 The film was produced by Hyperion Animation and distributed for video by Walt Disney Home Video, It was released in 1998 in United States.It featured the last performances of actors DeForest Kelley, Paddi Edwards, Thurl Ravenscroft, and Carol Channing, before their deaths in 1999, 2005 and 2019, respectively.Although set after the events of "The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue, Goes to Mars" was the first of the two sequels to the original film, as both were in production around the same time and the latter was the first to finish production.