{"product_id":"petshop-of-horrors-special-edition-dvd","title":"Petshop of Horrors ~Special Edition~ DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003eSomewhere in the heart of Los Angeles' Chinatown, past the lanterns and the noise, there is a pet shop. The proprietor is Count D — ageless, androgynous, impeccably dressed, and possessed of an unsettling ability to know exactly what each customer truly wants. His inventory is extraordinary: animals of ancient legend, creatures that appear to be something else entirely to the human eye, each one offered with a contract containing exactly three rules. The rules are always specific. The consequences of breaking them are always severe. Count D accepts no responsibility for what happens afterward. Detective Leon Orcot has been linking the strange deaths in Chinatown to the pet shop — a grieving couple whose rabbit looks exactly like their dead daughter, a washed-up actor undone by vanity, an idol singer's murderous manager, a corrupt politician seeking power through impossible means. Leon is certain Count D is behind all of it. What he can't quite figure out is whether the Count is a criminal, a supernatural force of moral reckoning, or something else entirely. The answer, like the Count himself, is not easy to classify. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePet Shop of Horrors is a four-episode horror anthology OVA produced by Madhouse and directed by Toshio Hirata, adapting selected chapters from Matsuri Akino's acclaimed manga. Each episode functions as a \u003cstrong\u003estandalone morality tale in the tradition of Tales from the Crypt or The Twilight Zone \u003c\/strong\u003e— drawing victims whose own desires, obsessions, and failures become the instruments of their destruction — while the cat-and-mouse dynamic between Count D and Detective Orcot provides a dark, wry throughline. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally released in North America by Urban Vision on VHS in 2000, the Special Edition DVD released in February 2001 collects all four episodes on a single disc with both English and Japanese audio. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNotable Staff \u0026amp; Voice Talent\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDirector:\u003c\/b\u003e Toshio Hirata\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginal Manga:\u003c\/b\u003e Matsuri Akino (serialized in Apple Mystery \/ Horror M, Ohzora Publishing)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStudio:\u003c\/b\u003e Madhouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic:\u003c\/b\u003e Mitsuru Miyamoto \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode Titles:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Episode 1: Daughter\u003cbr\u003e- Episode 2: Delicious\u003cbr\u003e- Episode 3: Despair\u003cbr\u003e- Episode 4: Dual \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCast:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Toshihiko Seki as Count D (Escaflowne, Angel Sanctuary, Nazca)\u003cbr\u003e- Masaya Onosaka as Detective Leon Orcot (Trigun, SoulTaker)\u003cbr\u003e- Miho Yamada as Chris Orcot\u003cbr\u003e- Itsuki Yukino as Q-chan \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDVD Features\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- All Four Episodes on a Single Disc\u003cbr\u003e- Urban Vision Previews \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpoken Languages:\u003c\/b\u003e English \u0026amp; Japanese Audio, English Subtitles \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition Details\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJapanese Title:\u003c\/b\u003e ペットショップ オブ ホラーズ (Pettoshoppu obu Horāzu)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuntime:\u003c\/b\u003e ~100 Minutes (Complete Series, 4 Episodes)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDirector:\u003c\/b\u003e Toshio Hirata\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDVD Release Year:\u003c\/b\u003e 2001 (U.S. Special Edition Release)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginal Release Date (Japan):\u003c\/b\u003e March 1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Urban Vision\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRating:\u003c\/b\u003e Unrated\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRegion:\u003c\/b\u003e Region 1 (U.S. \/ Canada)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenre:\u003c\/b\u003e Horror, Dark Fantasy, Anthology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThemes:\u003c\/b\u003e Moral Reckoning, Forbidden Desires, Chinatown Mystery, Ancient Creatures, Contract Horror \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMedia assumed VG+ unless otherwise noted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pre-Owned","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42471366492245,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/7673\/7365\/files\/9D540EEE-AE62-4705-9472-9948BDABCD60.jpg?v=1778551425","url":"https:\/\/hifilofi.shop\/products\/petshop-of-horrors-special-edition-dvd","provider":"HiFi LoFi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}