Journey of the Brave is a good sequel, not great, but still better than some of the later ones. As for Davis Doi, I haven't seen any of his work besides LBT XIV, and I have to say he did a pretty good job. One needs to understand that a director's part in an animation movie, or any movie for that matter, doesn't allow him to be that creative.
Sure, he picks the shots and how the characters are layed out, and he directs the voice over actors, but he has little say in the plot and in the animation. He probably revised the script, but whichever faults that you may see in the story it's the writer's fault alone. Maybe the producer too, if he was very active in the planing of the movie.
Still no release date here in Portugal.
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The DVD from Region 2 is available in the UK through Amazon.co.uk, it will probably be cheaper for you. It's only £5. I just haven't bought it, yet, because I have all the others with the Portuguese covers and dubs, so I'm going to wait a few more months. The one available on Amazon is dubbed in Spanish, Dutch, French and German.