121.	View Larger Image	Pokemon - Mewtwo Returns Director: Kunihiko Yuyama
		From Amazon.com In this direct-to-video sequel to Pokémon: The First Movie, Ash, Misty, and Brock continue exploring the Johto region, then have to rescue Pikachu after Jessie and James of Team Rocket kidnap him. The search leads them to the hidden plateau where the redoubtable Mewtwo has established a haven for the cloned Pokémon from the previous film. The evil Giovanni is plotting ... more Buy from Amazon

122.	View Larger Image	Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 Director: Shunya Ito
		From Amazon.com Gonzo doesn't begin to describe this wild women-in-prison film. A mad mix of outrageous exploitation, flamboyant art movie, and energetic comic book, this manga-inspired cult classic is actually the second film in a series, but you hardly need the history. Matsu (Meiko Kaji, of Lady Snowblood fame) is an innocent woman in jail who defies the sadistic warden and brutal guards ... more Buy from Amazon

123.	View Larger Image	Gate of Flesh - Criterion Collection Director: Seijun Suzuki
		From Amazon.com Gate of Flesh (Nikutai no mon) is another wonderful example of why Seijun Suzuki will go down in history as one of Japan's craftiest and most ingenious B-movie directors. As exhibited in Branded to Kill and Tokyo Drifter Suzuki has the uncanny ability to take shoestring budgets, predictable boilerplate scripts, tight schedules, and studio-contracted actors and spin these elements to create ... more Buy from Amazon

124.	View Larger Image	Pokemon - Jirachi Wish Maker Directors: Masamitsu Hidaka, Kunihiko Yuyama
		From Amazon.com The sixth Pokémon feature may well rank as the most satisfying entry in the series because the filmmakers avoid the overblown threats of the earlier films. Ash and Brock are joined not by Misty, but by May and her little brother Max, on a trip to a festival. Butler the magician and his assistant Diane introduce them to Jirachi, a wish-granting ... more Buy from Amazon

125.	View Larger Image	Mysterians Director: Ishirô Honda
		From Description After a Japanese town is totally destroyed, the military arrive to investigate. They encounter a giant robot that is decimating everything in its path. A dome appears out of the ground and a group of scientists are invited to meet the alien Mysterians from the planet Mysteroid. The Mysterians have come in peace; all they ask humanity for is three-square kilometers ... more Buy from Amazon

126.	View Larger Image	Cardcaptor Sakura - The Movie Director: Morio Asaka
		From Amazon.com In the first feature based on the popular series, Sakura wins a trip to Hong Kong. Her father is away on business, so she goes with Toya, Yukito, and Tomoyo. Hong Kong is the home of her classmate and sometime ally Li Shaoran and his obnoxious cousin Meilin, and the cast is soon reunited. Clow Reed, the wizard who invented the ... more Buy from Amazon

127.	View Larger Image	Ghost in the Shell (Special Edition) Actors: Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi Director: Mamoru Oshii
		From Amazon.com essential video The skillful blending of drawn animation and computer-generated imagery excited anime fans when this science fiction mystery was released in 1995: many enthusiasts believe Ghost suggests what the future of anime will be, at least in the short term. The film is set in the not-too-distant future, when an unnamed government uses lifelike cyborgs or "enhanced" humans for undercover work. One ... more Buy from Amazon

128.	View Larger Image	Fist of the North Star Director: Toyoo Ashida
		From Amazon.com One of the first anime features, Fist of the North Star was based on a popular manga series set in the not-too-distant future, when Earth has been devastated by a nuclear holocaust. The scattered survivors huddle in ruined cities, awaiting an enlightened warrior-hero worthy of the title of "Fist of the North Star," who will start the planet on the path ... more Buy from Amazon

129.	View Larger Image	Best Motoring - Drift Bible
		From Description The Techniques: E-Brake, Shift Lock, Power Over, Braking, Feint and Lift Off. These are the six basic techniques you need to master to DRIFT! Tsuchiya explains and demonstrates in detail how to utilize these various techniques to drift your car. In car cameras show how he maneuvers the car from inside. A foot pedal cam and indicators shows how to use ... more Buy from Amazon

130.	View Larger Image	Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture Director: Masami Obari
		From Amazon.com Based on the video game, Fatal Fury is widely regarded as one of the best kung fu anime features. The good guys are Terry "Hungry Wolf" Bogard and his brother, Andy; Thai kickboxer Joe Higashi; and the curvaceous ninja Mai. With their masses of spiky blond hair, narrow blue eyes, and sharp features, the Bogard brothers almost cross over into the ... more Buy from Amazon