Britannica's Tales Around the World

Did You Know?

• The series opens in a computer-generated landscape with a floating castle and the planet Earth in the background.
• Pat Morita explained the significance of each story before the camera zoomed to a country on Earth where the tale was traditionally told.
• Brightspark's 2010 re-release Tangled Up led to a dispute with The Walt Disney Company over its similar title and cover artwork to Disney's 2010 film Tangled.

Home video

The series was released on VHS by Kids Klassics and GoodTimes Entertainment under titles such as Cinderella and Other Tales, Sleeping Beauty and Other Tales, Beauty and the Beast and Other Tales, Rumpelstiltskin and Other Tales, Hansel and Gretel and Other Tales, and Rapunzel and Other Tales. Encyclopædia Britannica later released DVDs through their online store: Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, and Other Animated Tales; Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin, and Other Animated Tales; and Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, and Other Animated Tales. Pegasus released the same three DVD titles in 2005, and Brightspark Productions re-released the Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, and Other Animated Tales DVD in 2010 under the title Tangled Up. A separate release titled Aesop's Animated Fables contains shorts not originally part of this series. A complete collection containing all stories was also released.