The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings

The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings is the first television special to feature the Care Bears characters. Made by Ottawa's Atkinson Film-Arts studio and United Artists Cartoon Studios, it was premiered on syndication in April 1983. The special features the ten original Bears, along with the Cloud-Keeper and a villain called Professor Coldheart; they would be seen again in 1984's The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine.

Plot
Kevin, a boy on Earth, is mad because he has to move away from his friend Donna. Declaring that he doesn't care, he decides to run away and ends up in The Land Without Feelings, which is ruled by Professor Coldheart. Coldheart turns Kevin into a green creature and makes him a slave. The Care Bears, along with Donna, go into the Land Without Feelings to save Kevin along with the other children who are turned into green creature slaves. The Care Bears use their magic to change Kevin and the other children back to normal.

Voice Cast

 * Anna MacCormack - Additional Voices
 * Rick Jones - Tenderheart Bear, Good Luck Bear, Birthday Bear
 * Abby Hagyard - Friend Bear, Wish Bear, Love-A-Lot Bear
 * Les Lye - Professor Coldheart, Tree
 * Justin Cammy - Kevin
 * Andrea Blake - Additional Voices
 * Kathy MacLellan - Additional Voices
 * John Tarzwell - Cloudkeeper

Songs

 * The Care Bears Care About You
 * Professor Coldheart (the soundtrack version of the song Professor Coldheart was fast)
 * Everyone Has Feelings

Release
The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings won a Silver Medal at the 1983 International Film & TV Festival of New York. It was followed by another syndicated special, The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine, in 1984. Author Ward Johnson loosely adapted The Land Without Feelings into a book in the Tales from the Care Bears series, entitled Caring is What Counts (ISBN 0-910313-05-9), with illustrations by Tom Cooke.

Family Home Entertainment released the special on VHS after its initial broadcast. Original prints featured vintage cartoons from the 1930s after the main presentation; a later re-issue replaced those with several other Care Bear stories.

In honor of the Care Bears' 25th anniversary, it received its DVD premiere in fall 2007. Additionally, the version featured on this DVD is not the rare original version, but the more common one seen as part of the later syndicated run of the regular DIC and Nelvana series (which was also seen on the Disney Channel and, later, Toon Disney).

This was released on the UK Volume 1, along with The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine, and the 3 episodes The Birthday/Camp, Braces/Split Decision, and The Last Laugh by Maximum Entertainment.

in 2022, American Greetings Home Entertainment released the animated special in honor of the 40th Anniversary of the Care Bears. it is one of the first cartoons released under Hartnett's Home Entertainment brand.

In May 1985, Ralph Novak of People Weekly wrote that the special "is a charming way for children waiting for the video version of The Care Bears Movie to pass the time".

in 1988, one year after UA's animation division was shut down, MGM calls it a "Kingdom Of Caring VHS" they are loving because the wait is over. Hartnett makes this, Charlotte's Web, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, Balto, Shrek, and Curious George the huge successful hartnett animated movies ever. Hartnett, the Care Bears future owner, also acclaims this the Animated movie.