Columbia-Tri Star Home Video is releasing a collector's edition DVD of
HEAVY METAL which was supervised by Gerald Potterton and released in 1981.
Those who bought the laser rot-prone laserdisc that was released three
years ago will want to purchase this new release even if their LD remains
in pristine condition. The movie is digitally remastered and in widescreen,
with anamorphic video. Hopefully, that means it has a new transfer that,
unlike the previous widescreen release, does not cut off the top and bottom

Manga Video is releasing MACROSS PLUS on DVD on October 12, 1999. MACROSS
PLUS, directed by Shoji Kawamori, is a DTV (direct-to-video) which is based
on the original Japanese TV series SUPERDIMENSIONAL FORTRESS MACROSS, which
was used as the basis for the 1980s American TV series ROBOTECH. MACROSS
PLUS is set approximately thirty years after the original MACROSS and just
before the events in the Japanese TV series MACROSS 7. In MACROSS PLUS, the
universe's most popular virtual reality singer, Sharon Apple, comes alive

A.D.V. Films is releasing the following anime titles in the US. On November
9: MARTIAN SUCCESSOR NADESICO VOLUME 1 - INVASION! - An unorthodox crew
fights to save Earth from annihilation by Martians; COMPILER 2 - It's
Compiler versus Compiler in deadly showdown!; and ORIGINAL DIRTY PAIR
VOLUME 4 - Kei and Yuri stumble upon a child who is the sole survivor of a
mass murder committed over twenty years ago. November 23: BUBBLEGUM CRISIS
VOLUME 2 - TRIAL BY FIRE - Sylia's brother Mackey joins the team as the

Some fans, who are still shaking their heads over the poor boxoffice performance of the critically acclaimed THE IRON GIANT, director Brad Bird's adaptation of the children's book by British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes, have suggested that Warner Bros. should re-vamp their publicity campaign for the film by targeting a larger audience than the young kids that were originally targeted, and re-release THE IRON GIANT theatrically. Such a scenario appears unlikely now that Warner Home Video has announced THE IRON GIANT for home video and DVD.

Los Angeles-based WinStar, which has recently released a number of public
domain titles under the CARTOON CRAZYS heading, is releasing a "fully
restored" version of the Fleischer Bros. 1939 feature, GULLIVER'S TRAVELS,
on DVD and VHS on September 28, 1999 in the US. Transferred from a newly
struck print taken from an original negative, this version features
enhanced audio remixed in Dolby Digital and Dolby Surround sound. The
musical score also has been remastered with additional scoring and

Earlier this year Image Entertainment and
Lightyear released ART AND JAZZ IN ANIMATION, a compilation DVD of more
than four hours of features and shorts by John and Faith Hubley. The
compilation includes two features, THE COSMIC EYE and OF STARS AND MEN, as
well as the shorts: OF MEN AND DEMONS, VOYAGE TO NEXT, EGGS, COCKABOODY,
THE HOLE, THE HAT, DIG, HARLEM WEDNESDAY, ADVENTURES OF *, URBANISSIMO, and
THE TENDER GAME. While some of the older films are disappointingly faded
and a bit worn, fans of Hubley or independent animation will not want to

Universal Studios Home Video is releasing ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS MEET FRANKENSTEIN. Produced and
directed by Kathi Castillo and animated at Universal Cartoon Studios in
Universal City, California, the direct-to-video shows what happens when the
havoc wrecking chipmunks encounter Dr. Frankenstein and his creation at a
Universal Studios-type amusement park. The chipmunks were created by Ross
Bagadasarian (aka David Seville) in 1958 for the hit novelty record, "The
Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)." Seville's earlier hit, "Witch

Buena Vista Home Entertainment previously announced that the 60th
Anniversary Edition of Disney's classic PINOCCHIO would be the first Disney
animated feature to be released in the DVD format [Animation Flash
8/24/99]. Now they have announced that a new VHS edition of PINOCCHIO,
fully restored and THX-certified, will be available on the same day as the
DVD version, October 26, 1999 in the US. This version will include a
"Making of Pinocchio" bonus section, which will only be available on the

New York-based Kino on Video is releasing
two Brothers Quay videos. THE BROTHERS QUAY COLLECTION: TEN ASTONISHING
SHORT FILMS 1984-1993 includes THE CABINET OF JAN SVANKMAJER, THE EPIC OF
GILGAMESH OR THIS UNNAMEABLE LITTLE BROOM, STREET OF CROCODILES, REHEARSALS
FOR EXTINCT ANATOMIES, DRAMOLET (STILLE NACHT I), THE COMB (FROM THE
MUSEUMS OF SLEEP), DE ARTIFICALI PERSPECTIVA OR ANAMORPHOSIS, ARE WE STILL
MARRIED? (STILLE NACHT II), TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS (STILLE NACHT III),

Columbia Records will celebrate the 20th anniversary of
the release of PINK FLOYD's album THE WALL with the release of the film on
DVD in October. The film includes animation designed and directed by Gerald Scarfe, who went on
to design Disney's HERCULES. The DVD features a new transfer of the
original widescreen film, as well as unreleased footage, a remastered 5.1
Dolby Digital soundtrack, the 25-minute "making of" documentary THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE WALL, and the new 45-minute documentary RETROSPECTIVE, with