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Media from 1993.

Carryovers

Current statistics of most released media as of January 1 this year:

Movies
Mary Poppins 1988 VHS
Mary Poppins
Available on VHS since December 30, 1980. Last re-printed in 1988.
The Black Cauldron Poster
The Black Cauldron
Unreleased since 1986 due to its commercial failure.

Still available in book and soundtrack form.

Sleepingbeauty 1986
Sleeping Beauty
No longer on sale as of March 31, 1988; still available in most Blockbuster stores.

Once planned for a re-relase in theaters this year, but was delayed to a later date.

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The Aristocats
Last released in theaters on April 10, 1987.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

Ladyandthetramp 1987
Lady and the Tramp
No longer on sale as of March 31, 1988; still available in most Blockbuster stores.
Manyadventures-pooh
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Still only aired occasionally on The Disney Channel.
Also available on VHS as three separate featurettes.
The Fox and the Hound 1988 Poster
The Fox and the Hound
Last released in theaters on March 25, 1988.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

Cinderella 1988
Cinderella
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1989; still available in most Blockbuster stores.
Oliver & Company 1988 Poster
Oliver & Company
Continued playing in theaters until 1989 and grossed over $53 million.
The Wizard of Oz 1991 VHS
The Wizard of Oz
Available on VHS with closed captions since 1989. Bonus features removed since 1991.
Bambi 1989
Bambi
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1990; still available in most Blockbuster stores.
Castle in the Sky
Kiki's Delivery Service
Only available in Japan at the moment, under license by Animage Video.

However, they did have English dubs since 1989 and 1990, respectively.

Warriors of the Wind 1990 VHS
Warriors of the Wind
Available on video from StarMaker Entertainment as of 1990.
My Little Pony The Movie 1989 VHS
My Little Pony: The Movie
Available on video from Video Treasures as of 1990.
Littlemermaid 1990
The Little Mermaid
No longer on sale as of April 1, 1991; still available in most Blockbuster stores.
Peterpan 1990
Peter Pan
No longer on sale as of April 1, 1991; still available in most Blockbuster stores.
Junglebook 1991
The Jungle Book
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1992; still available in most Blockbuster stores.
Robinhood 1991
Robin Hood
Available on VHS since July 12, 1991.
Dumbo 1991
Dumbo
Available on VHS; last re-printed in 1991.
AliceinWonderland1991VHS
Alice in Wonderland
Available on VHS; last re-printed in 1991.
Swordinthestone 1991
The Sword in the Stone
Available on VHS; last re-printed in 1991.
Therescuersdownunder
The Rescuers Down Under
Available on VHS since September 20, 1991.
Fantasia
Fantasia
Available on VHS since November 1, 1991.
101dalmatians 1992
101 Dalmatians
Available on VHS until April 30, 1993.
Thegreatmousedetective 1992
The Great Mouse Detective
Available on VHS until April 30, 1993.
Therescuers 1992
The Rescuers
Available on VHS until April 30, 1993.
Beautyandthebeast
Beauty and the Beast
Available on VHS until April 30, 1993.
Aladdin poster
Aladdin
Continued playing in theaters until 1993 and grossed $217,350,219.
Books
Horton Hears a Who!
Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
Catinthehat book
The Cat in the Hat (1957)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957)
Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham (1960)
Lorax
The Lorax (1971)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1993)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Pinocchio (1992)
Pinocchio
Dumbo (1986-1991)
Dumbo
Bambi (1993)
Bambi
Cinderella (1986-1989)
Cinderella
Alice in Wonderland (1993)
Alice in Wonderland
Peter Pan (1993)
Peter Pan
Lady and the Tramp (1993)
Lady and the Tramp
Sleeping Beauty (1986-1991)
Sleeping Beauty
101 Dalmatians (1991)
101 Dalmatians
The Jungle Book (1993)
The Jungle Book
Winnie the Pooh (1986)
Winnie the Pooh
The Sword in the Stone (1987)
The Sword in the Stone
The Great Mouse Detective (1987)
The Great Mouse Detective
The Aristocats (1993)
The Aristocats
The Fox and the Hound (1988)
The Fox and the Hound
Robin Hood (1989-1991)
Robin Hood
The Rescuers (1993)
The Rescuers
The Little Mermaid Book Cover
The Little Mermaid
The Black Cauldron (1990)
The Black Cauldron
Oliver & Company (1993)
Oliver & Company
The Rescuers Down Under Book Cover
The Rescuers Down Under
Beauty and the Beast Book Cover
Beauty and the Beast
Aladdin Book Cover
Aladdin
Only available in Japanese:
Nausicaa Vol. 1 (Japanese) Nausicaa Vol. 2 (Japanese) Nausicaa Vol. 3 (Japanese) Nausicaa Vol. 4 (Japanese) Nausicaa Vol. 5 (Japanese)
Nausicaa Anicomic Vol. 1 Nausicaa Anicomic Vol. 2 Nausicaa Anicomic Vol. 3 Nausicaa Anicomic Vol. 4
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Castle in the Sky Vol. 1 (Japanese) Castle in the Sky Vol. 2 (Japanese) Castle in the Sky Vol. 3 (Japanese) Castle in the Sky Vol. 4 (Japanese)
Castle in the Sky
My Neighbor Totoro Vol. 1 (Japanese) My Neighbor Totoro Vol. 2 (Japanese) My Neighbor Totoro Vol. 3 (Japanese) My Neighbor Totoro Vol. 4 (Japanese)
My Neighbor Totoro
Kiki's Delivery Service Vol. 1 (Japanese) Kiki's Delivery Service Vol. 2 (Japanese) Kiki's Delivery Service Vol. 3 (Japanese) Kiki's Delivery Service Vol. 4 (Japanese)
Kiki's Delivery Service
Music
The Wizard of Oz 1989 CD
The Wizard of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (LP/Cassette)
My Neighbor Totoro LP
My Neighbor Totoro (LP; Japan only)
Kiki's Delivery Service 1989 CD
Kiki's Delivery Service (Japan only)
The Little Mermaid 1989 CD
The Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast Soundtrack CD
Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Aladdin Soundtrack CD
Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Kidsongs1990
Kidsongs
There were 13 existing titles so far to date in stores. The first nine videos were re-printed in 1990.
TV Shows
How the Grinch Stole Christmas 1988 VHS Horton Hears a Who 1989 VHS
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Horton Hears a Who!
Available on VHS since December 1982, individually since 1986. Last re-printed in 1989.
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Logo 1971
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Currently airing on PBS. See below for more details.
Catinthehat 1989vhs Lorax 1989vhs Drseussontheloose vhs Hooberbloob 1989vhs
The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss on the Loose
The Lorax
The Hoober-Bloob Highway

Available on VHS for individual sale since 1989.

Grinchnight 1992vhs Pontoffelpock 1992vhs Grinch 1992vhs


Grinch Night
Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano
The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat

Available on VHS from Random House Home Video since 1992.

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Barney & the Backyard Gang

For 1993, only five videos of this series continued sales -- Waiting for Santa, Campfire Sing-Along, Barney Goes to School, Barney in Concert and Rock with Barney. Two of the videos (Waiting for Santa and Barney in Concert) were re-printed this year.

Barney season1
Barney & Friends
Season 1 was currently airing on PBS.
Shiningtimestation logo
Shining Time Station
The first two seasons were currently airing on PBS, with Thomas & Friends segments from Seasons 1, 2 and 3 included.
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Thomas & Friends
Available on VHS in seven volumes since 1992.
Smbss Aosmb3 Smw title
Super Mario Bros. Super Show
Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World
Currently airing on The Family Channel.
Mylittleponytales
My Little Pony
My Little Pony Tales
Currently airing on The Disney Channel.
Video Games
Title
Super Mario Bros.
Available for the NES since 1985; always bundled with Duck Hunt since late 1988.
Donkeykongclassics
Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr.
Available for the NES since 1986; bundled together as "Donkey Kong Classics" since 1988.
Mariobros nestitle Donkeykong3 title
Mario Bros.
Donkey Kong 3
Available for the NES since 1986.
Smb2j title
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Available for the Famicom Disk System since 1986, and only in Japan.
Smb2title
Super Mario Bros. 2
Currently on sale for the NES.
Sml title
Super Mario Land
Available for the Game Boy since 1989.
Smb3title
Super Mario Bros. 3
Available for the NES since 1990.
Smw title
Super Mario World
Available for the Super NES since 1991.
Sonic1 Sonic-8-Bit-Title-Screen Sonic1gg-title
Sonic the Hedgehog
Available for the Genesis, Master System and Game Gear since 1991.
Kdl title
Kirby's Dream Land
Available for the Game Boy since 1992.
Smk title
Super Mario Kart
Available for the Super NES since 1992.
Sml2 title
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Available for the Game Boy since 1992.
Sonic2 Sonic 2 (Game Gear) Sonic2 title
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Available for the Master System, Game Gear and Genesis since 1992.

Paper money

The following was printed during fiscal year 1993:

Denomination Amount printed Notes
File:$1-I (1994).JPG
$1
3,513,600,000 All as Series 1988A notes.
$5-J (1990)
$5
1,126,400,000 All as Series 1988A notes.
$10-H (1993)
$10
640,800,000 All as Series 1990 notes.
File:$20-K (1992).png
$20
2,169,600,000 All as Series 1990 notes.
File:$50-C (1992).jpeg
$50
259,200,000 All as Series 1990 notes.
$100-I (1992)
$100
323,200,000 All as Series 1990 notes.

The following was in circulation by year's end:

Denomination Estimate total Notes
File:$1-I (1994).JPG
$1
About 5.7 billion Virtually all were Series 1988A.
File:$2-I (1977).jpeg
$2
More than 450 million Mostly Series 1976.
$5-J (1990)
$5
About 1.38 billion Virtually all were Series 1988A.
$10-H (1993)
$10
About 1.32 billion At least 95% were Series 1990.
File:$20-K (1992).png
$20
Less than 3.75 billion At least 95% were Series 1990.
File:$50-C (1992).jpeg
$50
About 820 million More than 95% were Series 1990.
$100-I (1992)
$100
More than 2.01 billion About 60% were Series 1990.

Events in 1993

January 27 Magicalmusical 1993

Barney's Magical Musical Adventure was released on VHS nationwide, after a limited release in late 1992.

February 4 Barneysbirthday 1993 Bestmanners

"Barney's Birthday" and "Barney's Best Manners" were released on VHS. 20 more episodes were also now available from Time-Life Video.

February 18 ThomasPercy&theDragon VHS

Thomas, Percy and the Dragon and Other Stories was released on VHS.

February 22–26 Five new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Love", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1661–1665.
March 15 The Lyons Group announced a second season of Barney & Friends starting production, comprising of 18 episodes. The season was set to premiere in September 1993.
March 22 A third season of Shining Time Station premiered on PBS, this one spanning 25 episodes.
March 23 Kirbysadventure title JPN

Kirby's Adventure was released in Japan for use on the Famicom.

March 26 Pinocchio 1993

Pinocchio was released on VHS.

April Msdos6

Microsoft released MS-DOS 6.0.

May 1 Kirbysadventure title

Kirby's Adventure was released for use on the NES in North America.

May 7 My Neighbor Totoro 1993 Poster

Streamline Pictures' dub of My Neighbor Totoro was released in North American theaters.

May 25 The sixth season of Full House began reruns on ABC after it ended with 24 episodes.
Kidsongs playalongsongs Mothergoose

Kidsongs: Play Along Songs and "Barney Rhymes with Mother Goose" were released on VHS.

May 31 All 55 remaining episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood from 1974–1975 began airing on PBS, 25 of them for the last time -- specifically, episodes #1361–1365, #1391–1395, #1401–1410, and #1426–1430.
June 8 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1993 CD

The soundtrack for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released on audio CD format.

July 2 Snow White 1993 Poster

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was re-issued in theaters one last time after undergoing digital restoration.

July 14 Smas title jp

Super Mario All-Stars was released in Japan for the Super Famicom as "Super Mario Collection".

August 2 Smas title

Super Mario All-Stars was released for use on the Super NES.

August 25 Homesweethomes

Barney & Friends: "Home Sweet Homes" was released on VHS. This was the last Season 1 episode to ever see a home video release.

August 28 Last known broadcast of Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano on Disney Channel.
August 30–September 3 Five more new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Then & Now", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1666–1670.

By this point, only 30 episodes of the old series remained on PBS' schedule.

September 5 Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 no longer aired on The Family Channel.
September 6 Jeopardy 1993b Wheeloffortune 1992

The 10th season of Jeopardy! and the 11th season of Wheel of Fortune began on local syndication.

AOSTH

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog premiered on daily syndication.

September 14 Fullhouse 1993

The seventh season of Full House premiered on ABC. Season 6 moved to daily syndication.

September 18 Sonic SatAM

Sonic the Hedgehog premiered on ABC.

September 23 SonicCDtitle

Sonic the Hedgehog CD was released for the Sega CD, an add-on to the Genesis.

September 26 Last known broadcast of The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat on Disney Channel.
September 27 Barney season2

The second season of Barney & Friends premiered on PBS.

October 1 Aladdin

Aladdin was released on VHS in both standard and Deluxe Video Editions, and CLV or CAV Laserdisc. This video also included a sneak preview for The Lion King, set for release in June 1994.

October 6 Daisy 1993VHS

Another Season 3 video of Thomas & Friends, Daisy and Other Thomas Stories, was released on VHS.

October 8 Kidsongs talktotheanimals

Kidsongs: If We Could Talk to the Animals was released on VHS.

October 21 Reruns of the first two seasons of Barney & Friends began after the second season ended with 18 episodes.
October 25 SonicChaosTitle Sonic Chaos SMS Title

Sonic Chaos was released for the Sega Game Gear. There was also a Master System version, but it was only released in Europe.

November 1 Windowsforworkgroups

Microsoft released Windows for Workgroups 3.11.

November 12 The Lion King 1993 Title Card

A sneak preview at The Lion King debuted in theaters.

November 13 Last known broadcasts of Dr. Seuss on the Loose and The Hoober-Bloob Highway on Disney Channel.
November 16 Nausicaa Vol. 6 (Japanese)

Volume 6 of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was released in Japanese bookstores.

November 22 The "Food" week of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood reran every November, instead of any new episodes for the remainer of the show's run on PBS.
November 27 Pinball title

Kirby's Pinball Land was released for use on the Game Boy.

November 28 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! reran on TNT, while The Lorax aired on Disney Channel for the last time.
December 6 Reruns of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog began after the series ended with 65 episodes.
December 18 Reruns of Sonic the Hedgehog on ABC began after the first season ended with 13 episodes.
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