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Kronk’s New Groove

The breakout character from The Emperor’s New Groove, Kronk returns for another knockabout slice of Disney fun.

Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities – Celebrated Shorts: 1920s-1960s

Leonard Maltin hosts a wild ride through decades of Disney studio history.

Valiant

A good first effort from Vanguard gets a pretty but lazy DVD edition.

Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume One

Huck, Yogi, and Pixie & Dixie star in Hanna-Barbera’s first full-length television series— a true classic.

FernGully: The Last Rainforest: Family Fun Edition

This is a very good special edition of the ecological 1992 film— worth a look from both parents and kids.

Aeon Flux: The Complete Collection

The bold, landmark series from Peter Chung is wonderfully presented in this superb DVD set— a highlight of 2005.

DuckTales: Volume 1

The glorious comic book works of Carl Barks inspired this fine series. Too bad the DVD presentation is not nearly so inspired.

Drawn Together: Season One

A group of diverse animated charcaters have to live together in this raunchy “reality” cartoon series.

Cinderella: Platinum Edition

Walt’s 1950 classic gets one of the better Platinum releases, though some may never forgive Disney for including the WORST “bonus” of all time on this set.

The Best of He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe

He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe is set in the far-off planet of Eternia where the only one who can stop the forces of evil from conquering the planet is a hero named He-Man, the powerful alter-ego of Prince Adam of Eternia who transforms into He-Man by evoking the Power of Greyskull.

My Neighbors The Yamadas

This very different Studio Ghibli film, based on a comic strip, offers glimpses of Japanese family life.

Pom Poko

This Studio Ghibli film may not have seemed quite so weird in Japan, but this tale of raccoon-like creatures trying to reclaim their forest sure seems pretty wild to us.

Rock & Rule: 2-Disc Collector’s Edition

This rock & roll adventure for grown-ups gets a deluxe set that holds more than fans could have hoped.

Metropolis

This anime film based on a comic from the creator of Astro Boy may be a modern masterpiece. It certainly has a visual flair at the very least, and this set carries some nice extras.

Danger Mouse: The Complete Seasons 1 & 2

This may be considered a classic by many, but apparently it must be an “acquired taste” kind of show.

Tarzan II

Another Disney hero gets the “mid-quel” treatment as we find out most undramatically just what Tarzan got up to between finding family with the apes and discovering Jane.

Fantastic Four: The Complete 1994-95 Animated Series

The first season was legendarily bad, the second season pretty good. Overall, this one is for fans of the Four only.

Clutch Cargo: The Complete Series – Volume One

Cartoons… with real lips. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen Synchro-Vox technology in action! They don’t make ’em like this anymore.

Spider-Man: The ’67 Collection

A Generaton X childhood favorite gets a big ol’ DVD set, as Marvel’s wall-crawling superhero discovers that super powers don’t make life any easier.

Starchaser: The Legend Of Orin

Space-opera animation style, in a hugely enjoyable slice of derivative sci-fi hokum.

Father Of The Pride: The Complete Series

DreamWorks’ debut television satire is three-parts very good fun to one part filthy that leaves somewhat of a bad taste.

Perils of Penelope Pitstop: The Complete Series

While still not one of Hanna-Barbera’s very best, this is still an entertaining show that is perhaps the strongest of the Wacky Races “trilogy.”

Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines: The Complete Series

Another spiffy DVD set for a mediocre H-B cartoon. The Wacky Races spin-off gets nicer treatment than it warrants, but I have no probalmes with that.

Team America: World Police – Unrated

South Park‘s Trey Parker and Matt Stone let rip on everything from bad Hollywood movies to the threat of global terrorism in possibly the most hysterical movie ever made. With puppets.

Pocahontas: 10th Anniversary Edition

Disney’s underrated musical drama returns on DVD with a healthy upgrade in bonuses and an extremely warranted “extra” inserted into the main feature itself!

Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law: Volume One

My childhood memories are disturbed by this send-up of classic Hanna-Barbera characters, yet I cannot help laughing.

The Plague Dogs: (1983 US Edited Edition)

Martin Rosen’s haunting adaptation of Richard Adams’ chilling book, here unfortunately shown in the truncated, illogical US edition which loses 20 minutes of material.

Shark Tale

Perhaps the least essential big studio CGI feature released so far, DreamWorks’ hyperactive comedy is brash and loud, more surface gloss than wanting to explore deeper waters.

Wacky Races: The Complete Series

This old favorite turns out to not have a lot of substance to it, but it is certainly fun as well as being a nearly essential purchase for the Hanna-Barbera fan. Warner Home Video produced a pretty nice little set overall, with a couple of good featurettes.

The Incredibles: Collector’s Edition

Disney/Pixar’s exceptionally entertaining dysfunctional superhero family spoof comes smashing onto DVD in the usual customary packed set.