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My Neighbor Totoro [VHS] 20th Century Fox My Neighbor Totoro is that rare delight a family film that appeals to children and adults alike While their mother is in the hospital 10-year-old Satsuki and 4-year-old Mei move into an old-fashioned house in the country with their professor father At the foot of an enormous camphor tree Mei discovers the nest of King Totoro a giant forest spirit who resembles an enormous bunny rabbit Mei and Satsuki learn that Totoro makes the trees grow and when he flies over the countryside or roars in his thunderous voice the winds blow Totoro becomes the protector of the two sisters watching over them when they wait for their father and carrying them over the forests on an enchanted journey When the children worry about their mother Totoro sends them to visit her via a Catbus a magical multilegged creature with a grin the Cheshire Cat might envy Unlike many cartoon children Satsuki and Mei are neither smart-alecky nor cloyingly saccharine They are credible kids bright energetic silly helpful and occasionally impatient Filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki makes the viewer believe the two sisters love each other in a way no American feature has ever achieved My Neighbor Totoro is enormously popular in Japan and some of the character merchandise has begun to appear in America The film has also inspired a Japanese environmental group to buy a Totoro Forest preserve in the Saitama Prefecture where Miyazakis film is set --Charles Solomon Kiki's Delivery Service [VHS] Walt Disney Video In Hayao Miyazakis magical Kikis Delivery Service a 13-year-old girl meets the world head on as she spends her first year soloing as an apprentice witch Kiki Kirsten Dunst is still a little green and plenty headstrong but also resourceful imaginative and determined With her trusty wisp of a cat Jiji a gently subdued Phil Hartman by her side shes ready to take on the world or at least the quaintly European seaside village shes chosen as her new home Miyazakis gentle rhythm and meandering narrative capture the easy pulse of real life even if his subject is a girl flying high upon a broomstick and charts the everyday struggles and growing pains of his plucky heroine with sensitivity and understanding Beautifully detailed animation and the rich designs of the picture-postcard seaside town of red-tiled roofs and cobblestone streets only add to the sense of wonder This charming animated fantasy is a wholesome life-affirming picture that doesnt speak down to kids or up to adults --Sean Axmaker Spirited Away [VHS] Walt Disney Video From one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animated cinema comes the most acclaimed film of 2002 Hayao Miyazakis latest triumph filled with astonishing animation and epic adventure is a dazzling masterpiece for the ages Its a wonderfully welcoming work of art thats as funny and entertaining as it is brilliant beautiful and deep Joe Morgenstern Wall Street Journal SPIRITED AWAY is a wondrous fantasy about a young girl Chihiro trapped in a strange new world of spirits When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world An unforgettable story brimming with creativity SPIRITED AWAY will take you on a journey beyond your imagination To enter the world of Hayao Miyazaki is to experience a kind of lighthearted enchantment that is unique to the world of animation Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Its a fantastic tale the whole family will want to experience over and over again The highest grossing film in Japanese box-office history more than 234 million Hayao Miyazakis Spirited Away Sen To Chihiro Kamikakushi is a dazzling film that reasserts the power of drawn animation to create fantasy worlds Like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and Lewis Carrolls Alice Chihiro voice by Daveigh Chase--Lilo in Disneys Lilo Stitch plunges into an alternate reality On the way to their new home the petulant adolescent and her parents find what they think is a deserted amusement park Her parents stuff themselves until they turn into pigs and Chihiro discovers theyre trapped in a resort for traditional Japanese gods and spirits An oddly familiar boy named Haku Jason Marsden instructs Chihiro to request a job from Yubaba Suzanne Pleshette the greedy witch who rules the spa As she works Chihiros untapped qualities keep her from being corrupted by the greed that pervades Yubabas mini-empire In a series of fantastic adventures she purges a river god suffering from human pollution rescues the mysterious No-Face and befriends Yubabas kindly twin Zeniba Pleshette again The resolve bravery and love Chihiro discovers within herself enable her to aid Haku and save her parents The result is a moving and magical journey told with consummate skill by one of the masters of contemporary animation MPAA Rated PG Some scary moments --Charles Solomon Pokemon - The Movie 2000 [VHS] Warner Home Video Exclusive bonus Footage nak preview of Pokemon 3 Includes the Mini-Movie Pirachus Rescue Adventure p2kthemovie com warnervideo com The Power Of One
Get set for an unforgetable adventure featuring all-new Pokeman An ancient legend comes true when pokemon Articuno Zapdos and Moltres are disturbed after centuries of harmony As the very forces of nature come unbalanced life on earth depends on the unlikly teaming of the mythical Pokemon Lugia and a mystertios chosen one foretold in the legend Can Ash Ketchum summon the courage to save the day See how one person can make all the difference Thanks to a greedy Pok mon collector Earths weather patterns are askew and its population doomed unless Pok mon trainer Ash can return three glass balls to their proper place in this second Pok mon feature Unlike the television show the movie features little violence and no Pok mon battles in the classic sense Instead the focus is an environmental one what happens when humans interfere with the harmony of Earths elements--in this case fire ice and lightning Even Team Rocket have a temporary to be sure change of heart joining Ash and Misty in their effort to free the three imprisoned birdlike Pok mon who regulate those elements The good intentions of this 76-minute film however dont make it any less dull for grownups even though this feature is better than the first Even more mind-numbing than the feature is the lead-in short Pikachus Rescue Adventure in which Pikachu and Pok mon friends follow Team Rockets feline down a hole into a Munchkinland-type place Without the humans for dialogue viewers must endure a full 20 minutes of nothing but the squawks and squeaks of pocket monsters As the movies title song says We all live in a Pok mon world Ages 3 and older --Kimberly Heinrichs Digimon (Vol. 2) [VHS] 20th Century Fox Enter the world of Digimon Digital Monsters This video contains three separate stories Biyomon Gets Firepower Kabuterimons Electro Shocker and Togemon in Toy Town Each of these features a group of kids Tai Sora Matt T K Izzy Mimi and Joe Along for the adventure with them are assorted Digimon In Biyomon a mysterious black gear lodges itself into Meramon a Digimon with fire power making him into a fireball of destruction Biyomon must digivolve into Birdamon to cool him off In Kabuterimons Electro Shocker the group rescues a robotlike Digimon called Andromon but he turns out to be hostile and almost unstoppable Again a mysterious black gear seems to be the culprit Kabuterimon launches a shocking attack and scores an unlikely victory In Togemon in Toy Town a large teddy bear named Monzaemon has the aforementioned black gear stuck in its body The results are a raging stuffed bear of destruction Our gang must find a way to dislodge it in order to make Toy Town safe Looks like a job for Palmon This series digivolves into Pok mon featuring the same simple animation and plots that will baffle the adult crowd --Peggy Maltby-Etra Digimon Digital Monsters, Volume 3 - Beware the Black Gears [VHS] 20th Century Fox This third installment of Digimon finds the seven lost campers and their Digimon on an unfamiliar island In Ikkakumons Harpoon Torpedo Joe climbs Infinity Mountain to get a better look at the groups surroundings and encounters flying black gears that turn normally friendly digital monsters into combative foes Luckily the group follows him and Gomamon digivolves into Ikkakumon to save the day with his harpoon torpedo In Evil Shows His Face the kids discover that they are the digidestined the ones chosen to preserve the existence of the digital world An encounter with Devimon the evil ruler of the underworld and his subjugates Ogremon and Leomon teaches the group the value of teamwork and lends insight into the mystery of the flying black gears Thanks to a little help from a digivice and a host of digivolved Digimon the kids survive the attack but find themselves scattered among several different islands In Sub Zero Ice Punch Tai and Agumon land on an icy island where they encounter a gear-influenced Frigimon Agumon dissolves the gear and Frigimon returns to his friendly self helping the pair find Matt and Gabumon on a nearby island Initially the two boys disagree about how to proceed Matt wants to search for their missing friends and Tai argues that the key to everyones survival is to first defeat Devimon Only the next episode will tell if their agreed-upon path will be successful Digimon is incredibly similar to Pok mon Both are good-looking animated series starring powerful children accompanied by monsters that evolve into more powerful creatures Digimon differs from Pok mon in that it focuses more on the concept of teamwork as a powerful defense against a specific enemy rather than on one kids quest to become a trainer of monsters If youre looking for true adventure a great story line and dandy animation Digimon is for you Ages 5 and older --Tami Horiuchi Pokemon - The Johto Journeys - A Brand New World (Vol. 39) [VHS] Viz Video Taken on its own terms Pok mon is an agreeable if somewhat cutesy childrens entertainment that emphasizes friendship perseverance and good sportsmanship These new adventures the third television series take Ash Misty and Brock to the land of Johto where they encounter new Pok mon and people including Professor Elm a former student of Professor Oak Professor Elm gives first-time trainers their initial Pok mon in Johto In The Double Trouble Header Ash is challenged by Casey a novice trainer after he dismisses her favorite baseball team The comic villains Team Rocket Jessie James and Meowth trick Casey into demanding a rematch so they can kidnap Pikachu and Chikorita When Team Rockets scheme inevitably backfires Ash and Casey part as friends Woodruff the Forest Ranger offers a lesson in ecology in A Sappy Ending Team Rocket has built a robot to collect the sweet tree sap several types of Pok mon live on upsetting the ecological balance of the local forest Ash Misty and Brock help Woodruff route the villains and acquire a Heracross as a bonus Suitable for all ages --Charles Solomon Pokemon the First Movie: Mewtwo vs. Mew [VHS] Warner Bros. Kids Warner Home Video This is the first movie of Pokemon and also includes the first battle between Mewtwo and Mew The world domination of Pok mon begets their first theatrical movie This adventure is a little more complex and dark than the popular TV series but kids who live for the show will gobble up this film and ask for seconds Those baffled by the shows popularity however will see nothing better here Mewtwo a new type of Pok mon designed by scientists to be the ultimate fighter decides he wants to rule the world and challenges all the great Pok masters to battle Of course our intrepid heroes Ash Misty and Brock are there to tangle with Mewtwo and spoil his devilish schemes The film is a tad more emotional than the show that is there is some emotion with Ash sacrificing himself to defend his beloved Pikachu but dont you worry Ash will be just fine Would you really expect the makers of this worldwide phenomenon to radically change its winning formula The feature is only 55 minutes long but theres also a 20-minute short Pikachus Vacation For the Pok mon novice this escapade will truly baffle the narrated tale has virtually no dialogue except Pok mon speaking their names Bulbasaur for instance will only express emotion by using variations of his name Bulba Bulba-SAUR Its a real curio --Doug Thomas Sailor Moon, The Movie - Boxed Set Trilogy [VHS] Cartoon Network Includes Sailor Moon R - VHS - Dub edited version EDP 70707 Sailor Moon S - VHS - Dub edited version EDP 70708 and Sailor Moon SuperS - VHS - Dub edited version EDP 70709 Sailor Moon R The Movie - The Promise of the Rose [VHS] Geneon [Pioneer] Kisenian traveling from a far away galaxy disguised as a meteor aims to gather all the positive energy from the Earth and plant the seeds of negativity leaving Earth full of hatred Unable to do this on her own Kisenian preys on the vulnerable heart of Dariens childhood friend Fiore Fiore jealous of Sailor Moon and Dariens passionate friendship joins Kisenian in her wicked endeavor to gather energy from every star and planet This Japanese import featuring five teenagers with superhero powers may turn out to be for older girls what Pok mon is for the pee-wee set The fantasy-action story lines of Sailor Moon named for the leader is typical anime fare--which means its far more creative than anything youll see on Saturday morning And far more complex--the stories are intricate and flashback sequences feature wordless narrative Then again what high-spirited girl wouldnt love the magical makeup that transforms hip schoolgirls into butt-kicking heroines In this one-hour feature we meet a new foe a mysterious childhood friend of Sailor Moons boyfriend who returns--from deep space His evil plan to rid the Earth of life includes flowers with awesome powers vine-covered foes and telekinetics Quite the challenge for Sailors Moon Jupiter Mercury Mars and Jupiter Despite the action the series certainly has a different feel and color scheme than most male-driven anime The Japanese have two terms shonen for boys and shojo for girls and if girls havent had a chance to see the shojo anime this is the starting point This subtitled version is uncut from the original Japanese cartoon and the reading crowd above 7 is the appropriate audience for the videos occasional spooky imagery This unedited version was soaked up by kids in Japan but the cultural differences might be questionable for American parents Theres a brief nondescriptive conversation about homosexuality and ghostly naked figures think Barbie doll that are illustrated although its not nudity as much as the female form The dubbed version has minor edits in action and dialogue targeting a slightly younger crowd --Doug Thomas