Alfred J. Kwak - Jouw vriend voor het leven

Jouw vriend voor het leven
Jouw vriend voor het leven
DVD series
	FrontBack Picture description
Written by	Herman van Veen
Artwork by	Harald Siepermann
Design by	Styledept./Bakkerij Design
Publisher	Disky
Language	Dutch
Release date	2006
Volumes	17

"Alfred J. Kwak - Jouw vriend voor het leven" (lit. 'Alfred J. Kwak - Your friend for life') is a DVD series covering all 52 episode of the animated series in Dutch. The episode are not presented in chronological order, but instead collected on themed DVDs, with all DVDs containing 3 episodes, except for Veiligheid & Gezondheid 3 (lit. "Safety & health"), which contains 4. While most storyarcs remain intact, some are divided over 2 of the DVDs. All volumes include unique artwork made by Harald Siepermann. This was release almost simultaneously with the Alfred J. Kwak - Dein Freund für's Leben DVD collection.

Production

Pre-release

On November 15, 2005 Harald Siepermann posted a sketch on his blogspot of Alfred Jodocus Kwak performing magic, revealing that he was working on the cover art for an Alfred J. Kwak collection DVD box. In the comments he also disclosed that there would be 4 DVD's with 3 episodes each, not in chronological order, but ordered by themes.^[1] This eventually became the Alfred J. Kwak - Dein Freund für's Leben and Alfred J. Kwak - Jouw vriend voor het leven DVD collections, collecting all 52 for the first time as a Dutch release^{[note 1]} in one series of DVDs.

The DVDs would come out as part of a bigger merchandise wave to co-incide with the release of Alfred J. Kwak - Verboden te lachen, also including the boardgame Het GROTE Alfred J. Kwak vrienden spel and the CD for Alfred J. Kwak - Afspraak is afspraak. Retailers received a marketing flyer and several pamphlets outlining the release schedule and business strategy. The flyer revealed that the releases would be in three waves, the first one containing all three Avontuur (lit. "Adventure") and Vriendschap (lit. "Friendship") themed DVDs in August of 2006, then in November Liefde (lit. "Love") and Natuur (lit. "Nature"), and finally in 2007 (no month given), Veiligheid & gezondheid (lit. "Safety & health" and Magie (lit. "Magic").^[2] These plans apparently changed as the booklet included with all the DVDs revealed the three waves would include volume 1 of each theme, released August of 2006, volume 2 of each theme in November 2006 and volumes 3 (except for Magie) in 2007 (no month given).^[3]

Release

The first wave was eventually released on September 9th, 2006^[4]. It included the first volumes of six themes, namely Vriendschap 1 (lit. "Friendschip 1"), Avontuur 1 (lit. "Adventure 1"), Veiligheid & gezondheid 1 (lit. "Safety & health"), Liefde 1 (lit. "Love 1"), Magie 1 (lit. "Magic 1") and Natuur 1 (lit. Nature 1). Each DVD would include a booklet and have an introduction by Herman van Veen on the inside, based on the theme, and a list of the other DVDs and other products related to the merchandise wave. The first volumes of the themed DVDs would show a release schedule of each of the three waves. Volumes 2 would forego the months and volumes 3 included the text '"Ook verkrijgbaar"' (lit. "Also available"). The second wave was released on May 2nd 2007, 7 months later than originally intended, and finally the third wave was released on October 11th 2007.^[4]

The product

While it says stereo on the back of all of the DVDs, the audio is in fact mono.

Main staff list

Published and distributed by Disky Communications Europe B.V., P.O. Box 249, 1620 AE Hoorn, The Netherlands, under license from Telescreen B.V. ℗ 2006/2007 and © 1989 Harlekijn/Van Veen/, Siepermann, Bacher & JFA Productions B.
Illustrations: © Harlekijn/Van Veen, Siepermann, Bacher
Design: Styledept./Bakkerij Design.

Printed in EU.

Chronological viewing order

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Episode name	Translated name	DVD
1. De eieren	1. The eggs	Liefde 1
2. Het verjaardagsfeestje	2. The birthday party	Liefde 1
3. Het kroonjuweel	3. The crown jewel	Liefde 1
4. Op school	4. In school	Vriendschap 1
5. De kater	5. The tomcat	Vriendschap 1
6. De olympiade	6. The olympiad	Veiligheid & gezondheid 1
7. De zeeverkenners	7. The sea scouts	Vriendschap 1
8. De spion	8. The spy	Vriendschap 2
9. De geest in de fles	9. The genie in the bottle	Magie 1
10. De heilige tulband	10. The sacred turban	Magie 1
11. Het circus	11. The circus	Avontuur 1
12. Het schaakspel	12. The chess game	Magie 2
13. De witte koningin	13. The white queen	Magie 2
14. Vissen in troebel water	14. Fish in cloudy waters	Natuur 1
15. De ontploffing	15. The explosion	Natuur 1
16. Rangpang	16. Rangpang	Natuur 1
17. Vrienden vanuit de ruimte	17. Friends from outer space	Natuur 2
18. De poolster	18. The North Star	Natuur 2
19. De walvis	19. The whale	Natuur 2
20. De nachtmerrie	20. The nightmare	Veiligheid & gezondheid 1
21. De bijen	21. The bees	Veiligheid & gezondheid 1
22. De kraaienpartij	22. The Crow Party	Veiligheid & gezondheid 3
23. De slag om Polderstad	23. The battle for Poldertown	Veiligheid & gezondheid 3
24. Het plan	24. The plan	Veiligheid & gezondheid 3
25. De bevrijding	25. The liberation	Veiligheid & gezondheid 3
26. De lieve sneeuwman	26. The kind snowman	Natuur 3
27. Verliefd	27. In love	Liefde 3
28. Een geschenk van de koning	28. A gift from the king	Liefde 3
29. De boerenganzen	29. The domestic geese	Liefde 3
30. Op vakantie	30. On a holiday	Avontuur 1
31. Booreiland	31. Drilling rig	Natuur 3
32. Atlantis	32. Atlantis	Natuur 3
33. Cowboys en indianen	33. Cowboys and indians	Magie 2
34. De schat van Toet Kat Kammon	34. Toet Kat Kammon's treasure	Avontuur 3
35. De slang	35. The snake	Avontuur 3
36. Michael Duckson	36. Michael Duckson	Liefde 2
37. De ontvoering	37. The abduction	Liefde 2
38. De burenruzie	38. The neighbor quarrel	Liefde 2
39. De heks	39. The witch	Magie 1
40. Het stuwmeer	40. The dam	Vriendschap 3
41. De vulkaan	41. The volcano	Vriendschap 3
42. De draak	42. The dragon	Vriendschap 3
43. Groot Waterland krijgt een president	43. Groot Waterland gets a president	Vriendschap 2
44. De watersnood	44. The flood	Vriendschap 2
45. Het land van twee	45. The Land of Two	Veiligheid & gezondheid 2
46. Pierrot	46. Pierrot	Veiligheid & gezondheid 2
47. Eind goed, al goed	47. All's well that ends well	Veiligheid & gezondheid 2
48. Een partijtje golf	48. A little game of golf	Avontuur 1
49. De regenboog	49. The rainbow	Avontuur 2
50. Het casino	50. The casino	Avontuur 2
51. Het regenwoud	51. The rainforest	Avontuur 2
52. Nog lang en gelukkig	52. Happily ever after	Avontuur 3

Releases

All volumes in order of release date^[4] and ID-code.

Title	Episodes covered	Release Date	ID-code	Minutes	Price
Vriendschap 1 (lit. Friendship 1)	4. Op school (lit. "4. In school") 5. De kater (lit. "5. The tomcat") 7. De zeeverkenners (lit. "7. The sea scouts")	September 9th, 2006	DDVD 903741	70	€ 6,99
Avontuur 1 (lit. Adventure 1)	11. Het circus (lit. "11. The circus") 30. Op vakantie (lit. "30. On a holiday") 48. Een partijtje golf (lit. "48. A little game of golf")	September 9th, 2006	DDVD 903745	70	€ 6,99
Veiligheid & gezondheid 1 (lit. Safety & health 1)	6. De olympiade (lit. "6. The olympiad") 20. De nachtmerrie (lit. "20. The nightmare") 21. De bijen (lit. "21. The bees")	September 9th, 2006	DDVD 904244	70	€ 6,99
Liefde 1 (lit. Love 1)	1. De eieren (lit. "1. The eggs") 2. Het verjaardagsfeestje (lit. "2. The birthday party") 3. Het kroonjuweel (lit. "3. The crown jewel")	September 9th, 2006	DDVD 904247	70	€ 6,99
Magie 1 (lit. Magic 1)	9. De geest in de fles (lit. "9. The genie in the bottle") 10. De heilige tulband (lit. "10. The sacred turban") 39. De heks (lit. "39. The witch")	September 9th, 2006	DDVD 904250	70	€ 6,99
Natuur 1 (lit. Nature 1)	14. Vissen in troebel water (lit. "14. Fish in cloudy waters") 15. De ontploffing (lit. "15. The explosion") 16. Rangpang (lit. "16. Rangpang")	September 9th, 2006	DDVD 904252	70	€ 6,99
Vriendschap 2 (lit. Friendship 2)	8. De spion (lit. "8. The spy") 43. Groot Waterland krijgt een president (lit. "43. Groot Waterland gets a president") 44. De watersnood (lit. "44. The flood")	May 2nd, 2007	DDVD 903742	70	€ 6,99
Avontuur 2 (lit. Adventure 2)	49. De regenboog (lit. "49. The rainbow") 50. Het casino (lit. "50. The casino") 51. Het regenwoud (lit. "51. The rainforest")	May 2nd, 2007	DDVD 903746	70	€ 6,99
Veiligheid & gezondheid 2 (lit. Safety & health 2)	45. Het land van twee (lit. "45. The Land of Two") 46. Pierrot (lit. "46. Pierrot") 47. Eind goed, al goed (lit. "47. All's well that ends well")	May 2nd, 2007	DDVD 904245	70	€ 6,99
Liefde 2 (lit. Love 2)	36. Michael Duckson (lit. "36. Michael Duckson") 37. De ontvoering (lit. "37. The abduction") 38. De burenruzie (lit. "38. The neighbor quarrel")	May 2nd, 2007	DDVD 904248	70	€ 6,99
Magie 2 (lit. Magic 2)	12. Het schaakspel (lit. "12. The chess game") 13. De witte koningin (lit. "13. The white queen") 33. Cowboys en indianen (lit. "33. Cowboys and indians")	May 2nd, 2007	DDVD 904251	70	€ 6,99
Natuur 2 (lit. Nature 2)	17. Vrienden vanuit de ruimte (lit. "17. Friends from outer space") 18. De poolster (lit. "18. The North Star") 19. De walvis (lit. "19. The whale")	May 2nd, 2007	DDVD 904253	70	€ 6,99
Vriendschap 3 (lit. Friendship 3)	40. Het stuwmeer (lit. "40. The dam") 41. De vulkaan (lit. "41. The volcano") 42. De draak (lit. "42. The dragon")	October 11th, 2007	DDVD 903743	70	€ 6,99
Avontuur 3 (lit. Adventure 3)	34. De schat van Toet Kat Kammon (lit. "34. Toet Kat Kammon's treasure") 35. De slang (lit. "35. The snake") 52. Nog lang en gelukkig (lit. "52. Happily ever after")	October 11th, 2007	DDVD 903747	70	€ 6,99
Veiligheid & gezondheid 3 (lit. Safety & health 3)	22. De kraaienpartij (lit. "22. The Crow Party") 23. De slag om Polderstad (lit. "23. The battle for Poldertown") 24. Het plan (lit. "24. The plan") 25. De bevrijding (lit. "25. The liberation")	October 11th, 2007	DDVD 904246	92^{[note 2]}	€ 6,99
Liefde 3 (lit. Love 3)	27. Verliefd (lit. "27. In love") 28. Een geschenk van de koning (lit. "28. A gift from the king") 29. De boerenganzen (lit. "29. The domestic geese")	October 11th, 2007	DDVD 904249	70	€ 6,99
Natuur 3 (lit. Nature 3)	In this order: 31. Booreiland (lit. "31. Drilling rig")^{[note 3]} 32. Atlantis (lit. "32. Atlantis") 26. De lieve sneeuwman (lit. "26. The kind snowman")	October 11th, 2007	DDVD 904254	70	€ 6,99

Collection boxes

Cover art	Title	Episodes covered	Release Date	ID-code	Minutes	Price	Notes
	De Collectie - 3 DVD BOX (lit. The Collection - 3 DVD BOX)	11. Het circus (lit. "11. The circus") 30. Op vakantie (lit. "30. On a holiday") 48. Een partijtje golf (lit. "48. A little game of golf") 6. De olympiade (lit. "6. The olympiad") 20. De nachtmerrie (lit. "20. The nightmare") 21. De bijen (lit. "21. The bees") 4. Op school (lit. "4. In school") 5. De kater (lit. "5. The tomcat") 7. De zeeverkenners (lit. "7. The sea scouts")	2008	DDVD 905801	210	N/D
	Vriendschap - 3 DVD BOX (lit. Friendschip - 3 DVD BOX)	11. Het circus (lit. "11. The circus") 30. Op vakantie (lit. "30. On a holiday") 48. Een partijtje golf (lit. "48. A little game of golf") 6. De olympiade (lit. "6. The olympiad") 20. De nachtmerrie (lit. "20. The nightmare") 21. De bijen (lit. "21. The bees") 4. Op school (lit. "4. In school") 5. De kater (lit. "5. The tomcat") 7. De zeeverkenners (lit. "7. The sea scouts")	2011^{[cn 1]}	DDVD 905801	210	N/D

Notes

↑ This would mark the first time episodes 29, 37, 37, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51 and 52 would receive a home release.
↑ The DVD itself erroneously says 70 minutes as it does with all other DVD's, but since this DVD contains 4 episodes, the minute count should also be higher. This was calculated at 23 minutes per episode.
↑ Erroneously called "Het booreiland" (lit. "The drilling rig").

References

↑ Harald Siepermann (15 November 2005). "DVD Collector's Box". alfredjkwak.blogspot.com.
↑ Alfred J. Kwak - Jouw vriend voor het leven 2006 [Alfred J. Kwak Your friend for life 2006] (in Nederlands). Hoorn: Disky. 2006. Page 3
↑ Alfred J. Kwak - Jouw vriend voor het leven boekje [Alfred J. Kwak Your friend for life booklet] (in Nederlands). Hoorn: Disky. 2006. On the backside
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 "Hét Jeugdsentiment Portaal page for Alfred J. Kwak". jeugdsentimentportaal.wordpress.com. 4 July 2013.

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[2] This would mark the first time episodes 29, 37, 37, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51 and 52 would receive a home release.

[6] The DVD itself erroneously says 70 minutes as it does with all other DVD's, but since this DVD contains 4 episodes, the minute count should also be higher. This was calculated at 23 minutes per episode.

[7] Erroneously called "Het booreiland" (lit. "The drilling rig").

[Blog1-1] Harald Siepermann (15 November 2005). "DVD Collector's Box". alfredjkwak.blogspot.com.

[Pamphlet-3] Alfred J. Kwak - Jouw vriend voor het leven 2006 [Alfred J. Kwak Your friend for life 2006] (in Nederlands). Hoorn: Disky. 2006. Page 3

[Boekje-4] Alfred J. Kwak - Jouw vriend voor het leven boekje [Alfred J. Kwak Your friend for life booklet] (in Nederlands). Hoorn: Disky. 2006. On the backside

[Jeugdsentiment-5] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 "Hét Jeugdsentiment Portaal page for Alfred J. Kwak". jeugdsentimentportaal.wordpress.com. 4 July 2013.

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