This 2 disc set features restored Oswald cartoons with newly produced soundtracks and as with all Disney Treasures sets, a lot of extras. Animation fans are in for a real treat with this set as a lot of the features and commentaries are set around the original Disney animation crew, especially Ub Iwerks, the man who first drew Mickey. A lengthy documentary, produced by his daughter is features on disc two.

The Oswald cartoons themselves feature a lot of familiar looking characters; some compare Oswald to early Mickey, but there are others such as a recurring villain named Pete, who "sometimes" has a peg leg. There is also variations of what would become Horatio Horse and Clarabelle The Cow. The cartoons, many of whom were edited by Walter Lanz (Woody Woodpecker) show early animation techniques devised by the Disney animators, including fluid motion, pantomime (these were silent shorts), running gags, and 3D perspective. Most of these five minute shorts look very good for their age but Leonard Maltin, the host for all these Treasure sets, makes a disclaimer in his intro that some of the films are not up to Disney's high standards of restoration.

If you love cartoons, you owe it to yourself to pick up this piece of classic animation history.