Media from 2008.
Carryovers
Current statistics of most released media as of January 1 this year:
Movies | |||||||||||
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Hercules |
Available on DVD since November 9, 1999; re-printed on August 1, 2000.
Still in print due to never getting a Special Edition re-release since 2004. | ||||||||||
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2002, but still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Shrek |
Available on DVD since November 2, 2001.
A pan-and-scan single-disc DVD was also on sale. | ||||||||||
How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
Available on DVD since November 20, 2001. | ||||||||||
The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
Available on DVD since March 19, 2002. | ||||||||||
Monsters, Inc. |
Available on DVD since September 17, 2002. | ||||||||||
Beauty and the Beast |
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2003, but still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Castle in the Sky |
Available on DVD since April 15, 2003. | ||||||||||
Kiki's Delivery Service |
Available on DVD since April 15, 2003. | ||||||||||
Spirited Away |
Available on DVD since April 15, 2003. | ||||||||||
A Bug's Life |
Available on DVD since May 27, 2003. | ||||||||||
The Lion King |
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2005, but still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Finding Nemo |
Available on DVD since November 4, 2003. | ||||||||||
Alice in Wonderland |
Available on DVD since January 27, 2004. | ||||||||||
The Lion King 1½ |
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2005, but still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Cat in the Hat |
Available on DVD since March 16, 2004. | ||||||||||
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride |
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2005, but still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Aladdin |
Available on DVD until January 31, 2008. | ||||||||||
Mulan |
Available on DVD since October 26, 2004. | ||||||||||
Shrek 2 |
Available on DVD since November 5, 2004. | ||||||||||
Mary Poppins |
Available on DVD since December 14, 2004. | ||||||||||
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind |
Available on DVD since February 22, 2005. | ||||||||||
Bambi |
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2007, but still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Incredibles |
Available on DVD since March 15, 2005. | ||||||||||
Pocahontas |
Available on DVD since May 3, 2005. | ||||||||||
Toy Story |
Available on DVD since September 6, 2005. | ||||||||||
Robots |
Available on DVD since September 27, 2005. | ||||||||||
Cinderella |
Available on DVD until January 31, 2008. | ||||||||||
The Wizard of Oz |
Available on DVD since October 25, 2005. | ||||||||||
Toy Story 2 |
Available on DVD since December 27, 2005. | ||||||||||
Lady and the Tramp |
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2007, but still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
My Neighbor Totoro |
Available on DVD since March 7, 2006. | ||||||||||
Howl's Moving Castle |
Available on DVD since March 7, 2006. | ||||||||||
Ice Age |
The "Super-Cool Edition" was available on DVD since March 14, 2006. | ||||||||||
Dumbo |
Available on DVD since June 6, 2006. | ||||||||||
The Little Mermaid |
Available on DVD since October 3, 2006. | ||||||||||
The Fox and the Hound |
Available on DVD as a 25th Anniversary Edition since October 10, 2006. | ||||||||||
My Little Pony: The Movie |
Available on DVD since November 14, 2006. | ||||||||||
Ice Age: The Meltdown |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since November 21, 2006. | ||||||||||
Robin Hood |
Available on DVD since November 28, 2006. | ||||||||||
Open Season |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since January 30, 2007. | ||||||||||
Peter Pan |
Available on DVD since March 6, 2007. | ||||||||||
The Jungle Book |
Available on DVD since October 2, 2007. | ||||||||||
Surf's Up |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since October 9, 2007. | ||||||||||
Cars |
Available on DVD since November 7, 2006 and on Blu-ray Disc since November 6, 2007. | ||||||||||
Ratatouille |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since November 6, 2007. | ||||||||||
Shrek the Third |
Available on DVD since November 13, 2007. | ||||||||||
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
Available on DVD since May 28, 2002 and on Blu-ray Disc since December 11, 2007. | ||||||||||
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
Available on DVD since April 11, 2003 and on Blu-ray Disc since December 11, 2007. | ||||||||||
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
Available on DVD since November 23, 2004 and on Blu-ray Disc since December 11, 2007. | ||||||||||
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
Available on DVD since March 7, 2006 and on Blu-ray Disc since December 11, 2007. | ||||||||||
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since December 11, 2007. | ||||||||||
Books | |||||||||||
Horton Hears a Who! (1954) |
The Cat in the Hat (1957) |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957) | |||||||||
Green Eggs and Ham (1960) |
The Lorax (1971) | ||||||||||
TV Shows | |||||||||||
Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! |
Older episodes of both shows were currently airing on Game Show Network. | ||||||||||
Arthur |
The show was currently airing on PBS Kids, under the PBS Kids GO! programming block.
All episodes now used the Cookie Jar Entertainment logo. | ||||||||||
Arthur's Perfect Christmas |
Available on DVD seasonally since 2000. | ||||||||||
Full House |
Currently airing on Nick at Nite and ABC Family.
The complete series was also available on DVD since November 6, 2007. | ||||||||||
Thomas & Friends |
Older episodes from Seasons 1–7 were currently airing on PBS Kids Sprout, restored in high definition and using the same narration from Shining Time Station. | ||||||||||
My Little Pony Tales |
10 out of 26 episodes were available on DVD within the UK.
However, the DVD went out of print this year at the latest. | ||||||||||
The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, Dr. Seuss on the Loose, The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat, Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano, Grinch Night, and The Hoober-Bloob Highway were currently available on DVD since October 7, 2003, and as "Seuss Celebration: 9 Favorite Televised Classics" since September 27, 2005.
Some specials also aired seasonally on ABC Family. | |||||||||||
My Little Pony |
All 65 episodes were currently available on DVD since April 11, 2006. | ||||||||||
All My Little Pony Generation 3 media to date was available on DVD since September 12, 2006. | |||||||||||
Super Mario Bros. Super Show |
Most of the complete series was available on DVD since October 31, 2006. | ||||||||||
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Horton Hears a Who! |
Available on DVD since November 21, 2006. | ||||||||||
Pokémon |
Currently airing on Cartoon Network, with Johto League Champions airing for the only time this year after The Johto Journeys, then followed by one more run of Master Quest.
All episodes from the first five seasons were also available on DVD, released from March 27, 2001 through November 13, 2007, with more re-releases awaiting. | ||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog |
Available on DVD since March 27, 2007.
Volume sets also began this year, starting with the first one on September 16, 2008. | ||||||||||
Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 |
Available on DVD since June 26, 2007. | ||||||||||
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog |
The first 22 episodes were available on DVD since July 17, 2007. | ||||||||||
Barney & Friends |
21 episodes of the first three seasons were currently airing on PBS Kids Sprout. | ||||||||||
The Amanda Show |
Continued airing on The N until March 2008. | ||||||||||
Super Mario World |
Available on DVD since November 13, 2007. | ||||||||||
Sonic Underground |
The first 20 episodes were available on DVD since December 18, 2007. | ||||||||||
Music | |||||||||||
Disney's Greatest Vol. 1 |
Disney's Greatest Vol. 2 |
Disney's Greatest Vol. 3 |
My Favorite Kidsongs Collection | ||||||||
Kidsongs |
All 24 music video shows were available on DVD as of March 11, 2003, along with nine episodes of the TV Show's 1997 season and one from the 1995 season, since March 2006 and late 2007, respectively. | ||||||||||
Video Games | |||||||||||
Super Mario All-Stars Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Kirby Super Star Kirby's Dream Land 3 |
These Super NES games were currently awaiting Virtual Console releases for the Wii. | ||||||||||
Sonic Chaos Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble Sonic & Knuckles Sonic Drift 2 Sonic Jam Sonic R Sonic Shuffle |
Some classic Sonic games, including these titles, were currently out of print. However, Sonic & Knuckles was awaiting a Virtual Console release for the Wii. | ||||||||||
Super Smash Bros. Mario Party Mario Party 2 Mario Party 3 Donkey Kong 64 |
These Nintendo 64 games were currently awaiting Virtual Console releases for the Wii. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Kirby's Dream Land Kirby's Pinball Land Kirby's Dream Land 2 Kirby's Block Ball Kirby's Star Stacker Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble Pokémon Red and Blue Pokémon (Yellow) Super Mario Bros. Deluxe Wario Land II Wario Land 3 Pokémon Gold and Silver Pokémon (Crystal) |
All Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles, including these ones, were currently out of print. | ||||||||||
Mario Kart: Super Circuit Wario Land 4 Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Sonic Advance Sonic Advance 2 Sonic Battle Sonic Advance 3 Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land Kirby & the Amazing Mirror Mario Party Advance |
All Game Boy Advance games were discontinued after 2006. However, they were still backwards compatible with the Nintendo DS. | ||||||||||
Super Smash Bros. Melee Super Mario Sunshine Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Mario Party 4 Mario Party 5 Mario Party 6 Mario Party 7 Kirby Air Ride Sonic Adventure 2 Battle Sonic Mega Collection Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut Sonic Heroes Shadow the Hedgehog Sonic Riders |
All Nintendo GameCube games were discontinued this year. However, they were still backwards compatible with the Wii, with a GameCube controller and memory card required. | ||||||||||
Super Mario 64 DS |
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 21, 2004. | ||||||||||
Kirby Canvas Curse |
Available for the Nintendo DS since June 13, 2005. | ||||||||||
Mario Kart DS |
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 14, 2005. | ||||||||||
Sonic Rush |
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 15, 2005. | ||||||||||
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time |
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 28, 2005. | ||||||||||
Super Princess Peach |
Available for the Nintendo DS since February 27, 2006. | ||||||||||
New Super Mario Bros. |
Available for the Nintendo DS since May 15, 2006. | ||||||||||
Yoshi's Island DS |
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 13, 2006. | ||||||||||
Kirby Squeak Squad |
Available for the Nintendo DS since December 4, 2006. | ||||||||||
Sonic and the Secret Rings |
Available for the Wii since February 20, 2007. | ||||||||||
Super Paper Mario |
Available for the Wii since April 9, 2007. | ||||||||||
Mario Party 8 |
Available for the Wii since May 29, 2007. | ||||||||||
Sonic Rush Adventure |
Available for the Nintendo DS since September 18, 2007. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Galaxy |
Available for the Wii since November 12, 2007. | ||||||||||
Mario Party DS |
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 19, 2007. | ||||||||||
Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Jr. Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels Super Mario Bros. 2 Super Mario Bros. 3 Kirby's Adventure |
These NES games were currently available for purchase via the Wii Shop Channel. | ||||||||||
Super Mario World Kirby's Dream Course Donkey Kong Country Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble |
These Super NES games were currently available for purchase via the Wii Shop Channel. | ||||||||||
Super Mario 64 Mario Kart 64 Paper Mario Yoshi's Story |
These Nintendo 64 games were currently available for purchase via the Wii Shop Channel. | ||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Sonic 3D Blast |
These Sega Genesis games were currently available for purchase via the Wii Shop Channel. |
Paper money
The following was printed during fiscal year 2008:
Denomination | Amount printed | Notes |
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$1 |
3,577,600,000 | All as Series 2006 notes. |
$5 |
1,203,200,000 | All as Series 2006 notes. |
File:$10-D (2008).png $10 |
1,094,400,000 | All as Series 2006 notes. |
$20 |
633,600,000 | All as Series 2006 notes. |
File:$50-L (2008).jpeg $50 |
428,800,000 | All as Series 2006 notes. |
File:$100-F (2008).jpeg $100 |
1,209,600,000 | All as Series 2006 notes. |
The following was in circulation by year's end:
Denomination | Estimate total | Notes |
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$1 |
About 9.5 billion | Everything printed since June 2006 was still in circulation, comprising of Series 2003A and 2006 notes. |
$2 |
Less than 850 million | They were usually Series 2003 notes if from Minneapolis, Series 1995 notes if from Atlanta, and Series 2003A if from anywhere else. |
File:$5-I (2007).png $5 |
About 2.2 billion | Everything printed since February 2007 was still in circulation, comprising of Series 2003A and 2006 notes. |
File:$10-D (2008).png $10 |
About 1.63 billion | Everything printed since June 2006 was still in circulation, comprising of Series 2004A and 2006 notes. |
$20 |
More than 6.25 billion | Everything printed since November 2004 was still in circulation. This included all of the Series 2004A notes ever printed. |
$50 |
More than 1.29 billion | Everything printed since September 1999 was still in circulation. This included all of the Series 2004 and 2004A notes ever printed. |
$100 |
About 6.25 billion | Everything printed since June 1999 was still in circulation. This included all of the Series 2001 through 2003A notes ever printed. |
Events in 2008
January 8 |
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity was released for the Wii. |
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February 4 | Microsoft released Windows Vista Service Pack 1. |
February 5 |
The Aristocats was re-released on DVD as a Special Edition. |
February 19 |
"Kirby's Adventures in Cappytown" and all the remaining episodes of Pokémon: Indigo League were released on DVD. |
February 25 | Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards was released on the Wii Shop Channel. |
March 4 | The remaining Season 11 episodes of Thomas & Friends were released on DVD. |
Ice Age was released on Blu-ray Disc. 101 Dalmatians was also re-released on DVD as a Platinum Edition. | |
March 12 | The N began airing All That episodes from Seasons 3–6. |
March 13 | The current design of the $5 bill was released to circulation, as a Series 2006 note. |
March 14 |
Horton Hears a Who! premiered in theaters. |
April 10 | Mario Kart Wii was released in Japan for the Wii. |
April 16 | 20th Century Fox released the teaser trailer for Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. |
April 21 | Microsoft released Windows XP Service Pack 3, as this operating system still remained the most popular in the market. |
April 27 |
Mario Kart Wii was released for the Wii in North America. |
May 20 |
Episodes 14–26 of Sonic X and all episodes of Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands were re-released on DVD. |
June 17 |
The remaining 20 episodes of Sonic Underground were released on DVD. |
June 21 |
Sonic X returned on reruns. Kirby: Right Back at Ya! also returned for one more run on FOX's schedule, and both shows were made available for streaming on the 4KidsTV website for the first time. |
June 27 |
WALL-E premiered in theaters. |
July 11 |
Apple introduced the iPhone 3G, which came with iOS 2 by default. This operating system added support for eight more languages. |
July 14 | Donkey Kong 3 was released on the Wii Shop Channel. By this point, all NES games on this site were now available for the Wii. |
July 19 |
Ponyo was released in Japanese theaters. This was Studio Ghibli's last film of the 2000s. |
July 27 | Pixar released the teaser trailer for Up. |
July 29 |
Warner Bros. released the first teaser trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, set to premiere in theaters on November 21, 2008 at the time. |
July 30 | A teaser trailer for The Princess and the Frog was released online. |
August 4 | The Sega Master System version of Sonic the Hedgehog was released on the Wii Shop Channel. |
August 14 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was pushed back to July 15, 2009. |
August 26 |
The Nightmare Before Christmas was released on Blu-ray Disc, also being the first film to include a digital copy of itself. |
September 1 |
As more stations were discontinuing reruns of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, the total number of available episodes dropped to about 200. |
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars was released on the Wii Shop Channel. | |
September 8 |
The 25th season of Jeopardy! and the 26th season of Wheel of Fortune began on local syndication. This was the last season for the old Jeopardy! set, while Wheel of Fortune also introduced the Million Dollar wedge. |
September 9 |
Apple introduced iTunes 8. |
September 14 | The remaining six episodes of Season 11 of Thomas & Friends premiered on PBS Kids, two at a time per week until September 28. |
September 15 | Reruns of All That on The N ended. |
September 22 |
Kirby Super Star Ultra was released for the Nintendo DS. |
September 23 |
Shrek the Third was released on Blu-ray Disc. Episodes 27–38 of Sonic X were also re-released on DVD. |
September 30 |
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood was released for the Nintendo DS. |
October 7 |
Sleeping Beauty was re-released on DVD and for the first time on Blu-ray Disc as a "50th Anniversary Platinum Edition". Attached to this film was a trailer for the upcoming re-release of Pinocchio. |
October 14 | As of this date, all episodes from Seasons 1–9 of Thomas & Friends have been released on DVD, except for four Season 4 episodes from "Thomas Meets the Queen", which itself never got a DVD release. |
October 26 | Season 12 of Thomas & Friends premiered on PBS Kids. This season aired new episodes once a week until December 28. |
November 14 | Another teaser trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released online, this time with the new release date for the film. |
November 18 |
WALL-E was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. Some retail prints also included a digital copy of the film. |
Sonic Unleashed was released for the Wii. | |
December 8 | The Sega Master System version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was released on the Wii Shop Channel. |
December 9 |
Cappy New Year and Other Kirby Adventures and another 22 episodes of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog were released on DVD. This marked the last time Kirby: Right Back at Ya! ever got a new DVD. |
Horton Hears a Who! was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. | |
December 11 |
The first stable version of Google Chrome was released for Windows XP and Vista users. |