Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation#Cast
{{short description|1986 animated film by Dale Schott}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Care Bears Movie II:
A New Generation
| image = The Care Bears Movie II – A New Generation (1986) poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| alt = Standing on a cloud, a purple horse (Noble Heart Horse), a cream white bear (True Heart Bear), a pink bear cub (Cheer Bear) and a blue baby rabbit (Swift Heart Rabbit) face off before a menacing red dragon (Dark Heart). A yellow bear cub (Funshine Bear), and two human children (Dawn and John), gaze on behind them. The film's title logo, and its two taglines, float atop this scene. One of the credits below reads "Story by Nelvana"—the company that produced this film.
| director = Dale Schott
| producer ={{Plainlist|
| writer = Peter Sauder
| music = Patricia Cullen
| editing = Evan Landis
| starring ={{Plainlist|
| country = Canada
United States
| language = English
| runtime = 76 minutes
| studio = Nelvana Limited
LBS Communications
Wang Film Productions
Those Characters from Cleveland, LLC
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1986|03|07|limited|ref1={{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1986/0CBM2.php|title=Box office information for Care Bears Movie II|access-date=June 20, 2010|work=The Numbers|publisher=Nash Information Services LLC|archive-date=February 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110212032856/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1986/0CBM2.php|url-status=live}}|1986|03|21|North America|ref2={{#tag:ref|In the U.S. and Canadian domestic market, wide release occurs when a film is playing in 600 or more theatres.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/about/boxoffice.htm|title=About Movie Box Office Tracking and Terms|access-date=September 18, 2010|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=August 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815011543/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/about/boxoffice.htm|url-status=live}}|group=nb}}}}
| budget = at least US$3.4 million{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57282-CARE-BEARSMOVIEIIANEWGENERATION?sid=c9eb4434-83a3-4be1-9ac3-7e86255380c3&sr=6.855572&cp=1&pos=1|title=Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986)|access-date=February 16, 2021|work=AFI Catalog|publisher=American Film Institute|quote=According to a 12 Aug 1985 DV article, filmmakers spent 'slightly more' than the $3.4 million cost of the first movie in the series.|archive-date=25 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104136/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57282-CARE-BEARSMOVIEIIANEWGENERATION?sid=c9eb4434-83a3-4be1-9ac3-7e86255380c3&sr=6.855572&cp=1&pos=1|url-status=live}}
| gross = $12 million{{cite news|last=Lerch|first=Renate|title=Nelvana finds reel success in animated films|date=February 9, 1988|work=The Financial Post|publisher=Financial Post Ltd.|page=17|quote=The first [Care Bears] movie, released in 1985, grossed $25 million at the box office. Its $3.5-million budget was financed by American Greetings in partnership with Kenner-Parker Toys Inc. of Beverly, Mass. The Americans also funded the sequel, which brought in $12 million. Nelvana financed the third movie itself and it has so far grossed $6 million.}}
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Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation is a 1986 animated musical fantasy film co-produced by LBS Communications and Nelvana Limited, and released by Columbia Pictures. It is the third animated feature from Nelvana and the second film based on the Care Bears franchise. It was directed by Dale Schott, written by Peter Sauder, and produced by Nelvana's three founders; Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, and Clive A. Smith. It stars the voices of Alyson Court, Cree Summer, Maxine Miller and Hadley Kay. In the story, The Great Wishing Star (voiced by Chris Wiggins) tells the origins of the Care Bears and the story of their first Caring Mission. True Heart Bear and Noble Heart Horse lead the other Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins in aiding Christy, a young camper who is tempted by the evil shape-shifting Dark Heart. This is also the first appearance of the Care Bear Cubs, who also had their own line of toys.
A New Generation was made over a seven-month period at Nelvana's Toronto facilities, with additional work handled by Taiwan's Wang Film Productions, and involved several crew members who had worked on the original Care Bears Movie. Patricia Cullen served as composer, and Los Angeles musicians Dean and Carol Parks worked on the film's six songs.
Upon its release in March 21, 1986, A New Generation gained negative attention for its unnecessary merchandising tie-ins, poor animation quality, and frightening themes for a children's movie. Some of its key elements received comparisons to the German legend Faust and J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. The film grossed only $8.5 million in North America, about a third of what the previous installment earned, and over $12 million worldwide. It was released on video in August 21, 1986, and the final home media release to date was a DVD issued in April 2003. The film was followed by The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland in 1987.
Plot
On the ocean, a yellow bear and a purple horse, who live in a giant ship, look after a pack of baby animals known as the Care Bear Cubs and Care Bear Cousin Cubs.{{#tag:ref|Introduced by American Greetings in 1984,{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HKk7r9uEgrIC&q=Care+Bears+Movie&pg=PA52|last=Pecora|first=Norma Odom|title=The Business of Children's Entertainment|chapter=The Industries: Television and Toy|pages=52–55|isbn=1-57230-774-9|year=2002|access-date=June 17, 2010|publisher=Guilford Press|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104204/https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Business_of_Children_s_Entertainment/HKk7r9uEgrIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Care+Bears+Movie&pg=PA52&printsec=frontcover|url-status=live}} the Care Bear Cousins are a group of animals who serve as relatives to the Care Bears.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rKkRAAAAIBAJ&pg=4657,3747590&dq=dark-heart&hl=en|last=McLane|first=Mike|title=The Care Bears don't disappoint|date=March 28, 1986|access-date=June 21, 2010|work=Gainesville Sun Scene Magazine|page=20|archive-date=August 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804160603/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rKkRAAAAIBAJ&pg=4657,3747590&dq=dark-heart&hl=en|url-status=live}} The group consists of different species, such as a monkey, an elephant and a penguin; Noble Heart Horse is one of them.{{cite video |people=Schott, Dale (director) |date=1986 |title= Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation |medium=Animated film |publisher= Columbia Pictures (distributor) / Nelvana Limited / LBS Communications }} The characters made their official debut in The Care Bears Movie.|group=nb}} During their journey, a red sea serpent threatens them; it is revealed to be one of the many forms of Dark Heart, an evil shape-shifting spirit that brings chaos to the land. They escape by following a rainbow up to the sky, while the boat transforms into the Cloud Clipper.{{#tag:ref|The Cloud Clipper is seen and mentioned by name in "Lost at Sea", an episode of Nelvana's The Care Bears Family.{{Cite episode |title=Lost at Sea |series=The Care Bears Family |series-link=The Care Bears (TV series) |credits=Nichol, b.p. (writer) |network=ABC |airdate=October 11, 1986 }}|group=nb}} In the sky, they meet the Great Wishing Star, who gives the group their iconic "symbols", which indicate each creature's role or specialty, and are attached to their chests. True Heart Bear and Noble Heart Horse, as the characters come to be known, become founders of the Kingdom of Caring, a land which comprises Care-a-Lot and the Forest of Feelings.
For the Bears' first Caring Mission, True Heart and one of the cousins, Swift Heart Rabbit, travel to Earth at a summer camp, where they meet three of its participants: a kind and determined young girl named Christy and her best friends, twins John and Dawn. Christy and the twins are concerned because a boastful boy nicknamed the "Camp Champ" always emerges victorious in showdowns. They decide to confront him, only for him to assign them to trash duty. A distraught Christy resolves to run away with her friends, only to get lost in the nearby forest. True Heart soon finds and rescues John and Dawn and brings them to the Kingdom of Caring. Upon arriving, the children hear a bell toll from the Caring Meter, which tells the Bears how much caring is taking place on Earth. Noble Heart and True Heart tell them to babysit the Cubs before leaving to search for Dark Heart and Christy.
Meanwhile, in the forest, Christy meets Dark Heart, disguised as a human teenage boy, and asks him to make her the new Camp Champ. He grants her wish, but warns she must pay him back later and walks away as she finally encounters her friends. Aware of Dark Heart's potential, True Heart and Noble Heart take action by moving the Bear Cubs to Care-a-Lot, and the Cousin Cubs to the Forest of Feelings. Both sets quickly grow up to become the Care Bear Family.
Later, while the Bears and cousins decide to celebrate the Kingdom of Caring's anniversary and prepare a party for the Kingdom's founders, Dark Heart sneaks into Care-a-Lot disguised as a repairman to capture the Family. A cluster of Star Buddies, an army of stars which defend the kingdom under the command of the Great Wishing Star, drive him off; he then morphs into a red cloud of mist. The Bears shoot light at him from their bellies, forming the "Care Bear Stare"; the Cousins also help by using their "Care Cousin Call". After Dark Heart is fended off, True Heart and Noble Heart decide to search for and defeat him, leaving the Bears to handle missions by themselves.
During their patrol, the Bears and Cousins spot Christy stranded in a canoe within a lake, but before they can rescue her, Dark Heart appears as an aura of mist and attacks them. The family decides to retaliate, only to be captured and trapped in his magic bag, which was the favor he wanted Christy to do all along. The few Family members at hand determine that she has teamed up with him. This prompts Tenderheart Bear to hold a press wheel in the Hall of Hearts. John and Dawn join the conference after Friend Bear and Secret Bear save them from a moose that was under Dark Heart's influence and listen to Tenderheart Bear discuss his plans to successfully put down Dark Heart.
Later that night, Dark Heart brainwashes everyone staying at the camp, causing them to wreak havoc. The Bears and Cousins search for any stranded Family members and engage Dark Heart again, only for Dark Heart to imprison them—first in cages, then freezing them inside big rubies hanging from a chandelier. Meanwhile, John and Dawn tell Christy of their conviction to rescue the Family from Dark Heart. Feeling guilt, she finally comes to her senses and pays him back by admitting what she has done. Her bargain with Dark Heart is over, and she finally admits that he must be expelled once and for all.
True Heart, Noble Heart, whom Dark Heart tricked into leaving the family alone while chasing his shadow, John, and Dawn partake in a heist to reach and destroy Dark Heart inside his lair. After sending Grumpy Bear and other two mates in an attempt to steal a necklace with a key, Dark Heart attacks them again. Christy soon joins the heist and threatens Dark Heart to release the bears. He refuses, and shows her the chandelier in which the Family is trapped. After an argument with Christy, Dark Heart warns her that if she saved his life, she should run and save hers before shooting bolts of red magic into True Heart and Noble Heart. Both confront Dark Heart, which transforms again into an aura of red magic. Christy attempts to intervene, only to be struck by one of Dark Heart's bolts of lightning. In a last ditch effort, she flicks a marble into the lever holding the chandelier before dying. When the chandelier breaks, the family confronts Dark Heart one final time. He looks at Christy, who tells him that be it good or bad, he is still a person.
Dark Heart's evil magic fades and he begs the family to bring her back to life. To resurrect her, the family, John and Dawn chant to Christy that they care, ask the audience to join in and Dark Heart, who is hesitant at first, finally opens his mind and starts caring. Christy comes back to life, and due to Dark Heart's magic perishing, his lair collapses. After a successful escape, Dark Heart is freed from the dark magic and becomes a human permanently, much to everyone's delight.
After a large celebration, the bears bid farewell to the campers and return home. The Great Wishing Star delivers an ending speech, which is followed by Harmony Bear and Brave Heart paddling a rowboat past the castle and flashbacks of the family's childhood.
Cast
Production
=Development=
The Care Bears franchise was created in 1981{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hK0rPUF85loC&q=%22Care+Bears%22++-+1981&pg=PA70|last=Mansour|first=David|title=From ABBA to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century|page=70|isbn=0-7407-5118-2|year=2005|access-date=July 15, 2010|publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104421/https://books.google.com/books?id=hK0rPUF85loC&q=%22Care+Bears%22++-+1981&pg=PA70|url-status=live}} by Those Characters from Cleveland, a division of the greeting card company American Greetings.{{cite book|last=Beck|first=Jerry|author-link=Jerry Beck|title=The Animated Movie Guide|url=https://archive.org/details/animatedmoviegui0000beck|url-access=registration|year=2005|isbn=1-55652-591-5|publisher=Chicago Reader Press}}{{rp|47–48}} Early in their tenure, the characters appeared as toys from the Kenner company,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fSjcHeg2BIEC&q=%22Care+Bears%22&pg=PA100|last=Steyer|first=James P.|title=The Other Parent: The Inside Story of the Media's Effect on Our Children|page=100|isbn=0-7434-0583-8|year=2003|access-date=July 20, 2010|publisher=Simon & Schuster|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104423/https://books.google.com/books?id=fSjcHeg2BIEC&q=%22Care+Bears%22&pg=PA100|url-status=live}} and also in greeting cards by Elena Kucharik.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gnjYAAAAMAAJ&q=Kucharik+-+Care+Bears|last=Gardella|first=Peter|title=American Angels: Useful Spirits in the Material World|page=29|isbn=978-0-7006-1537-7|year=2007|access-date=August 12, 2010|publisher=University Press of Kansas|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104424/https://books.google.com/books?id=gnjYAAAAMAAJ&q=Kucharik+-+Care+Bears|url-status=live}} They starred in two syndicated television specials from a Canadian animation studio, Atkinson Film-Arts of Ottawa: The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings (1983){{cite book|last=Woolery|first=George W.|title=Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962–1987|isbn=0-8108-2198-2|year=1989|publisher=Scarecrow Press}}{{rp|58–60}} and The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine (1984).{{rp|57–58}} After the specials, Toronto's Nelvana studio produced the first Care Bears Movie in less than eight months.{{cite journal|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Three+men+and+a+bear%3A+Nelvana+at+25-a030533629|last1=Besen|first1=Ellen|last2=Glassman|first2=Marc|title=Three men and a bear: Nelvana at 25|date=September 22, 1996|access-date=September 29, 2010|journal=Take One|publisher=Canadian Independent Film & Television Publishing Association|via=The Free Library|archive-date=October 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021063946/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Three+men+and+a+bear:+Nelvana+at+25-a030533629|url-status=live}} It was distributed in the United States by The Samuel Goldwyn Company, an independent outfit, and grossed US$22.9 million at the North American box office,{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=carebearsmovie.htm|title=Box office information for The Care Bears Movie|access-date=June 18, 2010|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=July 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714174309/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=carebearsmovie.htm|url-status=live}} the largest amount for a non-Disney animated film at the time. This success guaranteed production of a second film,{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/474724701.html?dids=474724701:474724701&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+16%2C+1985&author=&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Nelvana+cornering+kid+market&pqatl=google|author=Staff|title=Nelvana cornering kid market|date=November 16, 1985|access-date=June 18, 2010|url-access=registration|work=Toronto Star|page=F.2|archive-date=November 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102151119/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/474724701.html?dids=474724701:474724701&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+16,+1985&author=&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Nelvana+cornering+kid+market&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}} which was in consideration by May 1985.{{cite journal|last=Walmsley|first=Ann|title=A bearish movie with bullish results|date=May 27, 1985|journal=Maclean's|publisher=Maclean Hunter Limited|page=54|quote=Nelvana is now the prime candidate for a sequel to Care Bears for release in 1986}} As with the original, production took place at Nelvana's facilities{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/474894701.html?dids=474894701:474894701&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+05%2C+1986&author=Sid+Adilman+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=CBC+reported+to+be+getting+%2420+million+increase&pqatl=google|last=Adilman|first=Sid|title=CBC reported to be getting $20 million increase|date=February 5, 1986|access-date=June 12, 2010|url-access=registration|work=Toronto Star|page=F.1|archive-date=November 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134304/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/474894701.html?dids=474894701:474894701&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+05,+1986&author=Sid+Adilman+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=CBC+reported+to+be+getting+$20+million+increase&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}} and Taiwan's Wang Film Productions;{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TNJulkqR774C&q=%22Care+Bears%22+-+Wang+Film&pg=PA125|last=Lent|first=John A.|title=Animation in Asia and the Pacific|chapter=James Wang and His Crazy Climb to Taiwan's Cuckoo's Nest|page=[https://archive.org/details/animationinasiap00john/page/125 125]|isbn=0-253-34035-7|year=2001|access-date=June 18, 2010|publisher=Indiana University Press|url=https://archive.org/details/animationinasiap00john/page/125}} the Canadian studio also hired South Korean personnel to handle inking and painting.{{cite journal|last1=Johnson|first1=Brian D.|last2=Smith|first2=Douglas|title=Spinning a spell of cartoon magic|date=March 24, 1986|journal=Maclean's|publisher=Maclean Hunter Limited}} This time, over one hundred Nelvana animators worked on the film over a seven-month period that lasted until February 1986; the company itself received credit for the story development.{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI%7CDN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB2987FC5C6B243&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title='Care Bears II': Better story and less scary|date=March 22, 1986|access-date=June 18, 2010|url-access=registration|work=Philadelphia Daily News|page=16 (Features)|archive-date=October 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023132112/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI%7CDN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB2987FC5C6B243&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=dead}} American Greetings and Kenner commissioned Nelvana to make the sequel on contract;{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/470944381.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+1%2C+1989&author=Arn+Saba&pub=Toronto+Star&edition=&startpage=V.13&desc=When+Who+Frame+Roger+Rabbit+hits+video+this+month%2C+it+stands+a+very+good+chance+of+becoming+the+best-selling+videocasette+in+the+industry%27s+short+history.|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121203021708/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/470944381.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+1,+1989&author=Arn+Saba&pub=Toronto+Star&edition=&startpage=V.13&desc=When+Who+Frame+Roger+Rabbit+hits+video+this+month,+it+stands+a+very+good+chance+of+becoming+the+best-selling+videocasette+in+the+industry's+short+history.|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 3, 2012|last=Saba|first=Arn|title=A Celebration of Animation: The history of the cartoon, from Gertie The Dinosaur to Roger Rabbit|date=October 1, 1989|access-date=October 27, 2010|url-access=registration|work=Toronto Star|page=V.13|quote=The Care Bears made it into three reasonably successful feature films, produced on contract by Toronto's Nelvana Productions.}} television syndicator LBS Communications, a co-financier of the first one,{{cite news|last=Salamon|first=Julie|title=At the Movies: Care Bears Hit It Big, Onscreen and Off|date=April 16, 1985|work=The Wall Street Journal|page=32 (W)/28 (E)}} became the producer and presenter.{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MAfsAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Care+Bears%22+-+%22LBS%22|title=Columbia|access-date=June 18, 2010|journal=The Film Journal|publisher=Pubsun Corp.|volume=89|number=1–6|page=106|year=1986|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104425/https://books.google.com/books?id=MAfsAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Care+Bears%22+-+%22LBS%22|url-status=live}}
Care Bears Movie II was Nelvana's third animated feature film, after 1983's Rock & Rule and The Care Bears Movie.{{cite journal|title=Nelvana Animated Feature Films (Special Report: Nelvana 25th Anniversary)|date=April 22–28, 1996|journal=Variety|publisher=Reed Business Information|page=72}} It marked the directorial debut of Dale Schott, a Nelvana staff member who served as assistant director on the first Care Bears Movie, as well as the Nelvana/Lucasfilm TV series Ewoks.{{rp|47–48}} Several other crewmembers from the first film returned to the fold; Nelvana's founders (Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith) served as producers, while Peter Sauder wrote the screenplay{{cite web |url=http://members.shaw.ca/carebearsonline/tv/cb2.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070316200955/http://members.shaw.ca/carebearsonline/tv/cb2.htm |title=Production information for Care Bears Movie II|archive-date=March 16, 2007|access-date=June 18, 2010|publisher=Care Bears Online}} and Charles Bonifacio handled animation duties.{{cite book|last=Hirschhorn|first=Clive|title=The Columbia Story|isbn=0-600-59836-5|year=1999|publisher=Sterling Publishing Co./Hamlyn}}{{rp|341}} Jack Chojnacki, the co-president of American Greetings' licensing division Those Characters from Cleveland,{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI%7CDN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB294D2283BB84A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|last=DeWolf|first=Rose|title=Out to launch: Is there shelf life after Holly Hobbie? You bet|date=October 12, 1982|access-date=August 21, 2010|url-access=registration|work=Philadelphia Daily News|page=33 (Features)|quote=Jack Chojnacki, copresident of Those Characters from Cleveland, a subsidiary of American Greetings set up just to handle licensing, told a recent meeting ...|archive-date=June 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609153627/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI%7CDN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB294D2283BB84A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}} served once again as an executive producer. A roster of Toronto voice actors—among them Cree Summer, Sunny Besen Thrasher, Dan Hennessey and Hadley Kay—appeared in this follow-up. Mickey Rooney and Georgia Engel, who appeared in the first film, did not return.{{cite journal|last=Novak|first=Ralph|title=Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation|date=April 7, 1986|journal=People|publisher=Time Inc.|number=25|page=12}}
At one point, The Samuel Goldwyn Company was about to release A New Generation, but lost the distribution rights after turning down demands from the producers.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kx0jAAAAIBAJ&pg=3809,1956260&dq=care-bears-movie&hl=en|last=Rabkin|first=William|agency=Entertainment News Service through Los Angeles Times Syndicate|title=Animated movies making comeback at the box office|date=May 2, 1986|access-date=June 17, 2010|work=The Palm Beach Post|page=TGIF 24}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Eventually, Nelvana went into negotiations with Columbia Pictures, which acquired worldwide theatrical rights in early 1986.{{#tag:ref|Up to this point, Columbia Pictures had also acquired several foreign and independently produced films since the 1950s and 1960s, all made outside its facilities.{{rp|6, 404}} As Clive Hirschhorn states in The Columbia Story, the company was mainly involved in the advertising campaign for said product.{{rp|404}}|group=nb}} This led founder Samuel Goldwyn Jr. to remark: "The fact that Columbia is distributing the Care Bears sequel is typical of the greed of the big studios. Someone else has to go in and prove something works, then a studio will charge in." By contrast, Goldwyn acquired the rights to the original film after major U.S. studios passed on it; they did not see the financial potential in a movie aimed strictly for children.
=Allusions=
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According to Richard Freedman of the Newhouse News Service, "This must be the first version of the Faust myth in which not only does Faust (or Faustina [Christy], here) manage to weasel out of the pact with the Devil, but succeeds in regenerating him, as well."{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1fQRAAAAIBAJ&pg=3397,4261687&dq=care-bears-movie&hl=en|last=Freedman|first=Richard|agency=Newhouse News Service|title='Care Bears' is unbearable|date=March 21, 1986|access-date=June 17, 2010|work=The Spokesman-Review/Spokane Chronicle|page=Weekend 13|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104445/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1fQRAAAAIBAJ&pg=3397,4261687&dq=care-bears-movie&hl=en|url-status=live}} Elliot Krieger of Rhode Island's Providence Journal also took note of such a theme, headlining his review "Faust goes to summer camp".{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/access/601691871.html?dids=601691871:601691871&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+28%2C+1986&author=ELLIOT+KRIEGER+Journal-Bulletin+Books+Editor&pub=The+Providence+Journal&desc=%27Care+Bears+II%3A%27+Faust+goes+to+summer+camp&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201010627/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/access/601691871.html?dids=601691871:601691871&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+28,+1986&author=ELLIOT+KRIEGER+Journal-Bulletin+Books+Editor&pub=The+Providence+Journal&desc='Care+Bears+II:'+Faust+goes+to+summer+camp&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2013|last=Krieger|first=Elliot|title='Care Bears II:' Faust goes to summer camp|date=March 28, 1986|access-date=June 18, 2010|url-access=registration|work=Providence Journal|publisher=A.H. Belo Corporation|page=D-05}} In regards to continuity issues, a reviewer in The Scarecrow Movie Guide observed a "montage showing the Care Bears and their Cousins growing up together from infancy to full Care Bear maturation—nullifying everything that happened in the first movie".{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0qiQLs-6SocC&q=Care+Bears+Movie+II&pg=PA510|author=C.B.|title=The Scarecrow Video Movie Guide|chapter=Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation|pages=510–511|isbn=1-57061-415-6|year=2004|access-date=June 18, 2010|publisher=Sasquatch Press|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104930/https://books.google.com/books?id=0qiQLs-6SocC&q=Care+Bears+Movie+II&pg=PA510|url-status=live}}{{#tag:ref|The Scarecrow Movie Guide mentions this scene as occurring at the start of the film; it actually occurs nearly half an hour in.|group=nb}}{{#tag:ref|In the original Care Bears Movie, the Care Bears met the Cousins in the Forest of Feelings; those characters only received their tummy symbols at the end of the film.{{cite video |people=Selznick, Arna (director) |date=1985 |title= The Care Bears Movie |medium=Animated film |publisher= The Samuel Goldwyn Company (distributor) / Nelvana Limited / American Greetings / CPG Products Corp }} In A New Generation, the Bears and Cousins received their symbols when they were orphan Cubs.|group=nb}} Mike McLane of Florida's Gainesville Sun gave a few suggestions of the storyline's possible religious subtext. He compared the Great Wishing Star to God, the Bears' "beautiful cloud kingdom" of Care-a-Lot to Heaven, and Dark Heart to Satan; he also hinted that the Bears protected humankind like angels did.
Charles Solomon pointed out that the film's climax, in which the Bears help revive Christy, "borrows...flagrantly from Peter Pan". The Scarecrow contributor took note of this aspect, writing, "There's an excruciating scene where the Care Bears turn to the audience and plead for help in the form of excessive and focused caring." In his critique, Hal Lipper called it the "Tinker Bell Principle", whereupon the audience must come together to save a dying character. In Vincent Canby's opinion, the Great Wishing Star "looks like Tinker Bell if she were a star-shaped beanbag".
=Music=
{{Infobox album
| name = Care Bears Movie II: Original Soundtrack Recording
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = Dean Parks, Carol Parks, Debbie Allen and Stephen Bishop
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| alt = Upon a white background, the film's poster artwork dominates the left of the album cover. The logo for Kid Stuff Records is on the top right.
| released = {{Film date|1986}}
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| genre = Children's music
| length =
| label = Kid Stuff Records
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| producer = Dean and Carol Parks
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As with the original film,{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m4Y_OgckDmIC&q=Care+Bears+-+%22Patricia+Cullen%22&pg=PA36|last=Wyse|first=Wyndham|title=Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film|chapter=Care Bears Movie, The|page=36|isbn=0-8020-8398-6|year=2001|access-date=June 18, 2010|publisher=University of Toronto Press|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104930/https://books.google.com/books?id=m4Y_OgckDmIC&q=Care+Bears+-+%22Patricia+Cullen%22&pg=PA36|url-status=live}} Patricia Cullen composed the score for Care Bears Movie II. The soundtrack album was released in LP format by Kid Stuff Records.{{cite web|url=http://soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=29162|title=Album information for Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation|access-date=February 16, 2007|work=Soundtrack Collector|publisher=C&C Content and Creation|archive-date=September 27, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927193341/http://soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=29162|url-status=live}} Los Angeles musicians Dean and Carol Parks were credited as producers, writers and performers of the film's six songs, which were included on the album. Stephen Bishop, performer of the Oscar-nominated "It Might Be You" from Tootsie, and Debbie Allen from the TV series Fame, were on hand as vocalists. John Braden arranged and edited the album.
The Parks recorded their contributions to the project at their home. At the time of production, they shared their experiences of working on the soundtrack:
{{blockquote|Our children helped us tremendously with their feedback as real Care Bear fans. When we took on this project, we made up our mind not to write down to children. There's a huge library of over-simplistic music available to children, but kids love music and they have very sophisticated tastes.
When Debbie came over to the house to record 'Care Bears Cheer Song,' she brought her baby and nanny and manager and everyone had a great time.|sign=Carol Parks}}
{{blockquote|The songs are particularly important because they forward the movement and reflect the action and feelings of the story. We try to make it so that everyone can relate to the music.|sign=Dean Parks}}
Paul Attanasio of The Washington Post gave a mixed response to the film's music. "The songs are dopey," he said, "but the score [...], which is mostly seven kinds of sprightly, has its occasional moments."{{cite news|last=Attanasio|first=Paul|title=Winning, Bear & Square|date=March 28, 1986|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=D3}} Vincent Canby wrote in his review, "[There are] unseen loudspeakers [that] pour out a nonstop Hit Parade of songs to be interred by, including 'I Care for You,' 'Our Beginning' and 'Forever Young.{{'"}} But Joe Fox of The Windsor Star recommended it, adding, "[W]henever things start to drag a snappy tune comes along to get everyone interested."{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D2Q_AAAAIBAJ&pg=878,2342559&dq=care-bears&hl=en|last=Fox|first=Joe|title=The Care Bears are back in town riding on kiddie entertainment boom|date=March 11, 1986|access-date=January 19, 2011|work=The Saturday Windsor Star|publisher=Southam Inc./Postmedia Network Inc.|page=A14|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104923/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D2Q_AAAAIBAJ&pg=878,2342559&dq=care-bears&hl=en|url-status=live}}
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| align="left"|Song
!align="left"|Vocal(s) by !align="left"|Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| "Our Beginning" | Carol Parks | |
| "Flying My Colours" | Dean and Carol Parks | Additional lyrics: Alan O'Day Background vocals: Amanda and Acacia Parks{{#tag:ref|Amanda and Acacia are the Parks' daughters.|group=nb}} |
| "I Care for You" | Stephen Bishop | Background vocal: Carol Parks |
| "Growing Up" | Stephen Bishop | Background vocal: Carol Parks |
| "The Fight Song" | Debbie Allen | Background vocals: Carol, Acacia and Amanda Parks |
| "Forever Young" | Carol Parks |
Release
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=North America=
Initially intended for a mid-year release,{{cite journal|last=Forkan|first=James P.|title=LBS Seeking to Channel Kiddievid into VCRs|date=June 10, 1985|location=Chicago|journal=Advertising Age (Midwest Region Edition)|publisher=Crain Communications|volume=56|number=45|page=62|quote=LBS is also a partner in the Care Bears Movie with American Greetings Corp., Those Characters from Cleveland, and General Mills Toy Group. A sequel is expected to be released in summer 1986}} Care Bears Movie II opened on March 7, 1986, in the U.S. and Canada,{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/charts/weekly/1986/19860307.php|title=Weekend Box Office Results for March 7–9, 1986|access-date=December 4, 2005|work=The Numbers|publisher=Nash Information Services LLC|archive-date=July 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706020605/http://the-numbers.com/charts/weekly/1986/19860307.php|url-status=live}} grossing US$243,161 from 55 theatres, and US$449,649 by its first few days.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Dr8yAAAAIBAJ&pg=1196,2314546&dq=care+bears+movie&hl=en|last=Thomas|first=Bob|agency=Associated Press (AP)|title=Care Bears spark revival in animated movies|date=April 5, 1986|access-date=June 18, 2010|work=Ottawa Citizen|publisher=Canwest Global|page=C10|archive-date=July 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709211425/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Dr8yAAAAIBAJ&pg=1196,2314546&dq=care+bears+movie&hl=en|url-status=live}} At this stage, it managed to rank above a reissue of Disney's 1959 production Sleeping Beauty, which also premiered that same weekend.{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/475073481.html?dids=475073481:475073481&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+19%2C+1986&author=Sandy+Greer&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Land+of+Ewoks+%27n%27+Droids+Canada%27s+Nelvana+Ltd.+is+a+hit+with+kids+as+the+creators+of+cartoon+wonders+that+include+Droids+R2D2+and+C-3PO%2C+Ewoks+and+the+ever-popular+Care+Bears&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201072934/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/475073481.html?dids=475073481:475073481&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+19,+1986&author=Sandy+Greer&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Land+of+Ewoks+'n'+Droids+Canada's+Nelvana+Ltd.+is+a+hit+with+kids+as+the+creators+of+cartoon+wonders+that+include+Droids+R2D2+and+C-3PO,+Ewoks+and+the+ever-popular+Care+Bears&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2013|last=Greer|first=Sandy|title=Land of Ewoks 'n' Droids: Canada's Nelvana Ltd. is a hit with kids as the creators of cartoon wonders that include Droids R2D2 and C-3PO, Ewoks and the ever-popular Care Bears|date=April 19, 1986|access-date=October 11, 2010|url-access=registration|work=Toronto Star|page=S.92|quote=Nelvana's The Care Bears Movie was the top-grossing Canadian film in 1985. The recently released Care Bears Movie II grossed more than the re-release of Disney's Sleeping Beauty during their respective premiere weeks.}} However, when the final weekend box office results were announced Sleeping Beauty outgrossed Care Bears II by $59,000. Its wide-release opening on March 21 brought in $2.5 million from 1,446 theatres, placing seventh on the box office chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1986&wknd=12&p=.htm|title=Weekend Box Office Results for March 21–23, 1986|access-date=December 4, 2005|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=November 26, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051126071744/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1986&wknd=12&p=.htm|url-status=live}} Over the next two weekends, it earned little more than $1 million in 12th place.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=1986&wknd=13&p=.htm|title=Weekend Box Office Results for March 28–30, 1986|access-date=December 4, 2005|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=March 16, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070316015151/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=1986&wknd=13&p=.htm|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=1986&wknd=14&p=.htm|title=Weekend Box Office Results for April 4–6, 1986|access-date=December 4, 2005|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=March 13, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313125720/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=1986&wknd=14&p=.htm|url-status=live}} During release, it faced competition from another toy-based film, Atlantic Releasing's GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords. At the time A New Generation opened, Richard Martin of the Ottawa Citizen commented: "... The first Care Bears movie has become the most successful non-Disney animated feature ever. This second movie from Nelvana could very well surpass that record, since it held the attention of all but the youngest members of the first-night audience and even has something to offer adults."{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_dYyAAAAIBAJ&pg=1112,3833862&dq=care+bears+movie&hl=en|last=Martin|first=Richard|title=Care Bears sequel has lots to offer for kids and adults|date=March 8, 1986|access-date=June 18, 2010|work=Ottawa Citizen|publisher=Canwest Global|page=C7|archive-date=October 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012212248/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_dYyAAAAIBAJ&pg=1112,3833862&dq=care+bears+movie&hl=en|url-status=live}} Ultimately, this installment earned US$8,540,346{{#tag:ref|Approximately US${{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US|8450356|1986|r=3}}|0}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars.{{Inflation-fn|US}}|group=nb}} in North America—about a third of what the previous one earned;{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=carebearsmovie2.htm|title=Box office information for Care Bears Movie II|access-date=June 18, 2010|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=December 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221203742/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=carebearsmovie2.htm|url-status=live}} over US$1 million of this total came from Canada.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/475038641.html?dids=475038641:475038641&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+03%2C+1986&author=Sid+Adilman+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Winners%2C+losers+in+sweepstakes+for+movie+houses&pqatl=google|last=Adilman|first=Sid|title=Winners, losers in sweepstakes for movie houses|date=April 3, 1986|access-date=October 16, 2010|url-access=registration|work=Toronto Star|page=C.1|quote=Bear-ing Up: Those oh-so commercial Care Bears get their own ABC-TV series in the fall, produced by Toronto's Nelvana, which also made the animated Care Bears movies. ¶ The second movie, showing currently, has grossed slightly more than $1 million in Canada but is doing just okay in the United States. It's splitting the kiddie audience with the Disney reissue, Sleeping Beauty, and neither is luring them in big numbers.|archive-date=November 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104064032/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/475038641.html?dids=475038641:475038641&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+03,+1986&author=Sid+Adilman+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Winners,+losers+in+sweepstakes+for+movie+houses&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}} By 1988, it made over US$12 million worldwide.{{#tag:ref|Approximately US${{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US|12000000|1986|r=3}}|0}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars.{{Inflation-fn|US}}|group=nb}}
=Overseas=
Care Bears Movie II made its debut in the United Kingdom, via Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors,{{cite web|url=https://bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/0/2420EC964CCB3CC1802566C800350278?OpenDocument |title=Certificate data for Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (Ref. AFF058333) |date=February 10, 2009 |access-date=June 20, 2010 |publisher=British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812063624/http://bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/0/2420EC964CCB3CC1802566C800350278?OpenDocument |archive-date=August 12, 2011 }} on July 25, 1986;{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RxoIAQAAMAAJ|journal=Photoplay|title=Film Merchandising and its Role in Cinema|publisher=Argus Specialist Publishers Ltd.|year=1986|access-date=September 28, 2010|volume=37|page=68|quote=Care Bears II: The Next Generation (Jul 25)}}{{cite news|author=Staff|title=Times Choice|date=July 19, 1986|work=The Times|number=62513|quote=CARE BEARS MOVIE II: A NEW GENERATION (U): Animated feature-length advertisement for the Care Bears soft toys. [...] From Fri.}} it later appeared on home video in that country under the RCA/Columbia Pictures and Video Collection International labels. Warner-Columbia Film of France{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BuoqAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Dale+Schott%22|author=L'Office catholique français du cinéma|title=Fiches du Cinéma: Tous les Films 1987|language=fr|year=1988|access-date=June 20, 2010|publisher=L'Office catholique français du cinéma|page=68|isbn=9782902516063|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725105159/https://books.google.com/books?id=BuoqAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Dale+Schott%22|url-status=live}} released it on April 8, 1987{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dzkvAQAAIAAJ&q=Les+Bisounours|title=Cinema|author=Livres hebdo Staff|language=fr|year=1987|access-date=June 20, 2010|journal=Livres Hebdo|publisher=Éditions professionelles du livre|volume=9|number=11–20|pages=37, 182|quote=Les Bisounours, dessin animé de Dale Schott (livres chez Hachette Jeunesse). Sortie du film le 8 avril}} as Les Bisounours II—Une nouvelle génération;{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eq4cAQAAIAAJ&q=Bisounours+II | author=L'Office catholique français du cinéma|journal=Fiches du Cinéma: Tous les Films 1988|title=Bisounours II|language=fr|year=1989|publisher=L'Office catholique français du cinéma|page=10}} publishing rights were held by Hachette Livre. It was released in the Netherlands on April 9, 1987, as De Troetelbeertjes Deel 2: Nieuwe Avonturen Van De Troetelbeertjes.{{cite web|url=http://www.film1.nl/films/28041-De-Troetelbeertjes-Deel-2-Nieuwe-Avonturen-Van-De-Troetelbeertjes.html|title=Filminfo: De Troetelbeertjes Deel 2: Nieuwe Avonturen Van De Troetelbeertjes (1986)|language=nl|access-date=June 29, 2010|work=Film1|publisher=Chellomedia Direct Programming B.V|archive-date=July 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726085401/http://www.film1.nl/films/28041-De-Troetelbeertjes-Deel-2-Nieuwe-Avonturen-Van-De-Troetelbeertjes.html|url-status=live}} The film is also known as Gli orsetti del cuore II in Italy,{{cite book|last=Mereghetti|first=Paolo|title=Il Mereghetti: Dizionario dei Film 2002|chapter=Orsetti del cuore II, Gli|page=1488|language=it|isbn=88-8490-087-5|year=2001|publisher=Baldini & Castoldi|quote=Un ragazzine pestifero minaccia il regno degli orsetti, ma alla fine la melassa contagerà anche lui. Brutto seguito con goffe animazioni, poco divertente anche per i piccoli.}} and Krambjörnarna: på nya äventyr in Sweden.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nrMqAQAAIAAJ&q=Krambj%C3%B6rnarna|author=Svensk Filminstitutet|title=Filmårsboken 1993: Samtliga Filmer som Premiärvisades på Biograf och TV 1993|chapter=Krambjörnarna: på nya äventyr|trans-chapter=320|language=sv|isbn=91-7118-805-3|year=1994|access-date=June 20, 2010|publisher=Proprius förlag|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104932/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Film%C3%A5rsboken/nrMqAQAAIAAJ?hl=en|url-status=live}}
The Warner-Columbia branch in West Germany released it under the title Glücks-Bärchis, Teil 2—Jetzt im Abenteuerland (Care Bears lucky, Part 2 Now in Adventureland){{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQ41AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Dale+Schott%22|author1=Katholisches Institut für Medieninformation|author2=Katholische Filmkommission für Deutschland|title=Glücks-Bärchis, Teil 2—Jetzt im Abenteuerland|language=de|year=1986|access-date=June 20, 2010|journal=Film-Dienst|publisher=Verl. Deutsche Zeitung|volume=39|number=13–26|page=626|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104932/https://books.google.com/books?id=VQ41AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Dale+Schott%22|url-status=live}} on December 11, 1986.{{cite web|url=http://www.zweitausendeins.de/filmlexikon/?wert=1893&sucheNach=titel|title=Glücks-Bärchis, Teil 2—Jetzt im Abenteuerland|language=de|access-date=September 30, 2010|work=FILME von A-Z|publisher=Zweitausendeins|archive-date=July 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727121211/http://www.zweitausendeins.de/filmlexikon/?wert=1893&sucheNach=titel|url-status=live}} It sold 174,550 tickets and ranked 84th place among the year's releases in that market (excluding re-issues),{{cite web|url=http://www.insidekino.de/DJahr/D1986.htm|title=Die erfolgreichsten Filme in Deutschland 1986|language=de|date=December 11, 2004|access-date=June 20, 2010|publisher=InsideKino|archive-date=May 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527085650/http://www.insidekino.de/DJahr/D1986.htm|url-status=live}} grossing approximately {{Euro|665,000}} (the equivalent of DM1,300,000, or US$824,000).{{cite web|url=http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=665035.5&From=EUR&To=DEM|title=Conversion of €665035.5 to Deutsche Marks|access-date=June 20, 2010|publisher=XE.com|archive-date=June 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611144745/http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=665035.5&From=EUR&To=DEM|url-status=live}}{{#tag:ref|In 1986, the average price of a movie ticket in Germany was equivalent to {{Euro|3.81}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.insidekino.de/DBO.htm|title=Jahres und All-Time Charts (Box Office Deutschland)|language=de|access-date=June 20, 2010|publisher=InsideKino|archive-date=June 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619182144/http://www.insidekino.de/DBO.htm|url-status=live}}|name=de-ticket|group=nb}} By comparison, Filmwelt's release of the first film that same year placed 47th with 538,487 tickets.{{#tag:ref|Filmwelt is abbreviated as "FW" on the InsideKino chart.|group=nb}} On October 13, 1987, RCA/Columbia Pictures released the local version of Care Bears Movie II on video.
The film was released in Mexico on December 25, 1986, as Los Ositos Cariñositos II,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XLxBcHacjkAC&q=Ositos+cari%C3%B1osos+II&pg=PA347|last1=Amador|first1=María Luisa|last2=Blanco|first2=Jorge Ayala|title=Cartelera Cinematográfica, 1980–1989|language=es|pages=347–348|isbn=970-32-3605-7|year=2006|access-date=June 21, 2010|publisher=National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725105201/https://books.google.com/books?id=XLxBcHacjkAC&q=Ositos+cari%C3%B1osos+II&pg=PA347|url-status=live}} and on April 3, 1987 in the Philippines.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wmwVAAAAIBAJ&pg=4041,4299074&dq=care-bears+disney&hl=en|last=Soriano|first=Luciano E.|title=Care Bears Movie II|date=April 6, 1987|access-date=October 18, 2010|work=The Manila Standard|publisher=Standard Publications, Inc.|volume=1|number=55|page=14|archive-date=October 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012193032/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wmwVAAAAIBAJ&pg=4041,4299074&dq=care-bears+disney&hl=en|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Opens Today|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19870403&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|work=The Manila Standard|publisher=Standard Publications, Inc.|date=April 3, 1987|volume=1|number=52|page=15|access-date=December 23, 2018|archive-date=March 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327093015/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19870403&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|url-status=live}} By the early 1990s, it was marketed as Ursinhos Carinhosos II in Brazil.{{cite book |title=Visão |language=pt |year=1990 |page=x |quote=De quinta (8) a quarta (14) será exibido, diariamente as 16h00, Ursinhos carinhosos—II, de Dalle{{sic}} Schott }} In China, it is known under the title of Baby Love Bears ({{lang-zh|s=爱心熊宝宝|p=Àixīn xióng bǎobǎo}}).{{cite web|url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/2006-07-20/20031165993.html|script-title=zh:动画电影院《爱心熊宝宝》(7月30日16:54)|language=zh|date=July 20, 2006|access-date=June 21, 2010|publisher=SINA Corporation|archive-date=October 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012030951/http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/2006-07-20/20031165993.html|url-status=live}} In Russia, the movie was distributed under several names, such as Wonder Bears: The New Generation ({{langx|ru|Чудо-мишки. Новое поколение}}), in a more corresponding translation to the original ({{langx|ru|Заботливые Мишки 2: Новое поколение}}){{Cite web|url = http://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/8245/|title = Page of movie on "Kinopoisk"|access-date = 2015-05-21|archive-date = 2016-03-04|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084834/http://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/8245/|url-status = live}} and other. In Japan, the film was released direct to video through the VHS market on November 21, 1990, under the title Little Bears of the Fairy Star ({{Nihongo|2=おとぎの星のこぐまたち|3=Otogi no hoshi no ko gumatachi}}).{{cite web |url=https://filmarks.com/movies/67360 |title=おとぎの星のこぐまたち - 映画情報・レビュー・評価・あらすじ |publisher=filmarks.com |access-date=2019-09-22 |archive-date=2019-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923011146/https://filmarks.com/movies/67360 |url-status=live }} Subtitled and dubbed versions have been released.{{cite web |url=http://busilyfocal.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2012/10/vhs-cae8.html |title=おとぎの星のこぐまたち(日本語吹替版) [VHS]: ソニーソニー・ピクチャーズ エンタテインメントブルーレイアニメチョイス ココログ |publisher=cocolog-nifty.com |date=2012-10-25 |access-date=2019-09-22 |archive-date=2019-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923011146/http://busilyfocal.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2012/10/vhs-cae8.html |url-status=live }}
Reception
=Critical response=
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The film was lambasted by critics, in part because of their theory that Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation was part of the franchise's marketing scheme at the time of release. This led The New York Times
In The Motion Picture Guide 1987 Annual, Jay Robert Nash wrote that its title "refers to the new featured characters who, more than coincidentally, have ended up on the toy shelves of stores everywhere."{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aYgqAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Care+Bears+Movie+II%22|last=Nash|first=Jay Robert|editor-last=Ross|editor-first=Stanley Ralph|title=The Motion Picture Guide 1987 Annual: The Films of 1986|page=43|isbn=0-933997-15-9|year=1987|access-date=June 19, 2010|publisher=Cinebooks|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725105746/https://books.google.com/books?id=aYgqAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Care+Bears+Movie+II%22|url-status=live}} Steve Millburg from the Omaha World-Herald, however, found it misleading and complained that the Cubs "are not 'a new generation' at all".{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118951733/omaha-world-herald/|last=Millburg|first=Steve|title=At the Movies: 'Care Bears' Fails to Score Triumph Over Critic's Scorn|date=April 7, 1986|work=Omaha World-Herald|access-date=February 18, 2023|archive-date=February 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218111852/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118951733/omaha-world-herald/|url-status=live}} Several critics considered the film a prequel to the original: the Omaha World Herald reviewer; Edward Jones of Virginia's The Free Lance-Star;{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aw0QAAAAIBAJ&pg=5455,4319984&dq=care-bears+prequel&hl=en|last=Jones|first=Edward|title='Care Bears' an ultrasweet ode|date=April 7, 1986|access-date=June 17, 2010|work=The Free Lance-Star|page=30}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Charles Solomon of the Los Angeles Times;{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-03-21-ca-5385-story.html|last=Solomon|first=Charles|title=3 animated films: good, bad, ugly|date=March 21, 1986|access-date=October 12, 2010|work=Los Angeles Times|page=Calendar 17|archive-date=November 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102185809/http://articles.latimes.com/1986-03-21/entertainment/ca-5385_1_animated-films|url-status=live}} and Bill Cosford of The Miami Herald.{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB364BB35ED5D52&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|last=Cosford|first=Bill|title=Care Bears, GoBots just for kids|date=March 31, 1986|access-date=November 30, 2010|url-access=registration|work=The Miami Herald|publisher=The McClatchy Company|page=6D (Amusements)|archive-date=October 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024020325/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB364BB35ED5D52&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}} According to Michael H. Price of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "Care Bears Movie II is what the film industry calls a 'requel,'{{#tag:ref|According to film critic Roger Ebert's Movie Glossary, the requel is a "practice common among long-running film series of copying plots of previous films in the series while maintaining those films as part of the series continuity."{{cite web|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071206/GLOSSARY/71206001/1005 |last=Weissenberger |first=Daniel |title=Movie glossary definition for 'requel' |access-date=June 17, 2010 |work=rogerebert.com |publisher=Chicago Sun-Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105195447/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20071206%2FGLOSSARY%2F71206001%2F1005 |archive-date=January 5, 2012 }}|group=nb}} tracing the origin of the Care Bear family and relatives of other species."{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1986/04/04/care-bears-gobots-no-beauty-but-likeable/|last=Price|first=Michael H.|agency=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|title='Care Bears,' 'GoBots' no 'Beauty' but likeable|date=April 4, 1986|access-date=October 12, 2010|work=Chicago Tribune|page=J|archive-date=June 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612024618/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-04-04/entertainment/8601250103_1_sleeping-beauty-dark-heart-new-entries|url-status=live}}
In his Animated Movie Guide, animation expert Jerry Beck gave Care Bears Movie II a half-star (½) out of four, and offered this consensus:
{{blockquote|Unfortunately not many critics cared for the television standard limited animation, bland songs, and blatent{{sic}} product placement in this film. Strictly for toddlers over age six, [it] tries too hard to cram new characters into the plotline. The characters are obviously introduced to create toy lines.
This is the weakest of the Care Bear movies. Avoid at all costs.{{rp|48}}}}
John Stanley expressed his views likewise in his 1988 film guide, Revenge of the Creature Features:
{{blockquote|[This] inferior sequel [is] rather charmless. This is strictly Saturday Morning at the Cartoons, a blatant commercial for Care Bear toys and related products ... [T]he bulbs are out as far as ideas are concerned.{{cite book|last=Stanley|first=John|title=Revenge of the Creature Features Movie Guide: An A to Z Encyclopedia to the Cinema of the Fantastic; or, Is There a Mad Doctor in the House?|url=https://archive.org/details/revengeofcreatur00stan|url-access=registration|chapter=Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986)|page=[https://archive.org/details/revengeofcreatur00stan/page/44 44]|edition=3rd|isbn=0-940064-04-9|year=1988|publisher=Creatures at Large Press}}}}
"Care Bears Movie II is a sort of pre-sequel that, I suspect, requires its audiences to have some prior knowledge of Care Bears," Vincent Canby said in his New York Times review. "Very young kids may love this, but anybody over the age of 4 might find it too spooky." Hal Lipper of the St. Petersburg Times remarked that it "is an enormously engaging cartoon—quite a feat when you consider the saccharine psychobabble passing for dialogue".{{cite news|last=Lipper|first=Hal|title=Encounter group for the kids|date=March 21, 1986|work=St. Petersburg Times|page=2D}} The Miami Herald
Charles Solomon said, "The new Care Bears film...is even more sloppily made and hawks its goods even more shamelessly. [...] The film makers seem more concerned with showcasing the toys than providing entertainment; shared profits obviously count for more than shared feelings. If someone started selling 'Hate Bears,' there undoubtedly would be a film about them." Gene Siskel awarded the film zero stars out of four {{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_TMQAAAAIBAJ&pg=7122,6408627&dq=dark-heart&hl=en|last=Siskel|first=Gene|author-link=Gene Siskel|title='Band of Hand' unworthy, 'Hannah' a 4-star film (Siskel's Picks)|date=April 20, 1986|access-date=June 21, 2010|work=Boca Raton News|page=8E}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (along with "Thumbs Down" on At the Movies—the Siskel & Ebert TV show having not been introduced yet{{#tag:ref|The Siskel & Ebert TV show first aired September 13, 1986, but the film debuted in March 1986. (In the U.S. and Canadian domestic market, wide release occurs when a film is playing in 600 or more theatres.)|group=nb}}), while Leonard Maltin gave it a "BOMB" rating in his Movie Guide, and added: "Your kids deserve better entertainment than this treacly stuff about the Kingdom of Caring. Prefab animation from the era of toy merchandising tie-ins."{{cite book|last=Maltin|first=Leonard|title=Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide 2009|chapter=Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation|page=213|isbn=978-0-452-28978-9|year=2008|publisher=Signet Books|title-link=Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide}} The Gale Group publication, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever, gave it one bone out of four in its 1992 edition,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4azirDJX73cC&q=%22Care+Bears+Movie+II%22|last=Weiner|first=David J.|title=VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever, 1992|chapter=Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation|page=cix|isbn=0-8103-9404-9|year=1991|access-date=July 15, 2010|publisher=Gale Cengage|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725105747/https://books.google.com/books?id=4azirDJX73cC&q=%22Care+Bears+Movie+II%22|url-status=live}} but revised it to two later on.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2RacqQu0B3IC&q=%22Care%20Bears%20Movie%22|last1=Connors|first1=Martin|last2=Craddock|first2=James|title=VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever, 1997|chapter=The Care Bears Movie|page=xxx|isbn=0-7876-0780-0|year=1996|access-date=October 21, 2010|publisher=Visible Ink Press/Gale Cengage|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725105747/https://books.google.com/books?id=2RacqQu0B3IC&q=%22Care%20Bears%20Movie%22|url-status=live}}{{#tag:ref|The Golden Movie Retriever uses bones as its equivalent of stars. According to the staff's "Bone Ratings" system, a title given one bone demonstrates "Poor use of camera, film, sets, script, actors, and studio vehicles." A title given two bones "May be perfectly delightful for certain tastes. A waste of time for others. Usually uninspired genre flicks."{{cite web|url=http://www.movieretriever.com/faq#7|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129121749/http://www.movieretriever.com/faq%237|archive-date=January 29, 2013|url-status=dead|title=What do the Bone Ratings mean? (Frequently Asked Questions)|access-date=July 15, 2010|work=VideoHound's MovieRetriever.com|publisher=Gale Cengage}}|group=nb}} In 2001, the Los Angeles-based Hastings Bad Cinema Society picked A New Generation as one of The 100 Worst Movies of the 20th Century. "Even suffering through a Barney video would be preferable to sitting through this," said compiler Michael Lancaster.{{cite web|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20020913142447/http://www.thestinkers.com/100stinkers.html |last=Lancaster |first=Michael |title=The 100 Worst Films of the 20th Century |date=January 2001 |access-date=June 18, 2010 |archive-date=September 13, 2002 |work=The Stinkers: The Ultimate Bad Movie Awards |publisher=Hastings Bad Cinema Society |url=http://www.thestinkers.com/100stinkers.html |url-status=dead }} The film itself had also been nominated for Worst Picture back at their 1986 awards.{{cite web |title=1986 9th Hastings Bad Cinema Society Stinkers Awards |url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1986/1986st.htm |access-date=6 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816012228/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1986/1986st.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 16, 2007}}Common Sense Media gave it slightly negative reviews, as the group responses "Young preschoolers may be frightened by this movie, which offers very little in the way of learning.". The group also aged this movie 6+, as the subplot is too dark for the Care Bears.{{cite news|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-care-bears-movie-ii-a-new-generation|title=Care Bears Movie II|work=Common Sense Media|access-date=2018-10-30|archive-date=2019-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430061036/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-care-bears-movie-ii-a-new-generation|url-status=live}}
The film received some positive reviews, however. Writing for The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Norma Dyess Michaud deemed it "a must-see for preschoolers, especially those who are in the throes of the current Care Bear mania".{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB473CF4479BBF6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|last=Michaud|first=Norma Dyess|title=Care Bears film sequel must-see for preschoolers|date=March 28, 1986|access-date=June 12, 2010|url-access=registration|location=Baton Rouge|work=The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate|page=12 (Fun)|archive-date=June 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609072132/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB473CF4479BBF6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}} Richard Martin praised the script and climax, along with the performances of the orphan Cubs. "Their pastel, birthday-cake-and-whipped-cream world has never looked sweeter," he stated. The Philadelphia Daily News commented that it was "even better than the first one, which was good".
=Home media=
Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation was released on VHS and Betamax{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UiQEAAAAMBAJ&q=Care+Bears&pg=PT68|title=Video Retailing: New Releases|date=August 23, 1986|access-date=September 4, 2010|magazine=Billboard|publisher=VNU/Nielsen Business Media|volume=98|number=34|page=57}} by RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video on August 21, 1986,{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24925573.html?dids=24925573:24925573&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+01%2C+1986&author=Mary+Stevens&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=CHILDREN+CAN+GET+VIDEO+LESSONS+FROM+MISTER+ROGERS%2C+MR.+WIZARD&pqatl=google|last=Stevens|first=Mary|title=Children can get video lessons from Mister Rogers, Mr. Wizard|date=August 1, 1986|access-date=June 12, 2010|url-access=registration|work=Chicago Tribune|page=60|archive-date=November 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134351/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24925573.html?dids=24925573:24925573&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+01,+1986&author=Mary+Stevens&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=CHILDREN+CAN+GET+VIDEO+LESSONS+FROM+MISTER+ROGERS,+MR.+WIZARD&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}} and debuted in 12th place on Billboard's Top Kid Video Sales chart on September 27 that same year.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7CMEAAAAMBAJ&q=Care+Bears&pg=PT36|title=Top Kid Video Sales|date=September 27, 1986|access-date=September 3, 2010|magazine=Billboard|publisher=VNU/Nielsen Business Media|volume=98|number=39|page=37}} The film aired during 1987 on the Disney Channel, a premium television station,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Cl8nAAAAIBAJ&pg=5237,114457&dq=care-bears&hl=en|title=Movies: Sunday Morning|date=May 8, 1987|access-date=October 18, 2010|work=Mohave Daily Miner Nugget|page=6|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725105845/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Cl8nAAAAIBAJ&pg=5237,114457&dq=care-bears&hl=en|url-status=live}} and was broadcast in later years on CBS,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NahAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1232,6099141&dq=care-bears-movie&hl=en|last=Burlingame|first=Jon|agency=United Press International (UPI)|title=Tune In Tonight: Thanksgiving is football, reruns|date=November 22, 1989|access-date=October 27, 2010|work=Ocala Star-Banner|publisher=The New York Times Company|volume=44|number=82|page=6E|archive-date=October 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012175025/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NahAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1232,6099141&dq=care-bears-movie&hl=en|url-status=live}} HBO,{{cite news|author=Staff|title=What's On Today|date=August 2, 1991|work=Daily News of Los Angeles|publisher=Los Angeles Newspaper Group (MediaNews Group)|page=L60|quote=Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation, 7 p.m., Disney Channel: If there's a new generation, then the Care Bears must have been a lot friskier than we originally suspected. (Repeated at 6:40 a.m. Sunday on HBO.)}} Showtime{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF616CE6F44BD3A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|last=Rosenthal|first=Phil|title=What's On TV Today|date=July 17, 1992|access-date=October 27, 2010|url-access=registration|work=Daily News of Los Angeles|publisher=Los Angeles Newspaper Group (MediaNews Group)|page=L52|quote=Saturday: Care Bears II: A New Generation, 4:50 a.m., Showtime: If there's a new generation, obviously the Care Bears haven't been as innocent as they seem.|archive-date=October 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023201218/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF616CE6F44BD3A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}} and The Movie Channel.{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB7D0FBCF1CE322&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|last=Yandel|first=Jerry|title=TV Watch: Wake Up, Couch Potatoes—It's Boob-Tube Boycott Day|date=October 29, 1991|access-date=October 27, 2010|url-access=registration|work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|page=C15 (Features)|quote=With that in mind, how about joining TV Watch for 24 hours of non-stop viewing. We can start with 'The Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation' at 9:30 a.m. on The Movie Channel.|archive-date=October 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023201235/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB7D0FBCF1CE322&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}} It returned on VHS as part of the Columbia TriStar Family Collection on August 13, 1996.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wAcEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Care+Bears+Movie+II%22&pg=PA82|title=Billboard Spotlight|volume=108|number=34|date=August 24, 1996|access-date=June 12, 2010|magazine=Billboard|publisher=VNU/Nielsen Business Media|page=82}} Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment premiered it on DVD on April 8, 2003,{{cite journal|title=New releases: key data for ordering product|date=February 10, 2003|journal=Video Business|publisher=Reed Business Information|volume=23|number=6|page=22}} as the film is digitally remastered with the picture and color enhanced. The only special features in this edition were trailers for several of the company's family-oriented titles.{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/carebears2.php |last=Rankins |first=Michael |title=Review of Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation |date=May 9, 2003 |access-date=December 11, 2009 |publisher=DVD Verdict |quote=The only supplements included are Family Fun, a compilation trailer for several other Columbia kidvids (Jay Jay the Jet Plane, Bear in the Big Blue House, Dragon Tales, Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, Harold and the Purple Crayon), and a solo promo spot for Kermit's Swamp Years. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515003316/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/carebears2.php |archive-date=May 15, 2010 }} This was the last animated feature to be released by Columbia Pictures until Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within in 2001.{{rp|xv–xx}} As of 2018, there are consequently no plans for this prequel to be reissued on DVD, even a Blu-ray release has yet to occur. However, a widescreen version of this film (unlike the DVD release, which only contains the full screen version), is available to purchase on iTunes, Amazon Prime, and VUDU. The original theatrical trailer can be viewed in the iTunes Store.{{Cite web|url = https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/care-bears-movie-ii-a-new-generation/id284799996|title = Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation on iTunes|website = iTunes|date = 7 March 1986|access-date = 29 July 2018|archive-date = 9 November 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201109032438/https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/care-bears-movie-ii-a-new-generation/id284799996|url-status = live}}
Sequel
In 1987, Nelvana followed A New Generation with The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland. In this third film, the Bears and Cousins travel to Wonderland and save its Princess from a wizard; Alice, a girl from the real world, takes her place.{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DEFDD1431F934A3575BC0A961948260|last=James|first=Caryn|title=Film: 'Care Bears' Adventure'|date=August 7, 1987|access-date=June 19, 2010|work=The New York Times|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725105845/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/07/movies/film-care-bears-adventure.html|url-status=live}} Self-financed by Nelvana and released by Cineplex Odeon Films, it was the last Care Bears movie of the 1980s to go into theatres.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=carebears.htm|title=Box office statistics for the Care Bears series|access-date=June 18, 2010|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=June 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626035255/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=carebears.htm|url-status=live}} It grossed US$2.6 million in the North American market,{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=carebears3.htm|title=Box office information for The Care Bears Movie 3|access-date=June 18, 2010|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=May 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526020804/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=carebears3.htm|url-status=live}} and US$6 million worldwide by February 1988. The Care Bears would not appear in another feature production until 2004's direct-to-video effort, Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot.{{cite news|last=Foley|first=Doug|title=Gemini contender is only eight|date=November 18, 2005|work=The Hamilton Spectator|publisher=TDNG Inc.|page=G12}}
See also
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060415153849/http://www.keyframeonline.com/Animation/Care_Bears_Movie_II%3A_A_New_Generation/558/ Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation] at Keyframe: The Animation Resource
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