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• Bubblegum Crisis - Vol. 2 | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The second instalment of the popular Japanese anime, Bubblegum Crisis 2 contains the fourth, fifth and sixth episodes of the eight original videos. In a devastated high-tech Tokyo of a Blade Runner-ish future, four beautiful women disguised by their heavily armed exoskeletons protect society from killer androids and from an ambitious corporation that tries to take over the world, while also having complicated personal lives. The cute teenager NeNe always has a crush on someone or other; flighty Linna has to fit her superhero life into a busy social schedule; and Priss has her career as a rock singer as well as a habit of feeling emotional. Only the austere Sylia is entirely in control of her life--so much so that she needs the others for a bit of productive chaos. In the episodes included they deal with a mysterious car that is riding down motorcyclists, help a tragic android who is vampirising citizens to feed a damaged friend and cope with attempts by an evil conspirator to frame them for mass mayhem. The stories rely rather too heavily on extended sequences of fast bikes and car racing, or mechanised bodysuits and big robots tearing each other apart, but the plotting can be subtle and the emotional scenes tense and fraught. Someone trying to get a sense of anime's strengths and weaknesses could do a lot worse than start here. On the DVD: the disc is presented in a visual aspect ratio of 1.33:1 and has a very loud Dolby Digital 2.0 soundtrack which presents every screech of tortured metal vehemently and every pounding anthem in the slightly pompous score. There are no extras apart from a very extended documentation of the credits. --Roz Kaveney

• Strauss: Elektra | DVD | (03/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Richard Strauss's wildest and most passionate opera gets an almost ideal performance in this 1989 production with three great female singers at the height of their powers. Marton is terrifyingly unreasonable as Elektra, determined to mourn her dead father in the face of her mother who had him killed, and to hope and pray for the vengeance that her brother will one day bring. Told he is dead, her emotional collapse is equally total, and her eventual self-destructive dance of triumph is a bittersweet ecstasy of anger and joy. Studer gives the sometimes underplayed role of the normal, compromising "feminine" sister the weight and sympathy Strauss intended it to have. Fassbaender is electric as Clytemnestra, collapsing under the weight of her guilt and paranoia, but still scarily sexy and regal in her manipulation of those around her. Abbado's conducting is electric--from the opening "Agamemnon" chords to the final dying fall of Elektra's dance, he never puts a foot wrong or misjudges the pacing of this most difficult of opera scores. The DVD has subtitles in English, German and French. --Roz Kaveney

• Samurai X - The Collection | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Samurai X - The Motion Picture: The war against Tokugawa Shogunate ended two years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Shigure Takimi watched his friends and family get slashed down in the name of freedom and prosperity. Now he and a band of desperate rebels have sworn to settle one final score. Only one man stands in their way... Rurouni Kenshin. Will the former assassin take up his sword and fight again? When Shigure discovers Kenshin's true identity and his fight becomes a personal vendetta the young hero will have no choice... Samurai X - Trust: Kenshin is a young orphan whose fighting skills where honed by the great swordsman Hiko. But Kenshin's soul is embattled just like the battlefields of Japan his hopes for a new world peace at odds with his life of blood and killing. His world is thrown into further confusion by the arrival of a mysterious woman named Tomoe. Her kindness and attention show him a kind of life he didn't know existed. Can she help the assassin become a real man? Or does she hide a secret that could destroy everything he has come to depend on? Join Kenshin and discover the enemy within. Samurai X - Betrayal: After the great fire in Edo Kenshin and Tomoe are sent into exile on a small farm. They experience peace and quiet for the first time in their turbulent lives. The rebellion wounded after the events in Edo is slowly rebuilding far away from Kenshin and Tomoe. Their only link to the outside world is Lizuka who brings them dire news from the city. Samurai X - Reflection: Known throughout all Japan as the Hitokiri Battousai (sword-bearing master assassin) Rurouni Kenshin is now a lost soul cursed to seek atonement for his bloody past. Even the peace that now exists as a result of Kenshin's sword brings him no solace driving him to wander far from those he loves. His wife Kaoru steadfastly awaits his return as she mourns his absence. Will Kenshin come home before she dies of grief?

• Samurai X - Complete Collection | DVD | (07/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Samurai X - The Motion Picture: The war against Tokugawa Shogunate ended two years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Shigure Takimi watched his friends and family get slashed down in the name of freedom and prosperity. Now he and a band of desperate rebels have sworn to settle one final score. Only one man stands in their way... Rurouni Kenshin. Will the former assassin take up his sword and fight again? When Shigure discovers Kenshin's true identity and his fight becomes a personal vendetta the young hero will have no choice... Samurai X - Trust: Kenshin is a young orphan whose fighting skills where honed by the great swordsman Hiko. But Kenshin's soul is embattled just like the battlefields of Japan his hopes for a new world peace at odds with his life of blood and killing. His world is thrown into further confusion by the arrival of a mysterious woman named Tomoe. Her kindness and attention show him a kind of life he didn't know existed. Can she help the assassin become a real man? Or does she hide a secret that could destroy everything he has come to depend on? Join Kenshin and discover the enemy within. Samurai X - Betrayal: After the great fire in Edo Kenshin and Tomoe are sent into exile on a small farm. They experience peace and quiet for the first time in their turbulent lives. The rebellion wounded after the events in Edo is slowly rebuilding far away from Kenshin and Tomoe. Their only link to the outside world is Lizuka who brings them dire news from the city. Samurai X - Reflection: Known throughout all Japan as the Hitokiri Battousai (sword-bearing master assassin) Rurouni Kenshin is now a lost soul cursed to seek atonement for his bloody past. Even the peace that now exists as a result of Kenshin's sword brings him no solace driving him to wander far from those he loves. His wife Kaoru steadfastly awaits his return as she mourns his absence. Will Kenshin come home before she dies of grief?

• Pride 24 - Cold Fury 3 | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £9.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (-24.90%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The World's Premiere Mixed Martial Arts Contest.A legendary event in Japan PRIDE FC matches the world's elite fighters in competition of honour and art. Imagine Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner versus Kick boxer Judo specialist versus Wrestler...this is PRIDE FC. Each match is the culmination of years of training by these athletes the finest representatives of their martial art who not only compete for victory but also to defend their fighting style! From big-time knockouts to punishing submissions you don't want to miss the drama spectacle and excitement of PRIDE FC!Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Brazil) VS Dan Henderson (USA).Kevin Randleman (USA) VS Murilo Ninja Rua (Brazil).Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (Brazil) VS Guy Mezger (USA).Rodrigo Gracie (Brazil) VS Yuki Sasaki (Japan).Ron Walterman (USA) VS Valentijn Overeem (Holland).Bazigit Atajev (Russian) VS Alistair Overeem (Holland).Yoshihisa Yamamoto (Japan) VS Alexander Otsuka (Japan).

• Megalo Box 2: Nomad - The Complete Season | Blu Ray | (05/04/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Sword Of Doom | DVD | (02/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tatsue (Nakadai) a man brought up to recognise only the way of the sword as the way of life finds that the art of killing is a pleasure. Ranged against him is Shimada (Mifune) who regards the use made of the sword as the manifestation of a man's spiritual state and vows to end Tatsue's spree in an era without values...

• Evil Of Dracula | DVD | (02/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Professor Siraki is totally unprepared for the horrors that await him when he starts his new job at Seimei School for Girls...

• Bubblegum Crisis | DVD | (09/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The second instalment of the popular Japanese anime, Bubblegum Crisis 2 contains the fourth, fifth and sixth episodes of the eight original videos. In a devastated high-tech Tokyo of a Blade Runner-ish future, four beautiful women disguised by their heavily armed exoskeletons protect society from killer androids and from an ambitious corporation that tries to take over the world, while also having complicated personal lives. The cute teenager NeNe always has a crush on someone or other; flighty Linna has to fit her superhero life into a busy social schedule; and Priss has her career as a rock singer as well as a habit of feeling emotional. Only the austere Sylia is entirely in control of her life--so much so that she needs the others for a bit of productive chaos. In the episodes included they deal with a mysterious car that is riding down motorcyclists, help a tragic android who is vampirising citizens to feed a damaged friend and cope with attempts by an evil conspirator to frame them for mass mayhem. The stories rely rather too heavily on extended sequences of fast bikes and car racing, or mechanised bodysuits and big robots tearing each other apart, but the plotting can be subtle and the emotional scenes tense and fraught. Someone trying to get a sense of anime's strengths and weaknesses could do a lot worse than start here. On the DVD: the disc is presented in a visual aspect ratio of 1.33:1 and has a very loud Dolby Digital 2.0 soundtrack which presents every screech of tortured metal vehemently and every pounding anthem in the slightly pompous score. There are no extras apart from a very extended documentation of the credits. --Roz Kaveney

• Cage Rage - Vol. 13 | DVD | (09/01/2006) from £7.94   |  Saving you £5.05 (38.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Bout Listing: 1. Jean Silva v Vitor Ribeiro 2. Andy Costello v James Thompson 3. Melvin Manhoef v Fabio Piemonte 4. Mark Weir v Kyosuke Sasaki 5. Marcelo Azevedo v Jorge Rivera 6. Darren Little v ""Cyborg"" Santos 7. Anthony Rea v Remus Ciobnu 8. Brad Pickett v Ozzy Haluk 9. Abdul Mohamed v Alexandre Lzidro 10. Dean Bray v Jeremy Bailey

• Cage Rage - Vol. 12 | DVD | (21/11/2005) from £4.28   |  Saving you £9.97 (330.13%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Mixed martial arts event based on the global cage fighting phenomenon Ultimate Fighting Championship. 2 Men. 1 Cage. Nowhere to Run. Nowhere to hide! 1. Cage Rage British Title: Mark Weir vs Sol Gilbert 2. Cage Rage World Heavyweight Title: Rafael Carino vs Antonio Silva 3. Kyosuke Sasaki vs Alex Reid 4. Vitor Riberom vs Gerald Strebendt 5. Nilson De Castro vs Curtis Stout 6. Travis Lutter vs Matt Ewin 7. Mark Epstein vs Mathias Riccio 8. Brad Pickett vs Jordan Miller 9. Cyrill

• Yu Yu Hakusho - Episodes 5 To 8 | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Yusuke has reclaimed his life but has only one day to be revived by someone's kiss. And that someone might be his old nemesis Kuwabara! Back in the flesh Yusuke finds he can see supernatural creatures hiding in the living world. But with this strange new ability his adventure is only beginning. It seems Yusuke has become a Spirit Detective and must track down evil spirits in order to stop them from fulfilling their diabolical plans! Episodes: Yusuke's Back Three Monsters Gouki And Kurama The Three Eyes Of Hiei.

• Yu Yu Hakusho: Season Four - Classic | Blu Ray | (29/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Yu Yu Hakusho - Episodes 1 To 4 | DVD | (09/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Yu Yu Hakusho Video: Ep. 1 2 3 4 - The Ghost Files: Yusuke Lost Yusuke Found. Suprised To Be Dead - Fourteen-year-old Yusuke Urameshi is having a typical day. He's cutting class at school having arguments with his teachers and getting into fistfights with his rival Kuwabara. Hey - when you're the toughest kid in town you have a reputation to maintain! But then Yusuke does something that betrays his killer rep. He dives in front of a speeding car to push a little boy out of harm's way! Yusuke makes the ultimate sacrifice for the sake of another but is it really time for this brash young man's life to come to an end? Koenma Appears - Pulled by the sprightly pink-robed Botan Yusuke enters a realm that is not quite normal - Spirit World. There Yusuke meets Koenma a 700 year-old ruler with the body of a toddler pacifier and all! But there's no room for laughs as Koenma gives Yusuke an ordeal to restore his life. Hatching a Spirit Beast! Kuwabara: A Promise Between Men - The same age as Yusuke and a fellow fighter Kuwabara was tormented by his rival's death. The loser in all 156 of his brawls against Yusuke he's now lost any chance he ever had of evening the score! But with Yusuke out of the way Kuwabara is the new kid to beat which means he's making plenty of enemies. Yusuke isn't fond of this classmate but if he wants to win back his life he'll need to give him a ghostly hand. Requirements for Lovers - Spirit World forgot an important question - does anyone want Yusuke back? Koenma sends an Investigator to find out and Yusuke's friends answer quickly when a fire threatens to char his earthly body. But will Yusuke give up the Spirit Beast his one chance of reviving to rescue his friends?

• Yu Yu Hakusho 4 | DVD | (05/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Yusuke returns from training with the great psychic Genkai and not a moment too soon! Dreadful Makai Insects are invading his own city part of a sinister scheme to flood the earth with demons! Kuwabara Kurama and Hiei join forces with the Spirit Detective as he dives into a forbidden demon city. Their target: four deadly creatures known as the Saint Beasts! This awkward alliance must learn to trust each other quickly as they battle their way toward Maze Castle and the Gate of Betr

• Empty Room | DVD | (28/05/2004) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Adult erotica from Japan's 'Pink Cinema'.

• Bubblegum Crisis, Vol. 2 | DVD | (16/02/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.94

  The second instalment of the popular Japanese anime, Bubblegum Crisis 2 contains the fourth, fifth and sixth episodes of the eight original videos. In a devastated high-tech Tokyo of a Blade Runner-ish future, four beautiful women disguised by their heavily armed exoskeletons protect society from killer androids and from an ambitious corporation that tries to take over the world, while also having complicated personal lives. The cute teenager NeNe always has a crush on someone or other; flighty Linna has to fit her superhero life into a busy social schedule; and Priss has her career as a rock singer as well as a habit of feeling emotional. Only the austere Sylia is entirely in control of her life--so much so that she needs the others for a bit of productive chaos. In the episodes included they deal with a mysterious car that is riding down motorcyclists, help a tragic android who is vampirising citizens to feed a damaged friend and cope with attempts by an evil conspirator to frame them for mass mayhem. The stories rely rather too heavily on extended sequences of fast bikes and car racing, or mechanised bodysuits and big robots tearing each other apart, but the plotting can be subtle and the emotional scenes tense and fraught. Someone trying to get a sense of anime's strengths and weaknesses could do a lot worse than start here. On the DVD: the disc is presented in a visual aspect ratio of 1.33:1 and has a very loud Dolby Digital 2.0 soundtrack which presents every screech of tortured metal vehemently and every pounding anthem in the slightly pompous score. There are no extras apart from a very extended documentation of the credits. --Roz Kaveney

• Bubblegum Crisis, Vol. 1 | DVD | (16/02/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.94

  The second instalment of the popular Japanese anime, Bubblegum Crisis 2 contains the fourth, fifth and sixth episodes of the eight original videos. In a devastated high-tech Tokyo of a Blade Runner-ish future, four beautiful women disguised by their heavily armed exoskeletons protect society from killer androids and from an ambitious corporation that tries to take over the world, while also having complicated personal lives. The cute teenager NeNe always has a crush on someone or other; flighty Linna has to fit her superhero life into a busy social schedule; and Priss has her career as a rock singer as well as a habit of feeling emotional. Only the austere Sylia is entirely in control of her life--so much so that she needs the others for a bit of productive chaos. In the episodes included they deal with a mysterious car that is riding down motorcyclists, help a tragic android who is vampirising citizens to feed a damaged friend and cope with attempts by an evil conspirator to frame them for mass mayhem. The stories rely rather too heavily on extended sequences of fast bikes and car racing, or mechanised bodysuits and big robots tearing each other apart, but the plotting can be subtle and the emotional scenes tense and fraught. Someone trying to get a sense of anime's strengths and weaknesses could do a lot worse than start here. On the DVD: the disc is presented in a visual aspect ratio of 1.33:1 and has a very loud Dolby Digital 2.0 soundtrack which presents every screech of tortured metal vehemently and every pounding anthem in the slightly pompous score. There are no extras apart from a very extended documentation of the credits. --Roz Kaveney

• Godzilla gegen Megalon | Blu Ray | (31/10/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A