Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Blossom Festival

Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Blossom Festival is a Direct-to-DVD feature that was released on May 1, 2007 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, although it was given an early release by Kidtoon Films on March 13, 2007 in select Cinemas. Every copy of the DVD comes with a Berry Blossom Festival Crown, as seen in the movie.

Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Blossom Festival
StarringSarah Heinke
Production
company
DIC Entertainment Corporation
American Greetings
Distributed byKidtoon Films (Theatrical)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (DVD)
Running time
44 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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Synopsis

Like with the other DVDs of Strawberry Shortcake, Berry Blossom Festival uses a "Compilation" format where Strawberry recalls the featured episodes in her "Remembering Book". The episodes featured on this DVD are "Mind Your Manners" and "Queen For a Day".

Mind Your Manners

Strawberry Shortcake's friend, Raspberry Torte, shows absolutely no regards towards manners. So Strawberry and Company decides to teach her a lesson by first inviting her to a party where everyone shows disregard for manners, and another where everyone is polite and courteous. Raspberry still fails to see the significance of manners, however, until she holds a conversation with a bluebird who talks some sense into her. Finally, she understands how important good manners are.

Queen for a Day

Strawberry and Company are preparing for the Berry Blossom Festival. However, the Pie-Man and Sour Grapes comes around, and by cheating, they manage to wrestle the crown from Strawberry, and intend to use it to take over Strawberry's fields. However, through a song, the other characters managed to win the crown back for Strawberry. In progress, Strawberry is named Strawberryland queen.

Release

Berry Blossom Festival was released as part of Kidtoon Films' monthly program, during weekend matinees in select venues. The feature was only shown digitally, and not printed on traditional 35mm stock; had no major press reviews during its stay in theaters; and was designated as a direct-to-DVD feature in the first place. Hence, as with all of Kidtoon's past movies, it is not considered a legitimate theatrical release, according to animation expert Jerry Beck on his Cartoon Research site.[3]

References
  1. Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Blossom Festival at Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 29, 2007. | released = March 13, 2007 (Theatrical)
    May 1, 2007 (DVD)
  2. DiC Entertainment: Sweeter than Ever, Strawberry Shortcake Returns for Another Scrumptious Adventure! Retrieved March 22, 2007.
  3. NOTE #2 (List of 2005 animated films) at Cartoon Research.


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