(Not that any actors from that franchise will appear in the new film. With “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” the latest of the MCU-connected Spider-Man films, opening this Christmas, it might be time to look back at the original Sam Raimi trilogy. Still, we should feel lucky to finally have a set as extensive (and as beautiful-looking) as this one in the West. Also, this set is without the version of “Fly Me to the Moon” that played over the closing credits, presumably due to rights/licensing issues. Somewhat controversially, the original dubs and subtitle translations were only available on more expensive (and now sold out) box sets, with the current edition only having the newly formulated subtitles and dub tracks from the recent Netflix release.

The Shout! Factory collection contains all 26 episodes of the original series, along with the “Death (True)²” and “The End of Evangelion” movies (there were subsequent movies but the lore surrounding them is too much to currently unpack). Hideaki Anno’s anime masterpiece, which is every bit as much about awkwardly growing up as it is about giant robots battling bizarre alien creatures called “Angels,” is finally on home video in the West in a fairly complete-ish version.

'Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Complete Series' (Shout Factory, $59.98) (Shout included this version of the Laika movies in a recent release, and it really is incredible to watch the movies in such early form.) This is a box set worth treasuring. Speaking of overstuffed, this new box set comes with a 40-page book featuring essays and concept art, a folded mini-poster, interviews and early animatic versions of each movie featuring audio commentary.

All three films were nominated for the Best Animated Feature Oscar, and all three are overstuffed with a charm and distinctive art style all their own.

And this new box set combines three of the very best films the studio has to offer – the so-called Irish Folktale Trilogy (or “Celtic Trilogy”), consisting of 2009’s “The Secret of Kells,” 2014’s “Song of the Sea” and last year’s go-for-broke masterpiece “Wolfwalkers” (which premiered on Apple TV+, making this its physical media debut). Cartoon Saloon’s Irish Folklore Trilogy (Shout! Factory, $79.98)Ĭartoon Saloon, a small outfit out of Dublin, has quietly produced some of the best animated features anywhere.

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