For parents looking for a safe and enjoyable children’s film, “Jasper: Journey to the End of the World” is recommended.
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DVD TITLE: Jasper: Journey to the End of the World
YEAR OF RELEASE: 2008
DURATION: 60 Minutes
DVD INFORMATION: Widescreen (1:78:1) – Enhanced for 16×9 Televisions, English Dolby Digital 2.0, Subtitles: English SDH
COMPANY: Shout! Factory
RATED: For All Ages
DATE: March 10, 2015
Directed by Eckart Fingberg, Kay Delventhal
Written by John Chambers, Eckart Fingberg, Michael Madel
Translation by Martin Quaden
Produced by Sunita Struck
Associate Producer: Roch Lener, Andreas Messerschmidt
Line Producer: Marc Dhrami
Music by Florian Tesslof
Edited by Reiko Pfeiffer
Featuring the voices of:
Malte Arkona as Jasper
Maresa Sedlmeier as Emma
Christoph Maria Herbst as Dr. Block
Rufus Beck as Kakapo
Torsten Lennie Munchow as Rolf
Christine Leyser as Diva
Manou Lubowski as Jasper’s father
Katrin Frohlich as Jaspers Mother
Join the cutest and most curious penguin you’ve ever seen in the delightful animated adventure Jasper: Journey To The End Of The World!
Down at the icy South Pole, Jasper and his family live a peaceful and happy life. But when he and his brother Junior run afoul of the evil Dr. Block and a scheme to steal some rare parrot eggs, it’s up to the plucky penguin to save the day! With the help of Junior and their new friend, a nine-year-old girl named Emma, Jasper embarks on an incredible journey that will take him to places he’d never imagined before.
With a gentle sense of humor and a bright, colorful animation style, Jasper: Journey To The End Of The World is perfect penguin fun for you and your little one.
In 2008, the animated film “Jasper: Journey to the End of the World” was released.
A German, French and Romanian co-production, the family film will be released on DVD courtesy of Shout! Factory in March 2015.
The film begins with a young penguin named Jasper who feels he spotted a green bird. As he tells his father, his parents feel that he has a great imagination and doesn’t believe him. Years later, after the birth of his little brother, he sees the green bird again and then a figure (that is a ship) and tries to tell his family and friends about it, but when he shows them, no green bird is to be found.
Meanwhile on a ship, a nine-year-old named Emma rides with her father, the captain of the ship. Riding on the ship is the evil Dr. Block and his henchman, who have been trying to capture eggs from a threatened parrot species, Kakapo. And to use the ingredient from Kakapo’s for his lemonade.
But as Emma spies on Dr. Block, she knows they are up to no good and tries to tell her father. But his father thinks she is imagining everything and is starting trouble, so he entrusts Emma during the duration of the trip to singer, Madame Svetlana Bolamova.
One day, as Jasper tries to show his little brother Junior around their area, Junior runs off and jumps on icebergs and scares Jasper because his little brother doesn’t know how to swim.
Junior ends up landing on an iceberg that takes him to a far destination and Jasper goes after him. When he does, the two end up coming close to a ship and the green kakapo, who goes by the name of Agent Kakapo.
The three go on board the ship and they decide to team up in order to find the stolen kakapo eggs.
But when junior starts messing around and runs off, the three end up running into Emma and they tell her of their mission to recover the stolen eggs that Dr. Block has stolen. Now knowing that Dr. Block is evil, Emma joins the three in hopes they can retrieve the kakapo eggs, but will they succeed?
VIDEO & AUDIO:
“Jasper: Journey to the End of the World” is presented in 1:78:1 anamorphic widescreen and in Dolby Digital. The CG animation is probably best summarized as CG animation that is a bit better than the standard CG animated children’s shows on television.  Animation is well-shaded and the figure movements are good but it’s a European CG style that is not a big-budget animated film but still features good movement and good shading. And for the most part, most children will enjoy the CG animation.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
“Jasper: Journey to the End of the World” comes with no special features.
“Jasper: Journey to the End of the World” is a enjoyable children’s animated film.
The story about a penguin named Jasper that sees a ship and a green bird, but yet no one believes him. And a 9-year-old girl named Emma who feels that Dr. Block is up to no good, but yet her father doesn’t believe her.
And their parents for the most part feel they imagine everything despite Jasper and Emma knowing that something is definitely happening, but can’t prove it.
So, when Emma, Jasper and his little baby brother Junior and Agent Kakapo team up in order to retrieve stolen Kakapo eggs, it sets them up in an adventure aboard a ship, as they try to outwit Dr. Kakapo and his assistant. But can they?
“Jasper: Journey to the End of the World” is a short animated film, but no doubt, a film that will entertain children thanks to its cute characters and adventurous plot. There is no major violence (aside from Emma and friends being caught and tied up) but these group of friends know they can succeed with teamwork.
The DVD is barebones with no special features, but overall, for parents looking for a safe and enjoyable children’s film, “Jasper: Journey to the End of the World” is recommended.
