting for him at each end of the room. Finally he gives up on the struggle and collapses in exhaustion. Then he begins to remember images from his past. Clinging to these images he
Having barely finished logging in for his first time into the game known as The World R: 2 then Haseo is attacked by a PK (Player Killer) a type of player who kills other in-game players for fun or profit. After coming to his aid - the mysterious leader of the Twilight Brigade Ovan reveals Haseo has a particular gift. Intrigued Haseo decides to join Ovan's Guild and accompany Shino Tabby and Sakisaka in their quest for a legendary object: The Key of the Twilight. This object is also coveted by another Guild the powerful and respected TaN lead by Naobi - who is monitoring the every move of Ovan. But does this legendary item really exist? And more importantly - what is it? Contains all 26 episodes in one boxed set.
""Who am I?"" The question is asked over and over again throughout the noise. Lain destroys her own creator and loses her best friend now she must decide what to do - should she delete herself from everyone's memory? If she does will she have ever really existed? Includes the final episodes 11-13: Infornography Landscape Ego.
In this exciting visually dazzling epic from Akira Kurosawa a petty thief named Kagemusha gets saved from a death sentence because he resembles the warlord Shingen Takeda. The warlord has been fighting two other leaders for control of 16th-century Japan and impersonators often take his place during battles to put him out of harm's way. Because of Kagemusha's strong physical similarities to the warlord he's a perfect choice for a ""shadow warrior."" However the arrangement suddenly
There are rumors that Lain is stealing people's secrets and spreading them in the wired. Her friends including Arisu abandon Lain and even her parents leave telling Lain that they are not her real parents. Lonely and confused Lain then encounters a man who calls himself ""God"" in the wired... Includes episodes 8-10: Rumours Protocol Love.
Disgaea Collection (3 Discs)
A period drama adapted from the play by Monzaemon Chikamatsu (an 18th century playwright regarded as the Shakespeare of Japanese literature) telling of the tragic fate of handsome ladies man Gonza a master spearman in the Tokugawa Shogunate period. Forced to fight for his life when his repuation leads to false accusations of an affair with the daimyo's (local warlord) wife Gonza vows to clear his name. However in the process of proving his innocence love begins to take hold of th
KNIGHTS: a super hacker group that has great influence in the wired. No one knows who the members are but they control information and sometimes develop and distribute illegal information equipment. When Lain metaphorsizes her physical self into the wired to search for an answer to incidents of kids committing suicide she finds that the KNIGHTS are behind these incidents... Includes episodes 5-7: Distortion Kids Society.
Birdy is a jaw-dropping, pin-up sensation with a secret. Under the cover of darkness, this dream girl becomes a bad guy's worst nightmare. Birdy dons her crime-fighting costume and hits the street as a lethal, interstellar federation agent charged with nailing the most dangerous criminals in the galaxy. Her latest case involves a gang of extraterrestrial terrorists and a stolen space weapon that could nuke every living thing on Earth. Birdy's got the moves to stop them dead in their tracks, but there's one big problem: she's got a nasty habit of going berserk, and somebody always gets hurt. Yeah, Birdy may be dreamy, but she's also the only thing more dangerous than the bad guys.
In the year 2047, an alien life form codenamed FOS invades Earth and smashes through the world's major cities in one wave. The earth unites to fight back and puts up a Diffuser in place to stop further invasions 3 years after. Now in 2053, a plan is made for a last counterattack that must disable the Diffuser for an offensive and Akeshima Taishi, who lost his father to the FOS when they first invaded, may finally get his revenge.
The Shadow follows you. Within the light in the darkness inside the black of the soul and through the pain of existence is the Phantom - at least that's what people say. Ghost stories like that can't be worse than the reality of many unexplained murders five years ago though. But there are some that can see past the stories to the truth. Some can see things that are not the truth yet still not a lie. There are also some who see the weak and hopeless only as prey. Indeed the capable people are those who tread through life without falling into its many traps. They are the survivors. But now the world is changing the sky is on fire and people are once again disappearing. And there are stories of something not quite human stalking in the night. Perhaps something both malevolent and omnipresent - Boogiepop? For in this world everything exists. Anything can happen at any time - and everything does happen all the time.
The appeal of the unknown is undeniable and seventeen year old Mai Taniyama is hooked. This fact coupled with her burgeoning psychic powers leads Mai to join the ranks of the Shibuya Psychic Research team. Led by enigmatic Kazuya Naru Shibuya she works alongside a spirit medium and a shrine maiden an exorcist and a monk to uncover the darkest mysteries of the unseen. Using state-of-the-art technology and their respective spiritual gifts evil is confronted and vanquished time and again.
There's trouble between Renton and Eureka. The GekkoState always being hounded by the army makes a bid to escape this difficult situation and we learn more about both the Nirvash and Eureka
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