Get on your slippers, grab a bowl of cereal and revisit the Saturday mornings of decades past with the release this week on DVD of two volumes of Saturday Morning Cartoons.
The first release, Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960’s Volume 1 (Warner Bros, $26.99) features 14 episodes from 12 popular cartoon series on two discs. The lineup includes episodes of Top Cat, The Atom Ant Show, The Peter Potamus Show, The Secret Squirrel Show, The Flintstones, The Porky Pig Show, The Jetsons, Marine Boy, Space Ghost & Dino Boy, Herculoids, Frankenstein Jr. & the Impossibles, The Magilla Gorilla Show and The Quick Draw McGraw Show.
The second release, Saturday Morning Cartoons 1970’s Volume 1 (Warner Bros., $26.99) features episodes from 12 different cartoons. The lineup includes The Jetsons, The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour, Hong Kong Phooey, Goober and the Ghost Chasers, Speed Buggy, and Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch, Yogi’s Gang, Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, Roman Holidays, Josie and the Pussycats, The New Scooby-Doo Movies and Funky Phantom.
Here’s an advance look at these nostalgic DVD releases:
Also new this week is The Sky Crawlers (Sony, $27.96 DVD, $34.95 Blu-ray), the anime feature film from Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii. The film is a tale of epic war and astounding air battles. This release includes bonus features on animation and sound design, and the Blu-ray version includes and exclusive interview with Oshii.
Here’s a look at the trailer for the film.
