Items Matching Tag 'Osamu Tezuka'

Slayers: Evolution-R (DVD Details)
The magical mayhem of The Slayers Revolution continues in The Slayers Evolution-R! With the original cast of The Slayers back together for the first time in over a decade, Lina Inverse and her crew are reunited and doing what they do best - saving the world by almost destroying it! Lina's gang and their new ally Pokota are hot on the trail of the Hellmaster's Jar! It's no ordinary piece of...

Slayers: Revolution (DVD Details)
Lina's on the run from a government inspector who's ready to put her away for good. Her crime? Just being herself! The guy's hot on her tail, but a tiny creature that actually has a tail might be Lina's biggest problem. Pokota's a powerful little furball, and his path of destruction is getting pinned on Lina. With so much explosive magic between them, you know things will go boom when they face...

Sleeping Bride (DVD Details)
From Osamu Tezuka, godfather of manga, and Hideo Nakata, godfather of J-horror, comes this quirky romance between the boy and the comatose girl with whom he falls in love. Born asleep after a terrible crash, Yumi (Risa Hoto) grows up on the way of the world around her. Yuichi (Yuki Kohara) crows are convinced that one day his case will awaken her like the Princess of legend. When she finally does...

Astro Boy (DVD Details)
A thrilling tale of a true hero, Astro Boy is an all new, feature film full of action, adventure, humour and heart and brought to life on the big screen in breathtaking CGI animation. Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist named Dr. Tenma (Nicolas Cage). Powered by positive 'blue' energy, Astro Boy (Freddie Highmore)...

Slayers: Try - Volume 4 (DVD Details)
It's the end of the world as they know it! The final spell is cast, opening a gateway to another dimension. From this world is born the Dark Star, a godlike being who takes the shape of a bitter enemy! Can Lina prevent him from destroying the world? Contains episodes 73 - 78

Slayers: Try - Volume 3 (DVD Details)
She's unbelievable... In the aftermath of the latest battle, Lina wakes up in a strange, strange land, where the animals can talk and people's heads are made of vegetables! Can she find her friends in this wacky wonderland? And why does that damsel in distress look so much like Gourry? Volume 3 contains episodes 66 - 72.

The Art Of Osamu Tezuka: God Of Manga (Book Details)
Osamu Tezuka has often been called the Walt Disney of Japan, but he was far more than that. Tezuka was Disney, Stan Lee, Alan Moore, Tim Burton and Carl Sagan, all rolled into one incredibly prolific package and he changed the face of Japanese culture forever. This lavishly packaged book reveals what made a shy doctor one of the key figures of 20th Century pop culture. Packed with stunning, never-b...

Slayers: Try - Volume 2 (DVD Details)
Can't they all just get along? To defeat a threat from another world, Lina must gather the talismans from two stubbornly squabbling kingdoms. Will a pair of star-crossed lovers help or hinder her search? And does Lina have the patience (or the guts) to play matchmaker? Volume 2 contains episodes 59 - 65.

Slayers: Try - Volume 1 (DVD Details)
The Slayers are back and this time they are in search of fame, fortune and foreign food, so Lina Inverse sets sail for the new world! Just who told her idiot companion he could steer? After the ship capsizes magnificently, Lina and friends scarcely have time to enjoy a decent meal before they're faced with a horde of demons and beast men. Feels like home already... Volume 1 contains episodes 53...

Dororo (DVD Details)
A powerful samurai, Daigo Kagemitsu, makes a deal with 48 demons who offer him the power to win all future battles and become the lord protector of Japan. In return Daigo Kagemitsu must allow the demons to take away 48 body parts of his future unborn son. Daigo Kagemitsu accepts the demons offer. The boy eventually is born but without 48 body parts and left abandoned. With luck he is found by a...

Slayers: Next - Volume 4 (DVD Details)
They're heroes. They're rogues. They're just looking to make a buck. They're... The Slayers. Lina is drawn into a cataclysmic showdown with the Demon Dragon King! Luckily, she's got a lead on the location of the original Claire Bible. After all the disappointments of the past few adventures, will she be so eager to take on yet another perilous journey, with only a slim chance of success? You...

Slayers: Next - Volume 3 (DVD Details)
They're heroes. They're rogues. They're just looking to make a buck. They're... The Slayers. After hearing rumours of an incredible spell book hidden away in some ancient ruins, Lina decides to check it out. But as luck would have it, our friends meet up with Mimi and Nene, twin sisters who are after exactly the same thing! After utterly failing to solve their differences through negotiation,...

Slayers: Next - Volume 2 (DVD Details)
They're heroes. They're rogues. They're just looking to make a buck. They're... The Slayers. Lina and the gang get shafted in a restaurant which claims to serve a rare and delicious delicacy: Dragon! But what they're served isn't fit for prison food. After discussing the "mistake" with the chef, the gang sets out in search of their next meal: one fresh lake dragon. Zelgadis looks about right!...

Slayers: Next - Volume 1 (DVD Details)
In a land beset by the forces of evil, a solitary light shines forth with the hope of salvation... but that's a far different story! Meet Lina Inverse, a spunky sorceress with a penchant for fire who enjoys nothing more than liberating the unearned from those less deserving. With her strapping, yet strapped for brains, faithful sidekick Gourry, her ambitious young protege, Amelia, and the ever-s...

Slayers, The: Volume 4 (DVD Details)
Rezo the Red Priest has returned from the dead, and the secret to his rebirth is hidden in his labrynthine laboratory. What Lina needs is a guide. What she gets is the biggest, surliest chicken that she's ever seen! Of course, when you put your trust in a five foot tall chicken, you can be sure trouble's not far behind. Can Lina and her friends cheat death and save the world one more time? Most...

Slayers, The: Volume 3 (DVD Details)
You'd think that Lina Inverse, sorcery genius and recent saviour of the entire world, would get a little credit, or possibly a break. Not a chance! Instead, there's a price on her head, and a posse of bounty hunters on her tail. Once again, Lina and Gourry are on the run, scrambling to figure out who's framed them, and why. Questions abound. Will they survive? Can Gourry avoid getting married to a...

Slayers, The: Volume 1 (DVD Details)
Meet Lina Inverse, the fireball-throwing sorceress who steals from the rich and gives to herself. On the road to fame, fortune and gold, she befriends Gourry Gabriev, a handsome swordsman who is as loyal as man's best friend, but not quite as smart. Together, they'll face everything from spooky dragons to maniacal berserkers, stone-hearted mystery men and shadowy sages. Grab your sword and shield...

Metropolis (Animated 2 Disc Set) (UK) (DVD Details)
Metropolis is the new milestone in Anime, a spectacular fusion of CG backgrounds with traditional character animation. It has beauty, power, mystery and above all.. heart. Images from this film will stay with you forever. My congratulations to Rintaro-san for his masterpiece." - James Cameron. Brace yourself for a totally new experience in cutting-edge animation. Based on the classic comic...