Country of Origin: Japan
Certification12
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Jakob, a young man who enters a school, run by brother and sister Herr and Lisa Benjamenta, which trains servants. The teachers emphasize to the students that they are unimportant people. Jakob finds the school to be an oppressive environment, and does not enjoy the lessons in subservience that he receives. He proceeds to challenge the Benjamentas and attempts to shift the find out more...
Certification15
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A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord in Miike Takashi's latest offering. Having cut his teeth on action movies, he returns to the Samurai mission genre with gusto and the climax is an irresistable blend of exquisite choreography and bloodlust. The plot takes a backseat, but the interesting guy driving, Action-San, is who you want to watch anyway.
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Certification18
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Two struggling actresses share a Tokyo apartment. As they compete for the same film role and the same boyfriend their petty squabbles soon turn into all-out war and, when they break out the power tools and electrocution devices, you know these two ladies have forfeited more than their security deposit. Twisted and skilfully paced, Yukihiko Tsutsumi's '2LDK' (2-Bedroom, Living Room, Dining Room & Kitchen) deftly combines pitch black farce with the sort of graphic violence we've come to expect fro
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Certification18
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More brutal and strung-out Manga action. Pai is (apparently),a young girl, but is in fact the last member of a race called the Triclops, and holds the key to immortality. She wants to become human, and must find The Statue of Humanity to do so. Scintillating fantasy animation. One of the best.
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Certification15
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CertificationU
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Told in three chapters we follow the young dreamer Takaki through his life as cruel winters, cold technology silence and finally adult obligations and responsibility converge to dissipate his idealism and dreams. Beginning with the lyrical image of cherry blossoms falling at five centimetres a second, Makoto Shinkai paints a breathtakingly vivid tableau of you find out more...
Certification18
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Well over-the-top Manga-style animation set in a hostile state of the art metropolis. When vigilante killing machine "8 Man" turns out to be no more than a man in a cyber suit the evil Mr Halloween sees his chance to wreak havoc, with the aid of his psycho-junkie followers. Manically violent.
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Certification18
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Well over-the-top Manga-style animation set in a hostile state of the art metropolis. When vigilante killing machine "8 Man" turns out to be no more than a man in a cyber suit the evil Mr Halloween sees his chance to wreak havoc, with the aid of his psycho-junkie followers. Manically violent.
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Certification12
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Certification18
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Rinko is a reserved woman whose life is devoid of deviance, but unbeknown to her an evening of masturbation in the privacy of her own home has been witnessed by a stranger. When photos of Rinko's sexual gratification arrive through her door they are swiftly followed by a series of phone calls requesting that she up her sexual forays, a demand that excites her more than it disturbs her. Snake Of June is a dark and surreal tale of eroticism and sexual obsession with all the style you'd expect from
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Certification18
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Sparta College is a school for the best young minds Japan has to offer, unfortunately it's rules are harsh, the slightest infringement, especially by cute young female students, involving their sexual humiliation for the pleasure of the teacher. To defend our beleagured students is 'superheroine' Kekkou, naked but for a mask. Crudish animation, but a great laugh.
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Certification15
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Two hours worth of the MTV "Manga"-style cyber series. She's a deadly dominatrix, a scantily-clad seductress with mayhem in mind, and she's got a dirty great laser gun! She's Aeon,Flux, and she's unstoppable! Four full-length episodes plus the original shorts from Liquid Television.
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CertificationPG
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Japanese drama written and directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. The film follows Shinoda Ryota (Hiroshi Abe), a former writer now working for a private detective agency and struggling to move on with his life. When his wife Kyoko (Yôko Maki) leaves him and his father passes away, Shinoda develops a serious gambling addiction and is forbidden from seeing his son Shingo (Taiyô Yoshizawa) until he catches up on missed child support payments. However, with his life find out more...
CertificationPG
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There is a level between heaven and earth where the newly dead are asked to sieve back through their memories and find the one particular moment that defined their life. Once chosen, the moment is then filmed and they can take it with them on their final journey into heaven. Afterlife is a strikingly original film, poignant, fascinating, and intensely thought-provoking.
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Certification18
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An epic tale of violence from cult director Takashi Miike follows the bloody spiral of three Yakuza gangs as they position for dominance. The careful machinations of the bosses are thrown off course by the vengeful path embarked upon by one unhinged but fiercely loyal lieutenant when his guvner is killed in the escalating gunplay. Brutal, stylish and at times darkly comic The Agitator is one of Miike's most episodic tales, despite its relatively short time scale.
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Certification15
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Certification15
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Another Manga saga, set, for a change, in a future where humans have become redundant, slaves to a cyborg hierarchy apart from a privileged few. Alita is an ancient cyborg, rescued and restored by Dr Ido. Alita's extraordinary powers take her on a strange journey through the netherworlds.
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Certification15
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Yuichi is an introverted young teenage lad whose sole emotional outlet and escape from the harsher realities of life is his love of music and in particular the iconic pop star Lily Chou Chou. Via her music and the solace of her website Yuichi gradually begins to find himself a voice and a belief in his own worth. "All About Lily Chou Chou" is a stunning piece of cinema, both to see and hear, while the story itself is a thoughtful and perceptive observation of the difficulties that can overwhelm
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CertificationU
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Controversially, there's not really anything in Alundra 2 that ties it to the original. The hero in Alundra 2 is named Flint, a young renegade who must embark on an epic journey to defeat an evil terror. There are two difficulty options, Normal and Easy, but be warned that both provide quite a bit of challenge. The original's 2D graphics have been replaced by 3D and this means a bit of fiddling about with camera angles but generally enhances the gameplay, which offers more than 30 hours of tradi
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Certification15
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Another excellent offering from the KISEKI label, rivals to MANGA. 'Ambassador Magma' is a golden humanoid created to defend Earth from attack. 'Goa', Magma's arch enemy, has reawakened however, and his evil plan is to take over the planet (surprise!). Parts 1-3 of a new sci-fi adventure series.
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