Afro Samurai: Resurrection - BLU-RAY [Standard]

Stateside of the 1997 masterpiece from Japanese animation wizard Hayao Miyazaki (InchMy Neighbor TotoroInch) is set in Japan's Muromachi era, when a boar god infects a prince with a seemingly deadly disease. While searching for a cure, the prince gets caught in a battle between miners and the animal gods of the forest, led by Princess Mononoke. Voices are supplied by Billy Crudup, Gillian Anderson, Claire Danes, Minnie Driver and Billy Bob Thornton. 134 min. Soundtracks Japanese, English; Subtitles English. In Japanese with English subtitles/Dubbed in English. Two-disc set.

In the waning months of the Pacific War-with their mother and home lost in the bombing of Kobe, and their naval captain father still at sea-young siblings Seita and Sosuka Yokokawa had nowhere to turn but to a distant aunt. The resentments of their rations-strapped relation meant a return to the road, and no end to their hardships as they struggled to find their way in a ravaged nation, in this acclaimed animated effort from director Isao Takahata and Studio Ghibli. 88 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack Japanese; Subtitles English. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Inflicted with a deadly curse, the young warrior Ashitaka heads west in search of a cure. There, he stumbles into a bitter conflict between Lady Eboshi and the proud people of Iron Town, and the enigmatic Princess Mononoke, a young girl raised by wolves, who will stop at nothing to prevent the humans from destroying her home, and the forest spirits and animal gods who live there. Featuring the voices of Gillian Anderson, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Minnie Driver, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Billy Bob Thornton.