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Comic books, strips, etc Comic books, strips, etc Japan Translations into English Graphic novels High school students High school students Comic books, strips, etc High school students Fiction Japan Japan Tokyo Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships Comic books, strips, etcContents: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLINSummary: In the wake of a brutal civil war, the legendary and feared killer Kenshin Himura throws down his sword and vows to turn his back on bloodshed. Choosing instead to live his life as a peaceful wanderer, Kenshin soon finds that the world around him is rapidly changing and not for the better. A sadistic drug lord, Kanryu, oppresses the people, poisoning them with opium and stealing what little...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FOREIGN RURYagi, Emi
Summary: "When thirty-four-year-old Ms. Shibata gets a new job in Tokyo to escape sexual harassment at her old one, she finds that, as the only woman at her new workplace-a company that manufactures cardboard tubes-she is expected to do all the menial tasks. One day she announces that she can't clear away her colleagues' dirty cups-because she's pregnant and the smell nauseates her. The only thing is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YAGSummary: "Yosuke Kobayashi, a detective assigned to a homicide unit, saw his wife killed by a serial killer, Shinji Nishizono. From the shock of the incident, he suffers from MPD (multiple personality disorder) and becomes Kazuhiko Amamiya. Soon after he manages to hunt down and kill his wife's murderer. Now a new series of murders have started and the suspect claimed to be Shinji Nishizono. Could it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eiji Ohtsuka Office/MPD Psycho Project 2000
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MPDSummary: Complilation of 7 films with introduction to the work of designers Charles and Ray Eames. 'Toccata for toy trains' is a trip through a world of antique toys, and toy trains. 'House : after five years of living' illustrates the home and studio designed and built by Charles Eames on a hill in California overlooking the ocean. 'Lucia chase vignette' follows a sister chasing her brother through the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FILAkasaka, Aka
Summary: "Will Kaguya and Miyuki share the shelter of an umbrella in a storm? Is carrying a knife dripping with blood proof that Kaguya is trying to kill a member of the student council? How will Kaguya react when Chika introduces her to potty humor? Then, Chika must intervene when Miyuki dispenses bad advice on a topic he knows nothing about, Miyuki tries to develop his kinesthetic intelligence and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 KAGSakisaka, Io
Summary: "Futaba Yoshioka has encountered her first love again in high school, but he seems different than the boy she once knew. Kou has confessed to Futaba that in junior high he liked her too, but he believes they can never return to those times. Kou continues to act both bursque and sweet. Will a leadership retreat bring them closer together?" -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 AOAgitogi, Akumi
Summary: "Considered nigh worthless for having failed to inherit the superhuman powers of the bloodlines into which she was born, Miyo Saimori lives her days unwanted and unloved. Her stepmother and her very own father have little time or affection for her, and Miyo must suffer being treated as a servant by her half sister who, unlike Miyo, is blessed with the unusual powers of their blood. Ultimately...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Square Enix Manga 2022
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Summary: A Cinderella-inspired, slow-burn historical romance with a paranormal twist set in Taisho-era Japan! A browbeaten and mistreated daughter is cast out of her home and sent to audition as a bridal candidate for the heir to one of the most powerful families in the land... For failing to inherit the boon of unusual power that is the Saimori birthright and bringing shame to the family name,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Square Enix Manga 2023
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Summary: "Will Kaguya and Miyuki find a way to see each other sooner rather than later over summer vacation? And is tweeting really an effective way to communicate with your crush? Then, Kaguya's overprotective staff try to prevent her from going to the fireworks festival with the rest of the student council. Miyuki and Kaguya both try to find a way to enroll in the same elective class. And someone...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Haunted by the mysterious loss of her grandmother many years before, a beautiful young mother (Makiko Esumi as Yumiko) struggles to come to terms with the sudden loss of her husband. Yumiko remarries and with her young son moves to her new husband's home in a remote village on the wild, untamed Sea of Japan. There, with time, she awakens to find love, understanding, happiness and a sense of peace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MABAgitogi, Akumi
Summary: A Cinderella-inspired, slow-burn historical romance with a paranormal twist set in Taisho-era Japan! A browbeaten and mistreated daughter is cast out of her home and sent to audition as a bridal candidate for the heir to one of the most powerful families in the land... For failing to inherit the boon of unusual power that is the Saimori birthright and bringing shame to the family name,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Square Enix Manga 2023
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Summary: "Futaba Yoshioka has encountered her first love again in high school, but he seems different from the boy she once knew. Futaba does her best to let Kou out of her heart. Toma and Futaba grow closer, and Kou realizes he doesn't have much time to win her back..."--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 AOSummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012
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Summary: Aa hard-working middle-aged gay couple in Tokyo come to enjoy the finer moments of life through food. After long days at work, either in the law firm or the hair salon, Shiro and Kenji will always have down time together by the dinner table, where they can discuss their troubles, thrash out their feelings and enjoy delicately prepared home cooked meals! For Kenji's birthday Shiro gifts a trip...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical 2015
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 WHAYoshinaga, Fumi
Summary: "There is a Japanese saying that goes, 'Hana yori dango, ' or 'dumplings over flowers.' And no one is more of an advocate of this adage than mangaka Y-naga, a woman whose life revolves around her intense work and equally intense sleep schedule. The only thing that can rouse her out of this infernal cycle of deadlines and being dead to the world? Food. As Y-naga and her friends visit restaurants...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 NOTSummary: Two Japanese clans that are ancient enemies have been forbidden to fight. The heirs to these clans have fallen in love, to their families' horror. When tragedy strikes this love-struck couple, will a final battle make them stronger or pull them apart?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SHIImai Messina, Laura
Summary: When Yui loses both her mother and her daughter in the tsunami, she begins to mark the passage of time from that date onward: Everything is relative to March 11, 2011, the day the tsunami tore Japan apart, and when grief took hold of her life. Yui struggles to continue on, alone with her pain. Then, one day she hears about a man who has an old disused telephone booth in his garden. There,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Overlook Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC IMAYumi, Kiiro.
Summary: In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves--the Library Forces! The war between the Library Forces and the government's censorship committee heats up! Iku Kasahara, once a lowly Library Forces recruit,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 LIBSummary: Follows Yoshimi, a single mother struggling to win sole custody of her only child, Ikuko. When they move into a new home within a dilapidated and long-forgotten apartment complex, Yoshimi begins to experience startling visions and unexplainable sounds, calling her mental well-being into question, and endangering not only her custody of Ikuko, but perhaps their lives as well.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FOREIGN DARSummary: Sword of vengeance: He was Ogami Itto, a man who held himself to the harsh code of Bushido. Their first commission: to save the life of Daimyo and kill the traitors that plot his death. Baby Cart at the River Styx: The Yagyu clan has murdered Ogami Itto's wife, and had him stripped of his position of Official Shogunate Second. Now Ogami and his son Diagoro wander the countryside.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: "Megumu's life has gone from weird to wonderful--she no longer has to cross-dress as her brother, and her true love, Aoi, has asked her out on a date! It's the beginning of a beautiful relationship, even if they have to stay two feet apart at all times or risk Aoi going into anaphylactic girl shock. Meanwhile, Mitsuru is back in his own clothes too, but he's making war, not love! Can he defeat...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2015