Adult Swim’s Hit Series Dedicated to Making People Smile with
SMILING FRIENDS: The Complete First Season
Bring Happiness to Your Home on Blu-ray™ & DVD August 29, 2023!!
Does the end of the summer always feel like a bummer? Does fall make you fall into depression? Do you dread going back to school when there’s so much around with which to fool? Then let the Smiling Friends come into your home to find a way to put a smile on your face with a Blu-ray set featuring all 9 episodes of their delightful first season, so you can relieve the laughter in your home on your own long after whenever David Zaslav decides to write it off and take it off MAX! Plus, this Blu-ray set gives you a new way to experience the series through special audio commentaries, so you can parasocially pretend to have friends who’re watching and talking about the show with you! If it all sounds too good to be true, let the press release below reassure you and turn your frowns upside down!
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BURBANK, CA (July 6, 2023) Turn that frown upside down! From creators Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack, go on a journey across a bizarre and colorful world with SMILING FRIENDS: The Complete First Season on Blu-ray™ and DVD August 29, 2023. You’ll be grinning ear to ear while you binge on all 8 episodes, alongside a bonus special and audio commentary. The series is available now to purchase Digitally.
The quarter-hour animated series is co-created by Cusack (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) and Hadel (Hellbenders) and animated by Princess Bento Studio. SMILING FRIENDS has been viewed over 7 million times across linear, digital, and streaming.
SYNOPSIS:
Who are the Smiling Friends? They’re Pim, Charlie, Allan, and Glep and they’re here to make you SMILE!! And they guarantee to put a smile on YOUR face, if you buy this disc (*Smiles not actually guaranteed*). Watch 8 wonderful adventures into this fantastic, odd, beautiful, sometimes scary, but always amazing world. Plus, they go to Brazil in a special bonus episode. Get yours and start smiling today!
SMILING FRIENDS: The Complete First Season is available now to purchase Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu and more. Blu-Ray Discs and DVD will be available August 29, 2023 to purchase online and in-store at major retailers. Pre-order your copy now.
BONUS FEATURES
- Audio Commentary
Nine 11-MINUTE EPISODES
- Desmond’s Big Day Out
- Mr. Frog
- Shrimp’s Odyssey
- A Silly Halloween Special
- Who Violently Murdered Simon S. Salty?
- Enchanted Forest
- Frowning Friends
- Charlie Dies and Doesn’t Come Back
- The Smiling Friends Go To Brazil!
Pricing and series information:
SMILING FRIENDS: The Complete First Season
Includes all 8 episodes from the first season, plus 1 bonus episode.
PRODUCT
Blu-ray
DVD
Audio: English
Subtitles: English SDH
Running Time: 102 minutes
Rated: TV-MA
About Adult Swim
Adult Swim is the leader in adult animation and #1 destination for young adults for over fifteen years, offering critically acclaimed, award-winning original and acquired series such as “Rick and Morty,” “Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal,” “The Eric Andre Show,” “SMILING FRIENDS,” “Unicorn: Warriors Eternal,” and the upcoming “My Adventures with Superman.” Fan favorite anime block, Toonami, airs on Saturday nights and has expanded beyond acquisitions, producing original series including “Housing Complex C,” “Uzumaki,” and new seasons of “FLCL.” The annual Adult Swim Festival reaches a global audience, and features performances by top musicians and comedians. Adult Swim airs nightly from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. (ET/PT) on its linear channel and reaches fans via Max. Connect with Adult Swim on Facebook, Twitter, Instagra
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