Fortunately, the lengthy waiting period predated the introduction of the DVD format, making the release of this Special Edition DVD far timelier. Despite my long time love for this movie, I have to admit that some of the stories are less than great. Still, the movie features a couple of really fantastic sequences that maintain their impact, even to this day.
Colors are quite vivid and are reproduced without any signs of chroma noise or distortion.
The film element used for the transfer display occasional blemishes, but they do not detract from the presentation. This well authored DVD keeps digital compression artifacts at bay. The Dolby Digital 5.1 channel soundtrack is designed so that the rock songs play back at a high volume level, plus the mix utilizes the discrete nature of the format bounce sound effects around the entire soundstage. Additionally, there are a number of split surround effects that are effective and a bit surprising for an animated film of this vintage. Dialogue is relatively clean sounding and always intelligible.