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Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
While touring Alamos Town, home of the Space-Time Tower, with the beautiful Alice, Ash and his friends discover that the town's special garden has been decimated. Baron Alberto, a dashing but arrogant fellow, immediately blames the destruction on Darkrai. As if it just overheard the accusation, Darkrai appears and confronts our heroes. The battle between legendary Pokémon Dialga and Palkia rages directly above Alamos Town, and threatens to tear a...
Publisher
Pioneer Entertainment (USA)
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
日本語
Description
Belldandy's mentor, Celestin, was imprisoned for attempting to overthrow the Goddess System. But now he's back with an insidious virus to corrupt the Goddess System and remove all of Belldandy's memories of Keiichi. Will Belldandy's love prove to be the key to ruining Celestin's plans, or will it be the final ingredient necessary to destroy our reality? Don't miss the first episode of "The adventures of Mini-Goddess" after the movie!
3) Born free
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
When game warden George Adamson is forced to kill a lion and lioness, he and his wife Joy adopt their three cubs. Two are sent off to zoos but the third is kept, a female they name Elsa. When Elsa is fully grown, the Adamsons realize she must be taught to survive on her own.
Publisher
AnimEigo
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
日本語
Description
Expert swordsman Kanemi Sanzaemon is, first and foremost, a man of principle. In order to save his clan from the corrupting influence of his lord's favorite concubine, he publicly assassinates her, fully expecting it will result in his own death by seppuku. Instead, he is sentenced to solitary confinement for an entire year, then released under one inexplicable condition: he must now serve as the lord's bodyguard.
Series
Criterion collection volume 221
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
日本語
Description
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a clerk spends his last months in search of the meaning to life. After his pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds self-realization in bringing about the building of a children's playground in the slums and dies quietly fulfilled.
6) The chase
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
A sheriff attempts to capture an escaped convict before a bloodthirsty mob lynches him.
7) Yōjinbō
Publisher
[Distributed by] Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
日本語
Description
A wandering Samurai-for-hire eventually finds a dramatic solution to the problems of a town with two warring clans.
Publisher
AnimEigo
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Moonlight and cherry blossoms: "College freshman Morisato Keiichi gets more than he bargained for when he goes dialing for dinner and gets an unexpected delivery--Belldandy, a real live, honest to goodness goddess! Belldandy grants him a wish, and Keiichi decides that what he really needs is a girlfriend just like her. And that's exactly what he gets. The mysterious Ultimate Force that enforces all wish contracts comes into play, and Keiichi and Belldandy...
Publisher
AnimEigo
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Evergreen holy night: "Keiichi's life finally seems to be getting back to normal (or at least as normal as life gets when you live in a temple with 3 goddesses!). Yes, he does get strange dreams, and yes, Urd and Skuld are a pain, but what the heck--his girlfriend is truly divine! Alas, system bugs are escaping from the Heavens, upsetting the balance of the Earthly Plane. Skuld gets on the case, and soon discovers that whenever Belldandy and Keiichi...
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2011], c1968
Language
日本語
Description
In medieval Japan, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero, to quell what is evidently a ghost. He encounters the two beautiful women, in an eery, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling...
13) Spirited away
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
When a young girl gets trapped in a strange new world of spirits, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and rescue her parents. Chihiro and her parents accidentally wander into another world ruled by witches and monsters. When her parents are captured by the ruler of the world, she tricks the witch into hiring her so she can figure out how to free them.
14) Picture bride
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A beautiful Japanese young woman goes to Hawaii to marry a man she knows only through his picture. Although she is disappointed when he turns out to be older than his picture led her to believe, she finds that life in this new land is more exciting and satisfying than she expected.
Series
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
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Description
"In a secret world hidden beneath the floorboards, little people called Borrowers live quietly among us. But when tenacious and tiny Arrietty is discovered by Shawn, a human boy, their secret and forbidden friendship blossoms into an extraordinary adventure"--Container.
16) Seven samurai
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2006
Language
日本語
Description
Tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to protect them from invading bandits.
Publisher
Funimation
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Eren's newfound Titan ability may be the key to saving everyone and defeating the Titans. Except that isn't what the government has planned. After Eren is pulled away from his execution by a mysterious Titan, he finds himself in a strange place with Shikishima. Suddenly, he learns there is more going on than he could even comprehend. Government secrets, the truth about Titans and their existence. Are Titans even the real monsters?
Publisher
Funimation
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The battle continues between the Scouting Regiment and the Titans. A vengeful soldier apart of the Scouting regiment, Eren, finds a decieving secret about his own regime. Unsure what to do, will the Scouting Regiment win this battle against the Titans?
19) Tampopo
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
日本語
Description
The tale of an eccentric band of culinary ronin who guide the widow of a noodle shop owner on her quest for the perfect recipe.
20) Rashomon
Series
Criterion collection volume 138
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
日本語
Description
A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife. This eloquent masterwork and international sensation revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema, and a commanding new star.
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