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'
Texhnolyze Vol.1: The Future, Inhumane and Beautiful (2003)
Director: Hiroshi Hamasaki
Gangs wage a war in an experimental city deep inside the Earth. Read more
Human Lost (Blu-ray) (2019)
5.2/10
Director: Fuminori Kizaki
Starring: Takahiro Sakurai
In a future where disease has been conquered but economic disparity has grown, a young biker discovers that he has superhuman powers. Read more
Ocean Waves (Blu-ray) (1993)
7.6/10
Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
Based upon author, essayist and playwright Saeko Himuro's most popular, best-selling novel, this is one of Studio Ghibli's most poignant and unsung ma... Read more
Paradise Kiss: Vol 1 (2005)
6.7/10
Director: Osamu Kobayashi
Starring: Johnny Yong Bosch, Sam Carr, Mari Devon
Top high-school student seeks some purpose in life. A group of fashion design students ask her to be the front model for their clothing label "Paradis... Read more
Bleach: Volume 7 (2007)
8.5/10
Ichigo and company succeeded in breaching the walls of the Seireitei, the Soul Reaper's compound, where they find themselves split up and in serious d... Read more
Bleach: Volume 8 (2008)
8.5/10
Ichigo and his comrades are chased from one end of the Seireitei to another while fending off the furious attacks of the Soul Reapers that guard the c... Read more
Bleach: Volume 9 (2008)
8.5/10
In the world of the living, Ichigo's sisters find themselves in the spotlight as "Karakura Superheroes", while in the Soul Society all-out war is decl... Read more
Hellsing I: Impure Souls (2003)
Director: Kohta Hirano
Starring: Steven Brand
A British taskforce, lead by the daughter of the vampire hunter Prof. Van Helsing, battles the supernatural with the aid of two vampires. Read more
Hellsing IV: Eternal Damnation (2003)
Director: Kohta Hirano
Starring: Steven Brand
A British taskforce, lead by the daughter of the vampire hunter Prof. Van Helsing, battles the supernatural with the aid of two vampires. Read more
Hellsing III: Search and Destiny (2003)
Director: Kohta Hirano
Starring: Steven Brand
A British taskforce, lead by the daughter of the vampire hunter Prof. Van Helsing, battles the supernatural with the aid of two vampires. Read more