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• Monkey! - Episodes 27 To 39 | DVD | (27/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  `In the worlds before Monkey Primal Chaos reigned. Heaven sought order. But the Phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown. The four world's formed again and yet again as endless aeons wheeled and passed. Time and the pure essences of heaven the moisture of the Earth the powers of the sun and the moon worked upon a certain rock old as creation. And it became magically fertile. That first egg was named ""Thought"". Tathagata Buddha the Father Buddha said ""With our thoughts w

• Pride 11 And 12 | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £5.40   |  Saving you £3.59 (66.48%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Pride 11 - Bout List: 1. Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Shannon Ritch 2. Naoya Ogawa vs. Masaaki Satake 3. Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Nobuhiko Takada 4. Akira Shoji vs. Herman Renting 5. Alexander Otsuka vs. Mike Bourke 6. Gary Goodridge vs. Yoshiaki Yatsu 7. Wanderlei Silva vs. Gilbert Yvel 8. Heath Herring vs. Tom Erikson Pride 12 - Bout List: 1. Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Ryan Gracie 2. Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Mark Kerr 3. Ricco Rodriguez vs. John Marsh 4 Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Gilbert Yvel 5. Wanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson 6. Carlos Newton vs. Johil de Oliveira 7. Heath Herring vs. Enson Inoue 8. Ricardo Almeida vs. Akira Shoji 9. Guy Mezger vs. Alexander Otsuka Special Features PRIDE FC Rules Fight Glossary Photo Gallery

• Akira - Collector's Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (27/06/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Neo-Tokyo, 2019. The city is well on the way to rebuilding after World War III. The central characters, Kaneda and Tetsuo, two high school drop-outs, are members of a joy-riding motorcycle gang. In the opening scene, Kaneda and Tetsuo stumble upon a secret government project to develop telekinetic humans, apparently for use as weapons. Tetsuo learns of the existence of his 'peer' Akira, the project's most powerful subject, and determines to challenge him...This super limited Collector’s Edition pack comes with the new rematered edition of AKIRA on Blu-ray and bonus DVD disc along with a specially produced 40-page booklet exclusive to the UK and packaged inside a goregous steelbook case.

• Monkey! - Episodes 7-9 | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £4.98   |  Saving you £15.01 (301.41%)   |  RRP £19.99

  ""In the worlds before Monkey Primal Chaos reigned. Heaven sought order. But the Phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown. The four world's formed again and yet again as endless aeons wheeled and passed. Time and the pure essences of heaven the moisture of the Earth the powers of the sun and the moon worked upon a certain rock old as creation. And it became magically fertile. That first egg was named ""Thought"". Tathagata Buddha the Father Buddha said ""With our thoughts w

• Monkey! - Episodes 4-6 | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A loose (very loose) Japanese TV adaptation of Wu Ch'eng-en's 16th-century collection of Chinese fables, Monkey! was re-dubbed into English in the early 1980s and became required viewing for a whole generation of school children. The titular monkey (played with great enthusiasm, not to mention athleticism by Japanese comic actor and former rock star Masaaki Sakai) accompanies boy-monk Tripitaka (confusingly, a pretty actress called Masako Natsume) on his/her quest for the Indian Sutras. They pick up Sandy (Shiro Kishibe), Pigsy (Toshiyuki Nishida) and a dragon that becomes a horse along the way. The appeal of Monkey! is easier to experience than explain. It's an occasionally surreal blend of Oriental fable, knock-about martial arts, pop Buddhism and slapstick comedy. The frequent comic fight scenes are accompanied by a 70s disco-fusion soundtrack, and a narrator (English voice: Frank Duncan) uses gaps in the action to deliver inscrutable snippets of wisdom ("Even a starving camel is still bigger than a horse", "Does love mean labour even for the carp-hearted?"). Best of all, though, is the dialogue: without regard to any lip-synch niceties the English script (by David Weir) is full of idiomatic delights, jokes and double entendres. All are delivered by British actors in hilarious cod-Japanese accents (distinguished thesp Miriam Margolyes is the voice of Tripitaka). Bad special effects crown the show's cheesy, retro appeal. On the DVD: Monkey! volume 2 on DVD features the same three episodes as the VHS incarnation--"Monkey Swallows the Universe", "The Power of Youth" and "Even Monsters Can Be People"--but also a bonus previously unseen episode from the second season, "Pigsy Learns a Lesson", which is subtitled not dubbed, so if nothing else is an opportunity to hear the actors' real voices. Extra features are a stills gallery, text pieces on the principal cast, characters and episodes, Weblinks, trailers for The Water Margin and Blake's Seven and a pop-video version of the show's irrepressible main title song.--Mark Walker

• Monkey! - Episodes 25-27 | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £4.90   |  Saving you £10.09 (205.92%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Country Of Nightmares: On their way to India the pilgrims must pass through the Land of Nightmares inhabited by all the legions of Hell bad demons and wicked spirits. All humans who go there are eaten and all others must take a magic test upon entry to the land. To allow Tripitaka to travel through safely Monkey disguises him as a beautiful longhaired female demon and teaches him some basic magic. Will the King of Bad Dreams see through Tripitaka's disguise? The

• Monkey! - Episodes 10-12 | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £6.73   |  Saving you £13.26 (66.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Pigsy's In The Well: Tripitaka is visited in a dream by the restless spirit of the deceased king of the land of Cockcrow. He tells Tripitaka he was murdered by a Taoist magician and thrown into a well; for the past three years this magician has been impersonating him. With the help of the king's son Tripitaka and his disciples set out to prove that the current king is a fake. ""Nothing ends but it becomes something else."" The Difference Between Night And Day: An inv

• Monkey! - Episodes 13-15 | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £6.09   |  Saving you £13.90 (69.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'Monkey' a television programme that defies description but we'll give it a go: a bizarre combination of spectacular acrobatics and martial arts; tacky special effects; magic tricks; 70's disco music; hilarious dubbing; crazy storylines; the odd bit of Buddhist philosophy thrown in for good measure and an unforgettable theme song. The Minx And The Slug: A village headman and his wife grieve for their beautiful daughter Hai-Min who disappeared a year ago. Lecherous Pigsy off

• Lady Snowblood | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Serving as a source of inspiration for Quentin Tarantino's 'Kill Bill' ('Shurayuki Hime' herself Meiko Kaji even appears on the Vol.1 soundtrack!) these seminal Japanese gender-bending samurai movies directed by Toshiya Fujita are at heart a thrilling hack n' slash social satire of the strictures of the Edo-period male preserve of the samurai class... Lady Snowblood - Blizzard From The Netherworld: A band of ruthless criminals kidnap and brutalise a lone woman. Incarcerated the women survives only on her desire for revenge and purposefully gets herself pregnant so that her child will become an instrument of vengeance. Unfortunately the woman dies in childbirth and it is her daughter Yuki who is raised as an assassin knowing no family but only killing and revenge... Lady Snowblood 2 - Love Song Of Vengeance: Lady Snowblood ('Shurayuki Hime') is caught by the authorities and sentenced to death for her crimes of bloodthirsty vengeance on the behalf of her long deceased mother. However on her way to certain death at the end of a hangman's rope she is rescued by officers of the secret police who offer her freedom if she agrees a deadly and perilous mission to assassinate a band of revolutionaries...

• Perfect Blue - Collectors Edition Combi pack | Blu Ray | (27/11/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  A retired pop singer turned actress' sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past.

• Monkey! - Episodes 14 To 26 | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £23.99   |  Saving you £16.00 (40.00%)   |  RRP £39.99

  `In the worlds before Monkey Primal Chaos reigned. Heaven sought order. But the Phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown. The four world's formed again and yet again as endless aeons wheeled and passed. Time and the pure essences of heaven the moisture of the Earth the powers of the sun and the moon worked upon a certain rock old as creation. And it became magically fertile. That first egg was named ""Thought"". Tathagata Buddha the Father Buddha said ""With our thoughts w

• Lady Snowblood / Lady Snowblood 2 Limited Edition SteelBook | Blu Ray | (24/09/2012) from £31.85   |  Saving you £3.14 (9.86%)   |  RRP £34.99

  From the original manga by Kasuo Koike (Lone Wolf and Cub) and the main inspiration for Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, Lady Snowblood is a blood spattered Samurai masterpiece from the golden age of Japanese cult cinema!Kidnapped and abused by samurai a woman who finds herself in jail plots revenge by getting pregnant to raise an instrument of death! The child, Yuki, is raised with the single purpose of cutting down the four beasts that brutalised her mother, dismembering every down, dirty lowlife that stands in her way.

• 252 - Sign of Life | DVD | (10/01/2011) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

  An epic blockbuster in the tradition of The Towering Inferno 252: Sign Of Life is a white-knuckle thrill ride through a volatile world devasted by the wild forces of nature... a world in which heroes are created and myths made. When a mega-typhoon strikes Japan and destroys Tokyo the fate of a handful of vulnerable subterranean survivors hangs in the balance. When their 252 distress call is detected an elite response force from the Tokyo Fire Department must bravely risk everything to avert almost certain death! A stunning survival movie on a massive scale 252: Sign Of Life graphically realises the incredible spectacle and intense melodrama that is born from urban devastation!

• Lady Snowblood 1 - Blizzard From The Netherworld | DVD | (02/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A band of ruthless criminals kidnap and brutalise a lone woman. Incarcerated the women survives only on her desire for revenge and purposefully gets herself pregnant so that her child will become an instrument of vengeance. Unfortunately the woman dies in childbirth and it is her daughter Yuki who is raised as an assassin knowing no family but only killing and revenge... This seminal Japanese gender-bending samurai movie directed by Toshiya Fujita is at heart a hack n' slash

• Witch Hunter Robin Complete - Anime Legends | DVD | (26/04/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Throughout the ages creatures with paranormal powers called 'Witches' have lived alongside us. For years a secret organization called Salomon has been hunting them down and whilst run by priests and based in Italy it does have a Japanese branch; the STN-J... After the death of one of the STN-J's hunters Salomon dispatches a new hunter to help them combat witches in Japan by the name of Robin. Robin is both young being only 15 years old and inexperienced with her powers but after being teamed up with the best hunter the STN-J has Amon she begins to realize just what it takes to be a hunter!

• Monkey! - Episodes 31-33 | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £5.89   |  Saving you £14.10 (70.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  What Is Wisdom?: Monkey Pigsy Sandy and Tripitaka are on their way to the palace in the Land of Search for Understanding; the king insists upon interviewing all pilgrims who pass. Following an argument Monkey stays behind and an evil magician turns him invisible. Posing as a Taoist priest the magician persudes the naive king to hold a contest between him and the reluctant Tripitaka to determine which is better - Taoism or Buddhism. The magician plans to take over the kingd

• Monkey! - Episodes 37-39 | DVD | (23/06/2003) from £8.65   |  Saving you £11.34 (131.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Pretty as a Picture: The pilgrims are welcomed to a village headman's house. He shows the disciples a screen that has a picture of the beautiful Goddess Sorovasti painted on it along with the six other Gods of Good Fortune. During the night the goddess magically steps out of the screen tricks Tripitaka and takes his place in the pilgrimage. While she enchants the others Monkey discovers Tripitaka trapped in the screen. Can Monkey free Tripitaka and get the goddess back on

• Monkey! - Episodes 28-30 | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £32.37   |  Saving you £-12.38 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Dogs of Death: The evil Dogs of Plague disciples of the Great Hound of Hell plan to kill Monkey Pigsy Sandy and Tripitaka. Their leader brings the Plague of the Black Dog to a nearby town. The pilgrims arrive at the town but when Tripitaka tries to help the sick he catches the deadly plague himself. Monkey discovers the only cure is to give the afflicted grilled fresh monkey brains from a newly dead ape. Will Monkey give up his life to save Tripitaka? The Foolis

• Saint John Passion - Bach | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £15.39   |  Saving you £2.60 (14.50%)   |  RRP £17.99

  J. S. Bach's St John PassionRecorded live at the Suntory Hall Tokyo 28 July 2000

• Monkey | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Born from an egg on a mountain top The punkiest Monkey that ever popped He knew every magic trick under the sun To tease the gods and everyone can have some fun.Monkey magic Monkey magic Monkey magic Monkey magic Monkey magic Monkey magic Monkey magic Monkey magic! Monkey a television programme that defies description but we'll give it a go: a bizarre combination of spectacular acrobatics and martial arts; tacky special effects; magic tricks; 70's disco music; hilarious dubbing; crazy storylines; the odd bit of Buddhist philosophy thrown in for good measure and an unforgettable theme song. Episodes comprise: Even Monsters Can Be People: When Monkey kills a girl and her elderly parents Tripitaka is left with no choice but to punish him and send him back home to his mountain of fruit and flowers. No one believed Monkey's story that the people he killed were red blue and yellow demons disguised as humans. When the pilgrims later discover that Monkey was telling the truth Tripitaka finds himself in grave danger and wishes he'd never denied the demon's existence. The Country Of Nightmares: On their way to India the pilgrims must pass through the Land of Nightmares inhabited by all the legions of Hell bad demons and wicked spirits. All humans who go there are eaten and all others must take a magic test upon entry to the land. To allow Tripitaka to travel through safely Monkey disguises him as a beautiful longhaired female demon and teaches him some basic magic. Will the King of Bad Dreams see through Tripitaka's disguise? The End Of The Way: Tripitaka and his disciples are just a few days away from reaching India - they can clearly see the Gold Temple of the Thunderclap ahead. The King of All Geological Ages appears and says he'll stop them reaching India. Pigsy finds the king's beautiful wife strangely familiar he knows her from somewhere. The king captures Tripitaka and puts the indestructible Iron Collar of Death on him to choke him to death. This looks like the end for Tripitaka.