Animaniacs is a children's animated television program that ran from 1993 to 1998. Over the show's course, several VHS collections were released, and DVD boxed sets were released as well.
VHS
Several VHS videos were released in the United States, in the United Kingdom and Australia. All of these videos are out of print, but are still available at some online sellers. The episodes in the VHS "volumes" were generally jumbled at random and are in no particular order with the series. The other videotapes (with the exception of Animaniacs Stew) feature episodes that had focused on one general subject. Each video featured four to five skits each and was accompanied by a handful of skit intros, with a running time of about 45 minutes.
Twas the Day Before Christmas; Jingle Boo; Yakko's Universe; Little Drummer Warners; A Gift of Gold; A Christmas Plotz; The Great Wakkorotti: The Holiday Concert; Nighty-Night Toon
The Ballad of Magellan; The Presidents Song; The Planets; The Panama Canal; Be Careful What You Eat; A Quake, A Quake; Big Wrap Party Tonight; The Senses; What Are We?; All the Words in the English Language; The Tiger Prince; Hello Nurse
United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Russia, Greece
Video name (volumes)
Ep #
Release date
Episodes featured
Volume 1
4
March 27, 1995 (1995-03-27)
Ups and Downs; Critical Condition; Wally Llama; Spellbound
Volume 2
5
March 27, 1995 (1995-03-27)
Drive Insane; Cat on a Hot Steel Beam; With Three You Get Egg-Roll; Jockey for Position; Woodstock Slappy
Volume 3
7
October 23, 1995 (1995-10-23)
Hooked on a Ceiling; The Big Kiss; Mesozoic Mindy; The Flame; Chicken Boo-Ryshnikov; Nothing But the Tooth; Pavlov's Mice
Volume 4
6
October 23, 1995 (1995-10-23)
Cookies for Einstein; Hiccup; The World Can Wait; The Wild Blue Yonder; Hurray for Slappy; The Three Muska-Warners
Chairman of the Bored; Ta da Dump, Ta da Dump, Ta da Dump Dump Dump; Smell Ya Later; Lookit the Fuzzy Heads; Where Rodents Dare
Poland
Video name (volumes)
Ep #
Release date
Episodes featured
Volume 1
5
1998
Ups and Downs; Critical Condition; Wally Llama; Meatballs or Consequences; A Moving Experience
Volume 2
5
1998
Hearts of Twilight; The Boids; With Three You Get Egg-Roll; In the Garden of Mindy; Woodstock Slappy
Volume 3
6
1998
Hooked on a Ceiling; Space-Probed; Battle for the Planet; Cookies for Einstein; Yakko's World; Meet John Brain
DVD
Volume 1 of Animaniacs had sold very well; over half of the product being sold in the first week made it one of the fastest-selling animation DVD sets that Warner Home Video ever put out.[8] In 2018, all 99 episodes, as well as the film Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish, were released in a single complete DVD boxed set by Warner Home Video. All of the releases feature unedited episodes (except for "Moon Over Minerva" and "Broadcast Nuisance").
This five-disc box set contains the first 25 episodes of season 1. Includes the featurette "Animaniacs Live!", where Maurice LaMarche hosts an in-studio interview via satellite big screen TV with Animaniacs friends (voice actors, composers, etc.) as they comment on the show. The featurette is presented in its original television aspect ratio, with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio in English, with French, Portuguese, and Spanish subtitles.
This five-disc box set contains the next 25 episodes (26-50) of season 1. Includes the featurette "The Writers Flipped, They Have No Script", where Maurice LaMarche leads a gathering of writers on what their favorite Animaniacs episodes are that they wrote.
This five-disc box set includes the last 15 episodes (51-65) of season 1, all four episodes (66-69) of season 2, and the first six episodes (70-75) of season 3. Includes two featurettes "They Can't Help It If They're Cute, They're Just Drawn That Way": Meet the Character Designers, Storyboard Artists and Art Directors who give life and lunacy to Wakko, Yakko, and Dot; and "They're Totally Insane-y: In Cadence with Richard Stone": The music of Animaniacs, highlighted by a tribute to the late composer.
This final three-disc box set contains the seven remaining episodes of season 3 (76-82) and all of the episodes of both seasons 4 (83-90) and 5 (91-99). There are no special features included in this volume.
This 19-disc box set includes all 99 episodes of the series from all five seasons, as well as the direct-to-video film Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish. The special features from the previous first three volumes are also included in this set.
References
^Amazon.com The Warners Escape product information. ASIN6303182623.
^Amazon.com Yakko's World product information. ASIN6303182631.
^Amazon.com You WILL Buy This Video! product information. ASIN630318264X.
