St. Patrick’s Day kicks off a week featuring a veritable pot of golden animated DVD releases, but the title of most interest to animation fans’the Blu-ray version of Disney’s CG-toon feature Bolt‘won’t hit until the weekend.
Leading the charge of today’s releases is comic book action sequel Punisher: War Zone, starring Ray Stevenson as the ruthless Marvel Comics vigilante (Lionsgate, $29.95 DVD, $34.98 special edition DVD and $39.99 Blu-ray).
Additional animated releases include A Pup Named Scooby Doo, Seasons 2-4 (Hanna-Barbera, $19.98), The Velveteen Rabbit (Anchor Bay, $24.97), Bakugan Vol. 3 (Warner Bros., $14.97), Barbie Presents Thumbelina (Universal, $19.98), Bleach, Vol. 15 (VIZ, $24.92), Bob the Builder on Site: Skyscrapers (Hit Entertainment, $14.98), Bunnytown: Hello Bunnies! (Disney $19.99), Dragon Tales: Our Amazing Pets (Sony, $12.99), Pok’mon: Diamond & Pearl Vol. 5 and Vol. 6 (VIZ, $14.98 each) and The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 2 and Vol. 3 (Sony, $19.94 each).
In an unusual move, only the Special Edition Blu-ray of Bolt will hit Sunday, with the regular DVD release following next Tuesday. The three-disc Disney Blu-ray release, which includes a standard DVD edition and a digital copy, retails for $39.99.
Also waiting until the weekend is the teen romance hit Twilight, which arrives Saturday from Summit Entertainment in two-disc special edition DVD ($32.99) and Blu-ray ($34.99)
Getting its first Blu-ray release is The Princess Bride (MGM, $34.99).
And Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced the release May 26 on DVD and Blu-ray of The Sky Crawlers, the new animated feature from Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii.
Here’s a first look at the release of A Pup Named Scooby Doo, Seasons 2-4.
