Anchor Bay Entertainment

**Anchor Bay Entertainment** (formerly Treasures) was an American home entertainment and production company owned by Starz Inc. The company was formed through the merger of Treasures and StarMaker, both subsidiaries of The Handleman Company.

Anchor Bay also had a film studio known as **Anchor Bay Films**, which mainly distributed direct-to-video or independent films.

It distributed US VHS and DVD releases for the *& Friends* series from 1995 to 2008 in conjunction w
ith The Britt Allcroft Company, Entertainment and Entertainment. [1] fully took over this role in 2009. Anchor Bay also had a Canadian branch by the name of Video Productions.

On 30 June 2016, [2] agreed to acquire Anchor Bay's parent company Starz Inc. for $4.4 billion in cash and stock. The merger was completed on 8 December 2016. Not long after, Lionsgate folded Anchor Bay into their own home media division. In June 2021, LionsGate agreed to be purchased by Shake Creations, Inc. for over $7 billion.

## Releases

### Originals

#### 1995

* [Thomas and the Special Letter and Other Stories] (15 August 1995)
* [Thomas and His Friends Help Out] (15 August 1995)

#### 1996

* [The Gallant Old Engine and Other Thomas Stories] (18 June 1996)
* [Sing-Along and Stories] (3 August 1996)

#### 1997

* Thomas and His Friends Get Along (February 11, 1997)
* Thomas Comes to Breakfast and Other Thomas Adventures (February 11, 1997)
* A Big Day for Thomas (July 23, 1997)
* [Thomas Meets the Queen and Other Stories] (19 August 1997)

#### 1999

* [Thomas' Useful Stories] (2 February 1999)
* [Cranky Bugs and Other Thomas Stories] (2 February 1999)
* [Races, Rescues and Runaways and Other Thomas Adventures] (10 August 1999)
* [10 Years of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends] (14 September 1999)

#### 2000

* [ Spills and Chills and Other Thomas Thrills] (29 February 2000)
* [ Make Someone Happy and Other Thomas Adventures] (25 July 2000)
* [ Thomas' Christmas Wonderland and Other Thomas Adventures] (26 September 2000)

#### 2001

* [Thomas' Trackside Tunes and Other Thomas Adventures] (13 February 2001)
* [Best of Percy] (24 July 2001)
* [Best of Thomas] (25 September 2001)

#### 2002

* [Best of James] (5 March 2002)
* [Thomas' Magical Musical Ride] (24 September 2002)
* [Thomas' Fan Favorite Adventures] (24 September 2002)
* [Salty's Secret and Other Thomas Adventures] (24 September 2002)

#### 2003

* [Two Thomas Adventures] (25 February 2003)
* [Percy's Chocolate Crunch and Other Thomas Adventures] (25 February 2003)
* [Fun With Thomas] (22 July 2003)
* [Thomas' Sodor Stories] (22 July 2003)
* [James and the Red Balloon and Other Thomas Adventures] (22 July 2003)
* [Thomas' Snowy Surprise and Other Adventures] (14 October 2003)
* [Best of Gordon] (14 October 2003)

#### 2004

* [New Friends for Thomas and Other Adventures] (16 March 2004)
* [Thomas and the Jet Engine and Other Adventures] (20 July 2004)
* [The Early Years] (26 October 2004)

#### 2005

* [Quarry Adventures on Sodor] (25 January 2005)
* [Hooray for Thomas and Other Adventures] (25 January 2005)
* [Percy Saves the Day and Other Adventures] (26 July 2005)

#### 2006

* [Thomas and the Really Brave Engines and Other Adventures] (7 February 2006)
* [On Site with Thomas and Other Adventures] (15 August 2006)
* [Thomas' Halloween Adventures] (29 August 2006)

#### 2007

* [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Thomas'\_Trusty\_Friends\_(DVD) Thomas' Trusty Friends] (1 May 2007)
* [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Thomas\_and\_the\_Toy\_Workshop\_(DVD) Thomas and the Toy Workshop] (18 September 2007)
* [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Ultimate\_Christmas Ultimate Christmas] (23 October 2007)

#### 2008

* [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Thomas\_and\_the\_Treasure\_(DVD) Thomas and the Treasure] (29 January 2008)
* [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Mud\_Glorious\_Mud\_(DVD) Mud Glorious Mud] (6 May 2008)

### Re-releases

#### 1995

* [Thomas Gets Tricked and Other Stories] (15 August 1995)
* [James Learns a Lesson and Other Stories] (15 August 1995)
* [Trust Thomas and Other Stories] (15 August 1995)
* [Thomas Gets Bumped and Other Stories] (15 August 1995)
* [Thomas, Percy and the Dragon and Other Stories] (15 August 1995)
* [Daisy and Other Thomas Stories] (15 August 1995)
* [James Goes Buzz Buzz and Other Thomas Stories] (15 August 1995)
* [Percy's Ghostly Trick and Other Thomas Stories] (15 August 1995)
* [Thomas' Christmas Party and Other Favorite Stories] (15 August 1995)

#### 1996

* [Rusty to the Rescue and Other Thomas Stories] (18 June 1996)

## Canadian releases

All titles are VHS format.

* Thomas Gets Tricked (1995)
* James Learns a Lesson (1995)
* Trust Thomas (1995)
* Thomas Gets Bumped (1995)
* Thomas, Percy and the Dragon (1995)
* Daisy (1995)
* James Goes Buzz Buzz (1996)
* Percy's Ghostly Trick (1996)
* Thomas' Christmas Party (1996)
* Rusty to the Rescue (1996)
* Thomas and the Special Letter (1995)
* Thomas and His Friends Help Out (1996)
* Gallant Old Engine (1996) (Light Blue Variant)
* Sing Along Songs (1997)
* Thomas Meets the Queen (1997)
* Thomas and His Friends Get Along (1998)
* Thomas Comes to Breakfast (1998)
* A Big Day for Thomas (1998)

## Box Sets

#### 2003

* [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Best\_of\_Thomas,\_Percy\_and\_James\_Platinum\_Edition Best of Thomas, Percy and James Platinum Edition]
* [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Best\_of\_Collection Best of Collection]

#### 2004

* [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Totally\_Thomas\_Volume\_1 Totally Thomas Volume 1]
* [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Totally\_Thomas\_Volume\_2 Totally Thomas Volume 2]
* [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Totally\_Thomas\_Volume\_3 Totally Thomas Volume 3]

#### 2008

* [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Totally\_Thomas\_Volume\_4 Totally Thomas Volume 4]
* [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Totally\_Thomas\_Volume\_5 Totally Thomas Volume 5]
* [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Totally\_Thomas\_Volume\_6 Totally Thomas Volume 6]
* [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Totally\_Thomas\_Volume\_7 Totally Thomas Volume 7]
* [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Totally\_Thomas\_Volume\_8 Totally Thomas Volume 8]
* [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Totally\_Thomas\_Volume\_9 Totally Thomas Volume 9]
* [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Ultimate\_Thomas\_Collection Ultimate Thomas Collection]