The Princess Blade (2001)

Director: Shinsuke Sato

Starring: Hideaki Ito, Yumiko Shaku, Shiro Sano, Yoichi Numata, Kyusaku Shimada, Yoko Maki

Aka "Shurayuki-Hime". In a post-apocalyptic Japan that blends technology and feudalism, a young woman named Yuki, whose family are assassins, is loyal... Read more

Dolls (2002)

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Starring: Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi, Kyoko Fukada

Cult director Takeshi Kitano weaves together three visually stunning and deeply touching stories of undying love inspired by traditional Japanese Bunr... Read more

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)

Director: Shinichiro Watanabe

The popular anime series "Cowboy Bebop" gets its own feature-length film with the aptly named "Cowboy Bebop: The Movie". Set in the late 21st century,... Read more

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2001)

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Starring: Animation

Based on the third novel from Hideyuki Kikuchi's series about a futuristic human-vampire hybrid warrior. D has been hired to track down Meier Link, a... Read more

Kai Doh Maru (2001)

Director: Kenji Wakabayashi

Set in the political intrigue of Japan's Heian Era (794 to 1185 AD), explosive action intertwined with a complex human drama brings to life a story of... Read more

Battle Royale (2000)

Director: Kinji Fukasaku

Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto, Masanobu Ando, Kou S...

At the dawn of the new millennium, Japan is in a state of near-collapse. Unemployment is at an all-time high, and violence amongst the nation's youth... Read more

Read or Die (2001)

Director: Kouji Masunari

A sinister plot is afoot and only one young schoolteacher with an overdeveloped affinity for literature can stop it - Ms. Yomiko Readman... better kno... Read more

Spirited Away (2002)

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

From Hayao Miyazaki ('Princess Mononoke') comes this magical animated adventure about 10-year-old Chihiro, who, along with her parents, is trapped by... Read more

Jin-Roh (1999)

Director: Hiroyuki Okiura

An incredible animated feature from the creators of "Akira" and "Ghost in the Shell". Ten years after the end of World War II, anti-terrorist cop Fuse... Read more

FLCL ( Fooly Cooly ) - Volume 1 (2000)

Director: Kazuya Tsurumaki

Volume 1 of 3. Episode 1: Naota has enough to deal with at home. His older brother went to the US to play baseball. And his father and grandfather nev... Read more