Summary: Funeral parade of roses is a headlong dive into the dazzling, unseen Tokyo night-world of drag queen bars and fabulous divas, fueled by booze, drugs, fuzz guitars, performance art and black mascara. Hot young thing Eddie, hostess at Bar Genet, ignites a violent love-triangle with reigning drag queen Leda for the attentions of club owner Gonda.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN FUNSummary: After living her whole life in the city, 27-year-old Taeko decides to visit her relatives in the countryside. As she travels, memories of her youth resurface. And after meeting young farmer Toshio, she wonders if she's been true to the dreams of her childhood self.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A look inside the notoriously insular Studio Ghibli. Follows director Hayao Miyazaki, producer Toshio Suzuki, and director Isao Takahata for a year as the studio rushes to complete two films, Miyazaki's The Wind Rises and Takahata's The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: While visiting family in the Japanese countryside, 27-year-old Taeko remembers her childhood spent solely in the city and wonders if her life has followed her childhood dreams.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A schoolgirl named Shizuku, who longs to discover her true talents, meets the mysterious Seiji, a boy who is determined to follow his dreams, and The Baron, a magical cat who helps her listen to the whispers in her heart.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME WHISummary: The destruction of the Hidden Leaf Village has been averted, but at great cost. While the village mourns, a new menace arrives in the form of Sasuke's brother, Itchi Uchiha, but why is he after Naruto? Then Jiraiya whisks Naruto away on a training journey to find the legendary Kunoichi Tsunade, who's been selected to become the new Hokage. But they'd better hurry, because Orochimaru is looking...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2010
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME NARSummary: In an imaginative and lighthearted tale, a young schoolgirl saves the life of a noble cat and is rewarded with a shocking proposal of marriage - to the Cat King's son - and a fateful journey to the extraordinary Kingdom of Cats.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2005
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2 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME CATSummary: "Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the Olympics. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi ... and Shun ... but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: distributed in the U.S. by Cinedigm Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME FROSummary: "Nanami was just a normal high school girl down on her luck until a stranger's lips marked her as the new Land God and turned her world upside down. Now, she's figuring out the duties of a deity with the help of Tomoe, a reformed fox demon who reluctantly becomes her familiar in a contract sealed with a kiss"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: FUNimation Productions 2014
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME KAMSummary: Slouching towards middle age, Porco Rosso makes his living by flying about in his red bi-plane and fighting sky bandits who prey on cruise ships sailing the Adriatic. When he's not engaging in dog fights, this pilot lives on a deserted island retreat. Porco was once a strappling young man, but after his entire squardron was wiped out, he is mysteriously transformed into a pig. Then he is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME PORSummary: A young warrior searching for a cure for a deadly curse becomes entangled in a battle between a clan of humans and the forest's animal gods.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PRI RATED PG-13Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PrSummary: Orochimaru's minion Guren will do anything to stop the Leaf ninja from sealing Three Tails, but the Leaf's top shinobi will be tough to beat! While a sealing team tracks the location of the beast and its host, a guard team led by Kakashi and Naruto fends off attacks from Guren. But it's no ordinary battle when Naruto finds himself fighting alongside his enemy in a most unusual location-inside...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2007
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME NARSummary: The rogue ninja Furido attempts to use the Lightning Style jutsu of the Guardian Shinobi to rain destruction on the Leaf village. The ninja are running out of chakra. Does Naruto have enough power to save the village? Then, the Akatsuki are working their way form one tailed beast host to another, and it's only a matter of time until they get to Naruto!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2011
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME NARSummary: From acclaimed director Isao Takahata. Celebrate the magic of the forest and the beauty of the creatures that live among us. An extraordinary tale of transformation and hope is told as the human world begins to encroach upon the animal world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In a mythical world filled with magic and bewitchment, crops are dwindling, dragons have reappeared, and humanity is giving way to chaos. Journey with Lord Archmage Sparrowhawk, a master wizard, and Arren, a troubled young prince, on a tale of redemption and self-discovery as they search for the force behind a mysterious imbalance in the land of Earthsea. Based on the classic fantasy book...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME TALBlanc, JB
Summary: Growing up in an orphanage in the British countryside, Earwig has no idea that her mother had magical powers. Her life changes dramatically when a strange couple takes her in, and she is forced to live with a selfish witch. As the headstrong young girl sets out to uncover the secrets of her new guardians, she discovers a world of spells and potions, and a mysterious song that may be the key to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Growing up in an orphanage in the British countryside, Earwig has no idea that her mother had magical powers. Her life changes dramatically when a strange couple takes her in, and she is forced to live with a selfish witch. As the headstrong young girl sets out to uncover the secrets of her new guardians, she discovers a world of spells and potions, and a mysterious song that may be the key to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EaSummary: A young boy named Sosuke rescues a goldfish named Ponyo, and they embark on a fantastic journey of friendship before Ponyo's father forces her to return to the sea. Ponyo's desire to be human upsets the balance of nature and only Ponyo's mother, a beautiful sea goddess, can restore nature's balance and make Ponyo's dreams come true.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PoSummary: Inflicted with a deadly curse, a young warrior named Ashitaka sets out to the forests of the west in search of the cure that will save his life. Once there, he becomes inextricably entangled in a bitter battle that matches Lady Eboshi and a proud clan of humans against the forest's animal gods who are led by the brave Princess Mononoke, a young woman raised by wolves.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When a young girl gets trapped in a strange new world of spirits, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and rescue her parents.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2003
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2 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME SPICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SPI RATED PGCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SpSummary: A schoolgirl named Shizuku, who longs to discover her true talents, meets the mysterious Seiji, a boy who is determined to follow his dreams, and the Baron, a magical cat who helps her listen to the whispers in her heart.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the world's most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2014
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2 available in Anime, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ANIME WINSummary: Within the dark recesses of Horai Island, a group of half-demons lives under the demonic rule of the Four War Gods. Escaping with barely a shred of hope, Ai, the youngest of the half-demons, returns to the island to face them with InuYasha's help. Fourth feature film based on the characters in the manga and television series.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Video 2004
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME INUSummary: In two featured episodes, 'tales of a gursy Ninja: Jiralya Nija Scrolls,' go back in time to witness how the young Jiralya meets his destiny at Mount Myoboku and trains to become the Toad Sage! Back in present, Jiralya successfully infiltrates the Hidden Rain Village and finds the hideout of the Akatsuki's Pain. But will he be as successful in discovering the secret behind the multiple Pains?...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2012