Bugs and Friends
Bugs and Friends (PILA-3001, English title), is a 5-set Looney Tunes VHS Collection Series and the second limited edition Laserdisc boxed set collection that were released in 1998.
Like the previous set, this one includes 30 cartoons on 3 disks (5 sides). The look of this set is very close to the first set (three cardboard sleeves in a white slipcase-style box w/B&W insert). The "obi" strip this time is green and lists the Japanese name for this collection ("Best of Warner Animation Vol.2"). Naturally, this set is bilingual in English and Japanese.
The inner sleeves feature unique artwork that was never used in the USA. Each side pairs Bugs with a different WB character.
Unlike other laserdisc releases, this Laserdisc set also includes a small selection of the lesser-known Depatie-Freleng era cartoons of the mid-1960s.
The compilations are unique to this collection.
Even though most of the cartoons in these collections consist of Bugs Bunny, other cartoons feature other Looney Tunes Characters like Daffy Duck, Tweety Speedy Gonzales, Road Runner and Marvin the Martian.
The contents of this collection were new dubbed version prints created by Warner Bros. in 1997 with a "THIS VERSION (C) 1997 WARNER BROS." disclaimer on the original ending cards, much like the 5-tape Bugs & Friends VHS collection that was released in Europe.
Character Set Releases
Bugs and Daffy: What's Up, Duck?
- "The Abominable Snow Rabbit"
- "Suppressed Duck"
- "The Million Hare"
- "The Iceman Ducketh"
- "Bugs and Thugs"
- "Daffy's Inn Trouble"
Bugs and Tweety: Watch the Birdie
Bugs and Speedy: Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow
Bugs and Road Runner: Runaway Rabbit
- "Lighter Than Hare"
- "Highway Runnery"
- "The Unmentionables"
- "Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner"
- "Big Top Bunny"
- "Beep Prepared"
