Re: Gummi Bears to DVD?
Yeah I just finished Volume 1 (Seasons 1 - 3) and would like to finish off the series as well.
Pretty awesome bargain when it came out in November `06 too. Granted, there are no extras, it's very bare bones...
The box claiming "47 episodes" is kind of a cheat though, given that many are half-sized when the show would sometimes have two story segments within its 22 minutes. Funnily enough, in comparison, some of the full length episodes feel a lot longer than that and are often more ambitious in scope, sometimes a little bit epic for this series.
Took me several months to get through the whole thing (more something to fall asleep to or eat breakfast over when you're not in the mood to read the paper--it's not something I can see marathoning, not really). Nice nostalgia trip, great animation, awesome voice acting (Gruffi, Gusto, and Tummi were my fave characters), and just about any episode about the Bears' history/artifacts was interesting.
Funny how Cavin seemed to pretty much get written out in favor of Princess Calla. He starts the series out, is important in a few eps, but then once Calla discovers the Gummis and befriends Sunni, you barely see Cavin again until one lone episode near the end of the set (when the castle full of Gummis appears briefly...the "Gummadoon" ep). I dunno, maybe he features heavily into the later eps. It's not like he's a great character or anything, just something I noticed.
Seriously, I'm glad. I barely remember the show now, I was so young when it was on TV. But I want to see it again. Better be in chronological volumes, like they're doing for Darkwing Duck, etc.
