They recently released the 1982 cartoon on DVD. I know it was recently, because a year ago (the week after we got married) I was looking for the DVD, and learned it was only available in region 2 DVD. (If you look it up on the IMDB, you'll note the cover they show is the German one, because that's the only one that was available!)
Then hubby and I were at the new video store last night and they had a copy of it on DVD for $7. Needless to say, I had to buy it. Much better than the German DVD rip that I downloaded last year. This is such a good movie. I remember watching it on TV as a kid, and thinking it was the saddest story I'd ever seen. Of course I loved it.
Still do. And it's still horribly sad. But that's the kind of melodramatic person I am/was. I'm excited to see what they do with the live action remake (scheduled for 2006, the lazy slackers...) The best part is they're using many of the same actors! Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Rene Auberjonois & Christopher Lee.