Samura, Hiroaki.
Summary: These stories are told with the same bold, kinetic art style and brilliantly paced storytelling that Samura's Blade of the Immortal epic is famous for. The main offering, "Ohikkoshi," follows the turbulent paths of several twenty-something art students as they fall in love, fall in lust, play in rock bands, ride motorbikes, eat, sleep (together), and try to avoid making life decisions while...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Comics 2006
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 OHISummary: Follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his friends in order to find the greatest treasure ever left by the legendary Pirate, Gol D Roger: the famous mystery treasure named 'One Piece.' In this collection, Luffy's impulsive attack on Gecko Moria ends up costing the rubber-man his shadow! Luckily, his skeleton friend, Brook, will lend a hand in exchange for a little help defeating a zombie...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME ONESummary: "After a yacht is damaged in a storm and stranded on a deserted island, the passengers ... take refuge in a fungus covered boat. While using ... mushrooms for sustenance, they find the ship's journal describing the mushrooms to be poisonous, however some members of the shipwrecked party continue to ingest the mysterious fungi transforming them into hideous fungal monsters."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MATSummary: When the truck slammed into Kei Nagai's body, he should have died instantly. Instead, the high-school student finds himself resurrected, with all of his wounds somehow healed. However, Kei's real problems are just starting. Now revealed to be an Ajin, one of a mysterious new breed of demi-human that have begun appearing around the world, he's been marked with an international bounty, and in the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sentai Filmworks 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME AJISummary: The harrowing Thriller Bark arc reaches its brutal end with a superhuman slugfest! Luffy, battered beyond belief, pushes his body past the breaking point as he seeks to save his friends and deliver the decisive blow against Gecko Moria. When the dust clears, only Zoro and Sanji are left standing to protect their fallen captain from the brutish Bartholomew Kuma.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME ONESummary: Fascinated by the macabre, Kyotaro fantasizes about acting on his twisted thoughts to the detriment of his classmates. His heart was dark until an encounter with Anna lit a spark within it in a classic tale of boy meets girl.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME DANSummary: Yuko thought that her life had been turned completely upside down when she learned that she and her entire family were demons, but it seems the universe has only begun to mess with her now horned head. For example, what's a succubus supposed to do when she challenges one of the local Magical Girls to a duel, but they misinterpret it to be an invitation to hang out instead? Then there's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When Yuko Yoshida wakes up one morning to discover that she's sprouted horns and a tail, she learns something that her mother has been meaning to tell her. That battle between the Light and Dark that's been going on since the dawn of time? Well, Yuko's family are the bad guys. So now, Yuko has to defeat a local magical girl to win back some of her family's vanquished power so they can afford to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Life for minor god Yato isn't getting any easier. He's still broke, shrineless, and his partner-slash-sword-regalia has zero respect for him. Worse yet, Bishamon, one of the deadliest war gods, is after his life. Blaming him for the death of her past regalia, she won't stop until she kills him. But there's more to that story than she could ever realize. And as if that's not bad enough, there's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME NORSummary: A G.I. Joe spin-off centered on the character of Snake Eyes, a tenacious loner who is welcomed into an ancient Japanese clan. But his honor and allegiance will be tested, even if that means losing those closest to him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SNASummary: Enter the mythical world of the Gargoyles and get to know the ancient creatures that once guarded a medieval Scottish fortress, and who now have come alive at night to protect the city of Manhattan from evil.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GARSummary: Magnetic Rose: Two space travellers follow a distress signal and are drawn into a magnificent world created by one woman's memories. Stink bomb: A young chemist accidentally transforms himself into an unstoppable biological weapon set on a direct course for Tokyo. Cannon fodder: Depicts a day in the life of a city whose entire purpose is the firing of cannons at an unknown enemy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Staff Picks, Call number: DVD ANIME MEMTakei, Hiroyuki.
Summary: Yoh and Tao Ren's battle to qualify in the second round of the Shaman Fiight ends dramatically. Yoh takes to the hot springs to recover while Ren returns to China, determined to end the Tao reign of terror. Unfortunately, that means taking on his own father-the most feared shaman in China.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viz 2005
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SHASamana
Contents: Melancholy heat -- Live for the road -- The spirit moving -- The beach -- Patience -- All one breath -- Passing me by -- Leaving -- Begin again
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK SAMSadurn
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2015
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL POP/ROCK SADSummary: Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926) designed some of the world's most astonishing buildings, interiors, and parks; Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara constructed some of the most aesthetically audacious films ever made. Their artistry melds in a unique, enthralling cinematic experience. Teshigahara's film takes viewers on a tour of Gaudí's truly spectacular architecture, including his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC ANTSummary: In the year 2017 of the Imperial Calendar, parts of the world are under the control of the Holy Britannian Empire. Japan is now known as Area II, the proud people treated as lower-class citizens. Lelouch Lamperouge was once a Britannian princ, but when his mother was assassinated he was sent to Japan and thought to be killed. But he survived. - From the container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Disc 1, Films 1-3. Zatōichi monogatari = Tale of Zatoichi (1962 ; 96 min.) / a Daiei Co. Ltd. production ; produced by Ikuo Kubodera ; screenplay by Minoru Inuzuka ; directed by Kenji Misumi -- Zoku Zatōichi monogatari = Tale of Zatoichi continues (1962 ; 72 min.) / a Daiei Co. Ltd. production ; produced by Ikuo Kubodera ; screenplay by Minoru Inuzuka ; directed by Kazuo Mori -- Shin Zatōichi...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLI1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLIN
Samia
Contents: Kill her freak out -- Charm you -- Pink balloon -- Mad at me -- Sea lions -- To me it was -- Breathing song -- Honey -- Nanana -- Amelia -- Dream song.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SAMSampa
Contents: Mwana (ft. Mwanje Tembo, Theresa Mutale Tembo, Sunburnt Soul Choir) -- Freedom -- Wake up (interlude) -- Time's up (ft. Krown) -- Grass is greener -- Dare to fly (ft. Ecca Vandal) -- Any day (ft. Whosane) -- OMG -- Light it up (interlude) -- Final form -- Heaven (ft. Whosane) -- Diamond in the ruff (ft. Thando, Krown) -- Leading us home -- Summer (ft. Steam Down) -- Brand new (ft. Silent Jay)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP SAMCamera.
Contents: Gizmo -- Patrouille -- Ciao Cacao -- Himmelhilf -- Cosm -- Pacific One -- Nicenstein -- Super 8 -- Feuerwerk.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Bureau B Records 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC CAMSampha
Summary: Lahai is the second studio album by English musician Sampha, released on 20 October 2023 by Young, marking his first release in over six years. The album is named after Sampha's paternal grandfather's name. The album features contributions from Yaeji, Léa Sen, Sheila Maurice Grey, Ibeyi, Morgan Simpson, Yussef Dayes, Laura Groves and Kwake Bass.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023