TV on DVD Buzz

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated category.

Barney: Sharing Is Caring! - This is the latest Barney release. It says All New DVD, but I am not sure if it means it has not aired on television or not.

The Batman vs. Dracula/The Batman Superman Movie - This release features to full-length movies, The Batman vs. Dracula and The Batman Superman Movie.

Johnny Test: Johnny X and Super Pooch - This release is a one disc set of six stories (I assume this is what I think of as half-episodes).

Olivia - This is the first DVD release of Olivia, which is a show that premiered earlier this year as part of the Nick Jr. line up on Nickelodeon. It has a run time of 95 minutes, so I am guessing it only has four or five episodes of the show.

Scooby-Doo Meets Batman/Scooby-Doo Meets the Harlem Globetrotters - This release is a double feature with two Scooby Doo movies. The two movies are Scooby-Doo Meets Batman and Scooby-Doo Meets the Harlem Globetrotters.

Super Friends: The Lost Episodes - This release is a two disc set with 24 episodes. The special features include two downloadable Super Friends comics as PDFs using a DVD-ROM.

UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie: Seasons 3 & 4 (The OVA Collection) - This release is a 2 disc set of the show’s third and fourth seasons of this anime show.

Zorro: Generation Z: Volume 2 - This release features episodes 7 through 11 of Zorro: Generation Z. I am not sure why the switched from 6 episodes in the first volume to only 4 in this volume, but they do seem to be releasing a volume a month with volume one coming out last month and volume three coming out next month.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated category.

The Backyardigans: Singing Sensation! - This release is a one disc set of a few episodes from the Nick Jr show that focuses on using your imagination to have backyard adventures.

Bakugan Volume 4: Heroes Rise - This release is a one disc set with four episodes of Bakugan Battle Brawlers.

Sid the Science Kid: The Bug Club - This release is a one disc release of the PBS Kids show that teaches science concepts through the curiosity of the preschool character named Sid. For a limited time it is supposed to come with a bonus disc that has over 2.5 hours of other NCircle Entertainment shows, such as WordWorld and Will and Dewitt.

Sid the Science Kid: Change Happens - This release is another one disc four episode release of Sid the Science Kid. It also comes with the same extra disc for a limited time.

Slayers: Seasons 1-3 Box Set - This release is a 12 disc set of the shows first three seasons.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated category.

Green Lantern: First Flight - This release is coming out in a one disc and two disc set. This release is a Green Lantern movie, which is why it has a short run time and not because it is a few episodes featuring the Green Lantern put together as a limited release. I think the two disc set has some Justice League episodes. This is also being released on Blu-Ray and the Blu-Ray version comes with a digital copy of the movie.

Spectacular Spider-Man: Complete First Season - This release is a two disc set. Finally a full season release, but only after they did smaller volume releases of the show. This set includes all 13 episodes from the show’ first season.

Voltron: Fleet of Doom - This release has a run time of 48 minutes, so I think it is a Voltron movie or special episode, but I know nothing about the series other than the final box set has already been released and this was not in it.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated category.

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II – This release is a special Robot Chicken stop motion animated episode that parodies Star Wars Episode II.

The Secret Saturdays Volume 1 – This release contains five episodes of the show in a one disc release.

SpongeBob SquarePants: To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants – The stories on this release are “To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants,” “Squid’s Visit,” “The Splinter,” “Slide Whistle Stooges,” “Boating Buddies,” “The Krabby Kronicle,” “The Slumber Party,” and “Grooming Gary.” The special features include an Animation Art gallery, which I think is pretty unique for a kids television show release.

Voltron Volume 8 – This release is a three disc set. Note this is the Amazon release date and several people have said that they found this at Best Buy already this month.

Wolverine and the X-Men: Deadly Enemies – This release is a simple one disc one with five episodes of the show. It is as can be expected for a kids series, but this is one of those that people talk more about being ripped off from because the is an older crowd that enjoys them as well and it is not just uninformed parents being suckered into buying a minimal release for their kid.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated and kids categories.

Barney: Book Fair - This release is a full length Barney DVD that comes with a book.

Barney Lunchbox Gift Set - This release is a three DVD set packaged in a lunchbox. The included DVDs are Everybody is Special, Adventure Bus, and Imagination Island.

Barney: Now I Know My ABCs - This release is about learning the alphabet.

Barney: Numbers! Numbers! - This release is about learning numbers.

Barney: Let’s Play School - This release is about playing school.

Barney: Red, Yellow and Blue - This release is about learning the colors.

Bob the Builder: Built for Fun - This release comes with toy truck.

Bob the Builder: Teamwork! - This release is about teamwork.

Bob the Builder: Yes We Can! - This release is a one disc set.

Bob the Builder Lunchbox Gift Set - This release contains 3 DVDs of the show in a lunchbox. The DVDs are “The Big Game,” “Can We Fix It?,” and “Celebrate with Bob.”

Care Bears Lunchbox Gift Set - This release contains 3 DVDs in a lunchbox. The included DVDs are Fitness Fun, Adventures in Joke-a-lot, and The Gift of Caring.

Faerie Tale Theatre: Tales from Hans Christian Andersen - This release contains four episodes. The included episodes are “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Nightingale,” “The Snow Queen,” and “Thumbelina.”

Faerie Tale Theatre: Princess Tales - This release contains four episodes of the Faerie Tale Theatre. The episodes are “Cinderella,” “The Little Mermaid,” “The Dancing Princesses,” and “The Princess and the Pea.”

G.I. Joe A Real American Hero: Season 1.1 - This release is a four disc set with the five parts of the first three miniseries (The MASS Device, The Revenge Of Cobra: The Weather Dominator and The Pyramid Of Darkness). The special features include featurettes and old toy commercials.

HIT Favorites: School Days - This release includes episodes from several shows including Kipper, Barney, Fireman Sam, and Bob the Builder.

Ni Hao Kai-Lan: Kai-Lan’s Great Trip to China - This release is of the Nick Jr show for preschoolers. It probably has four episode of the show, as Nickelodeon releases usually do.

Punky Brewster - This release contains eight episodes of the show.

Thomas & Friends: Calling All Engines - This is a full length special of the show.

Thomas & Friends Lunchbox Gift Set - This release contains 3 Thomas and Friends DVDs in a lunchbox.

Thomas & Friends: Percy and the Bandstand - This release is the latest release in the already extensive Thomas & Friends series.

The Wiggles Go Bananas! - This release is a Wiggles release with songs that are supposed to help teach about animals.

Zorro: Generation Z, Volume One - This is a one disc set with the first six episodes of this animated series.

The latest Spongebob Squarepants TV on DVD is coming on July 21, 2009. The newest DVD release of the show is being called SpongeBob SquarePants: To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants. This release is just one disc with a run time of 88 minutes. Not much content for a television show release, but normal for kids show releases. It would be nice if they just released kids shows in seasons, but that just is not the norm. It has 8 episodes of the show on it, but remember this show is done with two stories per episode that airs on television and technically there are two episodes per half hour time slot at least in most cases. Thus this is really only like watching four episodes on television, which is the true norm for kids TV on DVD releases. The episodes included are “To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants,” “Squid’s Visit,” “The Splinter,” “Slide Whistle Stooges,” “Boating Buddies,” “The Krabby Kronicle,” “The Slumber Party,” and “Grooming Gary.”

I am not into this show much, but I know it seems to be quite popular. The DVD releases from Nickelodeon tend not to have that much special content on it besides previews for their other DVDs and such. This release is kind of the same in that respect, however, the special features it does have sound unique. Most of the time I notice kids show releases just have music videos as the special feature or if lucky a quick DVD game. This one, though, has an Animation Art Gallery. I have seen this with some DVDs, but it does not seem to happen often with kids releases. The Animation Art Gallery has storyboard panels and character art.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated category.

Peanuts: 1960’s Collection - This release is a two disc set with the Peanuts episodes from the 1960s remastered and packaged together in one release. The episodes include “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” “Charlie Brown’s All-Stars,” “It’s the Great Pumpkin,” “You’re in Love,” “He’s Your Dog,” and “It Was a Short Summer.”

Power Rangers RPM Volume 1: Start Your Engines - This one disc volume release of the latest Power Rangers series has a run time of 113 minutes, so I assume it has around 4 or 5 episodes of the show.

Sesame Street: Bedtime With Elmo - This Sesame Street release is about Elmo and Abby trying to stay up late and Elmo’s dad, Louie, getting them to go to bed. The special feature is Andrea Bocelli singing “Time To Say Goodnight” to Elmo.

Twelve Kingdoms Complete Series - This release is a 10 disc set of the anime show.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated category.

Dinosaur King: Volcanic Panic - This is the third volume of episodes from this show. It includes 5 episodes of Dinosaur King.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated category.

Bob the Builder: Bob’s Top Team

Thomas & Friends: Track Stars - This release has a run time of about 50 minutes.

Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection - This is a two disc set with 34 shorts done by Chuck Jones. It includes two documentaries called Tom and Jerry…and Chuck and Chuck Jones: Memories of a Childhood.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated category.

Barney: Sing and Dance with Barney - This release two disc set. One disc is the DVD and the other is a music CD with the songs on the DVD. It features 27 songs to sing and dance along to.

Family Guy Volume 7 - This release is a three disc set of the adult animated show.

Thomas & Friends: Hop on Board Songs and Stories - This release contains a DVD sing along disc and a music CD of the songs.

Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases Volume 2 - This release includes 14 shorts of the show.

Transformers: The Complete First Season 25th Anniversary Edition - This release is a three disc set. The bonus features include Restored to the original broadcast versions with a new stereo soundtrack created from the original audio, Triplechanger: From Toy To Comic To Screen: The Origins Of The Transformers, Printable Transport to Oblivion Script, Rare PSAs, Archival Hasbro toy commercials, and Limited edition Autobot magnet inside.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated category.

Bob the Builder: Truck Teamwork - This release contains never before seen content and a bonus truck. It includes five episodes.

Care Bears: Tell-Tale Tummies - This release includes eight episodes of the Care Bears with the main focus of teaching about telling the truth.

Danny Phantom Season 3 - This release is a three disc set with the season’s 12 episodes. It is released in the Amazon DVD-R format, which does not work with all types of DVD players.

Nick Jr. Celebrate Family! - This is a collection contains family themed episodes of Nick Jr shows. The shows include Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go!, Wonder Pets!, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Blue’s Clues, and Ni Hao, Kai-lan.

Shaun the Sheep: Sheep on the Loose - This release includes six episodes of the Shaun the Sheep short show from the creators of Wallace & Grommit.

Wonder Pets!: Ollie’s Slumber Party - This release contains 90 minutes of the Wonder Pets. The main part is about them having an underground slumber party with Ollie.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated category.

Elmo & Abby’s Birthday Fun - This release is about it being Dorothy’s birthday. It also includes a bonus episode of Elmo’s World.

Irresponsible Captain Tylor Complete TV Series - This release is a five disc set. The special features include character bios, UPSF ship data, Raalgon Empire ship data, textless opening, textless closing, and liner notes.

The Jetsons: Season Two Volume 1 - This release is a three disc with the first 21 episodes of the show’s second season, which was created over two decades after the first season was first aired on television.

My Friend Rabbit: Hello Rabbit - This release contains the show’s first six episodes.

The Zula Patrol: Animal Adventures in Space! - I believe this release has four episodes of the educational show that focuses on teaching science.

Zeroman: The Complete Series - This release is a two disc set.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated category.

Digimon Data Squad Collection One - This release is a three disc set with 13 episodes from the show.

Dora the Explorer: Super Babies’ Dream Adventure - This release features an episode about Dora telling a special Super Babies naptime story to her twin siblings.

Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s Volume 1 - This release is a two disc set featuring episodes from 14 different cartoon series from the 1960s. The shows include Top Cat, Peter Potamus, Porky Pig, Quick Draw McGraw, and more.

Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1970s Volume 1 - This release is a two disc set featuring episodes from 12 different cartoon series from the 1970s. The shows include Speed Buggy, Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, Funky Phantom, and more.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated and kids categories.

Barney : Let’s Go on Vacation - This release is about Barney and friends going on a musical adventure to a new place. This DVD sounds like a good release for Barney fans as it includes several bonus features. The features include a bonus episode of Roary the Racing Car called “Roary’s Day At the Seaside,” pack a suitcase with Barney activity, Barney’s Travel Checklist, and three Spanish Sing-Alongs (”Bombachio – Mr. Kickerbocker,” “Si Las Gotas de Lluvia – If All the Raindrops,” “Te Quiero Yo – I Love You”).

Clifford: Family Fun Pack - This release is a three disc set. I believe it includes three previously released Clifford DVDs.

Dragon Ball Z: Season Nine - This release is a six disc set with the series episodes from 254 to 291. It comes with a 24 page booklet with episode summaries and character descriptions.

Fireman Sam: Hero Next Door - This release has gotten bad reviews on UK Amazon, where is has already been released, because the show has changed from stop motion animation to poor computer animation.

Thomas & Friends: Team Up With Thomas - This release contains new content (i.e. new episodes) and the introduction of two new friends.

Viva Pinata: Lights, Camera, Action - This is the second set of Viva Pinata episodes. This release includes the series episodes 6 through 10. The episodes are “Franklin Can’t Dance/Les Saves the Day…Again,” “Sick Day/Lights, Camera, Action!,” “Mad Mongo/Hudson’s Biggest Fan,” “Mission Impiñatable/My Little Fergy,” and “The Great Gob Rush/Hero.”

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated category.

Shin Chan: Season Two Part Two - This release is a two disc set of 13 episodes.

Skunk Fu! The Art of Kung Fruit - I think this release has four episodes of the show.

Speed Racer: The Next Generation Comet Run - This one disc release comes with a Mach 3 car.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 7 Part 1 The Leonardo Slice - This release contains six episodes, one special feature, and a mini Leonardo figurine toy.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 7 Part 2 The Michelangelo Slice - This release contains seven episodes, one special feature, and a mini Michelangelo figurine toy.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 7 Part 3 The Donatello Slice - This release contains seven episodes, one special feature, and a mini Donatello figurine toy.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 7 Part 4 The Raphael Slice - This release contains seven episodes, one special feature, and a mini Raphael figurine toy.

Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: Wubbzy’s Big Movie - I think this release has four episodes of the show.