About 90 years after they debuted, the various Looney Tunes characters remain beloved and popular. This led to the creation of 2024’s The Day the Earth Blew Up, apparently the first movie in the franchise to consist entirely of new material.

Well, the first fully-animated feature to lack rehashed cartoons. Other efforts such as 1996’s Space Jam boasted entirely fresh animation but these also included live-action elements.

A scientist (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) sees an asteroid that soars toward Earth, an observation complicated when he discerns an alien spacecraft alongside it. Before he can warn anyone, though, he disappears.

During a work shift at a bubble gum factory, Daffy Duck (Eric Bauza), Porky Pig (Bauza) and Petunia Pig (Candi Milo) discover that the scientist now attempts to taint the gum to spread a mind-control drug brought to Earth by an alien invader (Peter MacNicol). This leaves Daffy, Porky and Petunia as the only defense against an extraterrestrial onslaught.

Day took a difficult path to multiplexes in spring 2025. Warner Bros. mucked with how they wanted to release it over a span of years and eventually simply dumped it to Ketchup Entertainment.

The movie debuted on more than 2800 US screens in March 2025, but despite that fairly wide distribution, the flick enjoyed little promotion and went under the radar. Unsurprisingly, it bombed, with a worldwide gross of only $15 million.

Which seems like a shame. While not a classic animated flick, Day entertains.

I went into Day with some trepidation, as I feared 91 minutes of Looney Tunes might feel like about 83 minutes too much. The animated adventures of Porky, Daffy and their pals work great in small doses, but I thought the wacky antics might become tiresome over more than an hour and a half.

Happily, Day manages to pace itself and not wear out the viewer. Obviously influenced by 1950s sci-fi flicks, it develops its story in a manner that allows it to provide a real narrative but still feel like it comes from the world of Looney Tunes.

This means a good allotment of laughs but the movie doesn’t attempt a relentless pace. The end result still comes across as a good partner to the classic shorts while it stretches to feature length without issues.

Bauza does double duty as both Porky and Daffy, and he provides surprisingly credible work. Prior attempts to replicate the work of the legendary Mel Blanc fell short, but Bauza pulls it off with aplomb.

Bauza doesn’t just copy Blanc, though. He brings good spirit and verve to the parts.

All of this leads to a pretty satisfying animated adventure. Day delivers 91 minutes of lively Looney Tunes comedy.

Footnote: a minor tag pops up after the end credits.

The Day the Earth Blew Up appears in an aspect ratio of 2.35:1 on this Blu-ray Disc. This became a consistently appealing presentation.

Sharpness always excelled, as the film displayed terrific delineation. At no point did I witness any signs of softness or fuzziness in this tight image.

Shimmering and jaggies remained absent, and the image lacked edge haloes. Print flaws also failed to appear.

Day boasted a vivid and varied palette, and the disc presented those hues well. The colors consistently looked full and dynamic.

Black levels also seemed deep and solid, while shadow detail was appropriately dense but never seemed overly murky. The movie delivered a fine set of visuals,

Day also provided a pretty strong Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack, though the presence only of a lossy option came as a disappointment. Even 15 years ago, lossless audio acted as a standard option, so the fact Day only provided lossy material meant I docked the track some points.

Otherwise, I found a good mix. With a wild mix of wacky action and comedy, the soundfield came to life in a variety of ways.

Various shenanigans popped up from around the room, and music showed nice spread. Toss in a fair amount of directional dialogue and the soundscape fleshed out the tale well.

Audio quality also satisfied. Dialogue always came across as natural and warm, and I detected no concerns related to edginess or intelligibility.

Music appeared bright and dynamic, with concise highs and rich lows. Effects also were tight and realistic.

Those elements betrayed no distortion, as they consistently appeared clean and accurate. Even with the lack of lossless audio, this was still a satisfying track.

The disc includes the film’s trailer but it lacks any other extras.

Anything new under the Looney Tunes banner needs to fill big shoes, and The Day the Earth Blew Up does so pretty well. It offers an amusing and brisk comedic adventure. The Blu-ray boasts excellent visuals along with good but lossy audio and almost no bonus features. While the absence of lossless audio and informative supplements disappoints, I still recommend this delightful animated project.