Home Video

A Red Nose Shines On DVD. Sony Wonder and Golden Books Family Entertainment Home Video brought the beloved children's holiday film, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, to DVD for the first time. The adventures of the shunned reindeer will be available for US$19.98. For the holidays, Sony Wonder will also re-release Elmo Saves Christmas on DVD and more favorite Sesame Street titles for $19.98.

Big Anime Flicks Re-Released. Urban Vision will soon re-release Vampire Hunter D and Wicked City. The classic horror anime D will hit streets January 18, 2000 and Yoshiaki Kawajiri's hit Wicked City debuted December 7, 1999. Both flicks will be available in an English Dubbed version for US$19.95 and a Japanese with English subtitles version for $29.95. Other anime titles coming soon to DVD are Slayers: The Motion Picture, street date February 8, 2000 for $29.98 and Legend Of Crystania: The Motion Picture, street date February 8, 2000 for $29.98. Coming soon to VHS from ADV are: Tattoon Master, street date February 22, 2000 English dubbed for $19.98, Japanese with English subtitles for $29.95; Iczelion, street date February 8, 2000 English dubbed for $19.98; Spell Wars: Sorcerer Hunters' Revenge 1, street date February 8, 2000 English dubbed for $19.98 and Japanese with English subtitles for $29.95; Martian Successor Nadesico Volume 2 - Desperate Journey, street date February 22, 2000 for English dubbed $19.98 and Japanese with English subtitles for $29.95; and Tournament Of The Gods street date January 25, 2000 for Japanese with English subtitles $29.95.

Tinker With Trnka On DVD. Six films from Czech puppet master, Jiri Trnka, will be available on a new compilation DVD available February 29, 2000. Included on the release will be the feature-length classic The Emperor's Nightingale based on the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale and narrated by legendary-Hollywood actor Boris Karloff. The five featured shorts will include Trnka's world famous The Hand, along with Story Of The Bass Cello, A Merry Circus, A Drop Too Much, and The Song Of The Prairie. Not to sound too much like a late-night info-mercial host, but that's not all you get on this collection. The compilation will also include a 12-minute documentary entitled Jiri Trnka: Puppet Animation Master. The sale price will be US$29.98. Don't miss out on the work of the man who Newsday heralded as "second to Chaplin as a film artist because his work inaugurated a new stage in a medium long dominated by Disney."

You can purchase many of Trnka's wonderful films in the Animation World Network Store.