Product Details

• Format: NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Turner Home Ent
• DVD Release Date: January 8, 2008
• Run Time: 875 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0010YVC9S
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,981 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Studio: Hanna Barbera Release Date: 09/23/2008

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Scooby-Doo series since the original, September 29, 2010

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K. M. Jones - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What's New Scooby-Doo: Complete Seasons 1-3 (DVD)

I grew up watching Scooby-Doo cartoons on Saturday morning and I still love watching the original series (thanks to the Boomerang network). This series was updated but managed to retain the charm of the original. I consider it the first true successor to the original series as it stuck to the familiar concept of solving mysteries (those meddling kids). The animation and music is great (the theme song is sung by Simple Plan). Frank Welker reprised his role as voice of Fred (Jones) and Casey Kasem as the voice of Shaggy (Rogers). Thankfully, no Scrappy-Doo or other silliness like some of the Scooby related shows. Even the current show: Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, which is nice to look at but the story with Velma and Shaggy now having a secret relationship is bizarre.

Back to What's New Scooby-Doo... For such a great show, I'm shocked that it only lasted three seasons. It is a cartoon the whole family can watch, which is getting harder and harder to find.

FYI: For some reason (as of 9/29/10), it is much cheaper to buy the individual seasons than to buy the Complete Series...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost as good as the original runs, January 5, 2011

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J. Stewart - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What's New Scooby-Doo: Complete Seasons 1-3 (DVD)

This is a great modern day update of the classic Scooby cast and format of the show. I consider the pros and cons as follows...

Pros

- No Scrappy-Doo
- The modern animation techniques give everything a sharp polished look
- The self-deprecating humor and in-jokes in some of the episodes are nice touches
- Daphne has been given some brains and isn't just there taking up space
- Shaggy still voiced by Casey Kasem

Cons

- Fred seems to have been dumbed down quite a bit. While it could be said he's more 'fun' now, he's not quite the brave intelligent leader from the originals series.
- While a voiceover genius, even Frank Welker can't quite do Scooby as well as the late Don Messick, which might explain why Scooby doesn't seem to get much dialog at all.
- The series seem a lot lighter in setting than the original series (lots of day based episodes). It's not quite as dark and spooky, and the music not as atmospheric.
- The series follows the unfortunate (to me) format of the musical interlude mid episode. Made worse by the fact that the music here is very average punk/ska.

All in all though, very much a great update of a classic series, sticking pretty closely to the original, well worth a look.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grandson loves these., April 26, 2010

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Patty Grubb "Patty G" (Vandalia, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What's New Scooby-Doo: Complete Seasons 1-3 (DVD)

Scooby doo was always one of my favorite cartoons and seeing it again through my 3 year old Grandson is wonderful