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• AKIRA & Digital Copy | Blu Ray | (10/04/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Iconic and game-changing, Akira is the definitive anime masterpiece! Katsuhiro Otomo s landmark cyberpunk classic obliterated the boundaries of Japanese animation and forced the world to look into the future. Akira s arrival shattered traditional thinking, creating space for movies like The Matrix to be dreamed into brutal reality. Neo-Tokyo, 2019. The city is being rebuilt post World War III when two high school drop outs, Kaneda and Tetsuo stumble across a secret government project to develop a new weapon - telekinetic humans. After Tetsuo is captured by the military and experimented on, he gains psychic abilities and learns about the existence of the project's most powerful subject, Akira. Both dangerous and destructive, Kaneda must take it upon himself to stop both Tetsuo and Akira before things get out of control and the city is destroyed once again. Special Features: Akira Sound Clip (1988), Music for Akira, Director Interview (subtitled), Storyboard Collection, The Writing on the Wall, Original Trailers (subtitled), Original Commercials (subtitled), Restoring Akira, Glossary, U.S. 2013 Trailer, Trailers.

• AKIRA Limited Edition 4K UHD + Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (07/12/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  AKIRA, the crown jewel of anime and science fiction, returns with remastered 4K visuals and remixed audio. In the future, Kaneda and his motorcycle gang tear through Neo Tokyo, a city divided by growing tensions. But when caught in an accident, Kaneda's friend Tetsuo discovers a secret government project and receives psychic abilities beyond his control. AKIRA 4K LIMITED EDITION INCLUDES: 1x 4K UHD Blu-ray 1x Standard Blu-ray (Feature Film) 1x Standard Blu-ray (Special Features) 1x 40 page booklet featuring: ˜The Energy Of Akira Stimulates The Human Mind' by Ryusuke Hikawa, ˜The Music of Akira Continues to Evolve' by Reiji Asakura, a round table interview with the Japanese cast and sound director, and ˜Timeline of Events in Akira' Bonus Blu-ray special features include: AKIRA sound making 2019, AKIRA soundclip by Geinoh Yamashirogumi, End credits for 1998 theatrical release, Theatrical preview - Trailer collection with English subtitles, Story board collection. All packaged in a rigid collectors box. Special Features: Blu-Ray Disc 1 - MANB8793 Akira Sound Clip (1988) (JPN 2.0 with ENG narration) Music for Akira Kaneda's Theme Exodus Ethnic Meets Hi-Tech Awakening Mutation Requiem Director Interview (JPN 2.0 with ENG subtitles) Storyboard Collection The Writing on the Wall (8 still menus containing translated background text) Original Trailers (2 videos - JPN 2.0 with ENG subtitles) Original Commercials (3 videos - JPN 2.0 with ENG subtitles) Restoring Akira (ENG 2.0) Picture English Voice Over English 5.1 Audio Mix Glossary U.S. Trailer (2013) Blu-ray Disc 2 - MANB8793 AKIRA SOUND MAKING 2019 (Akira4K_CON_Extra_SoundMakingof_QT) AKIRA SOUND CLIP BY GEINOH YAMASHIROGUMI (Akira4K_CON_SoundClip_QT) End Credits (From the 1988 theatrical release) (Akira4K_CON_EndingCredits_QT) Trailer Collection PV PV 1 (Akira4K_CON_PV_QT) PV 2 (Akira4K_CON_PV2min_QT) PV 3 (Akira4K_CON_PV30s_01_QT) PV 4 (Akira4K_CON_PV30s_02_QT) PV 5 (Akira4K_CON_PV60s_QT) CM CM 1 (Akira4K_CON_TVspot_QT) Storyboard Collection (Still images)

• Akira | Blu Ray | (27/06/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Neo-Tokyo 2019. The city is being rebuilt post World War III. Kaneda and Tetsuo two high school drop outs stumble on a secret government project to develop new weapons - telekinetic humans. Tetsuo learns of the existence of his 'peer' Akira the project's most powerful subject and determines to challenge him...

• Akira | DVD | (27/06/2011) from £6.93   |  Saving you £13.06 (188.46%)   |  RRP £19.99

  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...

• Akira: The Collectors Edition - Triple Play Edition (incl. Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Copy) | Blu Ray | (28/11/2016) from £30.20   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Artist-writer Katsuhiro Omoto began telling the story of Akira as a comic book series in 1982 but took a break from 1986 to 1988 to write, direct, supervise and design this animated film version. Set in 2019, the film richly imagines the new metropolis of Neo-Tokyo, which is designed from huge buildings down to the smallest details of passing vehicles or police uniforms. Two disaffected orphan teenagers--slight, resentful Tetsuo and confident, breezy Kanada--run with a biker gang, but trouble grows when Tetsuo start to resent the way Kanada always has to rescue him. Meanwhile, a group of scientists, military men and politicians wonder what to do with a collection of withered children who possess enormous psychic powers, especially the mysterious, rarely seen Akira, whose awakening might well have caused the end of the old world. Tetsuo is visited by the children, who trigger the growth of psychic and physical powers that might make him a superman or a super-monster.As befits a distillation of 1,318 pages of the story so far, Akira is overstuffed with character, incident and detail. However, it piles up astonishing set pieces: the chases and shoot-outs (amazingly kinetic, amazingly bloody) benefit from minute cartoon detail that extends to the surprised or shocked faces of the tiniest extra; the Tetsuo monster alternately looks like a billion-gallon scrotal sac or a Tex Avery mutation of the monster from The Quatermass Experiment; and the finale--which combines flashbacks to more innocent days with a destruction of Neo City and the creation of a new universe--is one of the most mind bending in all sci-fi cinema. --Kim NewmanOn the DVD: as befits this film's status as a Manga classic, Akira has a wide selection of extras spread across two discs, including a "Making of Akira" documentary, a photo gallery, a quiz and a "Make your own trailer" feature, as well as one hidden feature on each disc. The film has been digitally remastered and presented in widescreen format, with Dolby Digital 5.1 for the English-dubbed version, and Dolby Digital 2.0 for the original Japanese language version. The only disappointment of the disc is the animated Scene Selection, where the clips are rendered so small that they can be a bit difficult to decipher. --Rob Burrow

• Nurse Sisters | DVD | (10/09/2018) from £11.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  NURSE SISTERS is a drama about relationships and commitment, starring the sizzling Sasaki Sisters who are actually sisters in real-life! Both sisters star as young nurses who struggle to make ends meet, and who share relationship and career problems. Their problems escalate when of the sisters starts an affair with a married doctor she works for.

• Akira | DVD | (18/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  The Masterpiece Returns! In 1988 the landmark Anime film Akira by director Katsuhiro Otomo defined the cutting edge of Anime around the world. By today's standards Akira remains a landmark achievement in cel animation and retains the explosive impact of its highly detailed animation and its intensely violent saga of power and corruption. Pioneer Entertainment proudly presents this classic film completely restored and digitally re-mastered. Childhood friends Tetsuo and Kaneda's motorcycle gang encounters a military operation to retrieve an escaped experimental subject. The military captures Tetsuo and conducts experiments on him that unleash his latent psychic ability but when these new powers rage out of control Tetsuo lashes out at the world that has oppressed him!

• Throne Of Blood | DVD | (22/10/2001) from £22.89   |  Saving you £-2.90 (-14.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A champion of illumination and experimental shading, Kurosawa brings his unerring eye for indelible images to Shakespeare in this 1957 adaptation of Macbeth. By changing the locale from Birnam Wood to 16th-century Japan, Kurosawa makes an oddball argument for the trans-historicity of Shakespeare's narrative; and indeed, stripped to the bare mechanics of the plot, the tale of cut-throat ambition rewarded (and thwarted) feels infinitely adaptable. What's lost in the translation, of course, is the force and beauty of the language--much of the script of Throne of Blood is maddeningly repetitive or superfluous--but striking visual images (including the surreal Cobweb Forest and some extremely artful gore) replace the sublime poetry. Toshiro Mifune is theatrically intense as Washizu, the samurai fated to betray his friend and master in exchange for the prestige of nobility; he portrays the ill-fated warrior with a passion bordering on violence, and a barely concealed conviviality. Somewhat less successful is Isuzu Yamada as Washizu's scheming wife; her poise and creepy impassivity, chilling at first, soon grows tedious. Kurosawa himself is the star of the show, though, and his masterful use of black-and-white contrast--not to mention his steady, dramatic hand with a battle scene--keeps the proceedings thrilling. A must-see for fans of Japanese cinema, as well as all you devotees of samurai weapons and armour. --Miles Bethany

• Dororo Collection BLU-RAY | Blu Ray | (17/01/2022) from £35.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Life as an orphan in feudal Japan is brutal, and while street thief Dororo has managed to survive, wile and craft can only go so far in the body of a child. Then, just when it seems that Dororo's luck has run out, he's rescued from a man-eating ghoul by a mysterious young man wearing a doll-like mask with artificial limbs that conceal deadly blades! Born without arms, legs, sight, hearing and even skin after his father crafted a monstrous deal with the forces of darkness, Hyakkimaru now seeks out the demons who cursed him, in order to regain his lost attributes for each monster slain. The young thief joins into an unexpected alliance with the impossible warrior, setting forth on a quest to restore Hyakkimaru's stolen humanity and rid Japan of demons.

• Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card - Part One DVD/BD Combo | DVD | (11/02/2019) from £27.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The power of the Clow is back with a brand-new adventure! Join Cardcaptor Sakura as she faces a new power, new friends, and reunites with some familiar faces. As Sakura settles into a normal routine, she prepares to face her newest challenge junior high! While her classes are challenging, things start looking up when Syaoran reappears and says he'll be staying for good. But when she has a strange dream about a mysterious figure and wakes to find her Clow Cards completely clear, she must return to her duty as Cardcaptor. Ready to take on these cards with a new key and new wand, Sakura will face this mystery with the help of her friends and seriously cute outfits!

• Yu Yu Hakusho Season 3 (Episodes 57-84) + Digital Copy | Blu Ray | (06/12/2021) from £19.45   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Dark Tournament has come down to a final grudge match and Yusuke's full wrath is unleashed as a friend's blood stains the arena floor. But there will be no time for rest or recovery as kidnapping follows victory and further intrigue threatens the boundary between worlds. A tunnel is being carved, one which completed will lay waste to the World of the Living. There are seven who seek an age of destruction and chaos, and hero must battle fallen hero. Box Contents includes: Season 3 of Yu Yu Hakusho and 2x artcards packaged in an collector's slip case.

• Yu Yu Hakusho Season 2 (Episodes 29-56) + Digital Copy | Blu Ray | (04/10/2021) from £29.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Episodes 29-56 of the Japanese anime based on the manga by Yoshihiro Togashi. High school student Yuusuke Urameshi (voice of Nozomu Sasaki) acts as a go-between for the spirit world and the real world tasked with ridding the world of evil spirits, aided by the god Botan (Sanae Miyuki). The episodes are: 'Flowers of Blood', 'Dragon of the Darkness Flame', 'Stumbling Warrior', 'Knife Edge Death-Match', 'A Day in Waiting', 'Percentage of Victory', 'Glimpse Beneath the Mask', 'Ambition Destroyed: A Trial By Light', 'Master of Disguise', 'Kurama's Stand', 'Crushing Revenge', 'Jin, the Wind Master', 'Reverse Decisions', 'A Matter of Love and Death', 'The Masked Fighter Revealed', 'Yusuke's Final Test', 'Hiei Battles On', 'Many Faces, Many Forms', 'Legendary Bandit: Yoko Kurama', 'The Cape of No Return', 'Genkai's Strength', 'Suzuka's Challenge', 'Arch-Rivals', 'The Death of Genkai', 'Overcoming Grief', 'The Beginning of the End', 'The Beast Within' and 'Yoko's Magic'.

• Uncle's Paradise | DVD | (16/08/2021) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Akira - (Ultimate Collection) (Two Discs) | DVD | (23/06/2003) from £44.99   |  Saving you £-22.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Artist-writer Katsuhiro Omoto began telling the story of Akira as a comic book series in 1982 but took a break from 1986 to 1988 to write, direct, supervise and design this animated film version. Set in 2019, the film richly imagines the new metropolis of Neo-Tokyo, which is designed from huge buildings down to the smallest details of passing vehicles or police uniforms. Two disaffected orphan teenagers--slight, resentful Tetsuo and confident, breezy Kanada--run with a biker gang, but trouble grows when Tetsuo start to resent the way Kanada always has to rescue him. Meanwhile, a group of scientists, military men and politicians wonder what to do with a collection of withered children who possess enormous psychic powers, especially the mysterious, rarely seen Akira, whose awakening might well have caused the end of the old world. Tetsuo is visited by the children, who trigger the growth of psychic and physical powers that might make him a superman or a super-monster.As befits a distillation of 1,318 pages of the story so far, Akira is overstuffed with character, incident and detail. However, it piles up astonishing set pieces: the chases and shoot-outs (amazingly kinetic, amazingly bloody) benefit from minute cartoon detail that extends to the surprised or shocked faces of the tiniest extra; the Tetsuo monster alternately looks like a billion-gallon scrotal sac or a Tex Avery mutation of the monster from The Quatermass Experiment; and the finale--which combines flashbacks to more innocent days with a destruction of Neo City and the creation of a new universe--is one of the most mind bending in all sci-fi cinema. --Kim NewmanOn the DVD: as befits this films status as a Manga classic, Akira has a wide selection of extras spread across two discs, including a "Making of Akira" documentary, a photo gallery, a quiz and a "Make your own trailer" feature, as well as one hidden feature on each disc. The film has been digitally remastered and presented in widescreen format, with Dolby Digital 5.1 for the English-dubbed version, and Dolby Digital 2.0 for the original Japanese language version. The only disappointment of the disc is the animated Scene Selection, where the clips are rendered so small that they can be a bit difficult to decipher. --Rob Burrow

• Bubblegum Crisis Collection - Disc 1 | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  MegaTokyo 2032 AD: like the mythical Phoenix MegaTokyo rises from the ashes of a devastating earthquake. In the twisted canyons of the megalopolis the Knight Sabres a small band of high-tech mercenaries fight a lonely battle against the evil GENOM corporation and its sinister android 'Boomer'. Episodes 1-3: 'Bubblegum Crisis' 'Born To Kill' and 'Blow Up'. The Knight Sabres are hired by the USSD to recover the 'black box' a device which can remotely control their particle beam sa

• Cold Fever | DVD | (20/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Shamed by his grandfather Japanese businessman Hirata cancels his golfing trip to Hawaii and instead travels to Iceland to perform a traditional ritual at the scene of his parent's death several years earlier. So begins one bizarre encounter after another as the reluctant Hirata treks across the frozen landscape... Breathtaking visuals and surreal comedy combine to make Cold Fever a unique and unforgettable experience.

• The Sun's Burial | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set in the post-war slums of Osaka The Sun's Burial follows the lives and fates of the denizens of this hellish ghetto. Pimps prostitutes drug addicts vagrants hustlers and gangsters struggle to survive amidst the poverty and decay of 1950's Japan. Unflinching in it's portrayal of life in these slums the film goes beyond a documentary-style realism to achieve a garish lurid Cinemascope aesthetic that is at once repulsive and yet mesmerising. It's a pitiless and dispassionate portrait of a living hell that lurks behind the facade of a prosperous new Japan a place where everything - food sex even blood - is simply a commodity to be stolen and sold.

• 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.

• Yu Yu Hakusho 3 | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Yu Yu Hakusho - Vol. 3

• Bubblegum Crisis Collection - Vol. 3 | DVD | (12/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  MegaTokyo 2033 A.D.: Like a phoenix the city of MegaTokyo is rising from the ashes of a devastating earthquake. In the twisted canyons of the Megalopolis the Knight Sabers a small band of high-tech mercenaries fight a lonely battle against the evil GENOM Corporation and its sinister android ""Boomers"". Minor Wars (Episodes 7-8): Vision a reclusive rock star is coming out of retirement - to avenge the death of her parents and sisters by killing amongst other people Quincy