Lowcountry Anime and Gaming

Original Story by Eiko Kadono

Screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki

Music by Joe Hisaishi

Produced and Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

This movie, in classic Miyazaki fashion, presents gorgeous visuals and wonderful story telling. A young witch named Kiki decides to leave home, as she has come of age. The story explores her new life, with friendship ringing true as a theme. The story seems almost "calmer" when compared to that of "Spirited Away", but has faster pacing than the rece...

This month's movie is YuYu Hakusho: Ghost Files.

Directed by: Noriyuki Abe

Produced by: Ken Hagino

Script written by: Yukiyoshi Ohashi

Music by: Yusuke Honma

Distributed by: Studio Pierrot, Anime Works, and Funimation Entertainment

I thoroughly enjoyed this month's anime movie. YuYu Hakusho: Ghost Files opens with a dynamic fight scene, introducing the others with a bang. For those familiar with the series, Yusuke and Kuwabara are called again to right a wr...

This month's movie is Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge.

Directed by Mitsuo Hashimoto

Produced by Chiaki Imada and Rikizo Kayano

Story Written by Akira Toriyama

Screenplay Written by Takao Koyama

Music by Shunsuke Kikuchi

In watching this movie, I was pleased to remember different scenes and came to the realization that I had indeed watched it before. I, however, was not bored or turned off but was glad to watch it again. Anyone familiar with the...

Rated PG-13 for Action/Violence and Brief Strong Language (beware, an f bomb is dropped)

Produced by John Woo

Original Comic Author Shiro Masamune (Seishinsha)

Directed by Shinji Aramaki

Original Score by Tetsuya Takahashi

I was not familiar with this anime before watching this movie. The long and short of it is that I would now like to be. Stunning three dimesional visuals and good pacing, mixed with a healthy dose of action, make this movie more than just enter...

This month's review is about Hetaila Axis Powers Paint it, White!

English Version by Funimation Entertainment, Ltd.

Original Story by Hidekaz Himaruya

Music by Conisch

Directed by Bob Shirahata

When watching this movie, I was only a little bit familiar with the Hetalia series. I was a little confused by the opening scene, but was soon surprised by fresh humor that kept me laughing for the entire movie. References to other anime and pop culture are made, cont...

A few notes about the movie, to begin:

Rated PG for violence (also includes brief animated blood)

Original Story and Screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki

Music by Joe Hisaishi

Noted American actors voicing for characters include: Patrick Stewart, Uma Thurman, Chris Sarandon, Shia LeBeouf and Mark Hamill.

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

This masterpiece begins with a scene overlooking the land, taking the viewer up into the clouds. The moving opening music, which makes u...

Every month we partner up with Funimation and the Park Circle Film Society to bring our members a free showing of an anime or Kung Fu movie. This is a review of this months movie- T.O.

From the producer of Appleseed, T.O. is two shorts about mankind and space travel. The first short is about a spacestation and what space travel would do to relationships. This is the best short of the two. The story has a twist that you will not see coming and the animation is good, it will take some ge...

The first Wednesday of the month, we watch a Kung Fu or anime movie from FUNimation. This will be the first of many reviews that I will do on the movies we watch.

This months movie was Goemon.

It is 1582 and Japan's stingiest warlord Oda Nobunaga falls victim to an assassin's plot and is succeeded by his right-hand man, Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Times are hard, and the gap between rich and poor is vast. Trying to bridge it is the master thief Goemon who shares his takings with the less ...

Ip Man

Kung- Fu action at it's best. The First Five minutes of this movie are worth it all, action packed! Donnie Yen shines on this one just like he did in Iron Monkey. The fight scenes will have you saying "ooohhhh snap!" out loud. Check it out on Netflix while you can. So says Doom!

a semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun.

Director: Wilson Yip

Writer: Edmond Wong (screenplay)

Sucker Punch- review, by Dondi Wiggins

Action and lots of it sum up this movie! From start to finish the action, music and visuals will grab you. What is lacking is a solid story line, but that is a minor glitch. I don't want to ruin the story for anyone, so here is a quick overview.    Described as "Alice in Wonderland with machine guns", the film follows a young woman in the 1950s about to be lobotomized as she attempts to escape an asylum with her...