Anime
Anime is the Japanese word for Animation. In Japan, the animation industry is more in the forefront than in the US, and animated shows covering virtually every genre can be found in the form of television shows, Original Animation Videos and feature films.
Much like any other entertainment medium, anime can range from the very silly to the very serious, and is not necessarily intended for children or any specific age group. Below is a hand-picked selection of titles that Alice's mavens consider the best of the genre on offer.
Right: 'Ghost In The Shell'
Full Metal Alchemist The Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)
Director: Seiji Mizushima
The long-awaited and thrilling epilogue to the ground-breaking anime series. It's Munich 1923, two years since Ed made the ultimate sacrifice that se... Read more
Fullmetal Alchemist: Volume 1 - The Curse (2004)
8.6/10
Edward Elric changed the night he trapped his younger brother's spirit in the unfeeling steel of an ancient suit of armor. That night, Edward and Alph... Read more
Fullmetal Alchemist: Volume 10 - Journey to Ishbal (2004)
8.6/10
Forced to go on foot after their vehicle explodes, Al questions Ed for the first time about the directions of their mission, prompting a heated brawl,... Read more
Fullmetal Alchemist: Volume 11 - Becoming the Stone (2004)
8.6/10
Edward Elric faces his destiny and the burdens of his actions as the chaos surrounding the quest for the Philosopher's Stone reaches full boil. Allian... Read more
Fullmetal Alchemist: Volume 12 - The Truth Behind Truths (2006)
8.6/10
The quest for the Philosopher's Stone is madness. Beings without souls live in the shadows with half-man, half-animal beasts. With Edward and Al on a... Read more
Fullmetal Alchemist: Volume 13 - Brotherhood (2006)
8.6/10
At the end of destiny, after light and darkness have smeared into a dim gray haze surrounding your every thought... where will peace be found? When ha... Read more
Fullmetal Alchemist: Volume 2 - Scarred Man of the East (2004)
8.6/10
A serial killer stalks the streets of Central, searching for his State-sponsored prey. He is a refugee, a loner from a land scarred from the wounds of... Read more
Fullmetal Alchemist: Volume 3 - Equivalent Exchange (2004)
8.6/10
The Fullmetal Alchemist, Edward Elric, is given his first assignment. He is to inspect the coalmines of Youswell, a task he believes to be Mustang's a... Read more
Fullmetal Alchemist: Volume 4 - The Fall of Ishbal (2004)
8.6/10
The Elrics return to Eastern Headquarters to report their progress which, as mustang points out, is none. Ed and Al leave for the countryside to sea... Read more
Fullmetal Alchemist: Volume 6 - Captured Souls (2004)
8.6/10
While Al defends himself against the transmuted Barry the Chopper, Ed discovers more about the dark alchemic experiments deep within Lab Five. But the... Read more