Sony Pictures Kids Zone

Current Logo from 2020-present

Sony Pictures Kids Zone (formerly known as Sony Kids Music/Video and Sony Wonder) is the childrens' and family entertainment arm of Sony Music Entertainment founded in February 1992. They are widely known for distributing kids titles from Nickelodeon, Sesame Workshop, and Classic Media among others. The company eventually shut down in March 2007 and became a division of their main entertainment label (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) about three months later. The distribution rights of all their titles were bought by Genius Products.

Despite the similarity in name, Sony Wonder is not directly related to the former Sony Wonder Technology Lab, an interactive technology and entertainment museum, although the museum was also owned by Sony.

Because Big Idea was bought by Classic Media, they distributed episodes of VeggieTales and LarryBoy: The Cartoon Adventures from 2004 to 2006.

Releases

Prints

• Sumo of the Opera (2004 Release)
• Duke and the Great Pie War (2005 Release)
• Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush (2005 Release)
• Lord of the Beans (2005 Release)
• Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler (2006 Release)
• LarryBoy and the Bad Apple (2006 Release)
• Sing-Alongs: Dance of the Cucumber (2006 Release)
• Sing-Alongs: Do the Moo Shoo (2006 Release)
• Gideon: Tuba Warrior (2006 Release)

Reprints

• Where's God When I'm S-Scared? (2004 Re-release)
• God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?! (2004 Re-release)
• Are You My Neighbor? (2006 Re-release)
• Rack, Shack and Benny (2004 Re-release)
• Dave and the Giant Pickle (2004/2006 Re-release)
• The Toy That Saved Christmas (2004 Re-release)
• Very Silly Songs! (2004 Re-release)
• Larry-Boy! and the Fib from Outer Space! (2004/2006 Re-release)
• Josh and the Big Wall! (2004 Re-release)
• Madame Blueberry (2004 Re-release)
• The End of Silliness? (2004 Re-release)
• Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed (2004/2006 Re-release)
• King George and the Ducky (2004 Re-release)
• Esther... The Girl Who Became Queen (2004 Re-release)
• Lyle the Kindly Viking (2004 Re-release)
• The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown (2004 Re-release)
• The Star of Christmas (2004 Re-release; VHS Only)
• The Wonderful World of Auto-Tainment! (2004 Re-release)
• The Ballad of Little Joe (2004 Re-release)
• An Easter Carol (2004/2005 Re-release)
• A Snoodle's Tale (2004/2006 Re-release)
• LarryBoy and the Angry Eyebrows (2004 Re-release)
• LarryBoy: The Good, the Bad, and the Eggly (2004 Re-release)

Compilations

• Lions, Shepherds and Queens (Oh My!) (2004 Re-release)
• Stand Up, Stand Tall, Stand Strong! (2004 Re-release)
• Holiday Double Feature (2004 Release)
• The Complete Silly Song Collection (2004 Release)
• The Bumblyburg Superhero Value Pack! (2004/2006 Re-release)
• Cuke & Duke Double Feature (2005 Release)
• VeggieTales Collection 1 - 10 DVDs (2006 Release)
• VeggieTales Collection 2 - 10 DVDs (2006 Release)
• Sing-Alongs: Dance of the Cucumber (2006 Release)
• Sing-Alongs: Do the Moo Shoo (2006 Release)

Fun Facts

Trivia

• The 2004 reprints of Josh and the Big Wall!, Madame Blueberry, King George and the Ducky, Esther... The Girl Who Became Queen, The Star of Christmas and The Ballad of Little Joe were released on the same day as Holiday Double Feature.
• The 2005 reprint of An Easter Carol was released on the same day as Duke and the Great Pie War.
• The 2006 reprint of Are You My Neighbor? was released in the same month as Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler.
• The 2006 reprints of Dave and the Giant Pickle, Larry-Boy! and the Fib from Outer Space!, Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed, and A Snoodle's Tale were released on the same day as LarryBoy and the Bad Apple.
• None of the releases use the on-screen Sony Wonder warning screen or logo, and instead only uses the Big Idea Entertainment warning screen.

Goofs

Several goofs are shown on a rare copy of the 2004 Sony Wonder VHS.

• On a rare copy of the 2004 Sony Wonder VHS of Esther... The Girl Who Became Queen, there are several goofs on the front cover (see image):
  • Though it may not be considered a goof, the cover is re-used from the 2002 Warner Home Video VHS.
  • All the characters aside from Esther are lower than usual. This causes Mordecai to be slightly hidden by the "A Lesson In..." box, and causes Haman to be hidden by the critic review.
  • The background pattern from the back cover slightly overlaps onto the top of the front cover, overlapping half of the VeggieTales logo.
• On the 2004 Sony Wonder DVD of Josh and the Big Wall!, the 1991 Sony Wonder logo is used on the disc instead of the ribbon logo seen on the cover, despite being reprinted in 2004.

Logo Evolution

First Logo (as Sony Kids Music/Video) from 1990-1993

2nd Logo from 1991-1995

3rd logo from 1995-2006, 2014-2020

4th logo from 2006-2007