Giant Robots, Firemen and Classic Re-issues Out on Disc

July 5, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

Robots, children’s titles and re-issues dominate this week’s animated home video releases. Up first is Transformers — The Japanese Collection: Headmasters (Shout! Factory, $29.96), offering a unique look into the original animated series that spawned the current box-office king feature film Transformers: Dark of the Moon. And if giant robots in [...]

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Adult Swim’s ‘Squidbillies’ Wiggle Home on DVD

June 20, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

America’s favorite hillbilly squids are back. Leading this week’s animation-related home video releases is Squidbillies, Vol. 4 (Warner Bros., $19.97), collecting all 10 episodes from the Adult Swim series’ fifth season on two discs. Bonus features include the featurette Behind the Scenes of “America: Why I Love Her,” Jesco White Voice Record [...]

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