Depending on your criterias this movie can be anything from imaginative and exciting to clichéed and obnoxious.
So here it what you need to know about the dvd release:
- The soundtrack is bad and distorted, especially in terms of the treble. After some minutes, you'll get used to it, but seeing as some of the songs are quite good and some of the scenes makes rich use of sound effects, it's really a shame to hear it all sounding as if it has been transmitted with a bad AM reception.
- There are no subtitles or alternative language tracks despite the fact that the movie was, when it was released in 1987, translated to various European languages.
- The quality of the transfer is quite good. The colors are nicely reproduced and the image is steady. At times, there is a little grain and a few compression artifacts, but over all, it's a good release.
- For adults, the storyline is, at times, excruciatingly moralising. Keep this in mind before watching or re-watching this feature.
- For children, there are a few scenes which, I think, belong in a bizarre horror flick and not in a cartoon for kids, so keep this in mind before making this dvd their bedtime story.