OMG!!!! DePatie-Freleng United Artists Cartoons from Kino!!!

[Mickeyfan1990]

First The Tom and Jerry Gene Deitch Collection and now, from Kino's Facebook!:

"Coming Soon! On DVD and Blu-ray!

KL Cartoons Volume 1: THE ANT AND THE AARDVARK (17 Classic Cartoons)

KL Cartoons Volume 2: THE INSPECTOR (34 Cartoons) (2 Discs)

KL Cartoons Volume 3: CRAZY LEGS CRANE (16 Cartoons)

Coming in 2016:
BLUE RACER (17 Cartoons)
DOGFATHER (17 Cartoons)
MISTERJAW (34 Cartoons) (2 Discs)
ROLAND AND RATFINK (17 Cartoons)
SHERIFF HOOT KLOOT (17 Cartoons)
TIJUANA TOADS (17 Cartoons)"


SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!!!

Guess this is another company that does care.

UPDATE: They'll be in original full screen!:
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p ... stcount=17

UPDATE 2: Release date is late November according to Kino on Facebook:

"The tentative street dates for these are late November - they should be available for pre-orders in August."

UPDATE 3: Release date is November 24th!:
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p ... count=3137

[Disney Guru]

Kino is fabulous, have recently added a bunch of their releases to my collection. They've been tackling a lot of old films owned by MGM/Fox. You will definitely be pleased with the releases, great company.

[Mickeyfan1990]

Kino is fabulous, have recently added a bunch of their releases to my collection. They've been tackling a lot of old films owned by MGM/Fox. You will definitely be pleased with the releases, great company.

Oh I am! They been hitting it out the ball park lately.

[Mickeyfan1990]

Update time! The good news, the releases are going to feature extras! The bad news; they've been delayed to next year:
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p ... count=3543

[Mickeyfan1990]

Back on schedule for March 8th, 2016!!!
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p ... count=5433

[Mickeyfan1990]

Update!!! The good news; Original Full Screen!!! The bad news; there will still be some shorts with laugh tracks:
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p ... count=5712

[Mickeyfan1990]

Now delayed to April:
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p ... count=5847

UPDATE 1/14/16: Now delayed to April 26th: http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p ... count=6227

[Mickeyfan1990]

Extras revealed!:
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p ... count=6273

"The Inspector (2-Discs) | The Ant and the Aardvark | Crazylegs Crane

Special Features:
• Documentary #1: "Goodbye Warner Bros. Hello DePatie-Freleng"
• Documentary #2: "Of Aardvarks, Ants, Inspectors and Cranes."
Note: Both documentaries will appear on all three releases. The documentaries include interviews with Friz Freleng, filmmaker Greg Ford, animator/director Art Leonardi, ink & print artist Barbara Donatelli, historian Jerry Beck and critic Will Friedwald.
• Audio Commentaries by Friz Freleng, Filmmaker Greg Ford, Author Mark Arnold, and Historian Jerry Beck.
Note: The Freleng commentaries are compiled from archival interviews
• Reversible Blu-ray Art - New sketches by the original animator/designer Art Leonardi

Coming April 26th on DVD and Blu-ray!
All cartoon will be presented in their original aspect ratio of 1.33:1"

The covers have also been revealed:
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p ... count=6234

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p ... count=6235

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p ... count=6237


Amazon pre-orders!:
The Ant and The Aardvark:

Blu-ray: http://www.amazon.com/The-Ant-and-the-A ... B01AWWUBXG
DVD: http://www.amazon.com/Ant-Aardvark-Cart ... 01AWWUDIO/

The Inspector:

Blu-ray: http://www.amazon.com/The-Inspector-Blu ... B01AWWUCA8
DVD: http://www.amazon.com/Inspector-34-Cart ... B01AWWUCCQ

Crazy Legs Crane:

Blu-ray: http://www.amazon.com/Crazy-Legs-Crane- ... B01AWWUBYA
DVD: http://www.amazon.com/Crazylegs-Crane-C ... B01AWWUCZ8

[Mickeyfan1990]

Kino has announced on Facebook that Tijuana Toads and Roland and Rattfink are next for June 28th!

[Mickeyfan1990]

So much today!!!

First, DVDTalk's review for The Ant and The Aardvark (sadly, 4 shorts still have laugh tracks):
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/70486/an ... dvark-the/


And from Kino's Facebook!:

"Coming June 28th on DVD and Blu-ray!
Brand New 2016 HD Restorations!
First Time on Home Video!

Roland and Rattfink (1968-1971) - 17 Animated Short Features
• Two documentaries by Greg Ford and William Hohauser: “DePatie-Freleng’s Odd Couples” and “DePatie-Freleng’s Music and Sound Mix-ologists,” featuring Jerry Beck, Barbara Donatelli, Will Friedwald, Doug Goodwin, Art Leonardi, and Joe Siracusa.
• Audio commentaries for selected films, by author Mark Arnold, historian Jerry Beck, filmmaker Greg Ford, and cartoon writer William Hohauser.
• Reversible Blu-ray Art - New sketches by the original animator/designer Art Leonardi.

Tijuana Toads (1969-1972) - 17 Animated Short Features
• Two documentaries by Greg Ford and William Hohauser: “DePatie-Freleng’s Odd Couples” and “Music and Sound Mix-ologists,” featuring Jerry Beck, Barbara Donatelli, Will Friedwald, Doug Goodwin, Art Leonardi, and Joe Siracusa.
• Audio commentaries for selected films, by author Mark Arnold, historian Jerry Beck, filmmaker Greg Ford, and cartoon writer William Hohauser.
• “Go for Croak” featuring an alternate “Texas Toads” soundtrack
• Reversible Blu-ray Art - New sketches by the original animator/designer Art Leonardi"

[Mickeyfan1990]

The Inspector Blu-ray.com review!!!:
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Inspe ... 55/#Review

Bad news; Napoleon Blown-Aparte and Ape Suzette still have laugh tracks. The good news; Sicque! Sicque! Sicque! and Bomb Voyage are now laugh track free!

UPDATE 4/4: Turns out the reviewer made a mistake. Sicque! Sicque! Sicque! and Bomb Voyage still have laugh tracks.

Also, a DVDTalk review for Crazy Legs Crane:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/70487/crazylegs-crane/

[Mickeyfan1990]

Blu-ray.com reviews for Roland and Rattfink:
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Roland-an ... 61/#Review

and Tijuana Toads:
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Tijuana-T ... 60/#Review

[Mickeyfan1990]

Head's up; Hoot Kloot and Blue Racer are coming to DVD/Blu-ray May 16th:

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p ... ount=11332

[REINIER]

Can anyone tell me if the tijuana toads bluray is locked region A or region free?

[not2foul]

They are region A locked

[Mickeyfan1990]

We finally have an announcement, covers, and extras on Hoot Kloot and Blue Racer coming to DVD/Blu-ray May 16th!!!:

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p ... ount=13002

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p ... ount=13012

And as a bonus, we have a tidbit from Jerry Beck via a Facebook post from Milton Knight:
"From LITTLE BOA PEEP - I just did an audio commentary for this one. The animation by "Dick Nicksen" is genius."