Kids and grown-ups alike are in for a treat with this week’s batch of DVD releases of popular animated TV shows. In addition to the eagerly awaited first season of Warner Bros. Animation’s Xiaolin Showdown, the generous home video gods have blessed us today with couple volumes of [adult swim] favorites Sealab 2021 and The Brak Show.
In Xiaolin Showdown, the powers of good and evil are held within an assortment of sacred objects, each with unique supernatural powers that can only be captured after an extreme, gravity-defying, martial arts “double dare” showdown occurs. Now available on disc from Warner Home Video is the entire first season, which premiered on Kids’ WB! in the fall of 2003. All 13 episodes are included in a two-disc set that carries a suggested retail price of $19.98.
The silliness continues in an underwater colony populated by incompetent researchers in Sealab 2021 Season 4. The two-disc set features all 13 episodes from the show’s 2000 season. Also included are a forward to the episode ‘Shrabster,’ an alternate ending for the episode ‘Legacy of Laughter,’ deleted scenes from the episode ‘Joy of Grief,’ and the features titled Best of Sealab/Sunken Treasures and Nightshift.
The Brak Show Volume 2 is a collection of 14 episodes of the erstwhile [adult swim] spin-off of Space Ghost Coast to Coast. The series plays like a sitcom as Brak, the absent-minded space pirate from the Space Ghost cartoons, is cast as a school-age boy who gets into trouble with his best friend, Zorak, also of Space Ghost fame. Turner Home Entertainment lists the set at $24.98.
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