Willy Fog, an English gentleman, lives in London during the Victorian era. He is challenged by a fellow member of the prestigious Reform Club to travel around the world in 80 days, to which many others bet and he stands to win, or lose twenty thousand pounds!

Accompanied by his butler Rigadon, and his friend Tico, they set out to travel the globe. This DVD sees them recieve the challenge and set off, travelling through Paris, the Alps, Italy and the Suez Canal. The adventure continues on the second DVD...

Ah, those were the days.....
Review date: 2003-07-16 Rating: 10 out of 10

If you are a child of the 80`s and want to relive those early school days then this is for you.

As soon as the title music starts playing, you are back to 1983 and intent on the journey of Willy Fog.

Great for reliving those childhood days amd memories. DVD is actually volume 1 (not sure of how many) but is a good one for all those wanting to return to the 80`s and when cartoons were real cartoons.... (also bought Dogtanion and the 3 Muskahounds)

Pj.

Great reissue of a cool 80s TV cartoon, shame about extras.
Review date: 2003-07-01 Rating: 8 out of 10

Along with 'Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds', 'Around The World With Willy Fog' is another classic 1980s TV cartoon series based on a classic novel, this time Jules Verne's 'Around The World in Eighty Days'.

The series tells of Willy Fog, a rich member of the London Reform Club, who makes a wager of half of his entire fortune that he can travel around the world in just eighty days. Naturally, the disbelieving other members accept the bet.

Fog, accompanied by athletic new butler Rigadon and his tiny mouse sidekick Tico, they set off on the epic journey. But there are two complications thrown in that threaten his victory: one is that Scotland Yard police officers Inspector Dicks and his inept partner Constable Bully believe Fog is responsible for robbing the Bank Of England prior to his departure, and go on the same journey to try and catch him. The other is a hired saboteur named Transfer, a master of disguise and lethal cunning; his task is to simply stop Fog from completing his journey on time in any way he can.

The series, like 'Dogtanian', is still as wonderful as it ever was, and, again, for a TV series, the animation is pretty good and the characters really interesting.

However, despite its wonderful charm, I cannot give this DVD a top rating of 5 for two reasons: one is that the extras are a bit lame (just brief character profiles and a text biography on Jules Verne, really); and the other, far more damning reason, is that there are only five episodes on the disc, which, when you consider that the DVD for 'Dogtanian' contains nine, has more extras, costs the same price as this and was released by the same company, seems rather unforgivable by comparison.

It's still recommended, but it's just a shame that there were not more episodes included to make up for the small number of extras.

Willy Fog... Still the best!
Review date: 2003-06-30 Rating: 10 out of 10

'Fog i'm the one who made the betand i know we'll be exactly right on time...' were the opening lines to one of the greatest cartoons ever. Now, after a ten year wait, the children of the 80's can finally be reunited with Willy, Rigadon, Tico, Romy and the rest of the around the world gang. Watching the episodes again after so long would suggest that they'd seem dated and as most things from the 80's... TERRIBLE! But this is a rarity, if anything the show, like a fine wine, has improoved with age and the DVD really shows this. Its so old that the picture quality isn't perfect, but the mastering is incredible and despite some dirt thats on the original print, the overall image is very impressive. The extra's are imited but the fact that you get any is amazing. The menu screens are wonderful, brightly coloured, animated and musical (bet you can't guess what music it plays...). Overall, it's a classic peice of nastalga that should be bought by everyone, either 'cause you want to rediscover it or you want to discover it for the first time. So grab your canes and and your top hats and sing along '80 days around the world we'll find a pot of gold...'

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