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the HK crossover [Sanctuary]

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The director of Wicked City and Ninja Scroll blends old fashioned monster movies with current day serial killer fixations; for mature audiences, 58 min.:
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The creator of Kimba and Astro Boy has a new character to set a new mood! Unlicenced doctor and adventurer Black Jack gets involved in a series of gothic mysteries; parental discretion advised, appx. 50 min. each:
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The first company to license anime in the States, Harmony Gold, has arranged for the new label Urban Vision to carry three new Gatchaman OVAs for a 90s twist on the original series of 45 min. episodes:
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This feature from the producers of Akira made the big breakthrough to mainstream movie audiences in the US. It was also the first anime release announced for the new optical disc format - DVD! Parental discretion advised for language, nudity and violence:
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Kizuna is the first gay serial in anime history! Romance and machismo - love and hate; an injured fencer, a mafia leader's son, and the boy who comes between them; brought to you by artist Kazuma Kodaka as published in "Be Boy Comics"...
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The planet Cronos could really use a hero; it looks like Master Kirai's son Rom is the one to choose! Five episodes of the 1986 series per tape from Software Sculptors:
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Viz Video is breaking out with all-new stories from Kei Kusonoki, creator of "shojo" or women's comics in Japan. These dark, sophisticated fairy tales (two per 60 min. tape) concern a young man known only as Ogre Slayer, and the women he must save from the grasp of evil beings...
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Viz has also released not only the Hong Kong film of Sanctuary but the anime short feature (70 min.) based on an original manga series from Sho Fumimura, writer of Fist of the North Star, and artist Ryoichi Ikegami, who drew Mai The Psychic Girl and Crying Freeman. Parental guidance strongly suggested for language, violence and sexual situations:
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From Japan's greatest work of speculative history comes the most incredible military adventure in anime! A secret weapon never used in World War II comes out of hiding after fifty years. Its purpose: save the UN from an underground invasion! Parental guidance suggested for violence in this series of one hour tapes:
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The lighter side of Japanese ghost stories is brought out by this odd couple of a teenage boy and his very, very old demon. If Ushio can just get Tora to stop trying to eat him, they might just be able to rid their village of a plague of pesky new beasties (in 60-minute episodes)...
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