LATEST UPDATE: 7/21/08
 
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7/8/08
PLAY.COM lists the following:

Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends - Seasons 2 & 3 for release on 10/27/2008

Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends - Complete boxed set also for release on 10/27/2008

Keep in mind that all dates are subject to change.

6/30/08
WILL THE EPISODES BE UNCUT?
Liberation asked me personally to check the episodes to see if they were uncut.  I sat down for quite a few hours and synced up my uncut copies to their copies and....everything matched.  All thirteen episodes of the first season are uncut.  The episodes you will be able to buy in a few short months will have all the footage that they had when they originally aired on NBC starting in 1981.  For all of you people in the US that plan to by the set, this is the first time you will be able to see most of these episodes uncut since the early 1980's.
 

6/17/08
Liberation Entertainment seems to be pushing back the release dates of all of the Marvel cartoons.  (Which is a GOOD thing.  Quality is better than quantity!)  

 

Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends - Season 1 now shows a release date of 9/29/2008 at PLAY.COM.  Stay tuned for further updates.
    

    

5/9/08

     If anyone has ANY 16MM copies of the episodes please contact me ASAP at:
  
                                       

 

5/1/08

Do you live in the United States and wish to have these DVDs to watch?
    

It was pointed out to me by e-mail that this DVD release "can" be played in the US on a region-free DVD player ONLY IF it can play PAL DVD's.  The DVD regions specify which parts of the DVD viewing world can watch certain DVD's. Having a region-free player gets around that limitation. That said, here in the US, our broadcast standard for television and standard DVD is NTSC, while over in Europe, they're using the PAL format. Some DVD players (and perhaps a DVD capable computer) can convert PAL to NTSC, but just because a DVD player is region free, doesn't imply that it can do that.

  

Did you get all of that?  If you live in the US and you want to be able to watch these DVDs you can purchase a region free DVD player to view them BUT MAKE SURE that it will play PAL DVDs.

     

4/28/08
SPIDER-MAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS - THE COMPLETE SEASON ONE has a listing on Amazon.co.uk for August 25th, 2008.  Amazon has been known to list things before they are finalized.  Still this should be a pretty good idea of when the first season will be out.

Here's the entire list of Marvel cartoons that Amazon.co.uk shows so far:
    

 June 9, 2008 (Revised from May 26th)

        The Incredible Hulk - Season One Part One 1996 series

     The Incredible Hulk - Complete 1966 series
     
 June 30, 2008
     Fantastic Four - Season One 1995 series
     Spider-Man - Season One 1967 series
     X-Men - Season One Part One 1992 series
     
 July 28, 2008
     Silver Surfer - Season 1998 series
     Spider-Woman - Volume One 1979 series
     The Incredible Hulk - Season One Part Two 1996 series
     
 August 25, 2008
     Fantastic Four - Season Two 1995 series
     Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends - Season One 1981 series
     The Incredible Hulk - Complete 1982 series
     X-Men - Season One Part Two 1992 series
     
 September 22, 2008
     Fantastic Four - Complete 1978 series
     Spider-Man - Season Two 1967 series
     Spider-Woman - Volume Two 1979 series
     The Incredible Hulk - Season Two 1996 series
     

    

4/24/08
Liberation Entertainment has obtained the rights to the Marvel Cartoons in the UK.  Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends is one of the cartoons that they will be releasing on DVD.  The company has contacted the makers of this website and we have agreed to help them in any way possible.  No other news is available at the moment, but this site will be updated as soon as any further information is available.

PRESS RELEASE:
LIBERATION ENTERTAINMENT INKS DEAL WITH JETIX CONSUMER
PRODUCTS TO DISTRIBUTE CLASSIC MARVEL ANIMATION CATALOGUE ON DVD

Deal covers DVD distribution for classic animated series across multiple European territories


Liberation Entertainment Ltd has agreed a multi territory DVD deal with Jetix Consumer Products, the licensing division of leading kids entertainment company Jetix Europe, for classic Marvel Entertainment animated series. The deal gives Liberation Entertainment exclusive DVD distribution rights for popular Marvel character based animated series including Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, X-Men, The Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer and Spider Woman. Territories covered by the deal are the UK and Ireland, Benelux, Germany as well as German-speaking Austria and Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.

Jay Boberg, Liberation Chairman commented: "This deal expands our relationship with Jetix and continues to build Liberation’s ongoing partnership with Marvel. Liberation has already acquired DVD distribution and television sales rights outside the US to Marvel’s new animated Wolverine and the X-Men TV series, and as a result of this deal we will be able to bring the “crown jewels” in Marvel’s animated TV series - including Spider-Man and The Hulk to new audiences, as well as long-time fans. Aggregating these new and classic Super Hero animations will give us leverage in the marketplace to maximize sales.”

Spencer Pollard, Managing Director of Liberation Entertainment commented, “This catalogue represents a huge opportunity for Liberation and I am delighted that we have secured the distribution rights from Jetix Consumer Products. The catalogue has enormous potential – many people grew up with the original Spider-Man series as well as the rest of the catalogue and we believe it is hugely collectable, which will interest both children and adults alike”

Tina Lorenzo, Director of International Home Entertainment at Jetix Consumer Products, said: “We’re delighted to have struck the deal with Liberation for the Marvel catalogue. Many of the series covered in the deal feature some of Jetix viewers’ most popular characters and we’re certain that with Liberation distributing them, they will prove incredibly popular with fans across the countries included in the deal.”

Liberation will announce the full release schedule for the catalogue in the near future.

 

*All characters are property of Marvel Comics and are used without permission.