Akira Jimbo - Wasabi - Adding Spice To Your Grooves DVD

Advantages: Cheap and cheerful cartoon
Disadvantages: Dated animation

...'s cheap, but then it's not very long either! The DVD contains 15 episodes (25 episodes - 5 minutes each - were made in total, and the other 10 can be found on "The Royal Visitors" DVD) and lasts 76 minutes. There are no extras on the DVD. The cover of the case is brightly coloured and appealing, but the pictures shown are not actual pictures from the series. What I remembered most about Jimbo was the theme tune and introduction (music by Roger and Gavin Greenaway). Jimbo was created by Petter Maddocks (who also created Penny Crayon, and the Family-Ness). In the intro sequence you will see various characters (such as cows and sheep) as they sing Jimbo's name getting higher and higher until SMASH, the glass in the control tower is broken as the Chief controller (whose ginger hair and moustache is unforgettable) screams his name! The Little... Read review

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Advantages: Four great episodes, classic Cartman
Disadvantages: Not as many episodes as other DVDs

...people hanging a black man and wants to change it but Jimbo wants to keep it as it is their history. The school children are assigned the task of debating the issue Stan, Kyle and Kenny go on Jimbo’s side a it is their history, whilst Wendy, Clyde and Butters take Chefs opinion. Cartman soon joins Wendy’s team to everyone surprise and Wendy’s anger. During the episode the boys do not understand why Chef is no anti the flag. Cartman leads the anti-flag force by trying to win the debate by ‘Ad Hominem’ tactics to destroy the rivals team credibility by digging up the dirt, “Stan’s mom grounded him once for setting something on fire. Let's find out what that something was, and then lie and say it was a puppy”. The argument gains public attention and soon the KKK turn up on Jimbo’s side. He does not like this as he’s not arguing for racism just... Read review

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Advantages: Another Toho movie on dvd
Disadvantages: No bonus features

...Takarada U.S. Screenplay by William J. Keenan US Producer Arthur Rankin Jr Production Toho Co LTD. Soundtrack The Late AKIRA IFUKUBE Features English Mono Subtitles none Color Run time 1hr 32 mins Contains mild violence. Overall this is a priceless DVD to add to your collection provided that you are into any of the following ......................... sci-fi comedy Dai Kaiju (Japanese for big monster) Akira Ifukube Godzilla Toho studios King Kong Robots I myself love this movie for a few reasons..................... I am a big Akira Ifukube music fan I am a big fan of the TOHO GODZILLA movies I am also a big Dai Kaiju fan as well I had all the 8 inch Bandai Dai Kaiju Godzilla vinyl figures from 1992 - 1995 Sadly my house was broken into back in 1995 and everything was stolen & can't be replaced.... Read review

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