"Director: Shigeyuki Miya"

• Supernatural: The Anime Series (Exclusive to Amazon.co.uk) | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £9.99   |  Saving you £20.00 (200.20%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The OAV Supernatural: The Anime Series (2011) is an anime first: an American live-action show reworked as a Japanese animation series. (The original Supernatural debuted in 2005 on the WB, and continues on the CW.) Sam and Dean Winchester are Hunters--licensed officers who tool around the United States in a classic black Chevy Impala, pursuing demons, ghosts, vampires, and other evil spirits. They're also looking for their father, a Hunter who's chasing the evil entity that killed their mother. Almost all the specters strike attractive young women, and the series soon devolves into a damsel-in-distress formula, with Sam and Dean arriving in the nick of time to dispatch the threat with silver bullets, salt, and fire. Some of the episodes are reworked from the original program; others are new story lines for the characters. But too many of them play like a mash-up of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Hardy Boys. Supernatural: The Anime Series recalls old live-action-based Saturday morning shows like The Karate Kid and Fonz and the Happy Days Gang. The designs for the characters are stiff, and the animation remains minimal, with still drawings accompanying voice-over dialogue. Although there are occasional interesting special effects, the series doesn't really make use of the potential that animation offers. Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles repeat their roles as Sam and Dean, and appear in tight T-shirts to introduce each episode. (Not rated; suitable for ages 14 and older: graphic violence, violence against women and children, grotesque imagery, animal cruelty, alcohol use, potentially offensive religious imagery) --Charles Solomon

• Blood Lad - Collector's Edition Blu-ray set | Blu Ray | (02/02/2015) from £32.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (51.53%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Includes: Collector's edition packaging Booklet Interactive Art Gallery, English Dub Outtakes, Clean Opening & Ending Contains the complete TV series and bonus OVA on Blu-ray, stored in collector's edition packaging, with both original Japanese language with subtitles as well as the English dub.

• Blood Lad - DVD collection | DVD | (02/02/2015) from £16.99   |  Saving you £23.00 (135.37%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Werewolves, zombies, and even the Abominable Snowman fight day and night for the title of Territory Boss. The vampire Staz, however, finds the whole thing to be a serious pain. He spends his time watching anime, playing video games, and daydreaming about going to the Human World. That all changes when he meets Fuyumi, a human girl who instantly win's Staz's heart, and who then loses her life to a man-eating plant. Refusing to give up on the girl of his dreams, Staz travels across the Demon and Human Worlds in search of a way to bring Fuyumi back to life by any bloody means necessary. Contains the complete TV series and bonus OVA, with both original Japanese language with subtitles as well as the English dub. Extras / Episode List: Interactive Art Gallery, English Dub Outtakes, Clean Opening & Ending

• Blood Lad - Season 1 | Blu Ray | (13/02/2017) from £29.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Werewolves, zombies, and even the Abominable Snowman fight day and night for the title of Territory Boss. The vampire Staz, however, finds the whole thing to be a serious pain. He spends his time watching anime, playing video games, and daydreaming about going to the Human World. That all changes when he meets Fuyumi, a human girl who instantly wins' Staz's heart, and who then loses her life to a man-eating plant. Refusing to give up on the girl of his dreams, Staz travels across the Demon and Human Worlds in search of a way to bring Fuyumi back to life by any bloody means necessary. Contains the complete TV series and bonus OVA on Blu-Ray with both the English dub and the original Japanese track with English subtitles. Episodes: Complete series, episodes 1-10 + bonus OVA