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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyo Broadcast System 2009
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DEPNakanishi, Toshihiro.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Reset 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD AVANT-GARDE NAKSummary: "Opposites may attract but putting them together can result in chemical burns, electric shocks, and explosions. Enter Hachiman Hikigaya, a pessimistic high school student with no friends, no interest in making any, and the firm belief that everyone else's cherished high school experiences are either delusions or outright lies. Hachiman finds himself coerced by his well-meaning student advisor...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Anime, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME MYMidori, Wataru
Summary: "As schools reopen and clubs reconvene after COVID-19 closures, Kikuzato is eager to try out his new leg. But even with the improved fit, his worry about falling like he did in his first public race plagues his training for the next. Running is as much a mental game as it is a physical one, and between his fear and his fight with Take, Kikuzato isn't seeing the improvement he hoped his new leg...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RUNMidori, Wataru
Summary: "Kikuzato finally meets Doujima, the first para-athlete--and adult--he's ever looked up to. But it turns out Doujima shares a complicated history with Kikuzato's prosthetist, Chidori. Meanwhile, Kikuzato's middle school friend Takegawa reminisces over the past after he's told to quit the soccer club, and the track-and-field club's competitions are brought to a halt by the COVID-19...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RUNYoshizumi, Wataru.
Summary: This is a story of Ayu Tateishi's hope of love and Nina, who studies magic. Their friendship aids them in overcoming the challenges set before them. Get ready for the ultra-cool, ultra-funny, ultra-romantic Ultramaniac!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2005
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1 available in Graphic Novels, Call number: J Graphic UltYoshizumi, Wataru.
Summary: This is a story of Ayu Tateishi's hope of love and Nina, who studies magic. Their friendship aids them in overcoming the challenges set before them. Get ready for the ultra-cool, ultra-funny, ultra-romantic Ultramaniac!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz 2005
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1 available in Graphic Novels, Call number: J Graphic UltMidori, Wataru
Summary: "Shouta Kikuzato's hopes of starting on his school's prestigious soccer team are derailed when a terrible incident costs him his leg. Now in his first year of high school (again), Kikuzato has resigned himself to never reaching his athletic dreams. But when Chidori, a passing prosthetist, notices Kikuzato's artificial limb-- and speed--as he races through the train station, the specialist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RUNMidori, Wataru
Summary: "The race in Shibuya has given Kikuzato a taste of what running and competing on a blade could be, but it will take more than a new leg for him to truly be a contender the next time he races. Kikuzato needs to learn how to run, and Usami is only too happy to give him some pointers after school at track and field club. Kikuzato thought his days of training with a team were behind him, but with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2022
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 RUNNadatani, Wataru
Summary: A quiet office worker embraces her new role as a cat mom and begins sharing superfluous amounts of cat photos on the Internet. Riko can't help it--her tuxedo baby is just too cute! Will her coworkers feel the same or will it add to their bewilderment about her? At home, Riko learns more about Musubi, from favorite toys such as a free grocery bag to their shared joy of video games. And Musubi...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 CATNadatani, Wataru
Summary: "A woman who lives to play video games unexpectedly adopts a kitten, changing both of their lives forever"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: Kikuzato is excited to continue training with his new custom running prosthesis, even though the worsening pandemic has forced schools to close. While the track and field club members need to find creative ways to train, Kikuzato also has to face being in close quarters with his father, who is now working from home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RUNNadatani, Wataru
Summary: "Riko, a twenty-nine-year-old office worker with an obsession for video games, finds her quiet life upended when she takes in a stray cat! Having no experience with pets, Riko uses lessons drawn from video games to guide her in cat care, while her cute companion tries to understand her behavior through a cat's worldview."--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Manga 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 CATNadatani, Wataru
Summary: "Musubi, her cute new companion, tries to understand Riko's behavior through a cat's worldview. Enjoying their time together, Riko learns more about cohabitating with a cat, as lessons in grooming, play, and personal space continue to be learned"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Izakaya cooking is all about enjoying hearty and flavorful Japanese food with drinks and friends at your local hole-in-the-wall hangout. Similar to tapas or pub food,izakaya fare ranges from tasty bar snacks to substantial salads, stews, grilled meats and seafood dishes--all made fresh with minimal fuss and maximum flavor--and served alongside a chilled glass of beer or sake. The Real Japanese...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Will spends his days in a remote outpost watching the live Point of View (POV) on TV's of people going about their lives, until one subject perishes, leaving a vacancy for a new life on earth. Soon, several candidates, unborn souls, arrive at Will's to undergo tests determining their fitness, facing oblivion when they are deemed unsuitable. But Will soon faces his own existential challenge in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2021
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NINCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NINSummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MABSummary: "Tortured by his past and pained by an uncertain future, Tomoya drifts through life with an almost overwhelming anger and emptiness. But when he meets Nagisa, his world seems to change. Drawn in by her gentle, lonely spirit, he begins to experience the joy life can bring. But as he discovers the reason for his newfound friend's loneliness, Tomoya also finds that life can be frighteningly...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sentai Filmworks 2010
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME CLASummary: "Brought to life by director Daniel Junge, this is a tale of brilliant innovations, colossal failures and ego-driven rivalries akin to Steve Jobs versus Bill Gates. It is a 50-year-long, multi-generation epic featuring corporate coups, industrial espionage, secret burial grounds and the promise of unimaginable riches just one cartridge away. The only constant through the saga is this: just when...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GAMSummary: Reformed killer Tetsu wanders around Japan, awaiting his own execution, until he is called back to Tokyo to help battle a rival gang. This edition of the film includes an interview with the director.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 1998
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TOKAtari Teenage Riot (Musical group)
Contents: Start the riot -- Fuck all! -- Sick to death -- P.R.E.S.S. -- Deutschland (has gotta die!) -- Destroy 2000 years of culture -- Not your business -- Heatwave -- Atari Teenage Riot -- Delete yourself -- Into the death -- Death star -- Speed -- The future of war.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Royal 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC ATASummary: "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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Eiji Ohtsuka Office/MPD Psycho Project 2000
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MPDKondo, Robert
Summary: When a poisonous black tidal wave carries Pig, Fox, and Hippo over the dam and into the wastelands, they find bustling cities with their own dams, but Pig and his friends must get back home before the black fog returns to their valley.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 KONSummary: 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