Summary: In 1954, an enormous beast clawed its way out of the sea, destroying everything in its path--and changing movies forever. The arresting original Godzilla soon gave rise to an entire monster-movie genre (kaiju eiga), but the King of the Monsters continued to reign supreme: in fourteen fiercely entertaining sequels over the next two decades, Godzilla defended its throne against a host of other...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Gojira: A prehistoric monster, Godzilla, ravages metropolitan Tokyo. Scientists suspect that H-bomb tests awakened it from a two-million year sleep and they try to develop techniques to stop the monster.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Classic Media 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GOJSummary: When American reporter Steve Martin investigaates a series of mysterious disasters off the coast of Japan, he comes face to face with an ancient creature so powerful and so terrifying, it can reduce Tokyo to a smoldering graveyard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR GODSummary: Earth's last city, Olympus rose from the ashes of a global war on the backs of bioroids, artificial clones who make up half the city's population. Human terrorists seek a return to power and clash with a legendary soldiers, Deunan Knute and her boyfriend who is 75% machine. To save humanity and end the conflicts, retrieving the Appleseed is a must. Deunan alone holds it's secret.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Geneon 2005
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME APPSummary: "Centers on a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream. After it is stolen, a fearless detective and a brilliant therapist join forces to recover the device before it falls into the hands of a 'dream terrorist'"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME PAPSummary: The most dangerous and exciting car race in the universe is held only once every five years. And that's tonight. The competitors are lined up at the starting block. In his vehicle, JP, the most daredevil driver on the circuit, is ready for the green light. Female driver Sonoshee, with whom he is secretly in love, is also on the starting line. She will stop at nothing to get on to that podium....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN REDSummary: In a world caught in the grip of information overload, Major Kusanagi is an elite officer and heavily modified cybernetic agent on the trail of a computer-criminal who turns people into human marionettes, controlled by computer. She discovers that his true identity lies at the center of a vast and lethal political conspiracy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Manga Entertainment 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Suddenly he finds himself a hunted fugitive, forced to choose not only between two women, but between personal safety and intellectual freedom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: After moving to the country to be near their ailing mother, two young sisters are befriended by a variety of mysterious creatures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The adventure explodes into action with the debut of Mewtwo. Determined to prove its superiority, Mewtwo lures Ash, Pikachu, and others into a Pokemon match like none before. Mewtwo vs. Mew. Super-clones vs. Pokemon. It's the ultimate showdown...with the very future of the world at stake.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2000
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME POKSummary: Feature films based on characters from the Bleach manga, and from the television series. A mysterious girl is the key to a plot for revenge that involves the Soul Society and the World of the Living. Now it's up to Ichigo and Rukia to help save her and the two worlds from certain devastation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Studiopolis 2008
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME BLESummary: Innocence and flesh were sacrificed when two young brothers ignored the laws of Alchemy in an attempt to resurrect their mother. In an era of war and corruption, State Alchemist Edward Elric and his brother Alphonse desperately search for the Philosopher's Stone. The legendary artifact is their last hope to restore what was lost, or, it could be their undoing. The grisly truths found in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: FUNimation Productions 2004
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME FULSummary: Pazu is an engineer's apprentice who finds Sheeta, a young girl, floating down from the sky, wearing a glowing pendant. Together, they discover both are searching for Laputa, a legendary floating castle, and vow to unravel the mystery of the luminous crystal around Sheeta's neck. Their quest won't be easy. There are greedy air pirates, secret government agents and astounding obstacles to keep...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD CASCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CASSummary: Toshiro Hitsugaya is suspected of treason when he disappears after the Ouin is stolen, and substitute Soul Reaper Ichigo vows to prove his innocence.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2008
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME BLESummary: After more than a decade of sober political dramas and social-minded periodpieces, the great Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi shifted gears dramatically for this rapturously stylized quartet of ghost stories. Featuring colorfully surreal sets and luminous cinematography, these haunting tales of demonic comeuppance and spiritual trials, adapted from writer Lafcadio Hearn's collections of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN KWASummary: Pop singer Mima Kirigoe looks forward to a bright new career when she quits her chart-topping trio to become an actress. When she lands a role in a sexually charged murder mystery, Mima's life begins to fall apart. Reality and hallucinations merge into a terrifying netherworld where innocence is lost and dreams turn into nightmares. Quickly descending into a dangerous state of paranoid...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME PERSummary: The third film in the Animerama Trilogy. The setting is a village in medieval France. On the day of their wedding, Jean and Jeanne visit the lord of the village to pay a tribute. Instead of receiving the tribute, the lord and his vassals rape her, and the marriage is marked with misery and unhappiness. One day, a tiny creature visits Jeanne, an evil spirit. In time, the spirit seduces her body...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN BELSummary: When young high school student Takao decides to skip school one day in favor of sketching in a rainy garden, he has no idea how much his life will change when he encounters Yukino. Despite the difference in their ages, they strike up an unusual relationship that unexpectedly continues and evolves with random meetings in the same garden on each rainy day. Between the raindrops, between the calms...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentai Filmworks 2013
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2 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME GARSummary: In a Japanese prison camp on Java in 1942, two British officers, John Lawrence and Jack Celliers, encounter camp commander Yonoi and his sergeant Hara. Things had been going pretty well, until charismatic, rebellious Celliers arrived. Yonoi is a devotee of the samurai ideal; neither he nor Hara can understand the stoic way in which the British prisoners accept their situation of defeat....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MERSummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Young widow Tanpopo attempts to start a small ramen noodle restaurant. She has little success until she meets Gorō, a cowboy-hat-wearing truck driver who decides to helps her to make the perfect bowl of top ramen. A story that features various subplots and an eclectic group of supporting characters, all of whom have expressively passionate relationships with food.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TAMSummary: "The Avengers" is a Marvel Superhero movie starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, and Scarlett Johansson. Samuel L. Jackson plays Nick Fury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D, which is an international peacekeeping agency. This two-disc Blu-ray/DVD set is action-packed, with favorite characters such as The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye, and Black Widow. Rated PG-13 for inappropriate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012