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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Classic Media 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GOJSummary: Kagome, Inuyasha, and their friends continue their quest to Japan to vanquish the evil demon Nakaku. On their way they meet Koga from the wolf-demon tribe; monkey sprites full of magic and mischief; and an old lady with possible exorcism skills.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2007
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME INUSummary: "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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME PAPSchalansky, Judith
Summary: The Atlas of Remote Islands, Judith Schalansky’s beautiful and deeply personal account of the islands that have held a place in her heart throughout her lifelong love of cartography, has captured the imaginations of readers everywhere. Using historic events and scientific reports as a springboard, she creates a story around each island: fantastical, inscrutable stories, mixtures of fact and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 912.1914 SCHSummary: "Isle of Dogs tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to vast Trash Island, Atari sets off in search of his bodyguard dog, Spots. With the assistance of his newfound mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture."--Container
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA ISLLin, Jami Nakamura
Summary: In this genre-bending and deeply emotional memoir that mirrors the sensation of being caught between realms, the author, after the death of her father, grapples with her bipolar disorder and sets out to interrogate the very notion of recovery through the lens of figures from Japanese, Taiwanese and Okinawan legend.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023