Happy Feet opens next Friday, November 17. If you squint real hard, you’ll think you’re watching Ice Age or March of the Penguins. Squeeze harder, and you’ll think it’s Madagascar. Well, it may not be completely original, but folks are predicting it to be the CGanime hit of the year. Celebrivoices include Robin Williams, Hugh Jackman, Elijah Wood, Nicole Kidman, Brittany Murphy, Hugo Weaving and the late Steve Irwin.
SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK
Feature, shmeature. Everybody knows the real fun is in the cartoon shorts.
(O) LOONEY TUNES GOLDEN COLLECTION Volume 4 (Warner Bros.) 60 remastered unedited classic shorts from the Warner Bros. vaults on 4 discs, plus commentraks, alternate audio, featurettes and more. Here’s the full list of shorts: “Roman Legion-Hare”, “The Case of the Stuttering Pig”, “The Grey Hounded Hare”, “Little Pancho Vanilla”, “Rabbit Hood”, “Little Beau Porky”, “Operation: RABBIT”, “Now that Summer is Gone”, “Knight-mare Hare”, “Porky in the North Woods”, “Southern Fried Rabbit”, “You’re an Education”, “Mississippi Hare”, “Porky’s Railroad”, “Hurdy-Gurdy Hare”, “Plane Daffy”, “Forward March Hare”, “Porky the Fireman”, “Sahara Hare”, “Cracked Ice”, “Barbary-Coast Bunny”, “Puss n’ Booty”, “To Hare is Human”, “I Got Plenty of Mutton”, “8 Ball Bunny”, “Booby Hatched”, “Knighty Knight Bugs”, “Unruly Hare”, “Rabbit Romeo”, “The Stupid Cupid”, “Cat-Tails for Two”, “The Night Watchman”, “Tabasco Road”, “Conrad the Sailor”, “Tortilla Flaps”, “The Sour Puss”, “Mexicali Shmoes”, “The Aristo-Cat”, “Here Today, Gone Tamale”, “Dough Ray Me-ow”, “West of the Pesos”, “Pizzicato Pussycat”, “Cannery Woe”, “Kiss Me Cat”, “The Pied Piper of Guadalupe”, “Cat Feud”, “Mexican Boarders”, “The Unexpected Pest”, “Chili Weather”, “Go Fly a Kit”, “A Message to Gracias”, “Kiddin’ the Kitten”, “Nuts and Volts”, “A Peck o’ Trouble”, “Pancho’s Hideaway”, “Mouse and Garden”, “The Wild Chase”, “Porky’s Poor Fish”, “A-Haunting We Will Go” and “Swallow the Leader”. Also available bundled with volumes 1-3.
NEW DVD RELEASES
Here’s a rundown of the constant stream of anime comin’ at ya on DVD from around the world: BAKI THE GRAPPLER Round 10: No Turning Back © Funimation GUYVER: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Volume 1 © ADV UFO ULTRAMAIDEN VALKYRIE 2.1: Washing Up & Wigging Out © ADV
(O) BAKI THE GRAPPLER Round 10: No Turning Back (Funimation) Yujiro Hanma wreaks havoc in the ring as Baki ushers in the first match of the Quarterfinals. 
(O) BASILISK Volume 3: The Parting of the Ways (Funimation) Includes plenty of extras. Also available in a limited edition.
(O) BLUE’S CLUES: BLUE’S ROOM: Meet Blue’s Baby Brother (Paramount) Baby Blue!
(O) CHIP ‘N’ DALE RESCUE RANGERS Volume 2 (Buena Vista) Episodes 28-51 on three discs, plus bonus 5-episode pilot. God help you if you need your life saved by two chipminks.
(O) DRAGON BALL Z: The Movies 1-3 (Funimation) Includes Return of the Cooler, Cooler’s Revenge and Lord Slug.
(O) DUCK TALES Volume 2 (Buena Vista) Uncle Scrooge and nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie in stories inspired by the great Carl Barks adventure comics. Pilot and 19 episodes on three discs.
(O) FAMILY GUY Volume 4 (Fox) Part 2 of season 4 includes 14 episodes on three discs, plus commentraks, 40 deleted scenes, featurettes and DVD-ROM content.
(O) FULL METAL PANIC!: THE SECOND RAID Volume 1: Tactical Ops 01 (Funimation) ouske Sagara, undercover high school student and member of the mercenary group Mithril,uncovers a sinister conspiracy. Also available in a collector box.
(O) GUYVER: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Volume 1 (ADV) In a reprise of the classic anime series, a boy discovers a supersuit of armor that bonds with his body, leading to ultraviolent encounters with monsters. 
(O) KING KONG Deluxe Extended Edition (Universal) Even more CGanime.
(O) THE LION, THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE (Allumination) Cartoon version.
(O) LOONEY TUNES CHRISTMAS: BAH HUMDUCK! (Warner Bros.) All new feature with Daffy Duck taking on the role of Scrooge.
(O) LOONEY TUNES SPOTLIGHT COLLECTION Volume 4 (Warner Bros.) 2-disc set collects 28 of the “best of” the fourth Golden Collection.
(O) LUPIN THE 3rd Moviers 1-5 (Funimation) Includes the uncut features Secret of the Twilight Gemini, Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure, Dragon of Doom, Voyage to Danger and Dead or Alive.
MICHEL Volume 4: The Knight & the Castle (ADV)
(O) MICKEY’S CLUBHOUSE: MICKEY SAVES SANTA (Buena Vista) Man, why does Santa always need cartoon characters to pull his butt out of trouble? Plus two more episodes.
(O) MY LITTLE PONY THE MOVIE (Rhino) 1986 feature.
(O) NEGIMA Magic 103: Practical Application of Magic (Funimation) When a class project incurs the wrath of one of their own, what follows is a virtual, digitally-enhanced popularity contest, no holds barred. Also available in a limited edition.
(O) ONCE UPON A GIRL (Severin) 1976 cartoon pornthology from Hanna-Barbera moonlighters. Includes interview.
(O) PAPER RAD: TRASH TALKING (Caroline) Ephemeral cartoons and clips from Pittsburgh and Northampton artist collective.
(O) POLLYWORLD (Universal) Polly Pocket invades movies ala Bratz and Barbie. With games and music video.
(O) STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE: Cooking Up Fun (Fox)
(O) UFO ULTRAMAIDEN VALKYRIE 2.1: Washing Up & Wigging Out (ADV) 
(O) X: REMIX Volume 5 (Geneon) The final chapter!
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Anime Avalanche (© 2006 Brian Thomas) is our weekly animation column. Brian Thomas is the author of the massive book VideoHound’s Dragon: Asian Action & Cult Flicks, available now!
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