Today marks the release of It’s a Small World of Fun, two volumes of animated shorts from Disney focusing on different regions around the world. While many of the shorts are available on other DVDs volume 1 contains a brand new short set in Japan entitled Grievance of a Starmaker. An in-depth review of volume 2 can be found at Ultimate Disney while a sneak peek at volume 1 can be seen here:

swf1 (11k image)The Flying Gauchito
A young Gauchito finds a very special horse which can fly. When he enters the horse in a race, he hides the horse’s wings, but the pair can’t keep their secret for long.

swf2 (16k image)In Dutch
Pluto and his pal Dinah fool villagers in Holland with a false flood alarm, but when the dike does begin to leak, it is up to Pluto to get help while Dinah plugs the leak with her paw. Because he’s already ‘cried wolf’ once, it’s hard for Pluto to get anyone to believe him.

swf3 (14k image)Goliath II
Goliath is the gigantic king of the elephants, but his son, poor ‘Goliath II,’ is only 5 inches tall, the runt of the herd. When a mouse attacks the herd and frightens all the other elephants away, Goliath II bravely battles the mouse, and discovers he’s the elephant with the biggest heart.

swf4 (14k image)Mickey Down Under
In Australia, Mickey discovers the egg of an emu, but unfortunately the emu parent shows up and chases Mickey. There’s also funny business with Pluto and a boomerang.

swf5 (15k image)African Diary
Goofy leads a safari into the wild interior of Africa. He goes big game hunting, but a rhino turns the tables on him.

swf6 (15k image)A Cowboy Needs A Horse
A little boy dreams of being a big cowboy and going on adventures way out west.

swf7 (12k image)Grievance of a Starmaker
This is the story of Yasu, a little boy who one night notices that the stars are missing. Yasu climbs up to a small shop in the sky run by Mr. Hoshi, where the stars are made. He discovers that Mr. Hoshi has hidden away the stars because he’s disturbed by all the pollution that people have caused, which has dirtied the stars. When Yasu promises to clean the stars, Mr. Hoshi promises to not hide them away again, which leads to a bright future for everyone.