Japanese Looney Tunes LaserDiscs are LaserDiscs that were released exclusively in Japan. There are two sets of three discs containing five cartoon collections, both of which are under different titles: "Stars of Space Jam" and "Bugs & Friends".
Stars of Space Jam[]
"Stars of Space Jam" (PILA-1449) is the first of two three-disc (five-sided) limited edition LaserDisc sets that was released by Pioneer LDC in 1997. The three discs each have their own heavy cardboard sleeves, and they all come packaged in a slipcase-style box. The box is white, and it is wrapped with an orange-colored "obi" strip. The obi lists the Japanese name for this collection ("Best of Warner Animation"), as well as the contents of this collection also in Japanese. Also included is a B&W insert that gives a history of Warner Bros. cartoons and some background of the directors once again in Japanese. The collection is bilingual, in both English and Japanese.
The contents of this collection are the same as the five-tape set that was released in the USA.
Bugs & Friends[]
"Bugs & Friends" (PILA-3001) is the second of two three-disc (five-sided) limited edition LaserDisc sets that was released by Pioneer LDC in 1998. Like the previous release, the three discs each have their own heavy cardboard sleeves, and they all come packaged in a slipcase-style box. The box is white, and it is wrapped with a green-colored "obi" strip. The obi lists the Japanese name for this collection ("Best of Warner Animation Vol.2"), as well as the contents of this collection also in Japanese. Also included is a B&W insert that gives a history of Warner Bros. cartoons and some background of the directors once again in Japanese. The collection is bilingual, in both English and Japanese.
Unlike other laserdisc releases, this laserdisc set also includes a small selection of the lesser-known DFE Films era cartoons of the mid-1960s.
Each side pairs Bugs with a different WB character. The inner sleeves feature unique artwork that was never used in the USA.
The contents of this collection are unique.
Even though most of the cartoons in these collections consist of Bugs Bunny, other cartoons feature other Looney Tunes characters.
The contents of this collection also included the then-new Dubbed Versions created by Warner Bros. in 1997 with a "THIS VERSION © 1997 WARNER BROS." copyright notice on the original ending cards, like the five-tape set that was released in Europe.
Notes[]
- The title for the " Bugs & Daffy: What's Up, Duck?" collection in the Bugs and Friends Japanese LaserDisc set was ironically originally intended as the working title for "Rabbit Fire", the first official pairing of Bugs and Daffy, which was otherwise not included in this Bugs and Friends LaserDisc compilation.
- Co-incidentally, "Rabbit Fire" would eventually receive a THIS VERSION 1998 remastering the following year, which would later make it's home video debut in From Hare to Eternity VHS release.
- The title for the "Bugs & Speedy: Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow" collection in the Bugs and Friends Japanese LaserDisc set is named after the Speedy Gonzales cartoon "Here Today, Gone Tamale", which was otherwise not included in this Bugs and Friends LaserDisc compilation.