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Spider-Man: The ’67 Collection
…show had been based quite faithfully on those early adventures. Spider-Man actually debuted in Amazing Fantasy #15, the last issue of an anthology title with nothing to lose, in 1962…. |
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Clutch Cargo: The Complete Series – Volume One
…adventures had been created to air weekly for a year. These 52 stories have recently been compiled into two 3-disc DVD sets by Brentwood Home Video (and distributed by BCI)…. |
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Drawn Together: Season One
…“reality” craze taking over TV land ever since Survivor became a smash hit, networks have been tripping over themselves to come up with the next big true-life series. Of course,… |
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Aeon Flux: The Complete Collection
…no kidding! Once you have seen Aeon Flux, it is hard to imagine Chung toiling away on a Nickelodeon kids’ show. The early Rugrats shows may have been decent programs,… |
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Whisper Of The Heart
…Ah, the fun of doing DVD reviews! Most of the Ghibli films have been directed by the master, Hayao Miyazaki; but for this one he stuck to doing the screenplay… |
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Batman Beyond: The Complete First Season
…to borrow heavily from an anime aesthetic, particularly Akira, but without the production values of that famous Japanese movie. There was a positive, however. Somehow, the new design sense that… |
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The Legend Of Prince Valiant: Complete Series, Vol. One
…showed some of his conceptual artwork for The Legend Of Prince Valiant. I had never known that the character had been adapted into an animated series, chiefly because I did… |
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Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey Saves Santa
…first major Mickey Mouse product that had been tried using computer techniques (aside from computer games and an Oscars telecast). I would still prefer to see Mickey done traditionally, but… |
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The Gremlins
…knew none had been produced (although the little horned creatures on the cover certainly looked oddly familiar). Where, then, did this thing come from?! I was dying to get a… |
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Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 1
…been given more freedom after ending his tumultuous one-and-a-half year marriage. MGM’s salary offer had been $87.50 a week, much more than the $60 Paul Terry was giving him after… |
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The Dick Tracy Show: The Complete Animated Crime Series
…Dick Tracy has been featured on a wide variety of merchandise. It was also a natural to bring him to the screen, first as a series of theatrical movie serials,… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Mickey Mouse Club Presents The Hardy Boys
…was only make-believe. Once the actual story got underway the next day, it was one thrilling chapter every afternoon. Just as the old movie serials had done, each episode finished… |
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Justice League Unlimited: Season Two
…possibilities. The result was a wild ride of a season that was like a valentine to all the DC Comics fans— whether in printed or animated form— who had been… |
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Batman Beyond: Season Three
…unexpected turn, on its way to becoming one of my favorite Batman Beyond episodes. Even if it had ended after Batman: The Musical, it would have been always remembered as… |
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The Venture Bros.: Season Two
…have been okay, though.) There’s never been a show quite like this one, and I’m glad to have discovered it on DVD. Animated Classic or Back To The Drawing Board?… |
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Dinosaurs: The Complete Third And Fourth Seasons
…been looking forward to. I loved the show from the beginning, thanks to its blend of social commentary and absurd but heartfelt storylines, and always wondered how the last two… |
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Hero High: The Complete Series
…of the show. Now, keep in mind that this was well before live action superhero movies had become commonplace, so it was still a bit thrilling to a kid to… |
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Pooh review, big things happening at Views
…In case you’ve been thinking that Animated Views has been looking a little stale recently, have no fear. We (especially Ben and James) have been busy behind the scenes preparing… |
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Jason Of Star Command: The Complete Series
…showcasing their fall line-ups. I even remember seeing promos on television for the series, but unfortunately it must have been on the same time as some other show I liked,… |
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Ratatouille arrives, and Jason review lands
…be by later today with his own take on the movie. Speaking of reviews, I have been working on my own backlog of reviews, and have now posted one for… |
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Ratatouille reviewed, catalog DVD reviews added
…arguments against animation as commerce, but this is the edition to get if you like the movie Metropolis – a visually stunning piece of anime from the creators behind Astro… |
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Popeye The Sailor: Volume 1 1933-1938
…to finally be writing this review. When one has found the holy grail, what is there to say? How about…. “Yippee!!!!” This is the one we’ve all been waiting for,… |
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Darkwing Duck: Volume 2
…Steelbeak. So, this volume of Darkwing Duck does contain some interesting plotlines, but how’s the execution? To be honest, it could have been better. The main problem is the scripting,… |
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Looking ahead to the long weekend
…new baby has been seriously impeding me. I’m having to handle the mid-night feedings right now, so by the time I get around to my writing time late in the… |
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The Muppet Show: Season Two
…and his colleagues had to rely on personal friendships to procure many of the first season guests. The Muppets had been around for years, and had been on numerous TV… |
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Shrek The Weak reviewed, Enchanted leads box office
…with all the other critics in loving the Rat. I haven’t seen the film yet myself, having been out of action much of the past few months while having a… |
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DuckTales: Volume 3
…DVD, as well as Wall*E, Santa Clause 3, and a promo for Disney Movie Rewards. These are also available from the menus, along with Sneak Peeks for the new issue… |
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The Batman: The Complete Fourth Season
…how much better that earlier show had been. This new show was certainly well-animated, in fact more consistently so than B:TAS, but the storylines were simplistic and the designs of… |
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The New Adventures Of The Lone Ranger And Zorro: Volume 1
…movies, serials, and TV shows. His first of several animated appearances was on Filmation’s show, where he broke new ground in several ways. Zorro and the rest of the cast… |
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Archie’s Funhouse: The Complete Series
…though, but it has been included as an extra.) Sugar, Sugar was actually the number one hit of 1969, having been released on the album Everything’s Archie. Remember that this… |

