James Holden Balance 005 CD 1

James Holden is a British electronic music artist and DJ who has released numerous singles and remixes on different labels such as Lost Language, Perfecto Recordings, and Positiva Recordings. He currently runs his Border Community record label. He was also one-third of Mainline, which was responsible for the double single of "Narcotic" and "Innerspace".
James Studied Mathematics at Oxford University and released his first record at age 19. In April 2006 his mix album James Holden at the Controls was Mixmag's Album of the Month.

Be prepared to be swept off your feet with this set. I've never heard of James Holden before this Cd came to my ears trough one of my favorit internet radio,
it has one of those vibes that feel like a big deja-vu. It is composed of sweeping melodies and fluid beats. You feel lost in a symphony of sounds that mesh together seamlessly. I can barely hear the transition in between songs and before you know it you've blow through most of the set by the time you look at the current track that's being played.

Holden does a great job at mixing so many other elements and sounds that you'd be a fool to try and categorize this as anything other than brilliant.

James Holden Joins the upper echelon of electronic masters with this CD released in a series of other Balance CD's under the EQ label.
EQ is an Australia outlet for progressive house and breaks. Their most well known series is the 'Balance' series. EQ is owned and run by Melbourne's Stomp label and distribution company.

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Dj Kicks - Tiga

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Original Release Date: 27 Jan 2003
Number of Discs: 1
Label: K7
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, Electro, Synth-pop





!K7 records was started in 1996. Founded in parallel to the already succesfull "DJ-Kicks" mix compilation series, the label was launched to establish a long-term platform for artistic and musical innovation.

This release by Tiga practically drips electro-house funk grooves from the moment the first track begins, and it stands its own ground for that reason. It's excellent to see that this release is completely solid with elements that just make the listener want to move, Awesome job on the decks by Tiga. this is very energy album one of the best in the DJ Kicks series. Very interesting and fun to listen to.
synthpop, electroclash, techno compilations but not more then a handful of them can be compared to this masterpiece. This is pure class.

The Amazon review says it best about his segues and song selections: they are a cut above the rest. Not only are they seamless, but they are also always unexpectedly great. Tiga clearly knows his stuff when it comes to mixing. Needless to say, of all my DJ Kicks selection, this is easily top three quality, and definitely one to keep the party going.

Tiga is very bizare character and sensetive, he mixed feelings about the current popularity surrounding himself and the electro scene.

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Naked Music lost on arrival

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Original Release Date: June 3, 2003
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Astralwerks, Naked Music Recordings
Genre: Electronic





This is a very deep dark journey into the world where house meets electroclash, dub, jungle blend with dirty, dirty disco, deep dub, the underlying you get is electro aroma that is very funky, dynamics and above of all intelligent !

The mixing is so flawless on LOA that you think you're listening to the same song until the bass-lines and chords kick in. Naked Music has done an amazing job of bringing us new songs and a style of music that its fans are not accustomed to, but can certainly appreciate.

Unadulterated funky beats and tripped-out atmospherics are the order of the day here.
I asked myselve a simple question. If I could step into my dream club right now, what would be pumping from the sound system ?
Well the answer is right here…so check in, grab a seat, have a drink and prepare to be…Lost On Arrival.

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kevin yost

Kevin Yost presents the 5th edition of his Small Town Underground series.

One of America's best young house producers, Kevin Yost has translated his jazz inspirations and percussion inclinations into dance productions of quiet beauty, harnessing the vibes of sublime domestic producers from Larry Heard to Derrick May. An early fan of jazz fusion and a drummer as well, Yost was DJing weddings and the like at the tender age of 13.
A contract with Chicago's Guidance label brought his first release, a 1996 EP titled Unprotected Sax. One year later, Yost signed a contract to begin working with the New Jersey acid-jazz-house label i! Records, and in 1998, the single "One Starry Night" became a big mover in progressive house circles.

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ALBUM : Kevin Yost presents Small Town Underground 5
YEAR : 2009 01 27
LABEL : I Records
GENRE : House





Kevin Yost returns once again with his SMALL TOWN UNDERGROUND Series.
The overwhelming success of the first 3 parts have helped carve out a place for Mr. Yost in house music history as well as formulate a highly successful DJ career.
This fifth edition of the series focuses on Kevin’s evolution from small town boy to world class DJ. On this CD he delivers not only what people classify as the classic Yost sound, but also a new focus on the deep house genre, of course all skillfully mixed together as only he can do. Included in this 78 Minute masterpiece are Yost’s 2008 hits, “Get The Horns” & “Too Cool For Me”.
Also featured are new unreleased projects from Kevin, as well premier label artists, “Erik Faust, Franco Harris, & Nivek Tsoy.

Yost released the first mix album Small Town Underground through the Label Twisted/MCA in February 9, 1999, with contributions from like-minds Euphonic and Fredrik Stark among others.
all the earlier 4th Small town underground releases are Mixed Dj Set by Kevin, in the 5th release he give us the bonus with Separated track cd & mixed one.
my deeply recommended is to listen the 3 first Small town underground albums release!

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James Zabiela

James Zabiela (born 7 August 1979) is a DJ
from Southampton in the United Kingdom. In his early years his signature style was a fusion of Breakbeat and House music, more recently however, he is regarded as a Tech House DJ although his use of Breakbeat music is still key to the more flashy parts of his sets. He is known for his turntable skills, extensive use of loops and effects, and the use of the Pioneer CDJ1000s, EFX1000 as well as more recently using Ableton Live.
Zabiela first gained fame in 2000 by winning Muzik Magazine's Bedroom Bedlam competition, Best Bedroom Bedlam DJ 2001, and has since been signed to Sasha's Excession agency. In 2003, he and Paul Sidoli founded the record label Hearing Aid.

Zabiela is a unique intelligent composer, no one before made Electro music sound so clever and inspirational ! this is a Guinness Sound maker & set building.
the Einstein of Electronica music.

This compilation Album is very special one and the latest published under Renaissance label, this will give you great perspective about James Zabiela.


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Original Release Date: 23 Feb 2009
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Renaissance
Genre House, Electronic
Size 202.82 MB
Combined Length 2 hours 26 minutes

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Tiesto First Flight

Original Release Date:1997
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Black Hole
Format: CD, Mixed, Compilation
Live Turntable Mix By DJ Tiësto
Genre: Electronic


Tiesto creates an atmospheric world full of beautiful epic dreamy melodies.
When you listening to it just close your eyes and let yourself go to this magical world that Tiesto shape.
From the minute you put this in your cd-rom drive, you will be mesmerized, at times to the point where you will want to get off your seat and dance...
it is THAT good. The vocals, harmonies, and beats of each song are so well-coordinated into one continuous sound that you will swear this was mixed digitally and not by mere hands.
Magik is certainly an appropriate name for this album
because there was definitely a good amount of it utilized in the inception of this mix.

No matter how much criticism Tiesto receives or how bad any of his recent sets may have been in the eyes of those resentful of his popularity and success,
he will always be #1, simply for this mix alone. This magik mix, the first of many, is what sets Tiesto apart from the rest of the pack.
enough words.... buy and listen !

Appleseed

Appleseed is an anime film, directed by Shinji Aramaki and originally released in Japan on May 17, 2004. It is based on the characters created by Masamune Shirow in the original Appleseed manga series that was published in 1985. Although it shares some characters with the original series, this film's storyline is not connected to it.

Summary

Appleseed takes place at the end of World War III in the year 2131, where most of the world has been devastated by non-nuclear weapons. Deunan Knute, a powerful and highly skilled soldier is still fighting, unaware that the war has already ended.

During a battle, Deunan is rescued by her former lover Briareos (whose body was turned into a cyborg after an accident that nearly left him for dead) and taken to the gigantic metropolis of Olympus, a utopia on Earth where humanity and artificial humans called "Bioroids" live in peaceful coexistence. Most of the city is also maintained by the Supercomputer "Gaia" and the Seven Elders. At Olympus, she begins a new life as a member of the police force E-SWAT and befriends a Bioroid named Hitomi.

However, the coexistence between Humans and Bioroids is an uneasy one, and a brewing conspiracy threatens the existence of Humans and Bioroids worldwide. The only hope against this crisis lies with "Appleseed." However, it lies in a painful and buried part of Deunan's past. Deunan also has an uneasy time dealing with her relationship with Briareos. Will Deunan finally face her past and find the key to end the turbulent Human/Bioroid conflict?

Athena Areios

As prime minister of Olympus, Athena Areios has a very tough job... but then again, she is a VERY tough woman. A first-generation Bioroid, she doesn't have the emotional limitations that other Bioroids have, so she has more latitude to pursue unconventional avenues, like the finding of Deunan Knute. But she has to be careful, for not only are the seven elders are watching her, but so is General Uranus, and she cannot afford any missteps.
There was another reason that Athena was so obsessed in finding Deunan. A long time ago, she had worked closely with the creator of the Bioroids, Deunan's mother Dr. Gilliam Knute, and had also taken care of the young Deunan, so finding her is a personal one, mostly out of honor to her creator.
After Dr. Knute's death, Athena had lost track of Deunan, as her father had taken her and trained her as a soldier. Athena knows that Deunan has in her possession the secrets for reactivating the Bioroid's reproductive cycle, also known as 'Appleseed', so she has to make sure that Deunan can recover the lost information... or all Bioroid life is doomed.

Briareos Hecatonchires

Briareos Hecatonchries was originally a soldier fighting a non-nuclear war for which almost the whole of the world was devastated. He was also the lover of "the Goddess of War", Deunan Knute, and the two often fought and watched each others backs.

A year before Deunan's arrival at Olympus, Briareos was gravely injured in North Africa... so much so that when he was rescued by ESWAT, over seventy-five percent of his body had to be totally replaced in a cybernetic shell.

Briareos, along with ESWAT, and the Bioroid Hitomi, was instrumental in rescuing Deunan after her platoon was wiped out by mercenaries, and brought her to Olympus. However, Briareos is hiding something. Does it happen to be related to General Uranus' planned coup against the Bioroid? And why rescue Deunan... unless it happens to relate to the secret of Deunan's past.

Colonel Hades

Col. Hades works closely with Gen. Uranus in Olympus' regular army. Like Uranus, he has a great disturst of Bioroids. However, his distrust twisted itself into an all-consuming hatred, which made him construct a secret army of landstrider mechas to launch an attack on the Bioroid Care Center, not to mention inlist the help of Briareos as a spy.
In his youth, Hades was a member of Los Angeles' S.W.A.T. team. However, his rash manner caused him to be kicked-out of that team by Carl Knute, Deunan's father. Since then, he hated the Knute family, and regreted that he wasn't the one who killed Carl. That hatred is intensified by the fact that part of Carl's D.N.A. is in everyone of the Bioroids created.

Deunan Knute

For most of her life, Deunan Knute had fought a war that was, for the most part, over. She only knew that the war was over when she was captured by her former lover, Briareos (who was now a cyborg) and the Bioroid Hitomi, who had taken her away from her bleak existence to the utopia that was Olympus.
For someone who had known a hard life, life in Olympus seemed a dream to Deunan. For the first time in her life, her heart had known peace. She was placed in the ESWAT team along with Briareos, which valued her combat experience. However, a rose like utopia did have it's thorns. General Uranus, head of Olympus' army, a human and Bioroid hater, was planing a coup-de-etat of Olympus, and the key to stopping this was something called "Appleseed', which has something to do with Deunan's past.... but what was it?

General Edward Uranus III

General Edward Uranus III is the supreme commander of Olympus' regular army. He greatly distrusts the Bioroids, so much so that he is willing to start a coup de etat in order to wipe them out!
However, unlike Col. Hades, Uranus is not ruled by irrationality. He was a good friend of the Knute family, especally Deunan's father Carl, and deeply regretted the death of Dr. Gilliam Knute.

Hitomi

Hitomi has the unique duty of finding soldiers who had survived the last war on Earth, so that they may be able to defend Olympus and its citizens as part of E.S.W.A.T..

Hitomi's emotions may be suppressed, but some of those emotions arouse her curiosity - especially love. In fact, when she's not on duty, she often wonders what it would it be like to be in love. Hate, however... especially exhibited by Olympus' all-human regular army towards the Bioroids, disturbs and annoys her.
But now, Hitomi's life may be threatened. During Col. Hades' attack on the Bioroid Care Center, the section which also attended to the Bioroids' life extension treatments was also destroyed. Because their reproductive systems were inhibited, Bioroids require periodic life extension treatments. Without them, they would face rapid ageing and death. Hitomi was three days late for hers and now she faces death... unless her new friend Deunan Knute can find Appleseed.

Nike

Working closely as Prime Minister Athena Areios' chief of staff, Nike also commands Olympus's E.S.W.A.T. division. Unlike her older superior, Nike's emotions are carefully regulated by the seven elders. However, her loyalty to the Bioroid's cause - the preservation and salvation of humanity - still remains very strong.



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Perfecto

Perfecto Records is a United Kingdom based Trance record label founded by famed trance DJ Paul Oakenfold in 1989.

Perfecto was founded by electronic music maverick Paul Oakenfold in 1989. At the time, house music and the balearic style was beginning to break into the mainstream and Paul was working as an A&R man for Champion Records. Paul decided to apply his A&R skills to the burgeoning electronic music scene and create a place where new artists could develop their careers and so Perfecto Records was born.

Perfecto has released singles from such artists as BT, Tilt, and Carl Cox. It has also released mix albums from Sandra Collins, Seb Fontaine, DJ Skribble, and Paul Oakenfold himself.

Apart from singles, Perfecto has released a few full-length albums.

Perfecto Fluoro

Listening to this, listening to other Oakenfold sets and seeing him live - you really understand why this man is so amazing! His unique understanding of music coupled with his extremely eclectic taste, makes for a fascinating listening experience. Take the last part of disc two, for instance. How does Oakey end his set? Two dark trance bangers are followed by (drumroll, please) JUNGLE! Don't start shaking your head now, because it works! And that's the great thing about Oakenfold.

"Perfecto-Fluoro" is basically a showcase of Goa Trance artists signed on Oakenfold's Perfecto-Fluoro label, back at the height of Goa's public appeal (1996). While the sound quickly wore out its welcome (This month's issue of "Muzik" even gave Oakenfold a "Goa denial rating") this album shows that "Oakey" truly believed in the style. Tracks by artists such as Juno Reactor and Man With No Name are mixed alongside film soundtrack music by composers Wojciech Kilar ("Dracula"), Ryuichi Sakamoto ("Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence"), and the venerable Ennio Morriccone ("The Mission"). There's even a snippet of Barber's Adagio for Strings straight out of "Platoon." And it's not half as cheesy as its interpolation into Skip Raiders "Another Day."

By no means is this "original" Goa Trance. The sound had been evolving since the 1980's and Oakenfold was actually one of the last to catch on. BUT, he made the first real effort to bring it to public attention.

Perfecto Presents Another World

The Host Of Seraphim by Dead Can Dance blares through the speakers, warming the pinnacle of disk-one's climatic entrance. Then, shortly after a "Majestic" reprieve from female singing, Led Zepplin rocks the house with trance as its background. If that's not eclectic enough than I don't what is--. The major problem with a lot of techno these days are the repetitive atmospheres that claim to be original and new. Bah! Do you know how many times I hear the same old same old in terms of sound? It gets quite annoying at times and very unappealing to its uninventfulness. Paul, however, is an exception to this complaint. He seems to reinvent himself with each new release, blessing his listeners with something fresh and flat-out marvelous. And if anybody thinks that this is unoriginal and frankly "boring," than they need to open their minds more to change. The consistant breaks of New Age-type songs are a blissful relief to the constant pounding of the grandious synth lines & groove beats conjured by Oakey, proving techno to be much more than just obnoxious noise. It can also provide you with a source of meditation and emotion, as portrayed here in such tunes as Song To The Siren by Sabel (as heard on a perfume commercial), Rachel's Song by Vangelis, and Sanvean by Dead Can Dance. I think it's a perfect blend of two genres weaving naturally into one colorful hue. And I have to agree with an earlier reviewer who pointed out that Oakey's intent of Perfecto Radio was not made for the purpose of dance clubs but moreso for the reason to produce something to groove to at home without wishing you were raving instead.

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Global Underground 009: San Francisco

Global Underground 009: Sasha, San Francisco is a DJ mix album in the Global Underground series, compiled and mixed by Sasha. The mix is a retrospective look at a set at the Spundae club in San Francisco, USA.

With pure, transcendental dance-floor ecstasy, Sasha's patient mixes and cosmic samples on this double-CD set establish him as one of the best DJs on the planet. Finding the twists and turns among the endlessly inventive rhythms and mind-blowing sample transitions here is an essential journey for lovers of trance-techno everywhere.“When Sasha finishes one of his special sets, people are liable to get emotional. You could call it trance. I call it magic.”

over a year old, this CD still sounds as fresh and exciting as the day I bought it.

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# Original Release Date: January 19, 1999
# Number of Discs: 2
# Label: Global Underground.

Disc: 1
1. Intro - Street Bums
2. Platform - Freaky Chakra
3. Solid Space Business - Attaboy
4. Protect Your Mind - DJ Sakin & Friends (Van Bellen mix)
5. Resurrection - Classified Project
6. Resurrection E.P. - Medway
7. Lecture - Slickmick
8. Blue Stream - Sneaky Alien
9. Empress II - Funk Function
10. Bulgarian - Travel (Incisions remix)
11. Soul To Bare - Joi Cardwell (C Hornbostel remix)
12. Everything's Not You - Quivver (Quivver's Space mix)
13. I'm Free - Morgan King (William Orbit mix)
14. Anomaly (Calling Your Name) - Taylor (Albion mix)

Disc: 2
1. Intro - Sasha
2. Narcotik - Blue
3. Hale Bopp - Der Dritte Raum
4. Illuminatus - Hope
5. Clarkness - Dave Kane
6. Acoustic Principles - Eclipse 8
7. Psionic - Mana
8. The Chain - Breeder
9. Change Me - Paragliders
10. Twilo Thunder - Breeder
11. Movin' Thru Your System - Jark Prongo
12. The Mission - DJ Tomcraft
13. I Dream - Tilt (Tilt's Resurrection mix)

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Renaissance

Set in the labyrinthine underworld of 2054 Paris, the black-and-white thriller in the vein of “Blade Runner” and “Minority Report” paints a bold vision of a stark, not-so-distant future where all life is monitored, recorded and regulated thanks to the city’s largest corporation, Avalon. Detective Barthelemy Karas, voiced by Daniel Craig (“Casino Royale”) has a reputation for finding anyone at any cost, but while tracking down a kidnapped scientist, he ultimately finds himself buried beneath Renaissance’s illicit world of corporate malfeasance and soulless genetic research. Critically celebrated actor Ian Holm (“Lord of the Rings”), “Braveheart” actress Catherine McCormack and Tony Award®-winner Jonathan Pryce (“Pirates of the Caribbean”) also voice roles.

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Ninja Scroll

Ninja Scroll is a Japanese action thriller anime, set in feudal Japan, by critically acclaimed director/writer Yoshiaki Kawajiri. The movie was released on June 5, 1993 and received a Western release on December 6, 1996.

Summary

Jubei is wandering noble sword for hire but when a chance meeting leads him to save young ninja woman from rape he makes enemies with a group of demonic humans. Jubei and the woman part ways but later a government spy forces Jubei to join up with her again and investigate the mysterious death of an entire village. The investigation reveals a conspiracy involving the demons and a man from Jubei’s past who is supposed to be dead. As they get closer to the truth the demons close in on them and pretty soon Jubei finds himself in a deadly fight with many super strong inhuman opponents.

Jubei Kibagami

ubeii is a self hiring Ninja who roams the side of feudal Japan. He meets up with an old man named Dakuwan (looks like Niccotine from Samuri Showdown). Together, with a female ninja named Kagero, the battle against the evil Shogunate government. Unfortunately for these 3, the government has the 8 devils of Kimon, who prove to be quite lethal adversaries. Jubei is known for his expert sword fighting, and lightning fast body attacks.
Jubei is a very intelligent and calculating person. He has very sharp wits and is very good with a sword and making attack and defense strategies. He's basically the perfectly well rounded warrior. No matter what the odds, Jubei will always fight with all of his heart if it's something he believes in.

Kagero

Kagero is the only female warrior of the Koga Ninja that is sent to investigate the mysterious deaths in Shimota village due to an even more mysterious plague. Her main job is as a "poison taster" for her master's food. It turns out that she is totally immune to poison, due the fact that her blood itself is a deadly poison. Merely touching her could be fatal. Throughout her existance she has been thoroughly abused...

Dakuwan

Dakuwan is a spy for the Tokugawa clan who is opposing Shogun of the dark's Toyatome clan. He is a shrewd and underhanded (although not evil) little man. Underestimating him because of his size would be a major mistake. He, like Jubei, is very clever, but unlike Jubei, is a little sadistic.



Benisato

Benisato's special ability is to control snakes.. and shed her skin like one. At one point her body is covered with living tatoos of snakes that come off and turn into real snakes. She is Gemma's lover and the devil that discovered who Jubei was (after Tessai left an imprint of Jubei's face in his hand). She also has the ability to possess people and cause them to burst open with snakes (i.e. the old lady chanting the sutra in the desserted temple). She is very taunting about her relationship with Gemma to Yurimaru, which is reason for the "tension" between them.

Lord Himuro Gemma

Himuro Gemma is Jubei's main nemesis... but he was even before the Devils of Kimon. It turns out that Gemma had betrayed Jubei and tricked Jubei's own clan into trying to kill him. In turn, Jubei was forced to kill the Yamashiro clan ninjas (in self-defense) and then had to avenge their deaths by killing Gemma... and he did just that. (He decapitated Gemma while he was riding a horse).

However, Gemma can reincarnate himself. When Jubei cut his head off, it reconnected itself to his body.

Mushizo

Mushizo has a very strange ability to control wasps. Not only can he talk to and command them, but he actually has a hive in his back. When Jubei slashes his back open the wasps attack him. Mushizo attacks with a 2 pronged pitch fork type weapon, and has a "throat needle" which he can spit out of his mouth. The only thing is he really shouldn't go near water. He is also the one who reveals to Jubei that Gemma has the ability to regenerate himself (while they are fighting in the mill type building).

Shijima

Shijima has many strange abilities. He can control dead bodies (and live ones too!) like they were puppets, he can travel freely through shadows, and he has the ability to multiply himself into "decoys". Actually, it is the illusion of him multiplying. His main weapon is his mechanical claw which he can throw very fast out of the shadows. He throws it at Dakuwan, and is amazed that he avoided it... all it did was pin his clothes to a tree. A pretty nifty enemy to Jubei, but not all that bright.

Tessai

Tessai is the devil responsible for killing all but three of the Koga ninja team (Yurimaru killed one, Zakuro later kills Hanza, and Kagero survives).

Tessai's special ability is to turn his entire body into stone (well not all of his body...), and he is huge!. He also hurls a gigantic double-edged, double-sided sword which cuts through anything in its path, and acts like a boomerang. It slices, it dices, goes through trees, people, just about anything! Somehow, he almost always catches it...

Tessai also has a very bad temper and hates Jubei. In fact, Tessai was the first devil that Jubei ran into... and he is the one that Jubei must save Kagero from. If Tessai had not made the mistake on the night before of kissing Kagero (who is poisonous to the touch) he probably would have had no problem defeating Jubei when they met the following day.

Utsutsu Mujuro

Mujuro is an amazing swordsman... even though he is blind. He is also apparently very strong, due to the fact that he was supporting Jubei's sword when he and Kagero were scaling a cliff. (He also has very cool hair!) In order to avoid losing to him, Jubei had to eliminate all noise that he was making... one sound and it was all over. He was also amazingly fast and even fought Jubei in a forest, running through the trees! He told Jubei: "your sight is a weakness" when he started flashing his sword in Jubei's line of sight to blind him. He was right. Over all he would have to be my favorite devil, as he fought with honor (he could have easily dropped Jubei and Kagero down the cliff when they didn't even know he was there) and was a great warrior. Without the teamwork of Kagero and Jubei, Mujuru may have won the battle for Gemma.

Yurimaru

Yurimaru is second in command (under Gemma) of the eight devils. He is ruthless, but very non-threatening in his composure. His special ability is that of electrocuting his enemies with energy generated in his body. He uses little wires (resembling Jubei's line attached to his sword) and is very accurate with them. He desires to be Gemma's lover... and is very jealous of Benisato, whom Gemma seems to prefer. Sakuro has fallen in love with him, but he has absolutely no desire for her and treats her lower than dirt.

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Ghost in the Shell

Summary:

Ghost in the Shell is a futuristic police thriller dealing with the exploits of Motoko Kusanagi, a member of a covert operations division of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission known as Section 9. The unit specializes in fighting technology-related crimes. She may be named after one of the three Imperial Regalia of Japan and Shirow makes reference to them at the end of the second manga.[citation needed] Although supposedly equal to all other members, Kusanagi fills the leadership role in the team, and is usually referred to as "the Major" due to her past rank in the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. She is capable of superhuman feats, and bionically specialized for her job — her body is almost completely mechanized; only her brain and a segment of her spinal cord remain organic.

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the 2004 sequel to the anime film Ghost in the Shell. Released in Japan on March 6, 2004, with a U.S. release on September 17, 2004.
Much of the storyline is taken from the original Ghost in the Shell manga, from a chapter called Robot Rondo, albeit heavily modified from the original tale. The story of Innocence begins in 2032, when cities are inhabited by the dwindling races of humans, purely mechanical androids, and cyborgs like Batou who still have a ghost (the in-universe term for the human spirit), but are vulnerable to ghost hacking.


Motoko Kusanagi

Leader of Section 9, star of the Ghost in the Shell.
Motoko Kusanagi (aka The Major) is a cyborg employed as the squad leader of the elite Section 9 anti-terrorism/cybercrimes division. Afflicted with disease as a child, Kusanagi's consciousness was transferred to a cyberbrain and fully prosthetic body at a young age.

Opting to keep her female chassis, Kusanagi skillfully maneuvers her body and is capable of ridiculous feats of acrobatic insanity. She is a very effective leader and is able to use her wits and cybernetic body in bringing criminals to justice. However, despite the number of cyborgs in Section 9, Kusanagi hand-picks Togusa, who has undergone only minimal brain modification, to balance the roster, an interesting expression of her belief that homogeneity is a weakness and that versatility is a strength. Kusanagi is often contemplative and brooding, whilst her counterpart Batou is more extroverted and lively. She usually wields an M-23 submachine gun that, while fictional, bears a striking resemblance to a P-90 - though with the magazine mounted vertically on the underside instead of horizontally as is the case with the P-90.

Since she has a full cybernetic body, she is not certain her ghost, or her soul, retains any humanity. In fact, she speculates on the possibility that she's entirely synthetic, with artificially generated memories designed to fool her into thinking she was once human.

Batou

recruited from the Rangers, the second best melee fighter in Section 9 and is the second in command under Major Motoko Kusanagi. Shirow has admitted that Batou is visually based on action-movie actor Steven Seagal.[citation needed] In the movie adaptations of Shirow's manga, Batou is a direct representation of Mamoru Oshii's opinions, views, and feelings that are presented throughout the story. He also cares for a cloned basset hound named Gabriel, and Oshii himself possesses a female basset hound named Gabriel.

Batou keeps his life away from work mostly unknown. He also gave his favorite Tachikoma an unapproved, non-synthetic oil until the Major caught him. In the first Stand Alone Complex series, the Laughing Man hacked into his eyes so that Batou could not see him.

According with Tachikomatic Days of episode 21 (Season 1), he has a can of beer after his bath and he takes out his eyes before going to sleep.

Also, he often uses up his paycheck buying muscle training equipment for the upper body, which others find useless, considering his extensive number of cyborg parts (mainly torso and arms). In the first season of Stand Alone Complex, it is inferred that he uses it to remind himself of who he is, despite his cyberization, much like the watch the Major wears.

Chief Aramaki

Daisuke Aramaki is chief of Public Security Section 9.
Aramaki is a strict chief, and is referred to by others in Section 9 as the "old ape" (most likely because in the original manga he was drawn with a face that appeared to be half monkey, half man).[citation needed] Even so, he is fiercely loyal to the members of Section 9, and often puts his own career on the line to ensure the survival of the rest of his team.

Togusa

is the second most prominently featured male character in the Ghost in the Shell manga and anime series. In Stand Alone Complex, as well as the original Ghost in the Shell movie, it is stated that he is the only member of Section 9 who has not undergone cybernetic replacement in some manner as he had been referred to as a natural (though he does have a cyberbrain

Ishikawa

is the information warfare/technology specialist in Public Security Section 9. It has not been stated in the series thus far as to the degree that he has been cybernetically augmented, though character dialogue (and his long recovery time from an injury) suggests that he is one of the least augmented members of Section 9. His appearance is characterized by a large beard and perpetually unkept hair, and he is the oldest of Section 9's field operatives. Ishikawa is especially well-known for his frequent, long-winded and often rather complicated expository speeches to the other characters, in order to inform them (and the show's audience) of new story developments.

Saito

Among the members of Section 9, he is regarded as one of the least cyberized. He can handle any automatic firearm with deadly accuracy and precision, but his primary role is as the unit's tactical sniper. His left eye was replaced with the "Hawkeye", a prosthetic eye that interfaces with satellites to allow for shots of incredible accuracy. He is also valued for his ability to think like enemy snipers[3]; on two separate occasions his ability at determining sniping locations impacted Section 9's actions.

Ghost in the shell 1995 IMDB, trailer
Innocence 2004 IMDB, trailer
AbsolutAanime Ghost in the shell, Innocence

Gatchaman New movie

Gatchaman is scheduled to be completed in 2010 by Imagi Animation Studios. Kevin Munroe (TMNT) was originally scheduled to write and direct with Lynne Southerland (co-director of Mulan 2) as producer, however, they were taken off the project. The film script is to be written by Paul Dini.Soundtrack by Paul Oakenfold.

Gatchaman first look

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According to some information taken from an interview with Kevin Munroe back on July 19, 2006, and statements coming from Imagi Animation Studios' Founder and Co-CEO Francis Kao, the movie will contain the following plotlines:

* The movie will focus on Ken, Joe, Jun, Jinpei and Ryu, especially on how they eventually formed the Science Ninja Team before they were dispatched to hunt down the Galactor terrorist group.

* The movie will focus on the Gatchaman universe, rather than the Battle of the Planets, Eagle Riders or G-Force: Guardians of Space universes (i.e., it will be a direct adaptation of the original Japanese series rather than an adaptation of the aforementioned localized versions).

* The movie could possibly have a PG-13 rating since it will have a slight dark tone and will focus on some potentially violent themes, so as to keep the same tone and style of the original Japanese version of the show.