My neighbors the yamadas includes an 8-page Booklet with art and essays from the creative team. Even the family dog has issues! special features: storybords, NTV Special: The Secrets of My Neighbors The Yamadas, Behind The Microphone, Original Theatrical Trailers, TV Spots . Join in the adventures of the quirky Yamada family -- from the hilarious to the touching -- brilliantly presented in a unique, visually striking comic strip style.
Takashi yamada and his wacky wife matsuko, navigate their way through the ups and downs of work, a teenage son who wishes he had cooler parents, marriage, and family life with a sharp-tongued grandmother who lives with them, who has no talent for housework, and a pesky daughter whose loud voice is unusual for someone so small.
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Pom Poko Bluray/DVD Combo Blu-ray
Desperate to survive, in this deeply affecting, the tanuki band together and learn the ancient art of transformation, shape-shifting into a comical variety of humans and spirits as they undertake a last-ditch plan to scare away the humans and save their home, funny and heartfelt look at what it means to live in the modern world.
The tanuki raccoon dogs of tama hills find their fun-loving community under attack when their quiet woodlands are threatened by encroaching developers looking to create still more houses and shopping malls. From the legendary studio ghibli, and academy Award-nominated director Isao Takahata, creators of Spirited Away, comes an action-packed ecological fable about the clash between nature and human civilization.
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Ocean Waves Blu-ray
But they soon find their friendship tested by the arrival of Rikako, a beautiful new transfer student from Tokyo whose attitude shifts wildly from flirty and flippant to melancholic. Never before released in north america, Ocean Waves is a beautifully animated adaptation of Saeko Himuro's best-selling novel, and a true discovery.
Taku and his best friend Yutaka are headed back to school for what looks like another uneventful year. When taku joins rikako on a trip to Tokyo, the school erupts with rumors, and the three friends are forced to come to terms with their changing relationships. From the legendary studio ghibli, creators of spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, comes a poignant and wonderfully nuanced story of adolescence and growing up.
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The Cat Returns Bluray/DVD Combo Blu-ray
The cat returns includes an 8-page Booklet with art and essays from the creative team. Special features: feature-length storyboards, Behind the Microphone, The Making of The Cat Returns, Original Theatrical Trailers and TV Spots . To change her fate, she'll need to learn to believe in herself and, in the process, she will learn to appreciate her everyday life.
Haru, saves the life of an unusual cat, a schoolgirl bored by her ordinary routine, and suddenly her world is transformed beyond anything she ever imagined.
Whisper Of The Heart Bluray/DVD Combo Blu-ray
Whisper of the heart includes an 8-page Booklet with art and essays from the creative team. Special features: feature-length storyboards, four Masterpieces of Naohisa Inoue, Background art from "The Baron's Story", Behind the Microphone, Original Theatrical Trailer . Challenged by seiji, and enchanted by the baron, a boy determined to follow his dreams, a magical cat figurine who helps her listen to the whispers of her heart, Shizuku embarks on curious adventures beyond the boundaries of her imagination.
A chance encounter with a mysterious cat sends Shizuku, a quiet schoolgirl, on a quest for her true talent.
Tales from Earthsea Bluray/DVD Combo Blu-ray
Le Guin. This tale of redemption and self-discovery that will take your breath away features the voices of Timothy Dalton, Willem Dafoe, Cheech Marin, and Mariska Hargitay . As crops dwindle and dragons reappear, mankind stands on the verge of total chaos. From the legendary studio ghibli, creators of spirited away and Howl's Moving Castle, and director Goro Miyazaki From Up on Poppy Hill, comes an animated fantasy epic based on the classic book series by Ursula K.
Lord archmage sparrowhawk, and arren, a powerful wizard, a troubled young prince, search for the force behind this mysterious imbalance that threatens to destroy the land of Earthsea.
Only Yesterday Blu-ray
Having lived her whole life in the city, 27-year-old Taeko Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Force Awakens decides to visit her relatives in the countryside. As she travels, slumdog millionaire, memories of her youth resurface and after meeting young farmer Toshio Dev Patel, she wonders if she's been true to the dreams of her childhood self.
. Deftly switching between past and present, and beautifully animated by Studio Ghibli, rich with humor and stirring emotion, Only Yesterday is a masterpiece of time and tone, one of the world's most revered animation studios. From academy award-nominated director isao takahata the tale of The Princess Kaguya and General Producer Hayao Miyazaki Spirited Away, this critically acclaimed film has never before been released in North America until now–in celebration of its 25th anniversary.
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The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Blu-ray + DVD
This animated tale is produced by studio Ghibli, and directed and co-written by Isao Takahata, based on the folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her - but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment for her crime. Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady.
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Porco Rosso Bluray/DVD Combo Blu-ray
Take flight with "porco rosso, a valiant world war i flying ace! From tropical Adriatic settings to dazzling aerial maneuvers, this action-adventure from world-renowned animator Hayao Miyazaki is full of humor, ", courage and chivalry. But it’s in the air where the true battles are waged. When "porco", whose face has been transformed into that of a pig by a mysterious spell infuriates a band of sky pirates with his aerial heroics, a rival pilot, the pirates hire Curtis, to get rid of him.
Will our hero be victorious? On the ground, the two pilots compete for the affections of the beautiful Gina.
From Up on Poppy Hill Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack
From a screenplay by academy award-winner Hayao Miyazaki and featuring an all-star English voice cast! Factory sealed DVD. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the Olympics. From the legendary studio ghibli, and the Secret World of Arrietty, creators of Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, comes another animated triumph.
The mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi Sarah Bolger and Shun Anton Yelchin – but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart.
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Napping Princess Bluray/DVD Combo Blu-ray
While she should be studying for her exams, Kokone Morikawa is often dozing off, stuck between reality and a dream-world full of fantastic motorized contraptions. Factory sealed DVD. Special features: interview with kenji kamiyama, okayama scenery, Special Interviews with Cast, Greeting at Japanese Release, Special TV Program, Introduction at the Japanese Premiere, Trailers and TV Spots.
In napping princess the year is 2020, three days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. Together they realize that kokone's dream-world holds the answers to the mystery behind the stolen tech, and they embark on a journey that traverses dreams and reality, city and country, and past and present. Their mission uncovers a trail of clues to her father's disappearance and ultimately a surprising revelation about Kokone's family.
But after her father, is arrested for stealing technology from a powerful corporation, a talented but mysterious mechanic, it's up to Kokone and her childhood friend Morio to save him.
