Press Release:
THE MAN OF STEEL SOARS INTO STORES AS
WARNER HOME VIDEO RELEASES
SUPERMAN: THE COMPLETE ANIMATED SERIES
ON DVD NOVEMBER 24, 2009
Seven-Disc Set Features All 54 Episodes With Bonus Features For The First Time Ever!
Join in the high-flying excitement with everyones favorite DC super hero, as every single episode from the hit animated TV show
Superman: The Animated Series, will be released in one action-packed DVD collection – just in time for the holidays. Loaded with tons of bonus features, over 20 hours of cartoon fun and starring the most iconic hero of our time, Warner Home Video is thrilled to be releasing
Superman: The Complete Animated Series on DVD November 24, 2009 for $53.82 SRP for the first time ever.
Follow the entire history of Superman from start to finish on this long-awaited DVD. Witness his incredible arrival on Earth, how he finds his place in his adopted home and his realization of what his powers can truly do for the forces of good. See Clark Kent balance his roles as a mild-mannered news reporter and superhuman crimefighter, facing mortal enemy Lex Luthor, while still keeping his day job.
Fans of the comic books and the TV show alike will rejoice as every single episode can finally be purchased together on this seven-disc collectors set. Additionally, the exclusive extras deliver even more fun to this already superior DVD collection. Go Behind the Cape with David Kaufman (the voice of Jimmy Olsen) as he takes you behind the scenes with the shows creative team, watch an excerpt from the new Bryan Singer and Kevin Burns Superman documentary, listen to commentary with Bruce Timm on several episodes and much more. This complete collection also includes a bonus disc featuring the all-new documentary “The Despot Darkseid: A Villain Worthy of Superman.” Superman: The Complete Animated Series, with hours and hours of DVD entertainment, is the perfect holiday gift.
Warner Home Video is excited to finally bring all 54 episodes together on one phenomenal DVD collection just in time for the holiday season, said Amit Desai, WHV Vice President of Family, Animation & Partner Brands Marketing. Superman: The Complete Animated Series fully tells the compelling story of Americas most beloved DC super hero.
DVD Special Features:
-Commentary by Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, Alan Burnett, Dan Riba, Glen Murakami, Curt Geda, Jason Hillhouse, James Tucker, and Butch Lukic on many episodes
-Selectable Pop-Up Trivia Tracks
-Superman: Learning to Fly Explores the Creation of the Series
-Building the Mythology: Supermans Supporting Cast- Showcases the Supporting Players in the Superman Saga
-Menaces of Metropolis: Behind the Villains of Superman The Origin and Evolution of Supermans Adventures
-Superman: Behind the Cape David Kaufman (The Voice of Jimmy Olsen) Takes You Behind the Scenes with the Shows Creative Team
-Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman Excerpt From the New Documentary Produced by Bryan Singer and Kevin Burns
-Bonus Disc Featuring the All-New Documentary “The Despot Darkseid: A Villain Worthy of Superman”
Episodes:
Superman: The Animated Series, Volume One
Disc 1
The Last Son Of Krypton, Part One
The Last Son of Krypton, Part Two
The Last Son of Krypton, Part Three
Fun and Games
A Little Piece of Home
Disc 2 (Side A)
The Way of All Flesh
Stolen Memories
The Main Man, Part One
The Main Man, Part Two
My Girl
Tools of the Trade
Twos A Crowd
The Prometheon
Disc 2 (Side B)
Blasts from the Past, Part One
Blasts from the Past, Part Two
Livewire
Speed Demons
Feeding Time
Superman: The Animated Series, Volume Two
Disc 1
Identity Crisis
Target
Action Figures
Mxyzpixilated
Double Dose
Solar Power
Disc 2 (Side A)
Monkey Fun
Brave New Metropolis
Ghost in the Machine
Worlds Finest, Part One
Worlds Finest, Part Two
Worlds Finest, Part Three
Disc 2 (Side B)
Fathers Day
The Hand of Fate
Bizarros World
Prototype
The Late Mr. Kent
Heavy Metal
Superman: The Animated Series, Volume Three
Disc 1
Warrior Queen
Apokolips…Now! Part One
Apokolips…Now! Part Two
Little Girl Lost, Part One
Little Girl Lost, Part Two
Where Theres Smoke
Disc 2 (Side A)
Knight Time
New Kids in Town
Obsession
Little Big Head
Absolute Power
In Brightest Day
Disc 2 (Side B)
Supermans Pal
Fish Story
Unity
The Demon Reborn
Legacy, Part One
Legacy, Part Two
About Warner Home Video:
With operations in 90 international territories, Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, a division of the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video’s film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment.
About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment’s home video, digital distribution, interactive entertainment/videogames, direct-to-DVD production, technical operations and anti-piracy businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. WBHEG is responsible for the global distribution of content through DVD, electronic sell-through and VOD, and delivery of theatrical content to wireless and online channels, and is also a significant worldwide publisher for both internal and third party videogame titles
About DC Comics:
DC Comics, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world and home to such iconic characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Sandman. These DC Super Heroes and others have starred in comic books, movies, television series (both animated and live-action) and cyberspace, thrilling audiences of all ages for generations. DC Comics Web site is located at www.dccomics.com.
SUPERMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of DC Comics.
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About Warner Bros. Animation:
Warner Bros. Animation has been producing award-winning original animation since 1930, when it released its first cartoon, Sinkin’ in the Bathtub. Since then, Warner Bros. Animations characters have set the standard for innovative, quality animation. Producing for network and cable television, online, home entertainment and feature films both domestically and internationally, Warner Bros. Animation is highly respected for its creative and technical excellence, as well as maintaining the studios rich cartoon heritage. Warner Bros. Animation also oversees the creative use of, and production of animated programming based on classic animated characters from the Hanna-Barbera and DC Comics libraries. Warner Bros. Animation is one of the most honored animation studios in history, garnering a grand total of six Academy Awards, 35 Emmy Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, an Environmental Media Award, a Parents Choice Award, a Humanitas Award, two Prism Awards and 20 Annie Awards (honoring excellence in animation).
A similar release collecting Justice League and Justice League Unlimited is also currently in the works. The Superman: The Complete Animated Series DVD Box Set Release is scheduled to hit shelves on November 24th, 2009.
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