Giant Interative releases fan favorite animated short films onto Blu-ray for the first time ever!
These fun animated shorts have finally made their way to Physical Media!
Exciting times for fans of The Gruffalo and Friends Collection as the series of 7 short films have all arrived home onto Blu-ray and DVD. For the purposes of this article - we will take a look at their Blu-ray releases.
Each film gets released onto a BD-25 disc and each are loaded with a decent size of bonus features!
Take a look below at each title and their respective bonus features down below.
The Gruffalo
The Gruffalo tells the magical tale of a mouse who sets foot on a woodland adventure in search of a nut. Encoutering predators who all wish to eat him - Fox, Owl and Snake - the brave mouse creates a terrifying, imaginary monster to frighten them away. But what will the mouse do when he meets this frightful monster for real?
DTS 5.1 Audio
BONUS: Photo Gallery - 4min; 10 Year Retrospective of The Gruffalo
Zog is a young, keen, but accident-prone dragon. At school he keeps getting into mischief when learning how to fly, roar and breaht fire. Each year he is helped by a king yound girl who patches up his bumps and bruises, but can she help him with his trickiest challent yet: It's Year Four, and he has to capture a princess!
DTS 5.1 Sound
BONUS: Photo Gallery - 4min; Animation Insights - 14min; Live Performance with Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler - 14min; Behind the Scenes of Zog - 15min
The Snail and the Whale follows the amazing journey of a tiny snail who longs to see the world and manages to hitch a ride on the tail of a huge humpback whale. When the whale gets beached in a secluded bay, it's the little snail who has to save the day. A joyous, empowering story about the natural wonders of the world and discovering that no matter how small you are, you can make a difference.
BONUS: Photo Gallery - 5min; Animating Water - 12min; Behind the Scenes of The Snail and the Whale - 17min
On a faraway planet, Janet and Bill meet in the Wurpular Wood and fall in love. Their families, the Smeds and the Smoos, cannot accept the match after generations of division. But when the two run away to elope, the warring families have no choice but to overcome their differences and work together to find the young Smoo, and the young Smed.
5.1 DTS Sound
BONUS: Story Adaptation - 4min; Animation-8min; Lighting - 3min; Music - 4min