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Pub. Date
[2014]
Formats
Description
A young witch named Kiki and her chatty black cat Jiji befriend a bakery owner. Kiki is an enterprising young girl, but she must follow tradition in order to become a full-fledged witch. Landing in a far-off city, and with the help of her new friend, she sets up a high-flying delivery service and begins a wonderful experience of independence and responsibility as she finds her place in the world.
Pub. Date
1998 (English version)
Description
In a world caught in the grip of information overload, Major Kusanagi is an elite officer and heavily modified cybernetic agent. She is 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.
9) Belle
Pub. Date
2022
Formats
Description
Suzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters 'U,' a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer.
Pub. Date
[2019].
Description
The truth about the Titans begins to come to light. Political secrets, a false king, and the reality that will shake the foundation of the world, all fall on the shoulders of Eren and his friends, as they fight to survive. With Historia set to be the rightful Queen, the Levi Squad must act. But a figure from Levi's past, the deadly Kenny, could turn this into a losing battle. Are Eren and his friends prepared to face the true monsters that lie within...
13) Shoplifters
Description
"On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by fierce loyalty, a penchant for petty theft, and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence and test their quietly radical belief that is is love-not blood-that defines a family."--Container.
14) Drive my car
Series
Criterion collection volume 1136
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Two years after his wife's unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku arrives in Hiroshima to direct a production of Uncle Vanya for a theater festival and, through relationships with an actor with whom he shares a tangled history and a chauffeur with whom he develops a surprising rapport, finds himself confronting emotional scars. This quietly mesmerizing tale of love, art, grief, and healing is ultimately a cathartic exploration of what it means to go on living...
15) 13 assassins
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Thirteen brave samurai must face overwhelming odds in an epic battle against a sadistic lord and his army of 200 to prevent him from plunging Japan into war.
17) Seven Samurai
Pub. Date
p1998
Description
In 16th century Japan, a group of seven samurai warriors save a little village from annihilation at the hands of a group of bandits.
18) Tokyo story
Series
Pub. Date
1953.
Description
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo, where they are greeted less than enthusiastically by their adult children, until death quiets the conflicts.
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
"Deep within the Hidden Leaf Village, sharp and cunning Ninjas carry an ultimate power while Naruto Uzumaki carries the ultimate secret inside. Twelve years ago, the fourth Hokage sacrified himself and saved the village by sealing the Nine-tailed fox spirit in an orphaned baby boy. Now, this plucky prankster must do what it takes to achieve his life-long goal and become the next Hokage!"--Container.