New on Blu-ray: MASAAKI YUASA - FIVE FILMS (MIND GAME / The Night is Short, Walk On Girl / Lu Over the Wall / Ride Your Wave / Inu-Oh) - Collector's Edition

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Product Description: Widely regarded as one of the most imaginative and influential filmmakers working in animation, Masaaki Yuasa's energetic style has been compared to Tex Avery and Max Fleischer. He is one of contemporary anime's most prolific auteurs and has lent his humor and dynamism to genres as diverse as psychedelic thrillers, transcendent rock-operas and sweetly subversive teen romances. This set includes Masaaki Yuasa's five celebrated feature films—— Mind Game (2004), The Night is Short, Walk on Girl (2017), Lu Over the Wall (2017), Ride Your Wave (2019), and Inu-Oh (2021)—along with a host of never-before-seen bonus features and an original booklet celebrating the work of this one-of-a-kind storyteller.

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New on DVD & Blu-ray: INU-OH (2021) - Anime

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Product Description: A soaring glam-rock opera set in 14th-century Japan from visionary director Masaaki Yuasa (MIND GAME, Devilman Crybaby) that is an ode to the power of music and a forceful statement on artistic freedom. Born to an esteemed family, Inu-oh is afflicted with an ancient curse that has left him on the margins of society. When he meets the blind musician Tomona, a young biwa priest haunted by his past, Inu-oh discovers a captivating ability to dance. The pair quickly become inseparable friends as crowds flock to their electric, larger-than-life concerts. But when those in power threaten to break up the band, Inu-oh and Tomona must dance and sing to uncover the truth behind their creative gifts.

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New on Blu-ray: KAIBA - The Complete Anime Series

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Product Description: Japanese language, English subtitles, 1080p high definition, Region A disc. A boy with no name awakens with a hole through his chest, a strange marking on his belly, and no memories. The one link to his past is a locket containing a picture of a girl whose name he does not know. Within moments he meets Popo, who unlike the memoryless boy has a purpose. Through Popo, the boy learns that where he is a body without memory, in this world there are many who are only memories with no body. The rich harvest the choice bodies, leaving only the dregs for those down below. And yet even though he has no memories, there are many who seem to want his life. How does he fit into this world where not even memories might be real?

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New on Blu-ray: THE TATAMI GALAXY - The Complete Series (Classics)

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Product Description: College is full of opportunities to leave one’s comfort zone. One third year student is constantly fantasizing about how his life might differ had he joined various campus circles—chasing, with mixed results, an idealistic rose-colored campus life where romance, friendships, and purpose fuse into a perfect university experience… at least until bad luck, questionable decisions, and dubious relationships enter the mix!

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DVD & Blu-ray: RIDE YOUR WAVE (2019) - Animation

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Product Description: "A true marvel to behold" – Peter Martin, Screen Anarchy Visionary director Masaaki Yuasa (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!) brings his trademark visual ingenuity to a tale of romance, grief and self-discovery. Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love. Just as they become inseparable, Minato loses his life in an accident at sea. Hinako is so distraught that she can no longer even look at the ocean, but one day she sings a song that reminds her of their time together, and Minato appears in the water. From then on, she can summon him in any watery surface as soon as she sings their song. But can the two really remain together forever?

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