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New ‘My Little Pony’ Debuts on DVD Feb. 28
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is coming to DVD with the Feb. 28 release of The Friendship Express. The disc contains five episodes and will be released by Shout! Factory in collaboration with Hasbro Studios. Bonus material includes such features as Meet the Ponies, sing-a-longs and coloring sheets. It [...]
More ‘MAD,’ ‘Thomas’ Spin Out on DVD
There’s no week that can’t be brightened up with a DVD release from the Usual Gang of Idiots. Leading this week’s home entertainment releases is MAD: Season 1, Part 2 (Warner Bros., $19.97). This collects the second half of the hit Cartoon Network series based on the famous humor magazine. [...]
‘Supernatural’ Anime, High-Def ‘Justice League’ on Disc
The CW’s hit series Supernatural is getting animated – Japanese style. Hot on the heels of a showing at Comic-Con comes the release this week of Supernatural: The Anime Series (Warner Bros., $49.98 DVD, $54.97 Blu-ray). The set collects all 22 episodes of this first-ever anime series adapted from a live-action [...]
Take ‘Rango,’ Third ‘Robot Chicken: Star Wars’ For a Spin
Lizards, toys and classic toons come home on video this week, highlighted by the release of the hit feature film Rango. Directed by Gore Verbinski and starring the voice of Johnny Depp, Rango (Paramount, $30.99 DVD, $40.99 Blu-ray and DVD) arrives with plenty of bonus features, including an alternate ending, [...]
Giant Robots, Firemen and Classic Re-issues Out on Disc
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 [...]
Videos We Like: Animated ‘Rocketeer’ Homage
One of our favorite comics at Animation Magazine is The Rocketeer, created way back in the early 1980s by Dave Stevens and turned into a live-action feature film by Disney in 1991. The movie version of The Rocketeer was a box office flop, but has found new popularity in recent [...]
Extended ‘Lord of the Rings’ Arrives on Blu-ray
Fans of Middle Earth can put the final touches on their high-def home video collection. Out this week for the first time on high-definition disc is The Lord Of The Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy – Extended Edition (New Line, $119.98). This 15-disc set features the entire trilogy and is [...]
Adult Swim’s ‘Squidbillies’ Wiggle Home on DVD
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 [...]
New ‘Snoopy,’ ‘SpongeBob,’ ‘Bob’ Released on Home Video
It’s going to be tough to pick from this week’s relatively even batch of animation and visual-effects DVD and Blu-ray releases. The animated releases run the full gamut, from modern kid fare such as Hero 108: Season 1, Vol. 1 (VIZ, $14.97) to more nostalgic releases like Peanuts: Happiness Is … [...]
Rejoice in the Release of ‘American Dad, Vol. 6′ on DVD
Get in line, Seth-heads — the most recent release from the Seth McFarlane-Fox animation alliance is arriving this week with the release of American Dad, Vol. 6 (Fox, $39.98). The three-disc box set includes all 18 episodes from season five, including “Rapture’s Delight.” Bonus features include deleted scenes and audio [...]
Jon Vitti to Pen ‘Angry...
Emmy-winning writer Jon Vitti, who has worked on hit toons The Simpsons and...
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