Musashi - The Dream Of The Last Samurai (UK) - REGION LOCKED

Musashi - The Dream of The Last Samurai (UK)

Region: B (Confirmed NOT Playable in the USA)

Price: £15.93 (Excludes Postage)

Episodes: 1 Feautre-Length-Film (70 Minutes)

Plot: Miyamoto Musashi is an instantly familiar name to any Japanese citizen, a legendary swordsman who has become part historical figure and part romanticised hero of myth.

In addition to writing one of the key texts on Japanese samurai tactics and philosophy The Book of Five Rings he is also famous for inventing the Ni-Ten Ichi Ryu style of fighting with two swords, perhaps the most obvious, internationally recognized visual trademark of the samurai.

But even with so much academic study dedicated to Musashi's life, so many books written on him and an almost infinite number of movies, anime and manga stories inspired by his legendary exploits and teachings, still questions remain unanswered. Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai attempts to answer one of these in particular what motivated the great warrior to adopt and perfect his dual bladed style?

LoveFilm Competition

I have recently recieved Two "2 Months Free LoveFilm" subscription cards from Lovefilm, each holding a value of up to £38 - so i have decided to give these vouchers away in a competition.

Unfortunately the LoveFilm Cards will only work for "NEW MEMBERS" so existing LoveFilm users can not redeem the codes, however you can still enter the competition & pass it on.

So"What Exactly is LoveFilm", well its an online rental service which allows you to rent DVDs, Blu-rays & Games for a small monthly fee, however there are no late fee's and postage is free. LoveFilm not only holds Movies & Games - but you can also rent TV Series (including Anime) so there is alot to choose from, also if you go for a higher tier package you can watch movies online via your PS3 or on your PC.

There are 2 Codes up for grabs, so there will be 2 different winners!

How To Enter:

If you would like to enter then there are 2 Ways of doing this:

Option 1:

If you have a Twitter account then you can tweet this prhase:

#COMPETITION - Follow @Emo185 & ReTweet for a chance to win a 2 Month Free #LoveFilm Subscription - (2 To Be Won) = http://tinyurl.com/66fhqlm

option 2:

Leave an "interesting" comment below

Rules:

The Competition is only available to people who live in the UK & Ireland
(as well as where the LoveFilm service can be used)

Closing Date:

The Closing Date for this competition will be Friday 22nd July 2011.

Good Luck!

Queen's Blade Collection (Series 1) - REGION FREE

Queens Blade Collection (Series 1)

Region: A and B (Confirmed Playable in the UK)
-- Depsite saying Region A on Box, PlanetAxel have confirmed it is also Region B.

Price: £26.51 (Excludes Postage)

Episodes: 1 - 6 (2 Disc Set)

Plot: Leina has been training with Echidna for the Queen's Blade tournament. When it comes time for her first real fight, her target is her first friend, Risty!

Determined to prove her worth as an equal, Leina goes all out, but Claudette gets to Risty first. Meanwhile, Menace, Airi and Melona lead the Swamp Witch's minions in a full scale attack on the Queen's Gates. It's up to Leina, Tomoe, Nowa and the others to defeat the evil forces and gain entrance to the final rounds of the Queen's Blade!

Ghost In The Shell - Solid State Society - REGION LOCKED

Ghost In The Shell - Individual Eleven

Region: A (NOT Playable in the UK)

Price: $24.99 / £15.64 (Excludes Postage)

Episodes: 1 Feature-Length-Film

Plot: The year is 2034, and the face of terrorism has changed. No longer restricted to the limits of the physical world, the war on terror has exploded on the net. In an attempt to confront this new threat, an elite counter-terrorism and anti-crime unit was formed: Public Security Section 9.

Two years have since passed when the team's commander: Major motoko Kusanagi, resigned from her post. After a rash of mysterious suicides Section 9 is forced to confront the ''Puppeteer,'' a dangerous hacker with unsurpassed skills.

As their investigation of this terrorist threat takes them deeper into the bowels of a potential government conspiracy, Section 9 once again crosses paths with the Major, but is her sudden reappearance more than a coincidence, or is she somehow connected to the ''Puppeteer?'

Ghost In The Shell - Individual Eleven - REGION LOCKED

Ghost In The Shell - Individual Eleven

Region: A (NOT Playable in the UK)

Price: $24.99 / £15.64 (Excludes Postage)

Episodes: 1 Feature-Length-Film

Plot: A new beginning, a new threat...

The year is 2030, six months since The Laughing Man Incident was solved. An influx of refugees have effortlessly transformed themselves into a terrorist organisation known as the Individual Eleven. Kuze, a surviving member of the Individual Eleven, becomes a charasmatic leader of the invited-refugees and intensifies the confrontation against the government. Motoko starts feeling a strange sense of fate connecting her with Kuze...

Unlike The Laughing Man, which stuck to the story-line of the TV series, Individual Eleven has gone through a bold editing phase, and the relationship between Kuze and Motoko us even more highlighted than in the TV series. This is 2nd Gig reborn!

Ghost In The Shell - The Laughing Man - REGION LOCKED

Ghost In The Shell - The Laughing Man

Region: A (NOT Playable in the UK)

Price: $24.99 / £15.64 (Excludes Postage)

Episodes: 1 Feature-Length-Film

Plot: The television series based on Masamune Shirow's Manga and Mamoru Oshii's highly influental film, Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex takes viewers to a futuristic society where technology has saturated citizens' daily lives.

Along with the new technology comes new types of crime that exploits it, but female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi and her team of police, Section 9, devote their lives to chasing criminals, both on land and in cyberspace.

The Laughing Man tells the story of the entire first season of Stand Alone Complex as a film.

New Anime Blu-ray UK Release (4/7/11)

This week see’s Manga Entertainment UK release another Blu-ray and for the third time in arrow its another feature length film, this time being “Musashi: The Dream Of The Last Samurai” and for me this release seems to have come under the radar, probably due to the previous big blu-ray releases of “Akira” and “Evangelion 2.22” but mainly because its an anime title I’ve never heard of before until a few days ago.

Manga Entertainment UK are the first people to bring the movie outside of the Japanese area, hence why I’ve not really heard of it before, however it’s a film conceived and scripted by Mamoru Oshii (Ghost In The Shell, The Sky Cralwers) and directed by Oshii’s frequent collaborator Mizuho (Toshihiko) Neshkoro - who also worked on Ghost In The Shell. The Animation studio is Production I.G. - who, yet again, have also worked on both Ghost In The Shell Films, So the film has all the talent needed to make it a great anime hit in the UK - which im sure samurai fans will also enjoy.

Musashi: The Dream Of The Last Samurai will also be available on DVD, however it’s the Blu-ray that’s getting all the attention here.

Standard Blu-ray -> £15.99 (AMAZON UK / HMV UK) £17.99 (PLAY UK)

Plot: Miyamoto Musashi is an instantly familiar name to any Japanese citizen, a legendary swordsman who has become part historical figure and part romanticised hero of myth. In addition to writing one of the key texts on Japanese samurai tactics and philosophy - The Book of Five Rings - he is also famous for inventing the Ni-Ten Ichi Ryu style of fighting with two swords, perhaps the most obvious, internationally recognized visual trademark of the samurai.

But even with so much academic study dedicated to Musashi's life, so many books written on him and an almost infinite number of movies, anime and manga stories inspired by his legendary exploits and teachings, still questions remain unanswered. Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai attempts to answer one of these in particular - what motivated the great warrior to adopt and perfect his dual bladed style?