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Tales from Earthsea (Blu-ray) (Multi Audio & Subtitled) (Region Free) (Japan Version)

Tales from Earthsea (Blu-ray) (Multi Audio & Subtitled) (Region Free) (Japan Version)
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Enter a dark, magical world of dragons and sorcery in Studio Ghibli’s blockbuster animated epic Tales from Earthsea. Adapted from Ursula K. Le Guin’s beloved children’s fantasy book series, Tales from Earthsea marks the phenomenal directorial debut of Miyazaki Goro, the son of the legendary Miyazaki Hayao. Complex and compelling, Tales from Earthsea presents a sweeping, fantastical story about a young prince’s journey through darkness and redemption.

A mysterious force is disturbing the natural balance in the land of Earthsea. Dragons are feuding, magic is dying, and the whole of humanity is falling into chaos. Haunted by inner demons, Prince Arren (voiced by Okada Junichi) stabs his father and runs away with the king’s sword. He finds friendship and protection with kind-hearted master wizard Ged and a strange young girl named Therru. A shadow, however, continues to haunt Arren, drawing him to the evil sorcerer Cob whose quest for immortality is destroying the balance between the realm of the living and dead. To save Earthsea, Arren must stop Cob, but he himself is falling into darkness.

More overtly dark in theme than previous Ghibli works, Tales from Earthsea is certainly equally amazing in terms of animation and design. Grand castles, medieval towns, stretching deserts, raging oceans, and idyllic countrysides vibrantly come alive on screen in rich strokes and seas of aqua and crimson. The release of a Studio Ghibli film is always a big event in Japan, and Tales of Earthsea was no exception. The film topped the box office for four weeks and earned over $60 million overall, proving that the apple does not fall far from the tree.

Blu-ray Edition comes with audio and subtitle options in multiple languages. It also includes storyboards (shown in picture-in-picture format), dubbing script, a two-part, 90-minute making of documentary, the “Okuda Junichi Meets Tales From Earthsea” program, and a collection of trailers..

A Letter to Momo (Blu-ray) (Normal Edition) (Japan Version)

A Letter to Momo (Blu-ray) (Normal Edition) (Japan Version)
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Despite making a splash in 1999 with Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, Okiura Hiroyuki stepped away from the director’s chair for over a decade. Now, he has finally reunited with Production I.G. with A Letter to Momo, a gentle fantasy comedy about a teenage girl s friendship with three kind goblins. The creator of the original story concept and the film’s storyboards, Okiura worked closely with illustrator Ando Masashi (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke) and art director Ono Hiroshi (Kiki’s Delivery Service) on the film’s hand-drawn animation design. However, A Letter to Momo is also more intimate than the typical Ghibli fantasy, focusing on the bittersweet emotional journey of its heroine to get over the death of her father.

After the death of her father, 13-year-old Momo is forced to move to her mother’s old family home on Shio Island. Left with only the beginning of an unfinished letter from her father, Momo has been trying to decipher the meaning of the words while secretly resenting herself for their final argument before his death. One day, Momo starts to notice things going missing and strange noises around the house. During her investigation, she discovers that the noises are caused by three goblins, led by Iwa (voiced by Nishi Toshiyuki). After getting over her initial fear of the three, they end up forming a special friendship that helps Momo get over her grief.

This edition includes trailers..

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Vol.4 (Blu-ray) (First Press Limited Edition)(Japan Version)

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Vol.4 (Blu-ray) (First Press Limited Edition)(Japan Version)
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To the delight of anime fans everywhere, Sailor Moon (originally written by Takeuchi Naoko) returns in 2014 with the reboot Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal! Although it features new designs and a slightly different style of art, the anime nevertheless tells the familiar story of Tsukino Usagi, a regular girl who gets the power to transform into Sailor Moon, the guardian of love and justice, after meeting a talking black cat named Luna. Sailor Moon is joined on her battle against evil by Sailors Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Venus, as well as the mysterious Tuxedo Mask. This release contains the seventh and eighth episodes of the series.

This edition includes a Bandai-produced original charm..