United States
The series has seen a few VHS releases from Kideo Video (distributed by Karl-Lorimar Home Video), DIC Video (distributed by Promotional Concept Group and Avon Products) and DIC Toon-Time Video (distributed by BMG Kidz and Buena Vista Home Video) throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
In March 2003, Sterling Entertainment released two releases on VHS and DVD: "Bedtime Stories", "The Last Laugh" and a third one: "To the Rescue" in July 2003. Each release contained six or seven episodes, with a bonus episode on the DVD version, while "To the Rescue" contained a bonus Sylvanian Families episode. An additional DVD, "Daydreams", was released on February 4, 2004, and contained a Strawberry Shortcake short as a bonus on the DVD version.
Sterling would later release all 22 episodes in seven-volume collections in 2004 entitled Celebration, Dreamland, Forever Friends, Land of Enchantment, Starry Skies, Tenderheart Tales and Fun in the Sun.
In 2007, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment acquired the rights to the original DIC series and re-released all the DIC-produced episodes on DVD in five-volume collections entitled Care-A-Lot Adventures, Forest of Feelings, Magical Moments, Carousel of Dreams and Sharing in the Sunshine.
On August 26, 2008, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released Care Bears: Care-A-Lot Collection on DVD in Region 1. [3] The two-disc set features all 22 episodes of the series (with its original opening and closing titles).
In 2013, Mill Creek Entertainment acquired the rights to the series and subsequently released three-volume collections which contain six episodes each, on September 10, 2013.
On October 6, 2015, Mill Creek released The Care Bears – The Complete Original Series on DVD in Region 1. [4] The two-disc set features all 22 episodes of the series.
| Release | Format | Episodes | Distributor | Release date |
|---|
| Care Bears Save the Day! | VHS | Mayor For a Day
The Night the Stars Went Out | Karl-Lorimar Home Video
(Kideo Video) | 1986 |
| Volume 2 | Braces
The Lucky Charm |
| Volume 3 | Split Decision
Birthday |
| Volume 4 | Soap Box Derby
Camp |
| To the Rescue! | VHS/Betamax | The Lucky Charm
Braces
Split Decision |
| Share the Fun and Adventure! | The Last Laugh
The Show Must Go On
The Forest of Misfortune |
| Magical Stories About Caring! | Daydreams
Runaway
The Magic Mirror |
|
| The Last Laugh/The Show Must Go On | VHS | The Last Laugh
The Show Must Go On | Promotional Concept Group
(DIC Video) | unknown |
| They've Got Heart as Big as a Rainbow! | The Birthday
Camp
Split Decision
The Magic Mirror | DIC Video | 1992 |
| The Birthday | The Birthday
Split Decision | Buena Vista Home Video
(DIC Toon-Time Video) | 1994 |
| Camp | Camp
Braces |
| Bedtime Stories | VHS/DVD | The Night the Stars Went Out
The Magic Shop
Birthday
Lucky Charm
Drab City
The Cloud Worm
The Old Man and the Lighthouse (DVD-exclusive episode) | Sterling Entertainment
(DIC Home Entertainment) | March 11, 2003 |
| The Last Laugh | The Last Laugh
Soap Box Derby
The Forest of Misfortune
The Girl Who Cried Wolf
Concrete Rain
Mayor for a Day
The Show Must Go On (DVD-exclusive episode) |
| To the Rescue! | The Magic Mirror
Dry Spells
Camp
Braces
Split Decision
Wedding Bells
Sylvanian Families episode (DVD-exclusive) | July 22, 2003 |
| Daydreams | Daydreams
Runaway
The Show Must Go On
The Old Man and the Lighthouse
Strawberry Shortcake - Growing Better all the Time (DVD only) | February 3, 2004 |
International
In the United Kingdom, Maximum Entertainment released the whole DIC series on four DVD sets and two VHS releases under license from Jetix Europe (who at the time owned the international distribution rights to the pre-1990 DIC library).
Volume 1, released in August 2004 contained the first two episodes (1 on the VHS) alongside the Freeze Machine and Land without Feelings specials. Volume 2, released in October 2004 contained five episodes, and The Magic Shop (released in February 2005) and The Girl who Cried Wolf (released in August 2005) each contained three episodes, with the Freeze Machine special appearing on the latter again for an unknown reason, likely as filler. Both sets were released in two compilations titled "Volumes 1 and 2" (released in January 2005) and "Wedding Bells" (Released in May 2005), each containing two discs with their respective volumes.
The separate volumes were re-released again in 2007, with the former two volumes being released simply as Care Bears. Another compilation titled Happy Birthday, Care Bears was released by Maximum in February 2008, containing 12 episodes set within two discs. Lace DVD re-issued the DVDs again in 2011 as well was releasing the entire series in a four-disc boxset. These versions are identical to Maximum's releases.
In 2016, Platform Entertainment would release four DVDs of the series.
