(written from a Production point of view)
From 1985 to 2001, various episodes of Star Trek: The Animated Series were released on VHS in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Italy. The first releases were titled The Cartoon Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, but all subsequent VHS releases were titled The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek.
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UK releases[]
Rental release[]
Starting in 1985, a rental release took place in the United Kingdom, under the name The Cartoon Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek. Five volumes were released, each featuring four episodes. The packaging is the same as that of Betamax release. The episode were placed in production order, which differs significantly from the release order. "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" and "The Counter-Clock Incident" were not part of this set.
Volume | Cover | Episodes | Certificate | Release date | Catalog Number |
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1 | "More Tribbles, More Troubles" "The Infinite Vulcan" "Yesteryear" "Beyond the Farthest Star" |
U | April 1985 | VHR 2168 | |
2 | "The Survivor" "The Lorelei Signal" "One of Our Planets Is Missing" "Mudd's Passion" |
U | Unknown | Unknown | |
3 | "The Magicks of Megas-Tu" "The Time Trap" "The Slaver Weapon" "The Ambergris Element" |
U | Unknown | Unknown | |
4 | "The Jihad" "The Terratin Incident" "The Eye of the Beholder" "Once Upon a Planet" |
U | Unknown | VHR 2191 | |
5 | "Bem" "Albatross" "The Pirates of Orion" "The Practical Joker" |
U | Unknown | Unknown |
Retail release[]
In the UK, from 1991 to 1992, CIC Video released a series of seven VHS tapes under the name The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek. The first volume contains four episodes and the other six have three each. The episodes were again placed in production order.
Volume | Cover | Episodes | Certificate | Release date | Catalog Number |
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1 | "More Tribbles, More Troubles" "The Infinite Vulcan" "Yesteryear" "Beyond the Farthest Star" |
U | 2 December 1991 | VHR 2535 | |
2 | "The Survivor" "The Lorelei Signal" "One of Our Planets Is Missing" |
U | 2 December 1991 | VHR 2536 | |
3 | "Mudd's Passion" "The Magicks of Megas-Tu" "The Time Trap" |
U | 20 January 1992 | VHR 2537 | |
4 | "The Slaver Weapon" "The Ambergris Element" "The Jihad" |
U | 20 January 1992 | VHR 2538 | |
5 | "The Terratin Incident" "The Eye of the Beholder" "Once Upon a Planet" |
U | 17 February 1992 | VHR 2539 | |
6 | "Bem" "Albatross" "The Pirates of Orion" |
U | 17 February 1992 | VHR 2540 | |
7 | "The Practical Joker" "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" "The Counter-Clock Incident" |
U | 17 February 1992 | VHR 2557 |
US releases[]
In 1989, Paramount Home Video released an eleven-volume VHS series entitled The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek with each tape containing two episodes. The episodes, like in the UK releases, were ordered by production, not release. The packaging is the same as that of Betamax release, with the only difference being the lack of a "Beta" sticker. The tapes were reissued in 1995 with slightly different cover art.
Volume | Cover | Episodes | Release date | Reference |
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1 | "More Tribbles, More Troubles" "The Infinite Vulcan" |
1989 | 60754-080 ASIN 6301320360 | |
2 | "Yesteryear" "Beyond the Farthest Star" |
1989 | 60754-081 ASIN 6301320352 | |
3 | "The Survivor" "The Lorelei Signal" |
1989 | 60754-082 ASIN 6301320344 | |
4 | "One of Our Planets Is Missing" "Mudd's Passion" |
1989 | 60754-083 ASIN 630132045X | |
5 | "The Magicks of Megas-Tu" "The Time Trap" |
1989 | 60754-084 ASIN 6301320336 | |
6 | "The Slaver Weapon" "The Ambergris Element" |
1989 | 60754-085 ASIN 6301320379 | |
7 | "The Jihad" "The Terratin Incident" |
1989 | 60754-086 ASIN 6301320417 | |
8 | "The Eye of the Beholder" "Once Upon a Planet" |
1989 | 60754-087 ASIN 6301320328 | |
9 | "Bem" "Albatross" |
1989 | 60754-088 ASIN 6301320433 | |
10 | "The Pirates of Orion" "The Practical Joker" |
1989 | 60754-089 ASIN 630132031X | |
11 | "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" "The Counter-Clock Incident" |
1989 | 60754-090 ASIN 6301320409 |
Italian releases[]
Although an Italian dub of the series existed, only one episode, "More Tribbles, More Troubles", was released in Italy on the VHS format in 2001 as part of the Star Trek - Animaletti Pericolosi boxset.
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