"Director: Satoshi Kon"

• Paprika - Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (24/09/2018) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Prepare to enter the realm of fantasy and imagination -- where reality and dreams collide in a kaleidoscopic mindscape of sheer visual genius. The magical tale centers on a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream. After being stolen, a fearless detective and brilliant therapist join forces to recover the device -- before it falls into the hands of a 'dream terrorist' in this gripping anime thriller from acclaimed director Satoshi Kon.

• Paranoia Agent Collection | DVD | (07/02/2011) from £24.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (30.45%)   |  RRP £29.99

  All 13 episodes of the intricately plotted Japanese anime series, following two detectives on the trail of a mysterious young boy who has been attacking complete strangers with a golden bat. As the detectives investigate, they learn more about the boy's strange history. Episodes Comprise: Enter Lil' Slugger The Golden Shoes Double Lips A Man's Path The Holy Warrior Fear of a Direct Hit MHz Happy Family Planning ETC Mellow Maromi No Entry Radar Man The Final Episode

• Millennium Actress | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Millennium Actress has the stylistic sophistication of Perfect Blue with the empathy warmth and truth of Spirited Away. A gorgeous theatrical animation from the makers of anime classic Perfect Blue and last years' adorable Tokyo Godfathers. Millennium Actress begins as a TV crew track down 70 something screen goddess Chiyoko Fujiwara. Chiyoko begins to tell her life story at which point she literally steps into the past dragging the confused crew into her memories - one moment the

• Perfect Blue - Standard Edition | Blu Ray | (02/02/2015) from £15.85   |  Saving you £2.14 (13.50%)   |  RRP £17.99

  One of the most ambitious animated films to come out of Japan (or anywhere, for that matter), Perfect Blue is an adult psycho-thriller that uses the freedom of the animated image to create the subjective reality of a young actress haunted by the ghost of her past identity. Mima is a singer who leaves her teeny-bop trio to become an actress in a violent television series, a career move that angers her fans, who prefer to see her as the pert, squeaky-clean pop idol. Plagued by self-doubt and tormented by humiliating compromises, she begins to be stalked, in her waking and sleeping moments, by an accusing alter ego who claims to be "the real Mima", until she collapses into madness as her co-workers are brutally slain around her. Director Satoshi Kon, adapting the novel by Yoshikazu Takeuchi, shows us the world from her schizophrenic perspective: days blur, dreams cross over into the waking world, the TV show blends into her real life, until her life merges with her part and she can't separate the ghosts from the real-life stalkers. Though the pat ending sweeps the psychosis and anxiety away with nary an emotional scar, it remains a smart, stylish thriller and one of the most intelligent and compelling uses of animation in recent years. Though tame by the extreme standards of "adult anime", there is nudity and a few sexually provocative scenes, and the animation is detailed and stylised (if somewhat stiff and jerky by Disney standards). --Sean Axmaker

• Perfect Blue | DVD | (18/11/2013) from £7.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (75.09%)   |  RRP £13.99

  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.

• Paprika | Blu Ray | (07/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on a novel by the noted Japanese science fiction writer Yasutaka Tsutui, the brilliant and unsettling feature Paprika continues director Satoshi Kon's exploration of the disturbingly permeable boundaries between dreams and reality. Techno-geek Kosaku Tokita invented the DC Mini to allow therapists to enter a patient's dreams and explore his unconscious, but an evil cabal uses the Mini to create a mass nightmare that causes multiple suicides. Psychotherapist Atsuko Chiba uses her alter-identity, "dream detective" Paprika, to intervene. Entering the nightmare, she witness a bizarre parade of appliances, toys, and kitsch objects: all of her intelligence and imagination are needed to escape this nightmare and its perpetrators. As he did in Millennium Actress and Paranoia Agent, Kon effortlessly carries the audience between reality and fantasy, confirming his reputation as one of the most talented and interesting directors working in animation today. (Contains violence, violence against women, grotesque imagery, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon, Amazon.com

• Perfect Blue | DVD | (31/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  One of the most ambitious animated films to come out of Japan (or anywhere, for that matter), Perfect Blue is an adult psycho-thriller that uses the freedom of the animated image to create the subjective reality of a young actress haunted by the ghost of her past identity. Mima is a singer who leaves her teeny-bop trio to become an actress in a violent television series, a career move that angers her fans, who prefer to see her as the pert, squeaky-clean pop idol. Plagued by self-doubt and tormented by humiliating compromises, she begins to be stalked, in her waking and sleeping moments, by an accusing alter ego who claims to be "the real Mima", until she collapses into madness as her co-workers are brutally slain around her. Director Satoshi Kon, adapting the novel by Yoshikazu Takeuchi, shows us the world from her schizophrenic perspective: days blur, dreams cross over into the waking world, the TV show blends into her real life, until her life merges with her part and she can't separate the ghosts from the real-life stalkers. Though the pat ending sweeps the psychosis and anxiety away with nary an emotional scar, it remains a smart, stylish thriller and one of the most intelligent and compelling uses of animation in recent years. Though tame by the extreme standards of "adult anime", there is nudity and a few sexually provocative scenes, and the animation is detailed and stylised (if somewhat stiff and jerky by Disney standards). --Sean Axmaker

• Tokyo Godfathers - Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (15/10/2018) from £8.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  It's Christmas Eve and three homeless friends have experienced a miracle: while rummaging in a dump for a Christmas present, they discover a newborn baby. Despite having nothing, the three take the baby in and name her Kiyoko, meaning Pure One. They embark in search of Kiyoko's mother, based on the little they know about her from her meagre belongings. Kind transwoman Hana, runaway teenager Miyuki, and belligerent Gin make an unlikely trio as they care for the baby and try to find where she belongs. By finally looking toward the future, they are also able to confront their pasts, coming just a little bit closer to finding their own place in the world.

• Tokyo Godfathers | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £8.84   |  Saving you £14.14 (241.71%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Meet the ultimate dysfunctional family! From acclaimed director Satoshi Kon and Japan's leading animation studio Mad House comes this visually and emotionally stunning tale of adventure love and redemption. In Tokyo three homeless people's lives are changed forever when they discover a baby girl in a garbage dump on Christmas Eve. As the New Year fast approaches these three forgotten members of society band together to solve the mystery of the abandoned child and the fate of her p

• Paprika | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A group of brilliant scientists have developed a form of psychotherapy with the invention of a machine which enables a person to enter anothers' dreams. When the device is stolen by a ""dream terrorist "" it is up Atsuko Chiba a scientist under the code name Paprika to track down the apparatus and save the world from madness.

• Paprika - DVD/Blu-ray Double Play | Blu Ray | (20/11/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on a novel by the noted Japanese science fiction writer Yasutaka Tsutui, the brilliant and unsettling feature Paprika continues director Satoshi Kon's exploration of the disturbingly permeable boundaries between dreams and reality. Techno-geek Kosaku Tokita invented the DC Mini to allow therapists to enter a patient's dreams and explore his unconscious, but an evil cabal uses the Mini to create a mass nightmare that causes multiple suicides. Psychotherapist Atsuko Chiba uses her alter-identity, "dream detective" Paprika, to intervene. Entering the nightmare, she witness a bizarre parade of appliances, toys, and kitsch objects: all of her intelligence and imagination are needed to escape this nightmare and its perpetrators. As he did in Millennium Actress and Paranoia Agent, Kon effortlessly carries the audience between reality and fantasy, confirming his reputation as one of the most talented and interesting directors working in animation today. (Contains violence, violence against women, grotesque imagery, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon, Amazon.com

• Perfect Blue Steelbook | Blu Ray | (24/10/2016) from £57.94   |  Saving you £-32.95 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  One of the most ambitious animated films to come out of Japan (or anywhere, for that matter), Perfect Blue is an adult psycho-thriller that uses the freedom of the animated image to create the subjective reality of a young actress haunted by the ghost of her past identity. Mima is a singer who leaves her teeny-bop trio to become an actress in a violent television series, a career move that angers her fans, who prefer to see her as the pert, squeaky-clean pop idol. Plagued by self-doubt and tormented by humiliating compromises, she begins to be stalked, in her waking and sleeping moments, by an accusing alter ego who claims to be "the real Mima", until she collapses into madness as her co-workers are brutally slain around her. Director Satoshi Kon, adapting the novel by Yoshikazu Takeuchi, shows us the world from her schizophrenic perspective: days blur, dreams cross over into the waking world, the TV show blends into her real life, until her life merges with her part and she can't separate the ghosts from the real-life stalkers. Though the pat ending sweeps the psychosis and anxiety away with nary an emotional scar, it remains a smart, stylish thriller and one of the most intelligent and compelling uses of animation in recent years. Though tame by the extreme standards of "adult anime", there is nudity and a few sexually provocative scenes, and the animation is detailed and stylised (if somewhat stiff and jerky by Disney standards). --Sean Axmaker

• 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.

• Paranoia Agent 1 | DVD | (09/07/2005) from £7.71   |  Saving you £12.28 (61.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Then darkness overcomes the heart and Lil' Slugger appears... After the first victim's story the police felt the overly stressed woman was having a breakdown and liedi o cover up for some crime. However after the third and fourth attacks upon unrelated victims led to the same description of a young attacker with a golden baseball bat and in-line skates the police had to wonder: is the Lil' Slugger real or a sinister phantom? Explore a contagious madness in the first TV sho

• Paranoia Agent 3 | DVD | (18/04/2006) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-1.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Lil' Slugger's violent legacy spreads rapidly throughout the city becoming a legend whose image warps with every different social circle. To those who want to die he is a saviour; to housewives stories of his exploits are the hot topic of the gossip circles. However to the distressed staff struggling to get the animated TV show ""Maromi The Dog back on schedule Lil' Slugger is the menace who has been striking them down one at a time... Episodes Comprise: 8. Happy Family P

• Paranoia Agent 2 | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Then darkness overcomes the heart and Lil' Slugger appears... The detectives interrogate the boy arrested for the Lil' Slugger attacks he claims to be a ""Holy Warrior"" who has only begun to help those waiting to be saved. However he also only claims two of the five attacks! Just as the detectives begin to find witnesses and think they are uncovering the truth a rash of attacks fuel the hysteria- especially the two inside the police station! As the police begin to doubt thei

• Perfect Blue | UMD | (20/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Paranoia Agent Box Set | DVD | (09/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Then darkness overcomes the heart and Lil' Slugger appears... After the first victim's story the police felt the overly stressed woman was having a breakdown and liedi o cover up for some crime. However after the third and fourth attacks upon unrelated victims led to the same description of a young attacker with a golden baseball bat and in-line skates the police had to wonder: is the Lil' Slugger real or a sinister phantom? Explore a contagious madness in the first TV show directed by Satoshi Kon the visionary director behind 'Perfect Blue' 'Millennium Actress' and 'Tokyo Godfathers'! Episodes comprise: 1. Enter Lil' Slugger 2. The Golden Shoes 3. Double Lips 4. A Man's Path 5. The Holy Warrior 6. Fear Of A Direct Hit 7. MHZ 8. Happy Family Planning 9. ETC 10. Mellow Maromi 11. No Entry 12. Radar Man 13. The Final Episode

• Paranoia Agent 4 | DVD | (22/05/2006) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-1.59 (-8.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When Darkness Overcomes The Heart Lil' Slugger Appears... The Lil's Slugger epidemic runs rampant in Tokyo while Umaniwa researches Tsukiko's childhood and discovers the disturbing origins of Maromi! However before he can do anything he is attacked by a giant Lil' Slugger! Soon the mass psychosis threatens to destroy the city but does Tsukiko hold the key to salvation? Episodes Comprise: 11. No Entry 12. Radar Man 13. The Final Episode

• Manga Essentials Vol.2 | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Three must have Manga classics at one essential price! Urotsukidoji - Legend of the Overfiend & Legend of the Demon Womb - The original anime ""video nasty"". A sickening tale of horrendous violence uncontrollable lusts and supernatural forces beyond the imagination. Perfect Blue is a sexually charged Hitchcockian murder mystery. An anime classic universally praised. Blood the Last Vampire - From the creators of Ghost In The Shell 1 and 2 and Kill Bill. Soon to be made into a live action feature film by Billy Kong (Hero Fearless Crouching Tiger House of Flying Daggers) and Pathe Films (In Theatres Q1 2008).