4Kids/Funimation
Sonic X: The Complete Fifth Season kicks into high gear as Sonic returns home; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Fourth Season (both two-disc sets $16.98 each) has the turtles ready to kick shell; Yu-Gi-Oh! Vol. 1.1: Welcome to Duel Academy is the hot trading card game; Cabbage Patch Kids Ultimate Collection (both DVD $14.98 each) is a one-of-a-kind set. All street Sept. 12, prebook Aug. 8
A&E/New Video
With a street date of Sept. 26, Wind in the Willows Collection (prebook Aug. 29; two-disc set $29.95) contains Wind in the Willows and A Tale of Two Toads in a gift pack.
Anchor Bay
Coming for Halloween (street Aug. 29, prebook July 19) are a couple of new titles for the trick-or-treat set: Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy (DVD $14.98) and Thomas & Friends: Thomas’ Halloween Adventures with a Halloween train (DVD $19.98).
BCI/Navarre
In the adventure series Blackstar, science-fiction meets sword and sorcery; Space Sentinels & Freedom Force contains 13 episodes of Space Sentinels and five episodes of Freedom Force. Both street Aug. 22, prebook Aug. 1; two-disc sets $19.98 each
Buena Vista
On Oct. 3, The Little Mermaid—Platinum Edition (prebook Aug. 8; two-disc set $29.99) comes out of the vault for a special edition.
First Look
BJ’s Teddy Bear Club and Bible Stories (street Sept. 5, prebook Aug. 8; DVD $14.98) introduces children ages 1 to 5 to colors, numbers, letters and the stories of the Bible.
First National
The animated misadventures of a mismatched duo are told in Corneil & Bernie: Vols. 1, 2 and 3. All street Sept. 26, prebook Aug. 23; DVD $16.98 each
Funimation/Navarre
Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage (street Sept. 12, prebook Aug. 8; DVD $24.98) is a 3D CG-animated movie with skateboarding by Hawk and other pro skaters as characters in the film.
Genius
Trick or Treat (street Sept. 12, prebook Aug. 1; DVD $14.95) is an adventure complete with secret passages, dancing zombies, vampires and otherworldly creatures.
Goldhil
Kids can choose what the Bratz Girlz do in the new interactive storybook format Livin’ it Up! With the Bratz (street Aug. 1, prebook now; DVD $19.98).
Koch Vision
Two new titles in the Popular Mechanics for Kids series, Firefighters and Other Life-Saving Heroes and Lightning and Other Forces of Nature, arrive Aug. 8 (prebook now; DVD $14.98).
Paramount
Streeting Oct. 3 (prebook Aug. 22) are My Little Pony Gift Set (DVD $39.99), which comes with a tote bag and three episodes, and GI Joe Sigma 6: First Strike (DVD $16.99), which has the return of the real American heroes. Jakers! Sheep on the Loose (street Oct. 31, prebook Sept. 19; DVD $14.99) offers four adventures from the animated series.
MTI
When a power surge hits the city, a bankroll is mistakenly transferred to a girl’s computer in EZ Money (street Aug. 8, prebook now; DVD $19.95).
Questar
On Aug. 29 arrive three new adventures in The Toy Castle series: Nutcracker Sweet, Dance for Joy and Nursery Rhyme Time. All prebook Aug. 4; DVD $14.99 each
Scholastic/New Video
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers and More Inspiring Tales is based on the Caldecott Award-winning book; Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and More Stories About Trucks shows trucks helping to fight fire, dig holes and clean streets; Teeny Tiny and the Witch Woman is about a boy who outsmarts an old woman. All street Sept. 26, prebook Aug. 26; DVD $14.95 each
Screen Media/Universal
Karate Dog (street Aug. 22, prebook Aug. 1; DVD $19.98) is a wisecracking canine that partners with a bumbling computer-geek detective.
Tommy Nelson
Bibleman PowerSource Series: Terminating the Toxic Tonic of Disrespect (street Aug. 22) has the series’ hero defending children from their disrespectful peers; Max Lucado’s Hermie & Friends #7: To Share or Nut to Share (street Sept. 5) is a story about how sharing is fun. Both prebook now; DVD $14.99 each
Universal
Available Sept. 19, Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses (prebook Aug. 15; DVD $19.95) is an entrance to a magical world where wishes come true.