Cert 15 | 124 mins | 1991 (UK) 1988 (Japan)
The 5 Star Anime
IN CINEMAS & IMAX FROM FRIDAY 17 APRIL
MASH・ROOM / AKIRA COMMITTEE All Rights Reserved.
Relive one of the most influential Sci-Fi stories ever told, 35 years after it introduced UK audiences to the cinematic spectacle and powerful stories of anime. Anime Limited are excited to announce that Katsuhiro Otomo’s landmark cyberpunk epic AKIRA is exploding back onto cinema screens,…more
Cert TBC (15) | 320 mins | 2022
4 Star
Peace at What Cost?
MVM brings us an original anime from Spider Lily and Asaura, and produced by the people who brought us such great anime as (Fairy Tail, Sword Art Online, ALDNOAH.ZERO), A-1 Pictures, and directed by Shingo Adachi, best known for Sword Art Online. The MVM Blu-ray comes with a 45-page booklet housed in a rigid artcase. It’s…more
Cert 18 | 128 mins | 1992
5 Star
Go Hard or Go Home
From the legendary Hong Kong – Hollywood writer, director John Woo (A Better Tomorrow, Face/Off, Last Hurrah For Chivalry) comes his action masterpiece of the heroic bloodshed genre. With his leading action actor Chow Yun Fat (The Replacement Killers, Bulletproof Monk, Wild Search, RICH AND FAMOUS / TRAGIC HERO) who is also big in Hong…more
300 mins | 2022
4 Star
The Love and Grief of a Demon.
MVM brings us a magical teen titillation Blu-ray, directed by Takashi Naoya (Am I Actually the Strongest? (TV Series), Tales of Wedding Rings (TV Series)). Taken from the manga series written by Kōta Aman and illustrated by Yōko Umezu. With the not so snappy title of Vermeil in Gold: The Failing Student and…more
Cert 15 | 650 mins | 2003
4 Star
Life, Death, and Beyond.
From famed anime house Madhouse (Mai Mai Miracle, Overlord, Claymore) comes the 2003 crime, Sci-fi, horror, drama Gungrave. From MVM comes the complete collectors edition Blu-ray. Based on the 2002 Japanese third-person shooter video game developed and published by Red Entertainment (Lords of Thunder (NEC), Trigun: The Planet Gunsmoke (Playstation 2)).
Dr T works on his finest…more
Cert 12 | 101 mins | 1992
4 Star
From a Jack to a King.
Writer/director Gordon Chan (Fist of Legend, Beast Cops) bring martial arts to life in The King of Beggars, as Stephen Chow (FROM BEIJING WITH LOVE, THE ROYAL TRAMP COLLECTION) lights up the screen with his talents. This from riches to rags story sees a lazy young man get even lazier as he hones his…more
Cert 15 | 300 mins | 2026
3 stars, a chaotic and fast paced animated tale.
The Vexations of a Shut-in Vampire Princess is a 2023 Japanese animated series, based on the light novel series of the same name, written by Kotei Kobayashi and illustrated by Riichi.
Directed by Tatsuma Minamikawa, it is presented here in both the original Japanese and an English dub and is available to own…more
