Summary: Daigo Kobayashi, a cellist, dreamt of going around the world with his wife Mika. Unfortunately, the orchestra folds, so he sells his instrument, retreats to the small town he came from, lives in his late mother's house, and tries to start a new life. He answers a classified ad entitled 'Departures' thinking it is for a travel agency. Daigo's actual responsibilities entail preparing the local...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyo Broadcast System 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DEPContents: 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
Summary: "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: An aging warlord decides to split his kingdom between his three sons, who will live in three separate castles. The two eldest sons are quite happy, but the youngest thinks his father has gone mad, and predicts that it won't be long until the two older brothers are fighting with each other.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN RANSummary: Shy Norimichi and fast-talking Yusuke are goo-goo-eyed over the same elusive classmate, Nazuna. But Nazuna, unhappy over her mother's decision to remarry and leave their countryside town, plans to run away and has secretly chosen Norimichi to accompany her. When things don't go as planned, Norimichi discovers that a glowing multicolored ball found in the sea has the power to reset the clock and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME FIRSummary: As Serena and her friends enjoy Christmas vacation, an unusual snow storm hits the town. When the Sailor Scouts search for the source, they discover the evil Snow Queen, Kaguya, who wants to freeze the earth! Sailor Moon has to defeat Snow Queen Kaguya and her ice maiden minions to save the Earth and her loved ones.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Pioneer Entertainment (USA) 2000
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME SAISummary: A year after a botched hostage negotiation with a serial killer turned deadly, ex-detective Koichi and his wife move into a new house with a deeply strange new neighbor. His old cop colleagues come calling for his help on a mysterious case, which may be related to the strange goings-on next door, in this insidiously constructed narrative that braids plot twists on top of plot twists and shock...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CRESummary: It is the year 2032 A.D. Like a Phoenix, the city of MegaTokyo is rising from the ashes of a devastating earthquake. In the twisted canyons of the megalopolis, the Knight Sabers, a small band of high tech mercenaries, fight a lonely battle against the evil GENOM Corporation and its sinister androids, the Boomers. Venture into an all too probable future, where technology has run amuck, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 1987
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME BUBSummary: The wicked Badiyanu has come to capture all the children to gain enough power to absorb the earth into her Black Dream Hole. The Black Dream Hole is located in the center of Badiyanu's castle and absorbs all the dream energy from the children. Once it reaches a certain size, it will be large enough to swallow the planet sentencing all the people to eternal sleep in evil dream boxes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Pioneer Entertainment (USA) 2000
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME SAISummary: After more than a decade of sober political dramas and social-minded periodpieces, the great Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi shifted gears dramatically for this rapturously stylized quartet of ghost stories. Featuring colorfully surreal sets and luminous cinematography, these haunting tales of demonic comeuppance and spiritual trials, adapted from writer Lafcadio Hearn's collections of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN KWASummary: In the middle of a fierce commercial competition between three caramel companies, an executive builds up a ditsy teenage girl as a mascot while simultaneously trying to uncover the rival companies' plans.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN GIASummary: 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: 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: In a futuristic Japan, the Sibyl System is charged with keeping the peace. Using extensive surveillance and biological monitoring to gauge the likelihood that individuals will commit a crime, the police are able to use weapons called Dominators to remove potential criminals from the population before they become a problem. Confident with the success of the System within their own borders, the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME PSYSummary: "After a mysterious explosion destroys an artificial intelligence lab, Allen Holister is framed for the theft of an experimental computer brain. With no other alternative, his son Jack sets out to prove his father's innocence and find out who really committed the crime. The true culprit has merged the computer with his own brain, transforming him into the master criminal known as Cybron. To...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BKN New Media 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SKYSummary: Things have been looking sunny for Arata Kasuga lately. Unfortunately it's been the wrong sun in the sky, and the mysterious Breakdown Phenomenon that accompanied it destroyed his town and stole his beloved cousin Hiijiri, leaving Arata in a fantasy world of his own creation! There's still a chance to save her, however, as the appearance of the Black Sun also revealed Arata's potential...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME TRISummary: In Kore-eda's thought-provoking vision, the newly deceased find themselves in a way station somewhere between Heaven and Earth. With the help of dedicated caseworkers, each soul is given three days to choose one cherished memory for their life that they will relive for eternity. As the film reveals, recognizing happiness and finding a life's worth of meaning in a single event is no simple task.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AFTSummary: 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: "Ginko sees what most cannot - Mushi, unexplainable forces which have altered the course of mankind since the genesis of life. Walking quietly through nature, Ginko investigates these rare embodiments of the primeval, aiding those plagued by the supernatural phenomena which surround the Mushi for reasons yet unknown. He is a Mushi-shi, one with the ability to peer into the places where the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Funimation Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME MUSSummary: Trailblazing artists, activists, and everyday people from across the spectrum of gender and sexuality defy social norms and dare to live unconventional lives in this kaleidoscopic view of LGBTQ+ culture in contemporary Japan. From shiny pride parades to playfully perverse underground parties, this documentary pictures people living brazenly unconventional lives in the sunlight, the shadows, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC QUESummary: A sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century samurai, Musashi Miyamoto, set against the turmoil of a devastating civil war. Follows Musashi's odyssey from his unruly youth to his enlightened years as a warrior.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SAMHunter, Carly.
Summary: Chronicles the continuing discoveries and adventures of Okarin and his top secret Future Gadget Lab, including his proof that the microwave is a time machine and the other groups--such as SERN--that are keenly interested in Okarin's work with the space-time continuum.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: FUNimation Productions 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME STESummary: In the walled enclave where the remnants of humanity shelter from the Titans, giant creatures who have taken over the rest of the world, Eren and Mikasa join the fight against them after the city is breached and a Titan kills their mother.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021