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Welcome to The Stuff I Like Site! Belle and Sebastian the cartoon series on DVD with menus can be ordered here for the first time anywhere. The set includes special cases, cover art, and bonus material that is available at this web site ONLY. See the details below.
Sebastian, an orphan boy living near the Pyrenees Mountains in France, has never had a good friend. The children in town taunt him because he was raised by his adoptive grandfather and never knew his real mother. But one day, Sebastian meets a large white Pyrenees dog who escaped into the countryside. Everyone calls the dog "The White Monster," accusing her of terrible crimes. Only Sebastian knows that she is innocent. Awed by her gentle nature and beauty, he befriends her and names her Belle. But it isn't long before Belle has nowhere left to hide, and Sebastian makes a difficult decision. Resolving to do everything he can to protect his new friend, he evades the police by crossing the Spanish border with Belle and his little dog Poochie. Together, the three friends set off on their journey, vowing to travel as far and wide as it takes to elude those who seek to capture Belle, and to find Sebastian's long-lost mother. Belle and Sebastian, based on Cιcile Aubry's popular children's book series, first appeared on television as a live action series in France. A fifty-two-episode animated series was made for Japanese television in 1981, with the English dub airing on Nickelodeon from 1984-1990. The tale comprises a linear storyline, wonderful characters and animation, and a gorgeous soundtrack that will delight children and adults alike.
Belle and Sebastian is available in a complete set
of eight DVDs containing all fifty-two episodes from the cartoon series plus
bonus material available from this web site only. Each DVD has menus with sound
for easy selection of episodes, which have been conveniently put into
chronological order. It also includes a professional DVD case featuring quality
custom cover art and an episode list insert. Belle and
Sebastian is available for the very first time on DVD from this site only. The quality is a breathtaking nine-and-a-half out of ten (see the screen capture links above for examples). The video comes straight from official French DVD sources, and the English audio is clear and crisp. This is the highest quality and only complete set available; a nearly commercial quality set. Though I previously offered a set created from VHS sources (the first Belle and Sebastian DVDs ever made), my new set has been completely redone as described in the updates below. The process of its creation has taken me almost four years to complete, and as Belle and Sebastian is personally a deeply cherished series to me, I have spared no effort to make this set, unquestionably, the definitive Belle and Sebastian set in existence. To date, I've seen a couple other Belle and Sebastian DVD collections pop up on other sites, both coming from degraded VHS sources and neither of them actually containing all 52 episodes, despite one of them claiming to. Upon purchasing that set to have a look, I found that the creator covered up a missing episode with a repeat of an episode that takes place later in the series. Not only that, but I have seen sellers charge up to three times more than I do for their incomplete sets. My set remains the first of its kind, is the highest quality by leaps and bounds, offers exclusive content unavailable elsewhere, and is the most economical and only complete Belle and Sebastian collection out there, no guesswork required. Updates: 11/24/09: As of this date, I am extremely proud to announce that my Belle and Sebastian set has been COMPLETELY updated after almost four years of continual work. A great deal of love and toil has gone into the making of this set, and I have improved it so thoroughly that not one single aspect of my old set remains. The result is a brand new, near commercial-quality product, using official French DVD sources for the video, and new high-quality English audio which I have painstakingly resynced to match the beautiful new video. The more muffled audio from my old set is now clear and crisp, and here is an example of how dramatically the video quality has improved:
To perfectly recreate the English dubbed
version just as viewers remember watching it, I have edited the French version
as follows: Not available in my previous set, I have added new material to my updated set:
As bonus material, I have included some of the deleted scenes that are present
in the uncut French version, but were taken out of the English dub either for
time or for content. Most removed scenes are extremely minor, unnoticeable, and
inconsequential. For example, English dub staff would remove part of a long pan
of some scenery, other minor scenery shots, small portions of unessential
dialogue, or similar scenes that are unimportant to the storyline. There were a
few cuts per episode, each cut typically being a few seconds long. However, I
have saved and included in this set deleted scenes of particular interest
because they were either removed for inappropriate content or they elaborate on
events in the story. The following improvements have been made to the presentation of this DVD set:
I have created brand new, three-tiered menus with high-quality artwork. They
have been professionally laid out to the best of my ability for aesthetics and
ease of use. The main menu includes a "play all" button, "episode selection"
button, and "bonus material" button. The episode selection menu includes a video
thumbnail to represent each selectable episode, and the bonus material includes
similar thumbnails as well as text explanations of each deleted scene present.
Every menu throughout all 8 discs has unique artwork and each selection its own
menu button, for a total of 24 different menus and 73 unique menu buttons. What the Set Includes:
This entire collection of eight discs is available for just $49 US dollars plus shipping & handling (please read the instructions below). Orders within the US are almost always shipped next day after receiving payment, but I ship all orders at least every Tuesday and Friday (if I receive your payment on a Saturday for example, it will be shipped the following Tuesday at the latest).
International Customers:
I do NOT accept: Personal checks, Western Union money transfers, or other payment forms not listed above. I currently don't have the extra time in my schedule to accommodate the processing of additional payment forms; doing so would slow down the processing time of all orders. I apologize for any inconvenience.
All discs are checked to be in perfect working condition before they are shipped, but in the unlikely event that any disc is damaged during shipping or not functioning properly, you may return the faulty disc(s) and I will replace them for free. Due to the nature of these discs (in that they can be copied relatively easily) and the fact that the price you pay is for time and materials, I do not issue refunds, only replacements. This is why it is important to read all the information I have provided, and make sure that you understand what a DVD-R is and whether your DVD player will be able to play DVD-R before you order. If you do have any problems with the discs or need a replacement, I'm always available to help out and answer any questions you may have.
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