2019. The Earth is on the brink of destruction, Tokyo shimmers with post-punk fetishism, gangs of cyberpunk bikers and rioting crowds are on the streets of the post-atomic city. The scene is set for comic-book ultra-violence in this remarkable animated nightmare of hyper-reality. find out more...

Manga's version of '1984' (one wonders what it's version of 'Howards' End' will be like). Dastardly semi-human biodroids administer all aspects of public life to the wrath of a shadowy minority of dissident human terrorists, who must first steal their weapons and discover the secret of the central computer controlling mankind before they can launch what could be man's final fight. find out more...

Suzu is a shy, everyday high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a gorgeous and globally-beloved singer. One day, her concert is interrupted by a monstrous creature chased by vigilantes. As their hunt escalates, Suzu embarks on an emotional and epic quest to uncover the identity of this mysterious "beast" and to discover her true self in a wor find out more...

The earth has been at war for over half a century, Europa against the Eastern Federation and though the federation has finally won the human race is all but wiped out. Only geneticist Dr Azuma has an answer to their plight and when lightening hits the Doctor's laboratory a new breed of mutants is inadvertently formed, amongst them his recently dead son, a now super human being heralded as humanity's last best hope of survival. Casshern is a mind boggling sci-fi action epic, an apocalyptic Manga find out more...

Transfer (1966), Cronenberg's first film, is a surreal sketch of a doctor and his patient. From the Drain (1967) finds two men in a bathtub, which may be part of a centre for veterans of a future war. Stereo (1969), Cronenberg's first official feature film, stunningly shot in monochrome, concerns telepaths at the Institute for Erotic Enquiry where patients undergo tests by Dr. Luther Stringfellow. In Crimes of the Future (1970) Cronenberg worked in colour and with a find out more...

Japan, the future, and cyber technology is out of control with nobody quite sure who's alive and who exists purely on the net. When elite officer, Motoko Kusangi and her two colleagues are sent on the trail of a data thief, they find he has a sinister interest in Motoko herself. Violently complex... find out more...

A dark ‘Bladerunneresque' interpretation of the near future where humans, replicants, cyborgs and robots co-exist. Batou is a detective plunged deep into a world of corruption and murder in his search for a killer that leads him to fear for his own humanity. A stunningly rendered 2-D and 3-D animation, Ghost in the Shell 2's story may pale in comparison with the greats such as ‘Akira' but as a visual feast it's a bench mark for what precedes it. NB you don't have to have watched Ghost in the She find out more...

Three breathtaking animes from the wild imaginings of Koji Morimoto. Magnetic Rose; two astronauts answer a distress call and are propelled into a magical world formed by the memories of one woman. Stink Bomb; a chemist inadvertently morphs himself into a biological weapon of immense destructive force. Cannon Fodder; a city locked in perpetual battle with an unseen enemy. find out more...

The latest, (2002), heavily hyped/state of the art anime from Japan - EITHER a masterpiece OR a failed combo of CG and trad anime with politically confused ideas and irritating characters. So if you love Manga check it out in order to make your own mind up. find out more...

300 years in the future, after man has obliterated the planet, survivors eek out a living in the shell of a once great city wedged between a sentient, threatening forest and the war-like Ragna. Teenage Agito stumbles across a cryptogenic pod and awakens the sleeping beauty Toola, unleashing a chain of events that will change their lives for ever.
An animated eco yarn. find out more...