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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'

Bleach: Volume 6 (2007)

8.5/10

Guided by the mysterious talking cat Yoruichi, Ichigo and school friends Orihime, Chad and Uryu make the dangerous crossing over to the Soul Society.... 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

Ghost Hound: Part 2 (2007)

7.6/10
Director: Ryutaro Nakamura

Episodes 12-22. In the small town of Suiten, three boys discover they can transfer their souls to a parallel world. Each had traumatic childhood exper... Read more

Ghost Hound: Part 1 (2007)

7.6/10
Director: Ryutaro Nakamura

Episodes 1-11. When he was three, Taro Komori and his sister were kidnapped, but the kidnapper was run over and killed before the ransom could be deli... Read more

Vexille ( Blu-ray ) (2007)

6.9/10
Director: Fumihiko Sori

By the year 2077, the UN has banned robot technology because of its threat to humankind; but there are fears that such technologies are being develope... Read more

Bleach the Movie 2: The DiamondDust Rebellion (2007)

7.3/10
Director: Noriyuki Abe

When a caravan transporting the King's Seal is attacked, Toshiro Hitsugaya and Squad 10 are on the ready. As they prepare to protect the treasure that... Read more

Sword of the Stranger (2007)

7.8/10
Director: Masahiro Ando

Hair-raising anime action featuring Kotarou, a young Japanese boy on the run from China's Royal Army, who happens upon a wandering samurai. He's not i... Read more

Genius Party (2007)

7.1/10
Director: Atsuko Fukushima, Shoji Kawamori, Shinji Kimura, Yoji Fukuyama, Hideki Futamura, Masaaki Yuasa, Shinichiro Watanabe

Seven all-star animators from Japan are given creative carte blanche in this anthology of shorts from Studio 4°C. Masaaki Yuasa explores an infant's f... Read more

5 Centimetres Per Second (2007)

Director: Makoto Shinkai

This animated triptych - named for the speed at which cherry blossoms fall to the ground - is made up of three stories surrounding Takaki, a Japanese... Read more

Death Note: Volume 9 (2007)

9/10

Volume 9 of 9. Episodes 33-37. Near gains another ally when Aizawa of the task force discovers Light's treachery. Light's own disciples are hard at wo... Read more