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• Kiki's Delivery Service (Blu-ray + DVD) | Blu Ray | (01/07/2013) from £14.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (92.38%)   |  RRP £24.99

  It's witch meets world as teenage Kiki chooses to live on her own in a new town using her magical powers to get by. But Kiki is poor with potions and second-rate at spells - instead she sets up a courier service using her broomstick to deliver everything from pies to pets. At first with only her sarcastic cat Jiji for company she soon discovers that she has more friends than she ever thought possible. Adapted by Hayao Miyazaki from the children's book by Eiko Kadono Kiki's Delivery Service is one of the best loved animated features in Japan and elsewhere. Featuring the voices of Kirsten Dunst Janeane Garofalo and Debbie Reynolds Kiki's Delivery Service is superb entertainment from start to finish.

• Evil Dead Trap - Standard Edition | Blu Ray | (24/06/2024) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When Nami, the host of a late-night TV show, receives a videotape containing brutal scenes of a woman being tortured and dismembered, she takes her camera crew out to the abandoned military base where she discerns the footage was shot in order to investigate whether what she has witnessed is a snuff film. One by one, her fellow investigators succumb to a grisly fate. Directed by Toshiharu Ikeda (Mermaid Legend) from a script by Takashi Ishii (the Angel Guts series, Freeze Me) and featuring eye-popping SFX work by Shinichi Wakasa (the Godzilla Millennium series), 88 Films is proud to present this landmark Japanese slasher for the very first time on Blu-ray in the UK.

• The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague - The Complete Season | Blu Ray | (10/06/2024) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  For Himuro, being a descendant of a snow spirit is tough at the workplace when your emotions can lead to snow blasts with snowmen and igloos. Any emotionally charged incident with coworkers can trigger it-conflict, fun, and in this case, romance. And with his lovely and calm coworker Fuyutsuki, he gets more frozen, literally. Get ready for a snow-white office romance that blows in like a blizzard.

• Dr. STONE - Season 3 Part 1 | Blu Ray | (17/06/2024) from £32.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Kingdom of Science is on a journey of discovery! As Senku and friends set sail with his latest inventions, a dangerous new threat awaits in the distance. Can they keep course for the treasure island, or will they sink to the bottom of the stone world?

• Tales From Earthsea | DVD | (28/01/2008) from £13.59   |  Saving you £6.40 (47.09%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From Studio Ghibli, the folks behind "Spirited Away", comes a new fantasy animation as a wizard and a young prince embark on an epic adventure.

• Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters | Blu Ray | (11/06/2018) from £32.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Paul Schrader's dazzlingly unconventional biopic, with a celebrated score by Philip Glass. In this visually stunning, collagelike portrait of the acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima (played by Vengeance Is Mine's KEN OGATA), PAUL SCHRADER (American Gigolo) investigates the inner turmoil and contradictions of a man who attempted the impossible task of finding harmony among self, art, and society. Taking place on Mishima's last day, when he famously committed public seppuku, the film is punctuated by extended flashbacks to the writer's life as well as by gloriously stylized evocations of his fictional works. With its rich cinematography by JOHN BAILEY, exquisite sets and costumes by EIKO ISHIOKA, and unforgettable, highly influential score by PHILIP GLASS, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters is a tribute to its subject and a bold, investigative work of art in its own right. Features: DIRECTORAPPROVED BLURAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New, restored 4K digital transfer of the director's cut, supervised and approved by director Paul Schrader and cinematographer John Bailey, with 2.0 surround DTSHD Master Audio soundtrack Two optional English narrations, including one by actor Roy Scheider Audio commentary from 2008 featuring Schrader and producer Alan Poul Interviews from 2007 and 2008 with Bailey, producers Tom Luddy and Mata Yamamoto, composer Philip Glass, and production designer Eiko Ishioka Interviews from 2008 with Mishima biographer John Nathan and friend Donald Richie Audio interview from 2008 with coscreenwriter Chieko Schrader Interview excerpt from 1966 featuring Mishima talking about writing The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima, a 55minute documentary from 1985 about the author Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Kevin Jackson, a piece on the film's censorship in Japan, and photographs of Ishioka's sets

• The Heroic Legend Of Arslan - Series 1 Part 1 | Blu Ray | (25/07/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Swords clash, warriors fall and the battle for the future of the Kingdom of Pars begins in the epic first twelve episodes of The Heroic Legend of Arslan Season One! Pitched into the middle of a war between the nations of Pars and Lusitania, young Prince Arslan barely escapes with his life when his father King Andragoras III is targeted by traitors in his own camp. With nothing but the help of the steadfast and loyal warrior Daryun and a ragtag group of followers, Arslan must face impossible odds to liberate his fallen nation from the amassed forces of Lusitania, led by the mysterious Silvermask! This strictly limited special collector's edition of Arslan Season One: Part One comes complete with an eighty page book of interviews, character profiles and artwork; 12 art cards from the creative team behind the series; 4 collectible character cards; a map of the Kingdom of Pars and a boardgame with forty tokens featuring all the key characters from this epic fantasy anime. Experience the legend like never before with this heroic box set!

• Akira Kurosawa - The Samurai Collection | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £34.43   |  Saving you £5.56 (16.15%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Akira Kurosawa: The Samurai Collection (5 Discs)

• Dr. STONE - Season 3 Part 1 | DVD | (17/06/2024) from £16.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Evil Dead Trap | Blu Ray | (26/02/2024) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When Nami, the host of a late-night TV show, receives a videotape containing brutal scenes of a woman being tortured and dismembered, she takes her camera crew out to the abandoned military base where she discerns the footage was shot in order to investigate whether what she has witnessed is a snuff film. One by one, her fellow investigators succumb to a grisly fate.Directed by Toshiharu Ikeda (Mermaid Legend) from a script by Takashi Ishii (the Angel Guts series, Freeze Me) and featuring eye-popping SFX work by Shinichi Wakasa (the Godzilla Millennium series), 88 Films is proud to present this landmark Japanese slasher for the very first time on Blu-ray in the UK.Product FeaturesHigh Definition Blu-ray (1080p) Presentation in 1.66:1 Aspect RatioOriginal Mono 2.0 Audio with Improved English SubtitlesAudio commentary by critics Jasper Sharp and David FlintArchive interview with director Toshiharu IkedaOriginal StoryboardsStills galleryBehind the Scenes StillsTrailerBooklet essay by Jim HarperOriginal and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan SheadyIncludes OBI Strip

• Wicked City and Demon City Shinjuku - Double Feature | DVD | (07/12/2020) from £8.90   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  FROM THE DIRECTOR OF NINJA SCROLL AND MADHOUSE STUDIO (DEATH NOTE, ONE PUNCH MAN) The anime cult classic, Wicked City and its notorious sequel, Demon City Shinjuku contained in one epic double feature, remastered in HD for the very first time! It's not unusual for lady-killer Renzaburo Taki to share a night with a woman. When that woman can turn into a demonic spider, however, it's just a little worrying. The demons are on the move, and as a member of the Black Guard, Taki's job, his real job, is to protect the human world from the demon world. And his work is just beginning! A fragile peace exists between the two worlds, brokered by a treaty. In order for the renewal of that treaty to go smoothly, Taki has to protect Giuseppi Mayart, a two hundred year old man with immense spiritual power, from an extremist faction of demons seeking to bring chaos to the two worlds. Worst of all, Taki's assigned a partner for the mission: the unnaturally beautiful Makie, a fellow Black Guard member... and herself a demon! The two will have to go all out to protect the old man, as not only are the demons going to extreme lengths to kill him, but Mayart seems oddly unconcerned for his own safety. Is there more going on than Taki and Makie realise? Director Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Ninja Scroll) blends stylish eroticism, graphic horror and pulse-pounding action as these two race to consummate the peace treaty in time.

• How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom - Part 1 | Blu Ray | (17/10/2022) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  !Suddenly summoned to a fantasy world and betrothed to the princess, Kazuya Souma is crowned the new king. Unlike the royalty before him, he won't be using swords and magic to rule; will administrative reform really get this kingdom back on track?

• The Twilight Samurai | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.89   |  Saving you £6.10 (88.53%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Highly acclaimed Japanese historical drama set in the late 1800s about a low-ranking samurai Seibei (Hiroyuki Sanada) who has been caring for his two adored daughters and his aging mother since the death of his wife. While his co-workers go out drinking at the end of the day he heads straight home to his family earning the nickname 'Twilight Samurai'. A new chance of happiness appears to open up for Seibei when a long-ago childhood love Tomoe moves back to the area after fleeing her brutish husband. To defend her honour Seibei challenges her husband to a duel - which he wins despite being armed only with a sharpened stick. Seibei is then asked if he wants to marry Tomoe with whom he is desperately in love but tragically the Samurai code of honour and his shame about his poverty-stricken status force him to refuse her.

• The Twilight Samurai | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £17.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (10.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A low-ranking samurai must accept a deadly challenge with a rogue samurai just as he discovers that his childhood love is beyond his reach.

• Metropolis | DVD | (22/07/2002) from £8.30   |  Saving you £11.69 (140.84%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A stunning piece of Japanese animation, Metropolis (2001) gets much of its visual look as well as its storyline less from the Fritz Lang classic than from Osamu Tezuka's comic book adaptation of it. In a style a reminiscent of Little Nemo and TinTin, Lang's dystopian fantasy is tweaked into the story of the doomed robot girl Tima and her love for Kenichi, nephew of a visiting Japanese detective. The city's ruler, Duke Red, needs her to complete his super-weapon, the Ziggurat, and has built her to resemble his dead daughter; the Duke's adopted son Rock is jealous and possessive of his father; and Tima's builder Laughton has agendas of his own. There are chases, riots, conflagrations and duels in the snow; unusually for Japanese animation the backgrounds are as inventively characterised as the characters who move through them. Screenwriter Katsuhiro Otomo and director Rintaro have deservedly moved from cult status to the mainstream on the strength of this film, which merits the epic tag so often attached to less interesting animations. --Roz Kaveney

• How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom - Part 1 | DVD | (17/10/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  !Suddenly summoned to a fantasy world and betrothed to the princess, Kazuya Souma is crowned the new king. Unlike the royalty before him, he won't be using swords and magic to rule; will administrative reform really get this kingdom back on track?

• Nikkatsu Diamond Guys Vol 1 | Blu Ray | (25/01/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Nikkatsu, the oldest film studio in Japan, inaugurated a star system in the late 1950s, finding talent and contracting to their Diamond Line for a series of wild genre pictures. This collection celebrates these Diamond Guys with three classic films from directors Seijun Suzuki (Branded to Kill), Toshio Masuda (Rusty Knife) and Buichi Saito (Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril). An old hand at tough guy action roles, Hideaki Nitani (Tokyo Drifter, Massacre Gun) stars in Suzuki's Voice Without a Shadow. Asako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued to haunt her. Years later her husband invites his boss, Hamazaki, over for dinner and she realises his voice is suspiciously like that of the killer. Before she can investigate further, Hamazaki is found dead and her husband becomes the prime suspect Next, 50s subculture icon Yujiro Ishihara (Crazed Fruit) stars in Masuda's Red Pier as Jiro the Lefty, a killer with a natural talent. Shortly after arriving in Kobe, he witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop Finally, in Saito's The Rambling Guitarist, mega star Akira Koabyashi (Battles Without Honour and Humanity) stars as wandering street musician Shinji, who falls in with mob boss Akitsu after saving one of his henchmen in a bar fight. Tasked by Akitsu with evicting an offshore fishery, Shinji finds himself in the middle of a very unusual domestic dispute Presented on Blu-ray and DVD for the first time in the West, these thrilling genre films feature Nikkatsu's leading talent at their best. Includes Special Edition Content: Limited Edition Blu-ray collection (3000 copies) High Definition digital transfers of all three films, from original film elements by Nikkatsu Corporation High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation Original uncompressed mono audio Newly translated English subtitles Specially recorded video discussions with Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp on Diamond Guys Hideaki Nitani and Yujiro Ishihara Original trailers for all three films and trailer preview for Diamond Guys Vol. 2 Extensive promotional image galleries for all three films Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys Booklet featuring new essays on all three films and director profiles by Stuart Galbraith, Tom Mes and Mark Schilling

• Kamui - The Lone Ninja | DVD | (09/08/2010) from £10.18   |  Saving you £9.81 (96.37%)   |  RRP £19.99

  LIVE THROUGH IT! It is 17th century Japan and Kamui is a fugitive Ninja on the run. He despises the lethal laws of the Ninja where he must use his skills to kill others and is in search for true freedom. However he is now hunted by his fellow ninjas as they must eliminate him for his betrayal. In order to live he must constantly fight for his life and distrust others. An incident brings him to a fisherman's family where he finally starts to open up to other people. Meanwhile those hunting him are setting their trap. Kamui is a 2009 live-action movie directed by Yoichi Sai. It is based on a manga series by Sanpei Shirato from the '60s and '80s in which a fugitive ninja escapes his clan only to be hunted relentlessly by former colleagues who now consider him a worthless traitor.

• Manga Entertainment | DVD | (15/04/2013) from £7.29   |  Saving you £17.70 (242.80%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In a near-perfect society, humans enjoy virtually anything their heart desires by simply staying connected to a centuries-old technology known as Fractale. One day, a teenage boy saves a girl on the run from some dangerous pursuers. Suddenly his quiet life turns to chaos when he's caught between a religious order determined to save Fractale, and those who want to destroy it.

• The Heroic Legend Of Arslan - Series 1 Part 1 | DVD | (25/07/2016) from £15.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Swords clash, warriors fall and the battle for the future of the Kingdom of Pars begins in the epic first twelve episodes of The Heroic Legend of Arslan Season One! Pitched into the middle of a war between the nations of Pars and Lusitania, young Prince Arslan barely escapes with his life when his father King Andragoras III is targeted by traitors in his own camp. With nothing but the help of the steadfast and loyal warrior Daryun and a ragtag group of followers, Arslan must face impossible odds to liberate his fallen nation from the amassed forces of Lusitania, led by the mysterious Silvermask! This strictly limited special collector's edition of Arslan Season One: Part One comes complete with an eighty page book of interviews, character profiles and artwork; 12 art cards from the creative team behind the series; 4 collectible character cards; a map of the Kingdom of Pars and a boardgame with forty tokens featuring all the key characters from this epic fantasy anime. Experience the legend like never before with this heroic box set!