What They SayThe well beloved 101-episode TV series, \"Touch\", based on the original work of Adachi Mitsuru serialised in the \"Shounen Sunday\" magazine, is now finally available on DVD. The video is remastered for release in conjunction with the 20th ...
As the clock ticks down to the busiest shopping day of the year, I noticed that more and more boxsets are starting to appear on the list of new releases. Many times these movies are not new and have been released before. Often, many of the film...
While there is really no big, new, genre release for this week, there is ample cause for rejoicing amongst collectors. As happened several years ago, when music companies discovered that re-releasing older records in boxsets could draw new sales, it woul...
Spreading out some of the DVDboxsets among all the reviewers, Megan\'s drifting away from the manga scene for a brief moment as she opted to provide some thoughts on the 09/20/2005 release of the Slayers Movie Box Set (Thinpak) from ADV Films.
... make his DVDboxsets $300 monsters without giving us the option to pay it off in installments): "If the choice is only between all or nothing, some people will choose nothing." Obviously, some people will buy $200 boxsets from Pioneer, but I fear th...
What They SayThe Review!The popular 1994 comedy TV series has finally been remastered and released on DVD, and fans of the anime (and worshippers of Tsuru Hiromi and Kouda Mariko) Ghost Sweeper Mikami has never been better.
Audio: We are presented with ...
What They SayThe Review!Note: This DVDboxset contains episodes 1-24 of the SPT Layzner TV series on six discs, which covers the first arc of the story. DVD Perfect Box 02 covers episodes 25-38 (end of TV series) and the three OVAs. While DVD Perfect Box...
...ly marked DVDboxsets of Black Jack and ShootFighter Tekken at $49.99 SRP each, Now and Then, Here and There at $69.99 SRP and the Creator Spotlight: Yoshiaki Kawajiri DVD brick pack, which includes: Demon City Shinjuku, A Wind Named Amnesia, Birdy th...
What They Say?Galaxy 999 will take you on a journey, a never ending journey?. journey to the stars!? Leiji Matsumoto?s legendary storytelling is brought to life in the GE 999 series. Follow Tetsuro, on the quest to becoming a man and all the adventures he...
Last month, MGM released DVDboxsets of both GREEN ACRES and MISTER ED, two zany sitcoms from the 1960s which now enjoy relatively equal cult popularity. Both contain two discs full of episodes, and come in boxes with googie retro-fun, Nick at Nite type ...
Stanley Kubrick fans were disappointed when they picked up their boxed DVDsets a couple years ago. The discs were in great shape, and the films looked great, but there was little in the way of extras, except for a `Making of THE SHINING` documentary shot...
What They SayThe Review!Audio
The sound is really excellent it\'s in mono but I couldn\'t even tell it sounds like stereo.I didn\'t have to turn it up the sound or anything.The music and voice acting are blended perfectly and neither go over the other.
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What They SayFrom Osamu Tezuka, one of the great pioneers of Japanese animation (ASTRO BOY, BLACK JACK, HI NO TORI), comes one of the \"first-generation anime classics\" to reach American TV! Fans have long remembered its catchy theme song, spectacular de...
Boxsets tend to be one of the things we love and hate around here since getting through them in a timely matter is hard to do - especially if you\'re not allowed to watch one of them without your wife since she\'s just as much of a fan of the show. But a...
... bargain DVDboxsets (Mill Creek’s Drive-In Classics 50 Movie Pack will serve the purpose perfectly), invite over up to 300 friends, load up on a wide variety of refreshments, and keep the discs playing from 6pm until 6pm the next day. ...
For years, The Video Beat (www.thevideobeat.com) has been providing rare '50s and '60s era videos to fans and collectors, and they now join the List with their own high quality DVD-R titles that include menus and specially selected extras.SPOTLIGHT OF THE...
What They SayWith the final round of the Chunin Exam only a month away, Naruto receives some special training from Jiraiya, one of the three legendary Sannin, to summon and master the chakra of the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit within him. Can Naruto turn this d...
After converting the bulk of our DVD collection to thinpaks in order to conserve space, we ended up with a huge stack of empty art boxes. Rather than just have them laying around here or being put in storage...
What They SayAfter barely making it out of the Forest of Death, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura proceed to the next stage of the Chunin Exam: a one-on-one sudden death elimination battle! Pitted against each other in individual combat, an assortment of young, b...
Mark has several boxsets on hand that he\'s been blazing through and the first fruits of his labor is with the 03/18/2008 release of the Solty Rei Box Set from FUNimation.
Thanks to Sanjay Sarkar for pointing out this email to us from Viz that has their resolution to the 3rd box set problem with the lack of Japanese audio on a couple of episodes:Ranma 1/2 \'Hard Battle\' DVDBox Set Problem... Solved!
Attention Ranma Fans:
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What They SaySasuke returns at last to face Gaara in the final round of the Chunin Exam with his powerful new jutsu, Chidori. But the match is interrupted when Orochimaru\'s scheme to bring down the Hidden Leaf Village is put into motion. While the Third ...
Summer is over. Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” is the last official movie of the summer. Some will say that Hollywood actually went out with a bang with “Superbad”, but this humble moviegoer will say that Hollywood went out wi...
The Review!This is the story of a young man, who wrote a review after he came to possess the four disks of the box set of Suzaku, and the first twenty-six episodes of the series Fushigi Yûgi were bestowed unto him.
The story itself is a review. The one w...
VIDEO NEWSThose of you who have become ill watching the final, sad season of THE X-FILES can find a fix for what ails you in Columbia TriStar's upcoming release of THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES, a feature film with no direct connection to the once near-wor...
The UY DVDs are shipping again. Here's a copy of the letter that we included with them, to update people. We will start shipping replacement discs to those of you who got bad discs (and told us about them!) on Tuesday.
Dear Valued (and Patient!) UY DVD C...
What They SayThe Review!After watching the first few episodes of Hyper Police at my local club, it was an instant hit. The cel animation was excellent, had an all-star cast of voice actors/actress and was fun to watch. A combination of those elements enti...
Mike bypasses the manga side of things this morning as he continues his look at the single volume re-releases of one of the biggest boxsets that\'s been released to DVD for anime with the 03/16/2005 release of Fushigi Yugi Vol. #5 (of 8) from Geneon Ente...
What They SayThis set is of the original MACROSS, not the later Robotech adaptation. It will not contain any English-language dubbing. It will contain all the scenes shown on Japanese TV, including scenes edited out during the Robotech adaptation.
The d...
What They SayIt\'s the third season of adventures based on the comics of Rumiko Takahashi, the best-selling female comic artist in the world!
Ranma comes face to face with some of his greatest adversaries yet. There’s Ukyo, a friend from his child...
Continuing to work down one of our boxsets that\'s taken over the pile recently, we\'ve got a look at AnimEigo\'s 11/07/2004 release of Urusei Yatsura TV Vol. #32. Like they say on the back of the box, \"The best topping on any pizza.\"
What They SayAll five episodes of the series on two dual layered BD50 discs from an upconverted source.The Review!Fighting a war that mankind has forgotten on a world far away, the military men deeply involved with the first real alien encounter find them...
VIDEO NEWSBuena Vista recently announced that they would be releasing Tim Burton's wonderful ED WOOD on DVD this summer on August 13. Burton's film is in glorious black and white and boasts a pair of top of the line performances from Johnny Depp as talen...
VIDEO NEWSThe Fangoria website recently put an end to any ongoing belief in the luck of the Irish, with their announcement that Trimark Pictures has begun casting on LEPRECHAUN: BACK IN THE HOOD. Now, I'm sure little person, and the actor inside Gabe Bart...
VIDEO NEWSSTAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 3 had previously been announced by Paramount, but now the company is sharing info on the supplemental features that the twenty-six episode set will include. “Mission Overview” will be a featurette, with in...
One would think that everybody would be scrambling to churn out tie-in merchandise to WAR OF THE WORLDS (see below for some of that). Paramount has a deluxe edition DVD of the 1953 George Pal version ready to go, but reports say Steven Speilberg requested...
FUNimation has kicked off their first attempt at the half season boxsets today with a brand new show by releasing Aquarion Season One Part One back on 03/11/2008. There are pros and cons to the set and enough of it is dependent on content as well which c...
The Sho has been updated with today\'s daily deals from Right Stuf. We\'ve also got their weekly sale information with the latest big deals on boxsets, singles and more that are great ideas for stocking stuffers for your favorite anime fan:New Right Stuf...
What They SayThe Review!This is the first DVDBox set I have purchased from Japan since it was one of the cheapest anime DVDsets available. I had never seen a single episode of Magic Knight Rayearth and only was told mixed opinions at my local anime club...
What They SayHigh School student Kasuga Kyosuke has problems with women. Big time!
First, he thinks he\'s falling in love with the beautiful and somewhat mysterious Ayukawa Madoka, but he\'s not at all sure if Madoka feels the same way about him.
Second...
While Bryan typically handles a good chunk of our UK reviews, he craved more and we had a few US boxsets sent over to him to check out. The first of this has arrived in review form with his look at the 07/18/2006 release of Hanaukyo Main Team La Verite B...
VIDEO NEWSWhile many video companies are scaling back on the release of extras laden classic film DVD special editions, Warner Home Video recently announced five new ones coming this September. The announcement includes three Academy Award Winners: AMADEU...
The official details for the DVD/HD-DVD releases of Paramount's TRANSFORMERS have been released online. The release date is set for October 16, 2007 for both formats. Here's the press release and the list of items set to appear on the 2-Disc Special ...
...on Ikkoku DVDboxsets for the popular anime series. MAISON IKKOKU, a romantic comedy from famed manga artist Rumiko Takahashi, who also created such popular titles as INUYASHA and RANMA 1/2.
MAISON IKKOKU Box Set Volumes 4 and 5 will include a total ...
This week ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’ arrives in three different formats of DVD: Standard DVD, High Definition DVD (HD-DVD) and Blu-Ray DVD. All of these formats are releasing the Harry Potter films in a box set. With...
One of the few boxsets that we generally manage to just fly through, we\'ve got a bit of an early look at the 05/17/2005 release of Maison Ikkoku Box Set #5 (of 8) from Viz Media.
Remember that scene in George Pal’s THE TIME MACHINE where George goes to the library and listens to the Talking Rings? Just spin ‘em on the magic mirror and they tell a story. That seemed pretty far fetched in 1960, but not anymore. Let me whip out my cr...
What They SayThis is the story of a girl, who made her dreams come true after she came to possess the seven stars of Suzaku, and many powers were bestowed upon her. The story itself is a spell. The one who reads it through will be given the powers and gra...
While we\'re not slamming out a lot of reviews this week, we\'re knee deep in a number of shows (as you can see by the episode countdowns for two big \"M\" boxsets) but we\'re slipping some other shows in between those episodes. Due out on 11/16/2004, we...
The Review!Menus: A-
All of the discs start with the same basic main menu except for the background artwork (which corresponds to the artwork on the disc and the cardboard case). Each menu screen identifies the disc that is inserted, useful if you somehow...
Bringing the OVA series to a close with this release, Central Park Media is set to release Black Jack: Biohazard on 03/07/2005 and we\'ve got a few thoughts on it. Also note that the first of two boxsets for the series is due out at the same time.
The Review!When I first read that NuTech had a deal with Pink Pineapple to bring most (if not all) of their titles into the US market, though happy with the announcement, I was a bit reluctant. Could NuTech be successful without the "missing" element that...
As I mentioned in last week’s column, I spent a chunk of my weekend at the world’s longest (and longest running) movie marathon, the madness incarnate known as B-fest [www.b-fest.com]. I’m still a bit wiped from the experience as I write this, but exhilar...
The Review!Ranma 1/2: Quite simply one of the biggest names in anime, and the most popular series of wonder woman Rumiko Takahashi. So far, we've been treated to the first two movies on DVD. That was quite some time ago, the first movie coming out back in...
The Review!After a grueling 650 minutes of watching, I have to say that this DVD is a must-have for every Anime DVD collector. While it does have it's flaws, this is one of the best collections out there, hands-down, bar-none.
The story (as is hinted ...
What They SayFrom Rumiko Takahashi, the princess of manga and the creator of Inuyasha and Ranma 1/2, Maison Ikkoku is a love story that takes place in Japan, but could take place anywhere...
Kyoko is having a hard time coping with the many phone calls G...
Continuing his look at the single volume releases that came about after the much older boxsets, Mike Dungan\'s catching up with a review of the 05/17/2005 release of Fushigi Yugi Vol. #6 (of 8) from Geneon Entertainment.
Keeping up with something a bit more current while we dig through three different boxsets at the moment, we\'ve got a look at the 03/04/2008 release of My Otome Vol. #5 (of 7) from Bandai Entertainment, which cements it as a far more enjoyable series tha...
While we got in a bunch of new releases today, we spent a bit of time catching up on one of the boxsets we got in a bit earlier with the 12/20/2005 release of Gatchaman Vol. #7 (of 18) from ADV Films.
VIDEO NEWSMany had felt that the JURASSIC PARK series had already overstayed its welcome and that without the direct involvement of the director of the first two dino-hits, Steven Spielberg, audiences would pass on a third helping. Instead, JURASSIC PARK ...
The Review!Vicious definitely lives up to its title.
:::Audio:::
For my primary viewing session, we listened to this disc in its original language of Japanese. As with other bishoujo (cute girls) shows of a similar nature, the audio is split between the ...
What They SayWhen the Shadow Angels invade after 12,000 years of slumber, humanity is held captive by fear and sheer alien dominance. Eleven years after the Great Catastrophe decimated the world, most of those left alive are scavengers, dirty and starving...
The dvd and blu-ray release for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END is now set for December 4, 2007. Here's the details on the 2 disc set.
From Walt Disney Home Entertainment:
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment presents Pirates of the Caribbean...
What They SayThe animation masterpiece, \"Ashita no Joe\", that has become a classic of anime comes now in a box complete with all 79 episodes.The Review!The DVDs for the whole show were originally released by Columbia Japan in 3 mini-boxsets. The first ...
Luis is still somewhat in transition as he\'s finished out most of his ongoing series, other than the never ending Inu Yasha, and is checking out a couple of boxsets for us. His latest look has him shifting gears from Kaleido Star to the 07/18/2006 relea...
Welcome to Summer! Our friends at Sinister Cinema have notified us of the return of their Drive-In Double Features sale this Summer. These tapes and now discs have been a favorite of mine for many years, and though I've had trouble getting some of their...
The Review!Beware of what you wish for, you just might get it.
:::Audio:::
For my viewing of Inmu, I used the Japanese language track. Sound is clear without any distortions, and the audio track makes good use of the built-in TV speakers.
:::Video:::
I...
VIDEO NEWSEVOLUTION proved Darwin wrong when it comes to movies, since director Ivan Reitman's work has de-evolved from the high of GHOSTBUSTERS to the low of this unfunny and derivative title. However, bad big budget movies don't become extinct, they jus...
When there are no conventions, fairs or other esoteric events to cover and there's nothing else to do, how do you fill a column? With great difficulty, frankly. In fact, short of Doctor Who having its strongest series yet since its return and Freema Agyem...
What They SayHigh school student Kazuki Muto thinks he\'s saving a girl from a monster, but it turns out that he\'s the one who needs saving! Kazuki is killed while fighting a homunculus, a malevolent creature that feeds on humans. The girl, Tokiko Tsumur...
Ranma\'s beginning more of its worldwide dominance as the season boxsets are now hitting Australia and John\'s got a look at the 05/17/2006 release of Ranma 1/2 TV Season 1 Collection (of 7) from Madman Entertainment this morning.
Box set to include “Victorian Gazette” & available June 24, 2008
GRIMES, IA, February 13, 2008 – Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment are pleased to make two announcements about the EMMA: A Victorian...
What They SayFolken sends out Naria and Eriya after the Escaflowne as Van hovers between life and death. Meanwhile, Dryden has discovered what he thinks is the location to Atlantis. Hitomi finds that one of her ancestors has been to Gaea and Allen confron...
VIDEO NEWSThe creative talents within the film business have always had a bit of a love/hate relationship with the machinations of the industry itself. Many films have been made about just how sordid, perverse and stupid the film business really is, and o...
What They SayIncludes 12 original video episodes on 3 DVDs. Romance, comedy, martial arts mayhem, multiple personality changes, devilish dolls, haunted caves, magical phoenixes, evil ogres, legendary monsters and more!The Review!After a long drought of an...
We’ve all seen how studios decide to release some underperforming theatrical features to DVD earlier than planned in order to maximize their marketing efforts. Well, that practice has finally begun to have negative repercussions. Theater chains i...
VIZKIDS Imprint Expands With New POKÉMON: DIAMOND and PEARL, POKÉMON: BATTLE FRONTIER and POKÉMON: ALL STARS DVD Releases
San Francisco, CA, September 3, 2008 — VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's mo...
The Review!Menus: A-
Video: A
Subtitles: A-
Sound: D
Packaging: F (B- if you don't mind cardboard)
Extras: B-
Story: A
Effort: C
Overall: B
Menus: A- (due to the looping sound annoyance)
All three discs are arranged similarly: A brief title shot of Viz'...
The Review!With the release of the Record of Lodoss War 2-DVDbox set, CPM brings to anime DVD fans the ENTIRE 13-episode OAV series of one of the best swords-and-magic storyline in both a compact format and much more affordable price range. For those of ...
Justin\'s checking in with us this afternoon with a look at the first of the uncut sets with the 07/04/2006 release of Naruto: Uncut Box Set 1 from Viz Media.
AI YORI AOSHI ENISHI VOL 3 DESTINY DVD SRP: $29.98
AI YORI AOSHI ENISHI VOL 3 W ARTBOXDVD SRP: $39.98
AQUARIAN AGE THE MOVIE DVD SRP: $29.95
AQUARIAN AGE THE MOVIE LIMITED EDITION DVD SRP: $59.95
ARGENTOSOMA COMPLETE COLLECTION DVD SRP: $99.98
AURA BA...
Last month I reviewed the DVD release of CABIN FEVER, one of the better horror films of recent years. The delightfully packed disc includes among its extras a record FIVE audio commentary tracks. That nutty director Eli Roth did one commentrak, then hoste...
Lots of bundles, boxes and hentai for the faithful around here that need to pad up that backlog just a bit more...Rejoice! New Right Stuf Specials are posted. This message is brought to you by Dark Lord Savings Co., Ltd., an equal opportunity wallet emp...
What They SayIt\'s not easy being teenaged martial artist Ranma Saotome, but it\'s even worse when your martial-artist father Genma takes you from home at an early age to go on a decade-long training mission. He doesn\'t speak a word of Chinese, and yet h...
What They SayThe heartrending conclusion of Fushigi Yugi the Mysterious Play! All 26 episodes (over 13 hours!) of the second season of the series available on four DVD?s (in a collected boxed set). Join Miaka as she struggles to overcome Yui?s betrayal an...
What They SayThe Review!Note: This DVDboxset contains episodes 25-38 of the SPT Layzner TV series and the 3 OVAs on five discs, which covers the second arc of the anime and concludes the story. DVD Unlike DVD Perfect BOX 01 which is out of print at the t...
VIDEO NEWS· In addition to the upcoming new STAR TREK TV series, Trekkers will soon get another treat with Paramount's release of STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE THE DIRECTOR'S EDITION on Nov. 6th. As the title sug...
What They SayThe amazing sequel to The Irresponsible Captain Tylor TV Series is finally available in sterling release it deserves - a Limited Edition Collector\'s Ultra Box Set!
This astounding collection includes: all three Irresponsible Captain Tylor ...
What They SayA world is dying, torn apart by a colossal war, the planet of Gaea is in turmoil. Civilizations have been wiped out, and more are ready to fall. But a girl could change all that. An ordinary girl, Hitomi finds herself suddenly transported to ...
As much as I love these expanded sets from Viz Media, it takes a bit of time to get through them as it slows things down with twelve to thirteen episodes at a whack. Yet a series like this really works for the better because of it. Released on 10/23/2007,...
Working through our collection of collected series this morning, Brett\'s taken a look at one of the bigger sets released this year with a look at the 07/05/2005 release of Irresponsible Captain Tylor Limted Edition Ultra Box Set from Right Stuf.
There\'s even bargains in here I can no longer pass up. It looks like I\'ll be reviewing a lot of Dragon Ball in the future...Happy Thanksgiving! Funimation has a delicious selection of titles available right now as well as some tasty pre-orders... so whi...
Matt Damon is back as Jason Bourne for the latest installment of this smart, action-packed espionage series. Delivering signature Bourne fight and chase sequences, bring Bourne home on DVD and HD DVD Combo Disc December 11, 2007. All he wanted was to disa...
Box set with entire 12-episode first season scheduled for June 24, 2008
GRIMES, IA, January 10, 2008 – Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment are pleased to announce the EMMA: A VICTORIAN ROMANCE - Season 1 DVD Co...
Wow! There’s a lot of great new releases in all different directions this week. Can you decide which one to watch first? I sure can’t! Maybe I should clear my mind and get in touch with my center by watching a David Carradine Tai Chi infomercial before cr...
"BUBBLEGUM CRISIS ? Box Set"
CAT. NO. CERT. PRICE RRP R/DATE FORMAT
BGC001 15 27.23 39.99 02/08/04 DVD5 R2 x 4 discs
Barcode : 5060067000356 Running time : 6 hours 27 mins
Limited Edition release of this flagship title at a keen price. Co...
What They SayThe DVDboxed set consists of 7 discs containing all 25 episodes of the \'97-\'98 big hit anime show. Remastered from new prints. Special features include: Box with art illustrated by Kentaro Miura, DVD case(s) for 7 discs, a special \"Berser...
Untraceable is a thriller that is heavily influenced, for both good and bad, by the Saw film series. As in Saw, the killer uses ingenious and diabolical traps to kill his victims. The victims actually are given a chance to survive although remot...
The Review!"The Slayers" anime series has proven to be one of the more successful and popular anime in both Japan and the US in recent years. The Slayers phenomenon spawned at least 3 complete TV seasons, 2 OAV series, and 4 movies to date! A few months a...
We finally have the details for the exchange program for A LITTLE SNOW FAIRY SUGAR: FRIENDS AND DREAMS (V.2). For people who want to turn in their DVDs with the mono encoded Japanese tracks for the properly encoded stereo versions, here are the instructio...
What They Say It\'s not easy being teenaged martial artist Ranma Saotome, but it\'s even worse when your martial-arts father Genma takes you from home at an early age to go on a decade-long training mission. He doesn\'t speak a word of Chinese, and yet he...
What They SayFantasy anime written, produced, and directed by a team called t.o.L who also designed the characters. Tamala is a mysterious cat who embarks on a journey to find the place where she was born. Limited to 2000 copies.The Review!I honestly don?...
VIDEO NEWS· You can’t keep a good corpse down as Trimark Home Video has recently announced their August 3rd Special Edition release of RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3. Dan O’Bannon’s 1985 semi-sequel/spin-off of Georg...
What They SayIt\'s finally on - the first fight between the rivals for the hand of beautiful Kyoko. But Tokyo ain\'t the Wild West, and privacy for a duel is hard to find. Godai may escape unhurt - unless Kyoko finds out what he has been doing instead of ...
There would be many classic episodes yet to come, and certainly there were high points in the seasons that preceded this one, but for many (myself included), the third season of THE X-FILES represents its apex. Never before had the show been so comfortabl...
What They SayMeet the ultimate dysfunctional family!
From acclaimed director Satoshi Kon and Japan\'s leading animation studio Mad House comes this visually and emotionally stunning tale of adventure, love and redemption. In Tokyo, three homeless people\...
What They SayRyoma Echizen is the 12-year-old son of a famous tennis player and a tennis genius in his own right. With talent in his blood and fire in his eyes, he backs up his confidence on the court with amazing skills. Now he has to overcome the older ...
What They SayContains both DVD 1 and 2 of Genmukan in all of it glorious and sticky action in an art box that is nearly too hot to handle!
Satoru Kido is your below-average detective. One day, he recieves a letter with a ticket. The job is a simple lost...
Start salivating, X-Philes. Get ready to replace your incomplete VHS boxsets, which contained only six of the show’s first 24 episodes. With this 7-disk set, Fox presents the entire first season, in crisp digital DVD format, with a small handful of ext...
What They Sayncludes 4 DVDs containing the full Bubblegum Crisis OVA series in a completely re-mastered format, along with the Hurricane Live Music Videos and the \"Holiday in Bali\" Live Action Special - all in a gorgeous, high-quality artbox!
Like a P...
Shrek the 3rd opens Friday, in case you hadn’t heard. These movies are great fun, but sometimes I feel myself pulling back from the overwhelming hype. That green ogre is just everywhere. Ironically, the overweight Shrek was chosen to appear in a PSA...
Saturday, July 3rd
Bright eyed and bushy tailed, we head off in search of... McDonalds! Success! A quick trip to there and CVS to stock up on Coke and some new toothbrushes (curse those cleaning people!) and we're back at the Convention Center.
Video Ro...
What They SayContains Blue Gender DVDs 1 through 8 in a nifty Collector\'s Art Box!
Yuji, a high school teenager, discovers that he has an new incurable virus. With life looking very bleak, he\'s left only one option - hope that the future may hold a cu...
What They SayContains both DVD volumes of Lesbian Ward in one 2-disc box!
Ryoka University Hospital is a prestigious medical center consisting solely of women. At night, the hospital begins a special type of treatment meant only for VIPs.
The nurses m...
What They SayIs Godai using high school student Yagami, to land a job at her father\'s firm? Or is he a hostage of Yagami\'s endless schemes? Either way, there\'ll be hell to pay when \"Daddy\" comes to rescue his little girl!The Review!Godai\'s job hunt ...
The Review!This is my first review ever of an anime title. I have watched the entire Fushigi Yûgi series on tape last year and was really excited when the DVDs got here. It took me two days to get through all the first 26 episodes. Although the show tends...
What They SayAngela (Allysin Chaynes), a beautiful young woman, is trapped in a loveless existence. Hate is the only word to describe her feelings for her cold blooded father who forces himself on the family maid, Bridget (Alexis Amore). However, along wi...
The Aria the Animated series and manga storyline may have ended last month but it will live onward on DVD. Distributor Right Stuf and its Nozomi Entertainment shingle has grabbed the license agreement to distribute the first box set of 13 episodes on Sep...
What They SayThe movie uses the full spectrum of digital animation which is said to have impressed even James Cameron. Japan\'s top creators gathered to make the show, which was shown in theaters using the HDCAM24P format which George Lucas will also be u...
Unveils preliminary box art & more extras; set available June 24, 2008
GRIMES, IA, March 20, 2008 - Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment are pleased to reveal preliminary box art and announce additional extras for the E...
Way back in 1996, the home video market was coming off something of a high in the "high end" area of laserdisc releases. A bit of a revival of sorts had occurred as prices had dropped down for regular releases somewhat, players were a bit more affordable ...
What They SayLodoss, the accursed island has seen wars ravage its kingdoms for thousands of years. Now, an evil beyond any it has ever faced before, and a party of six are drawn together in battle. Among them: Parn, a young fighter who lacks experience bu...
What They SayOne of the funniest anime of all time! After being rejected twice from Tokyo University, hapless Keitaro Urashima becomes the manager of an all-girls apartment complex! But will he be able to concentrate on his studies? Could one of his tenan...
What They SayThe boxed set compiles new digitally remastered versions of the 26 TV show episodes, 4 remade-for-laserdisc episodes, and 3 theatrical features. Includes a bonus disc with never-before-seen material. The Review!It\'s been a very long time sin...
What They SayA game of dress-up soon turns into a full-blown Maison Ikkoku costume party, and even Kyoko\'s undergoing a radical transformation! Then, teased by her more sophisticated friends, Kozue longs to put the question to Godai: Do you like me, or d...
Some folks may have seen the recent notice from Pioneer distribution about the holiday markdown of several of their boxsets to get them into retailer hands and out into the public. Well, Right Stuf is certainly working to help people out with that, plus ...
... upcoming DVDboxsets.
About MARIA WATCHES OVER US (Maria-sama ga Miteru) - Season 1
When Yumi Fukuzawa entered the Lillian Girls' Academy, a prestigious all-girls Catholic school in Tokyo, she never imagined she would catch the eye of beautiful and d...
What They SayThe movie uses the full spectrum of digital animation which is said to have impressed even James Cameron. Japan\'s top creators gathered to make the show, which was shown in theaters using the HDCAM24P format which George Lucas will also be u...
What They SayA mind is a terrible thing to waste, but not according Dr. Ogami who wants to turn his dim-witted nurse assistant Nanako into his next guinea pig. Working for a mad scientist is hard enough, but poor Nanako has just become the target of out-o...
What They SayWhat are the Blade Children? This is a question Ayumu Narumi has been asking himself since his brother disappeared two years ago. But today isn\'t a day to bother with that as Ayumu has been accused of murder. While he tries to defend himself...
Media Blasters has several boxsets due out in November that are perfect for the holidays and for those that hold off on the individual releases:Gunparade March Complete Box Set - 325 minutes - $79.95 - 11/30/2004
Mirage of Blaze Box Set - 325 minutes - $...
THE X-FILES creator Chris Carter is currently toiling with his team on the conclusion of the cult series turned pop culture phenomenon, but he had a few spare moments to look back on the season that provided the mythology connection between the TV show an...
What They SayContains 4 DVDs (the full series) in one lovely artbox!
Narue is an adorable schoolgirl with a secret. She\'s really an alien with powers right out of a sci-fi comic! But growing up is never easy, and it doesn\'t help when you\'re from outer...
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror are big business. If there were any doubt, the box office grosses of last year`s genre films put it to rest. So the major Hollywood studios, along with the mini-majors and the independents, will be offering up a slew o...
Shawne continues to keep a close ear to what kind of bundle sets people are looking for as well as trying to keep the really popular ones going, so he\'s got another week of fun lined up for folks here:New Right Stuf Specials are posted! Woo hoo!
We\'re ...
AFTER CLASS LESSON VOL 1 DVD SRP: $25.00
AFTER CLASS LESSON VOL 2 DVD SRP: $25.00
BURST ANGEL VOL 6 DVD UNCUT SRP: $29.98
CASE CLOSED SEASON 1 VOL 1 DVD UNCUT SRP: $29.98
CASE CLOSED SEASON 1 DVD STARTER SET SRP: $44.98
COWBOY BEBOP REMIX VOL 5 DVD S...
What They SayFor 15-year-old Tetsunosuke Ichimura, childhood innocence has given way to a blinding thirst for revenge. Haunted by the vicious slaying of his parents, Tetsu decides to seek out the Shinsengumi, an elite group of swordsmen sworn to protect t...
The scope of the problem the world faces becomes all the more apparent as the Shadow Angels set about to ensure their survival.What They SayBetrayal and death raise the stakes of this end-times battle that is systematically destroying two species. Each be...
What They SayMaze wakes up with amnesia in a zany fantasy world, only to find herself by evildoers and baby-sitting a spoiled princess. Luckily, she?s developed explosive superpowers to help her cope! But the powers come with a strange side effect? Every ...
Today marks the release of ROSWELL: Season Two on DVD. The six-disc box set includes all 21 episodes from the show's second season (2000-2001) and includes audio commentary for select episodes, featurettes and a video montage designed for the show's fanba...
So, you bought TERMINATOR 2 one of the best action films ever made - on VHS tape, then the limited special edition laserdisc box set, then on DVD, then the "Ultimate Edition" DVD that came out a couple years back. Is it worth it to you to buy yet another...
What They SayOnce again blood flows in the streets of Kanto. The eternal fate that has been handed down for over 1800 years is now being fought by ancient warriors who have been reincarnated into the students of the seven top schools.
One such student, ...
What They SayFeaturing the voices of adult film stars Kobe Tai & Houston. Musashi, returns to his home town for a summer vacation. While there, he meets four amazing girls, Nami (played by Kobe Tai), Anzu, Suzaku (played by Houston) and Mayuki. Recalling ...
Hey you. Yeah, the person who clicked on this article, not because they were interested in the latest, hottest and coolest things out there for the holidays, but rather because you're like many last minute shoppers who haven't even stepped into the mall s...
What They SayAyu Tetsushi is in her second year of junior high school and is known as the cool popular tennis club girl that all the other girls idolize. To tell the truth, Ayu only acts cool in order to impress Tetsushi Kaji of the school baseball club. ...
What They SayThe long awaited DVD compilation of the seven original El Hazard OVA?s and the four OVA?s from El Hazard 2 is finally here!
Encounter a world of wonder and fantasy! Three high school students and one of their teachers are mysteriously trans...
What They Say5 discs contain episodes 1 - 26. This classic sci-fi adventure show was originally aired 20 years ago but thnaks to the direction by Hayao Miyazaki and his style, doesn\'t look dated at all. Our hero is a boy in the post apocalyptic future, w...
What They SayIn Star Century Zero-One-Sixty-Five, the Global Union was born. To provide an impartial mediator to the various planetary governments of the G.U., the Galactic Organization of Trade and Tariffs, or G.O.T.T., was simultaneously formed to settl...
VIDEO NEWSWhile we're all waiting for Quentin Tarantino to finally start production on his too long awaited new film, KILL BILL, we will at least be able to console ourselves with the re-releases of his ground-breaking, trend setting previous efforts. Up ...
What They SayFollow the excitement as a young, newly crowned King is sent two beautiful princesses to choose between as his Queen. Together, they must live with him for a month and a half and continually try to win his heart...any way they can!The Review!...
What They SayHer name is Mikura and she\'s all about service with a smile.
So what if that service is cracking skulls and the smile happens to be on the other end of a loaded gun? With a killer body, vicious skills, and an attitude to match, Mikura gets...
What They SayFeaturing the voices of adult film stars Tabitha Stevens and Inari Vaches.
Daina Nariyuki, a sexy, young, English teacher, is planning to charm his way into four of his cute students, Lisa (Inari Vachs), Fumiko, Naoki, and Mimiko. However, ...
What They SayTake robotic dolls controlled by their owner's thoughts, place them in a holographic playing field and you have Angelic Layer, the runaway smash game that is taking Japan by storm! That's what Misaki finds as she arrives in Tokyo to start hig...
What They SayFrom the minds behind Noir, a compelling saga of lives and the dark circumstances surrounding their mysterious connection.
The country of Gazth-Sonika has been engaged in a civil war for more than a decade, struggling to stay afloat amidst a...
A week after Disney announced the dvd release date of "At World's End" this December, Sony has now revealed that SPIDER-MAN 3 will hit the shelves on October 30, 2007. According to Variety, the trilogy box set will also be available in both form...
What They SayYuji, a high school teenager, discovers that he has a new incurable virus. With life looking very bleak, he\'s left only one option - hope that the future may hold a cure. With his decision made, he opts to undergo artificial hibernation...
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What They SayHigh school student Kazuki Shikimori comes from a line of powerful magicians with extraordinary DNA and he attends the most prestigious school for wizards in all of Japan. It would seem that life is good for Kazuki.
Unfortunately, that coul...
What They SayBeing a teenager is rough enough, but young Daisuke\'s got more troubles than any ten normal guys. Due to a strange quirk of genetics, Daisuke\'s been cursed with an ancient family affliction that\'s sure to put some major kinks in his relati...
What They SayVolume 1: Yuko and her boyfriend Taki are having problems. Taki’s abusive and cruel nature gets to the point that it pushes Yuko into the arms of her best friend Ayano! Experiencing pleasure and lust of unimaginable proportions, she fin...
The summer is over and with the fall in front of us it means only one thing. It is time to add those summer movies to the collection. Summer movies are not the only releases that we Maniacs look forward to though. Horror movies will start to populate the ...
Fushigi Yugi
This is the story of a girl, who made her dreams come true
after she came to possess the seven stars of Suzaku, and many powers were
bestowed upon her.
The story itself is a spell. The one who reads it through will
be given the powers and ...
12 KINGDOMS VOL 9 DVD SRP $29.95
2 X 1 2 VOLUME DVDBOXSET $SRP: $39.95
ANGEL TALES VOL 4 SWEET NEW LIFE DVD SRP: $29.98
BLACK WIDOW DVD SRP: $29.99
AQUARIAN AGE VOL 3 DESTINY DVD SRP: $29.98
BODY TRANSFER DVD SRP: $29.95
BUBBLEGUM CRISIS 2004 VOL 1 ...
What They SayThe legend has survived for generation. The Words Worth tablet, which will unlock the secrets of the Universe for the one who can decipher it, has been shattered. The warring tribes of Light and Shadow blame each other, and their accusations ...
What They SayThe year is 1928. Jazz is hot, bootleg liquor is king and the idle rich of a nation have discovered a horrifying new past time: summoning demons! To combat this growing threat, a new order of Holy Warriors has arisen. This is the story of Si...
Currently there are two types of UY DVD purchasers - those that are already received their set, and those that are wondering just when their set is finally going to arrive.
We are writing to both groups to explain what is going on.
A couple of weeks ago...
HD DVD add-on for X-Box 360 No HDMI: The first pictures of the HD DVD add-on for Microsoft's X-Box 360 were recently posted on IGN.com, and there's some bad news: The accessory apparently will not have an HDMI digital output, only
X-Box 360
&co...
What They SayIn 1969, Japan was experiencing rapid economic development. It was a period, when the people of Japan were never satisfied with what they have. Invaders were formed from their never-ending ambitions. Invaders were all over the world but their...
First season box set available for pre-order, scheduled for June 24, 2008
GRIMES, IA, April 29, 2008 - Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment are pleased to announce the first subtitled episode of EMMA: A VICTORIAN ROMAN...
I swear that it\'s times like these that I wish I could wait on some series so that I could get in on these bargains!New Right Stuf Specials are posted! Santa loves you!
BUNDLES BUNDLES BUNDLES
I still want everyone to have a bundle for Christmas. So, I...
What They SayThis 3-disc DVD set collects the following Dragon Ball Uncut animated movies: Movie 2: Sleeping Princess in Devil\'s Castle; Movie 3: Mystical Adventure; and Movie 4: The Path to Power.The Review!Three Dragon Ball movies, one low price. Actua...
This listing comes from the Diamond Previews catalog. These are early tentative bits of information though some of it has been announced already. Until formal announcements come from the studios, treat these as TENTATIVE and nothing more. No dates are pro...
First season box set available for pre-order, scheduled for June 24, 2008
GRIMES, IA, January 30, 2008 – Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment are pleased to announce a “valentine” for anime fans: An ...