Akron Public Library

"Once the province of cult audiences, anime has gone mainstream. Media streaming service Netflix says that more than 100 million households around the world watched at least one anime title in the first nine months of 2020"--

An action-packed musical adventure in which Tom Thumb and Thumbelina join forces and face towering odds in a journey to find their true home.

A look at some of Disney's most popular characters with tidbits about their names, their diverse careers, their relationships to one another, and more.

"In 2019 the Anime Expo attracted over 115,000 people from all over the world to the Los Angeles Convention Center. The expo, which is the largest anime convention in North America, would not exist without Japanese comics called manga. While appealing to the masses, most mangaka work alone. They write the scripts for the stories and draw every panel themselves. Because manga are a black-and-white medium, most mangaka shun computers and digital art...

Still the faithful protector of Notre Dame's beloved bells, Quasimodo now rings them with the help of Esmeralda's and Phoebus' little boy, Zephyr, who is Quasi's best friend. Stopping with Zephyr at a travelling circus owned by the evil magician Sarousch, Quasi is captivated by Sarousch's lovely assistant, Madellaine. But greedy Sarousch is plotting to steal the Cathedral's most famous bell--with Madellaine's unwilling help. Surrounded by sorcery,...

The 1973 animated adaptation of E.B. White's tale of Wilber the pig and his friendship with a literate spider, Charlotte, who saves Wilber's life with some fancy web work.

"After being marooned on a mysterious island, Sinbad hears the legend of the Valley of the Diamonds, which is protected by giant birds, hungry cannibals, and deadly vipers. Sinbad must also defeat an evil Sheik, who wants the diamonds for himself and has kidnapped the beautiful maiden, Simba.

Ariel is a fun-loving and mischievous mermaid who is enchanted with all things human. Disregarding her father's order to stay away from the world above the sea, she swims to the surface and, in a raging storm, rescues Prince Eric, the man of her dreams. Determined to be human, she strikes a bargain with the devious seawitch, Ursula, and trades her fins and beautiful voice for legs. With her best friend Flounder, and her reluctant chaperone Sebastian...

Join Sprit, a young wild mustang, as he sets out against impossible odds to regain his freedom and save his homeland. On his courageous journey across the American frontier, Spirit forms a remarkable friendship with a Lakota brave, outwits a squadron of soldiers, and falls for a paint mare named Rain.

Tom is left in charge of a priceless magical ring, he becomes horified to find this enchanted ring has become stuck on Jerry's head. Jerry takes off for the city and Tom has to go out looking for him in order to return the ring. The sorcerer's ring begins spouting out a torrent of mischievous magic.