Jane And The Dragon: A Dragon's Tale Review

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(More customer reviews)I'm so glad this is finally available on DVD! Hopefully the remaining episodes will be coming out soon as well. This is one of my favorite TV shows - entertaining to both children and adults, and with a good combination of action, humor and thoughtfulness. Good, clean family viewing with a moral to each episode meets knights, dragons & life in a medieval castle.
The premise is that 13 year old Jane has decided to become a knight rather than a lady-in-waiting. No one takes her seriously until a dragon shows up, and Jane is the one who saves the day, becoming best friends with Dragon in the process. Each episode involves either some new knight-in-training challenge, or sometimes just life around the castle. The characters are nicely animated (this is done by WETA, the folks who did the effects for the Lord of the Rings and Narnia movies, so you know it's good!) and their personalities well developed.

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The First 5 Episodes Of This Groundbreaking Animated Series Finally Come To DVD! In the 9th-Century English kingdom of Kippernium, adolescent girls are typically raised to be Ladies-in-Waiting. But Jane has higher aspirations - life as a brave knight! So when Jane rescues Prince Cuthbert from a ferocious dragon who is not-so-ferocious after all , Jane is granted special permission by King Caradoc to begin training as a knight s apprentice with the gentle, wisecracking Dragon by her side.As seen on NBC,ION,Telemundo and qubo, Jane And The Dragon translates the stories of Martin Baynton s bestselling children s books into an astonishing world of 3D computer-generated animation, using the latest in motion-capture technology and the award-winning talents of WetaWorkshop (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong). Bonus Features:* Character Bios * Behind-The-Scenes Look Narrated by Martin Baynton and Richard Taylor* Jane Coloring Sheets* Motion Picture Flight Sequence* Historic Timeline

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Dragon Hunters (2008) Review

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(More customer reviews)I have to admit that my first reaction to seeing this on the video rack was suspicion that this might be another Aero-Troopers, the Plan-9-from-Outer-Space-awful, worst computer animated film ever made I wasted 90 minutes of life I can never get back upon the last time I took a chance on a computer animated film I'd never heard of before. However, despite some eerie similarities in world construction, this turns out to be one of the BEST computer animated films ever made, one I can recommend without hesitation.
To begin with the world of Dragon Hunters is simply gorgeous, a world of islands floating around in the sky, upon which gravity works oddly when it works at all. But this beautiful world is threatened to varying degrees by the dragons of the title, which range in degree of threat from annoying crop stealers to terrifying world devourers, thus the necessity for hunters of same.
Twenty years ago Lord Arnold lost his sight and his health trying to stop the World Gobbler's last rampage, now he impatiently and all but hopelessly awaits the return of the knights he dispatched to try and stop his pending rampage. So his fairy tale loving niece, Zoe, decides to lend a hand by sneaking out and finding some noble knights like those in her fairy tales, but what she finds are our two hapless heroes. Can a little girl's belief in them inspire a couple of two-bit, fly-by-night, down-on-their-luck dragon hunters into succeeding where a troop of noble knights failed, into stopping the most horrifying dragon this world has ever seen?
Well, the answer is obvious, but the fun is in how we get there.
Gwizdo and Lian-Chu make for a hilariously mismatched pair, whose widely differing reactions to Zoe, the dragon hunter groupie who is not quite as naive as she appears, threaten to tear their partnership apart,...
assuming of course that anyone survives this fiasco.
Note: Some retailers package this DVD with a free Dragon Hunters comic book, which is little to get excited about IMHO; Sergio Aragones did this sort of thing much better in Groo the Wanderer. The first 17 episodes of the first season of the animated TV show, which this movie is a prequel to, have been released on DVD: Dragon Hunters: Vol. 1 It's A Dragon's Life (ep. 1-4), Dragon Hunters: Vol. 2 Dead Dragon Walking (ep. 5-8), Dragon Hunters: Vol. 3 There's No Place Like Home! (ep. 9-11), Dragon Hunters: Vol. 4 Don't Look Now (ep. 12-14), and Dragon Hunters: Vol. 5 Unwelcome Guests (ep. 15-17).

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Zoe is a little girl who believes in fairy tales. In order to help her uncle Lord Arnold get rid of a terrible dragon, Zoe decides she has to find some heroes. When she meets Gwizdo and Lian-Chu a couple of two-bit, fly-by-night dragon hunters she decides that shes going to believe in them and set out on an adventure to bring peace to the land.

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Jane and the Dragon: Dragon Rules Review

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(More customer reviews)We checked these out from the library before knowing anything about the shows at all. We don't watch network tv so we're a bit out of the tv loop. As soon as we watched the first episode my 6 and 4 year old and I were all hooked. We hadn't even finished the first dvd and I was on Amazon ordering both dvd's, Dragon Tales and Dragon rules. They are superb in language and storytelling. The art is modern but manages to transport the viewer back to ancient times with a magical "old" feel. The stories are sweet and the characters are all lovable. The angst in each episode is short-lived and always works out in the end. 4 year olds, 6 year olds and apparently even 41 years old like that! Wonderful dvds. We've watched them over and over again.

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The Adventures of Jane and Her Lovable Dragon Continue!Welcome to Kippernium, a beautiful kingdom where you will find Jester, Pepper, Rake, Smithy and, of course, Jane and her lovable bestfriend Dragon continuing their outrageous adventures. As seen on NBC and loved by millions,young and old, around the world, Jane And The Dragon translates the wonderful stories of Martin Baynton s best-selling children s books into an astonishing world of 3D animation by WetaWorkshop (The Lord Of The Rings, King Kong) in their spellbinding animated television debut.Bonus Features: * Original Concept Art* Character Profiles* Printable Coloring Page (PC/Mac Compatible)

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NewsRadio: Fan Favorites Review

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(More customer reviews)I picked up the NewsRadio Fan Favorites DVD as a gift.
It looks like a pretty good deal and includes these Season 3 episodes:
Christmas
The Trainer
Rap
Led Zeppelin Boxed Set
Complaint Box
Rose Bowl
Kids
Airport
Twins
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I got a chance to see the DVD. It is simply Disc 2 from Newsradio - The Complete Third Season.
The packaging is different, but the menu and selections appear to be the same.


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Dragon Ball: Season One Review

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(More customer reviews)I have long wondered when Funimation would finally get the rights to the first thirteen episodes of Dragon Ball allowing them to release a proper set. Now after all that waiting it's finally going to happen and their giving us the first two sagas and beginning of the third all in one set! I'm ecstatic to read from Gen Fukunaga, president at CEO at FUNimation Entertainment, that the original thirteen episodes will be redone uncut as up til now they've only been properly available in a highly edited DVD set titled 'The Saga of Goku'. While I happily purchased that set long ago from LionsGate Entertainment I'm more than happy to upgrade to this set if it means finally owning those first thirteen uncut episodes.
This set will contain the following 31 episodes from the Goku/Pilaf, Tournament and Red Ribbon Army Sagas:
The Saga Of Goku/Emperor Pilaf Saga
1 Secret of the Dragon Ball
2 The Emperor's Quest
3 The Nimbus Cloud Of Roshi
4 Oolong the Terrible
5 Yamcha the Desert Bandit
6 Keep an Eye on the Dragon Balls
7 The Ox-King on Fire Mountain
8 The Kamehameha Wave
9 Boss Rabbit's Magic Touch
10 The Dragon Balls Are Stolen
11 The Penalty Is Pinball
12 A Wish to the Eternal Dragon
13 The Legend Of Goku
Tournament Saga
14 Goku's Rival
15 Look Out for Launch
16 Find That Stone!
17 Milk Delivery
18 The Turtle Hermit Way
19 The Tournament Begins
20 Elimination Round
21 Smells Like Trouble
22 Yamcha Vs. Jackie Chun
23 Monster Beast Giran
24 Krillin's Frantic Attack!
25 Danger From Above
26 The Grand Finals
27 Number One Under The Moon
28 The Final Blow
Red Ribbon Army Saga
29 The Roaming Lake
30 Pilaf and the Mystery Force
31 Wedding Plans?
There haven't been any real extras on Funimation sets other than previews for their other DVD releases so I wouldn't count on finding any here. The set is said to include English and Japanese language options with the original Japanese musical score in 5.1 Surround. I'm glad Funimation and Amazon are announcing the set as Full Screen Aspect Ratio because though I adapted to the cropped 'widescreen' Dragon Ball Z sets I can't imagine watching Dragon Ball in anything other than 4:3 aspect ratio. I'm so excited for this to come out and can't believe that my long standing wish to have the first uncut season of Dragon Ball is finally coming true. Thanks For Your Time.

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The greatest adventure of all time begins now! pGoku may be small, but this fearless warrior packs a punch as powerful as any on the planet. Left alone after his grandfather\'s death, this unusual boy is happy to spend his days hunting and eating and eating some more. But everything changes on the day he meets Bulma – a bossy, blue-haired beauty with boys on the brain. Together, they set out to track down the seven magic Dragon Balls and make the wish that will change their lives forever.
And that\'s just the beginning! Goku also spends some time on Turtle Island where he and Krillin study martial arts under the legendary Master Roshi. The old hermit may not look like much, but if his new pupils can find him a woman, he\'ll make sure they\'re ready to rumble at the upcoming World Martial Arts Tournament!
Season One of Dragon Ball is a must-have for everyone from the die-hard fan to the next generation of collectors.

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