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• Ghost In The Shell | DVD | (28/02/2000) from £9.83   |  Saving you £2.16 (21.97%)   |  RRP £11.99

  The skilful blending of drawn animation and computer-generated imagery excited anime fans when this science fiction mystery was released in 1995: many enthusiasts believe Ghost suggests what the future of anime will be, at least in the short term. The film is set in the not-too-distant future, when an unnamed government uses lifelike cyborgs or "enhanced" humans for undercover work. One of the key cyborgs is the Major, Motoko Kusanagi, who resembles a cross between the Terminator and a Playboy centrefold. She finds herself caught up in a tangled web of espionage and counterespionage as she searches for the mysterious superhacker known as "The Puppet Master."Mamoru Oshii directs with a staccato rhythm, alternating sequences of rapid-fire action (car chases, gun battles, explosions) with static dialogue scenes that allow the characters to sort out the vaguely mystical and rather convoluted plot. Kusanagi's final quote from I Corinthians suggests that electronic evolution may compliment and eventually supplant organic evolution. The minor nudity, profanity and considerable violence would earn Ghost in the Shell at least a PG rating. --Charles Solomon

• Dirty Pair Flash - Vol. 2 - Episodes 7-11 | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  With a gang of android hit-women and cross-dressing assassins on their tails the Lovely Angels find that it's a very small world after all when a mysterious killer wants them dead. The ultimate vacation becomes the ultimate nightmare a the deadly chase leads Kei and Yuri through haunted houses five-star restaurants and a painstaking recreation of the most barbaric century of all the 20th! Episodes comprise: Tokyo Holiday Network / Seventeen Mysterious High School / Hot Springs S

• Twilight Of The Dark Master | DVD | (10/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Since the beginning of time monstrous Demons and noble Guardians have battled for Earth - the everlasting gift of the one great Mother creator of all life. A deep hatred burns between Demon and Guardian; the Guardians prevented the Demons from destroying humanity and the world itself. Eons later Neo-Shinjuku City: few Demons or Guardians remain to continue their epic war. Humans rule the Earth with no real memory of either Demons or Guardians. Yet deep within the dark underworld

• Dirty Pair Flash - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1-6 | DVD | (18/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Look out universe! When the galaxy-wide World Welfare & Welfare Agency unleashes the infamous Dirty Pair Kei and Yuri it's a case of every sentient being for itself! From the bestselling novels by Haruka Takachiho comes the apocolyptic saga of two young women destined to go down in history as the most destructive force known to man. Meet Kei and Yuri two junior level agents with a proclivity for being in the wrong place at the wrong time with just enough firepower to blow their way out of a bad situation and into something worse! Includes 6 complete episodes.

• Dirty Pair Flash - Vol. 3 - Random Angels | DVD | (15/12/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Tired of the same old action flicks? Tired of seeing buildings blown-up aircraft exploding and bodies falling? Of course not! Well never fear Kei and Yuri are back in five new collateral damage-filled episodes! Yes the lovely Angels are on the job and that means the entire universe is at risk. Fearless ruthless and completely clueless the Dirty Pair are ready to tackle their most dangerous cases ever. It's every sentient being for itself when the 3WA's universal wrecking crew takes to the spaceways in 'Random Angels'!