Warner Bros. Animation has announced that the DC Nation animation block will be debuting on Cartoon Network on Saturday, March 3, at 10 AM. (That’s a month before Marvel’s similar project.) This hour is being promoted as “exclusive kids’ television programming and shorts based on DC Comics characters … full of action and humor”. The [...]

Pepe Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best Not from me this time. Warner Bros. is offering its Warner Rewards members a chance to win its new Looney Tunes Super Stars: Pepe Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best collection, being promoted for Valentine’s Day. Featuring 17 cartoons, this DVD has all the amorous skunk [...]

Jem and the Holograms: Season Two Jem and the Holograms: Season Two comes out on DVD on February 14. Thanks to Shout! Factory, I have a copy you can win before then! In case you’re not familiar with the show, KC did a writeup of the Complete Series when it came out on DVD last [...]

Warner Bros. changed its release plans halfway through putting Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated on DVD. While the first 12 episodes came out on individual discs, sold separately with four episodes per disc, this volume, labeled “Season 1 Part 2″, has the remaining 14 episodes in a two-disc set. Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Season 1 Part 2 Personally, [...]

Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous I guess there wasn’t an appropriate Avengers story to put out for the movie … Marvel has announced that the next release in the Marvel Knights line of motion comics will be Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous. This is a return to the characters from the first entry in the Shout! Factory DVD series, [...]

Underdog: The Complete Series There’s no need to fear… Underdog is here! It’s the classic animated superhero parody, all three seasons, on nine discs, in the Complete Series DVD set, due out February 21. Per Shout! Factory, “the set also includes beloved shorts starring Go Go Gophers, The World Of Commander McBragg (quite!), and Klondike [...]

On February 17, Disney will release the newest Studio Ghibli movie: The Secret World of Arrietty. Here’s the trailer: As pointed out, this is based on the classic series of novels that began with The Borrowers by Mary Norton, about a family of little people who live in the walls of houses and live off [...]

To promote the upcoming release of Pac-Man: The Complete First Season, a 2-disc, 13-episode cartoon collection due out January 31 from Warner Archive, the company has made available to watch online the episode “The Abominable Pac-Man/The Bionic Pac-Woman”. But it’s only available through tomorrow, January 27. Click the image to watch now. The show is [...]

Marvel has announced that they will be launching “two all-new ongoing comic book titles for comic fans of all ages” in April. The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Adventures will be written by Chris Yost and drawn by Adam Dekraker and contain two stories told “through the eyes of Agent Coulson.” Ultimate Spider-Man Adventures will be [...]

Although it’s been available on Blu-ray, Ralph Bakshi’s 1977 Wizards is being rereleased for its 35th anniversary in a hardcover book package on March 13 from Twentieth Century Fox. The book includes 24 pages of art from the film, some never-before-seen images, and “a special message from Bakshi”. List price is only $19.99, which means [...]

Universal has announced that they are releasing Hop (the Easter Bunny movie with the voice of Russell Brand as the rabbit) on Blu-ray and DVD on March 23, ready to put in all those Easter baskets. The story involves the bunny (animated via CGI) making friends with “Los Angeles underachiever Fred (James Marsden, in live [...]

Following the lead of Cartoon Network’s DC Nation programming block, Disney has announced the creation of “Marvel Universe”, launching April 1 on Disney XD. From the press release: Marvel Universe on Disney XD will be the ultimate place for fans to find exclusive Marvel content, including new animated short-form series, live-action interstitials, and the series [...]

I wasn’t particularly following news about the upcoming 3-D re-release of Beauty and the Beast, because I’m not a huge fan of that movie format. (The film was released to home video in 3-D last October, and it will begin running in theaters starting January 13.) But I did just hear one tidbit that makes [...]

In case you didn’t want to spring for the big box Jem and the Holograms: Complete Series DVD set, Shout! Factory has been releasing the cartoon episodes in season sets as well. Season One came out the same day as the full set last October, and Season Two has just been announced for February 14. [...]

Review by KC Carlson Just when you least expect it, a new season of Futurama pops up, like a bad uncle or a smelly penny. It’s the little show that refuses to die, while getting better and better as it scrapes its way back to television year after year. It’s great watching new episodes (and [...]

It’s no classic Christmas special, but what is? If you’re looking for more seasonal animated entertainment, try Happiness Is… Peanuts: Snow Days. This short DVD includes two mini-features: She’s a Good Skate, Charlie Brown, and episode 18 of The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show, both new to DVD. Happiness Is… Peanuts: Snow Days She’s a [...]

Warner Brothers has released more details about the next original DC Universe animated feature, Justice League: Doom. (I put the earlier voice casting news up at that link.) The movie will be released on February 28, 2012. The Blu-ray Combo Pack (list price $24.98) will include these special features, according to the press release: • [...]

I guess the Transformers Prime: Darkness Rising set that came out this week did pretty well, since Shout! Factory has just announced Transformers Prime: The Complete First Season. Transformers Prime: The Complete First Season The set will be available March 6, 2012, on either four DVDs or in a Limited Edition Blu-ray four-disc set. Both [...]

When the Transformers Prime CGI animated series began on The Hub at the end of last year, it did so with a five-part miniseries. Transformers Prime: Darkness Rising Now, Transformers Prime: Darkness Rising is available on DVD in a special format. The miniseries has been edited together into one uninterrupted movie, and it’s available starting [...]

I blush to admit that I’ve never read a Tintin comic book, although of course, I’ve heard of the boy adventurer and I love the ligne claire style. With the movie due here later this year, it seemed an excellent time to sample this Shout! Factory animated release and introduce myself properly to Tintin. This [...]