Ah! My Goddess: The Movie 2000  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Animation / Fantasy / Comedy
Director: Hiroaki Goda
Cast: Bridget Hoffman, Tony Oliver, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Sherry Lynn, Barbara Goodson, Tara Jayne, Steve Kramer, William Bassett, Steven Jay Blum, Richard Epcar, Melissa Fahn, Lia Sargent
The animation in great in this full-length version of a video series. It is a pleasant film that should hold your attention as the story unfolds of the goddess Belldandy and her mortal boyfriend, Keiichi. Things get sticky when her mentor wants Belldandy to help in his quest to overtake the universe. Actors represent the English-speaking version.
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 Metropolis 2001 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Animation / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Rintaro
Cast: Jamieson Price, Robert Axelrod, Dave Mallow, Scott Weinger, Rebecca Forstadt, Brianne Siddall, Peter Spellos, Michael Reisz, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Simon Prescott, Melodee Spevack, Tony Pope, Steve Blum, Doug Stone, Barbara Goodson
With its theme taken from Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film and based on Osamu Tezuka's 1949 comic book, this film is about the futuristic city-state, Metropolis. The plot involves a plan for humanoids to take over the city. A young boy, Kenichi (voice of Brianne Siddall) and his uncle Sunshu Ban (voice of Tony Pope) search to find the answers to the mystery behind robot girl Tima (voice of Rebecca Forstadt). The Japanese animation is great. Actors reflect the English Language version.
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 Rover Dangerfield 1991  G, 74 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
Director: James L. George, Bob Seeley
Cast: Rodney Dangerfield, Susan Boyd, Ronnie Schell, Ned von Leuck, Shawn Southwick, Dana Hill, Sal Landi, Mel Blanc, Barbara Goodson, Bill Farmer, Tress MacNeille, Danny Mann, Bert Kramer, Lara Cody
Rover (voice of Rodney Dangerfield) is a dog that is also an ex-Las Vegas entertainer. Rover has problems adjusting to life away from the neon lights in this imaginative animated film.
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 Vampire Hunter D 1985  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi
Director: Toyoo Ashida, Carl Macek
Cast: Michael McConnohie, Barbara Goodson, Jeff Winkless, Edie Mirman, Kerrigan Mahan, Steve Kramer, Steve Bulen, Joyce Kurtz, Lara Cody, Tom Synder, Megumi Hayashibara, Michael McShane
It's a tough world out there in the distant future: vampires rule the few "normal" humans. When the Count of one village bites a girl who he wants, half-human/half-vampire D (voice of Michael McConnohie), a vampire hunter, comes to her rescue. Animated, violent, and clearly not for children. This is the English-language version.
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| 1. Ah! My Goddess: The Movie (2000)
2. Metropolis (2001)
3. Rover Dangerfield (1991)
4. Vampire Hunter D (1985)
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