The floodgates have been opened for animated TV series coming to DVD and VHS this week as a few new favorites and a pair of classic cartoon shows hit retail shelves. Ed, Edd n Eddy: Volume 1, Kim Possible: So the Drama and Ninja Scroll: The Series Ultimate Collection are joined by Hanna-Barbera’s Wacky Races spin-offs Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines: The Complete Series and The Perils of Penelope Pitstop: The Complete Series.
Ed, Edd n Eddy: Volume 1 features six episodes from the Cartoon Network show produced by series creator/exec producer Danny Antonucci at aka Cartoons in Vancouver. Bonus materials include a pair featurettes titled Club Ed: The Rules and Regulations and Plank’s Perspective, a "My Best Friend Plank" music video, character bios and an episode of Cartoon Network’s Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy titled "Nursery Crimes.” The Warner Home Video release carries a suggested retail price of $14.97.
Following TV premiere last month, The Disney Channel original movie, Disney’s Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama, infiltrates the home video market with an extended edition featuring deleted scenes, two music videos and "Gorilla Fist," a never-before-seen episode of the series created by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle. The movie finds our red-headed cheerleader heroine with her head in the clouds when by the new guy at school asks her to the Junior prom. Meanwhile, her jealous sidekick, Ron Stoppable, learns that Kim’s rocket scientist dad has been kidnapped by the evil Dr. Drakken and its up to him to mount a rescue mission. The Buena Vista release lists for $19.99 on DVD.
Ninja Scroll The Series Ultimate Collection comes as a four-disc set featuring all three volumes (13 episodes) of the anime show animated by world-renowned Japanese toon studio Mad House. A limited edition version, packaged in a collectible tin and featuring an original action figure, has already sold out. The regular version lists for $59.95 from Urban Vision Entertainment.
It’s off to the races with Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines: The Complete Series. This three-disc set includes all 17 episodes of the classic 1968 Hanna-Barbera series, along with commentary by animation veterans on two episodes, a collectible animation cel replica and the featurettes The Vulture Squadron’s Greatest Misses and Dastardly & Muttley’s Spinoffs: What Wacky Races Wrought. Released by Warner Home Video, the set carries a suggested retail price of $34.98.
Another thing Wacky Races has wrought is The Perils of Penelope Pitstop. Now the complete 1969 series is tied up in one neat package featuring 17 episodes, commentary by voice cast and animation veterans, a collectible animation cel replica and the retrospective featurettes The Players in Peril and Penelope Pitstop’s Spinouts. The Warner Home Video release lists for $34.98.
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