Warner Home Video to launch new Tom and Jerry series on DVD

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Mumbai: All new adventures from Tom and Jerry are showcased on Tomand Jerry Tales: Vol. 5, which will be released by Warner HomeVideo (WHV) 12 August. This fifth instalment of the hit cartoonfranchise features four episodes containing 12 brand-new shorts.Tom and Jerry Tales: Vol. 5 will retail for $14.97.

Tom and Jerry Tales: Vol. 5 presents viewers with 12 very terrificcartoons loaded with fur-flying, fun-filled chases, mischief andgeneral high jinks, including encounters with space aliens inInvasion of the Body Slammers, and Big Foot in Sasquashed. InMonster Con, legendary monster hunter, Van Helsing, chases afterTom when he is transformed into a werewolf. Jerry transforms into askateboarder while Tom chases him down on a dirt bike in XtremeTrouble. Endless Bummer features Tom, Jerry and the lovable Droopyentering a surfing competition. Tom and Jerry Tales originallypremiered on Kids' WB in September 2006 and features charactersfrom the classic Tom and Jerry cartoons in newly created shorts,which audiences have not seen done in 30 years. Tom and Jerry Talescan be seen online at kidswb.com.

"Tom and Jerry are as popular with viewers now as they werewhen their theatrical shorts first appeared on the silver screenover sixty years ago and this is because we've been successfullyable to adapt them into contemporary culture with such franchisesas Tom and Jerry Tales," commented WHV vice president offamily, animation & sports marketing Amit Desai.

He added, "We think both older and newer generations of fanswill enjoy this DVD because it offers the traditional, wacky Tomand Jerry escapades we've all grown to love while putting thecharacters in a setting that most kids today can relate to."