Crazy anime that makes your eyes bleed. A great series for lovers of Japanese culture.
Excel Saga - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1-5
on DVD
(2002) Starring:Yuka Imai, Ryûzaburô Ôtomo, Ryûzaburô Ôtomo Director:Shinichi Watanabe Certificate:
Billed as "the ultimate parody of anime," EXCEL SAGA certainly goes out of its way to parody every convention of the genre it can. From the cloying J-pop opening, it's clear that this series' sole aim is to be a good-natured farce, one that revolves around a main character who, on the surface is ..read more »
Puni Puni Poemy
on DVD
Starring:Yumiko Kobayashi, Shinichi Watanabe Certificate:
Beautiful girls! Naughty Aliens! Dead Fish! If this anime doesn't offend you somehow, we haven't done our job. From the creators of Excel Saga, it's the weirdest, wildest, rudest and out and out most demented anime ever made.
Cute and disturbing in equal measure. If you loved the Ring saga, Battle Royale or Audition then try this. Note: as with many Japanese titles, it's much better watching it in Japanese with English subtitles.
Elfen Lied - Vol. 1
on DVD
Starring:Chihiro Suzuki, Sanae Kobayashi Director:Mamoru Kanbe Certificate:
Like the cherry blossoms and bloody decapitations that saturate its frames, director Mamoru Kanbe's grisly anime series 'Elfen Lied' contrasts the opposing forces of innocence and evil with equal parts beauty and violence. Sexy, pink-haired Lucy is part of a race of genetic mutants known as ..read more »
Battle Royale
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Fujiwara Tatsuya, Maeda Aki, Yamamoto Taro Director:Kinji Fukasaku Certificate:
Japan at the start of the new millennium. The country is in a state of chaos, violence by rebellious teenagers in schools is completely out of control. The government hits back with a new law: every year a school class picked at random will be cast away on a desert island to fight it out among ..read more »
Audition
on DVD
(1999) Starring:Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki Director:Takashi Miike Certificate:
AUDITION is an art-house cult horror film that will be talked about for a long time to come. Ryo Ishibashi stars as Aoyama, a single father who has not dated since his wife died seven years earlier. To help find another woman to bring joy into Aoyama's charmless life, his best friend, television ..read more »
Bubblegum Crisis - Tokyo 2040 - Vol. 1
on DVD
(1999) Starring:Yu Asakawa, Satsuki Yukino, Rio Natsuki Director:Hiroki Hayashi Certificate:
This BUBBLEGUM CRISIS series takes place in the aftermath of the great Tokyo earthquake, when the city is overrun with an army of synthetic monsters. The only humans willing and able to battle this army of monsters are four buxom young women armed with some incredible combat suits and nasty ..read more »
Angelic Layer - Vol. 1
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Kotono Mitsuishi, Yuri Shiratori, Jun Fukuyama Director:Nishikiori Hiroshi Certificate:
Angelic Layer is a game where operators battle with thought controlled dolls. When Misaki, a small-town girl, arrives in Tokyo she builds a doll and joins in the competition.(Subtitled And Dubbed)