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Jackie Chan’s City Hunter New UK Blu Ray Edition.
Jackie Chan stars as the girl-chasing private detective Ryo Saeba in this hilarious live-action adaptation of the popular Japanese manga series, City Hunter, presented from a stunning new 2K restoration! Hired to track down Shizuko Imamura, the runaway daughter of a publishing tycoon, Ryo initially turns the job down… until he sees a picture of the missing …
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METROPOLIS Anime Comes to Blu-ray for the first time in the UK
Another year another version of Metropolis! This time it is the Anime version of the classic Fritz Lang movie. OSAMU TEZUKA’S METROPOLIS, the spectacular anime based on the 1949 Metropolis manga, itself inspired by the 1927 German silent film of the same name, for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK, in a limited …
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From Up On Poppy Hill – Studio Ghibli Movie
A new film from Studio Ghibli is always an exciting prospect, but this one came with, for me, a certain degree of hesitancy. A post-Korean War slice of reality directed by Goro Miyazaki…could Ghibli deliver their usual magic in a non-fantastical setting, and could Goro-san improve from the utter disappointment that was “Tales From Earthsea”? …
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True Blood Series 4 DVD & Blu Ray Special Features
Another supernatural force has come to light in Bon Temps and life for its residents will never be the same… The sexy, spooky and wildly entertaining TV series returns with TRUE BLOOD: THE COMPLETE FOURTH SEASON released on DVD and Blu-ray on 21 MAY 2012, from HBO Home Entertainment. Bursting with even more charisma and …
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WHISPER OF THE HEART BLURAY REVIEW by Neil Gardner
2012 is already proving to be an exciting year for Miyazaki/Ghibli fans, with their latest movie, Arrietty just released on BD, and several older titles slated for release later in the year. However, I was particularly excited about the release of Whisper of the Heart, the 1995 Miyazaki scripted, Kondo directed film based on the …
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Steampunk Cosplay
A quick introduction to Steampunk Cosplay What is Cosplay? Quick definition below (from Wikipedia) Cosplay short for “costume play”. Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan, but recent trends have included American cartoons and science fiction. Favorite sources include manga, anime, tokusatsu, comic books, graphic novels, video games, hentai and fantasy movies. Or …
My Neighbors The Yamadas Bluray Review
Bluray Review by Neil Gardner We’ve been spoiled a little this month with not one but two Studio Ghibli bluray releases. First was the sublime fantasy Laputa: Castle In The Sky, and now comes the less well known, and in my opinion much overlooked, My Neighbors The Yamadas. The first thing you need to know …
Laputa – Castle in the Sky. Review
Bluray review by Neil Gardner Let me confess at the very start of this review, that I am an unashamed Studio Ghibli fanboy. It was Spirited Away that began my relationship with anime and manga, and I’ve been ravenously devouring every Ghibli morsel as soon as it becomes available. Laputa was the second Ghibli movie …
True Blood, Latest series to reach DVD to Blu Ray
TRUE BLOOD: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON released on DVD and Blu-Ray on 23 MAY 2011, from HBO Home Entertainment. The entire 12 episode season will also be available to download from iTunes and a Complete Season One to Three box-set will also be released on both formats on the same day. So if you’ve not …
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MCM Expo London Comic Con Records Best Ever Ticket Sales
Advance ticket sales for next month?s MCM Expo London Comic Con have just topped an incredible 15,000 ? the highest recorded at this stage in the show?s decade-long history ? event organisers have announced. With demand for advance tickets skyrocketing, the MCM Expo is expected to hit the 60,000 visitor mark for the first time …
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