Animated Classics of Japanese Literature?

[AmericanBeauty]

I was shopping around a local anime store and I saw a few VHS editions of this show. What's it about? And is it any good?

[AmericanBeauty]

Also, is it available on DVD at all?

[Legion]

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Air Of Benevolence said:
Also, is it available on DVD at all?

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It is, under CPM's brief "Authentic Anime" label. I'm pretty sure they've been reduced to $10 a pop as well.

[nakimushi]

Yep, they're 9.99 MSRP. I picked them up at a TRSI sale a while back for a little over $5.

They're on my backlog though, so I haven't seen them yet. Sorry.

[petalo.rosado]

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Legion said:
It is, under CPM's brief "Authentic Anime" label. I'm pretty sure they've been reduced to $10 a pop as well.

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That's right!

Check out CPM Electronic Press Kit for July last year (http://www.centralparkmedia.com/cpmdb/presskit.cfm?month=07&year=05) where the re-pricing was announced. /images/graemlins/happy.gif

[mcarocks2003]

They are all very good, some episodes are exceptional.

It was originally a tv series of 35 episodes but CPM has only released around 12 episodes. I would love to see a complete collection boxset.

[Njr Scrawl]

CPM did release Tale of Genji on VHS, but whether its a separate title or party od ACoJL, I can't remember. Like to have it on DVD (& also the new ToG manga currently being published)

[aquapermanence]

Genji was released under the Central Park Media label, but nothing on my VHS copy indicates that it was a part of a series. ANN lists it as a theatrical movie from December 1987, a year after the last episode of Animated Classics aired.