DC’s Superman animated series completes Blu-ray release on October 12

Twenty-five years have passed since Warner Bros. Animation continued its legendary Batman: The Animated Series the only way couldwwith Superman: The Animated Series. Produced by Bruce timm, Paul Dini, and Alan Burnett, the show debuted on September 6, 1996 and jumped from tall buildings right in our hearts.

Now to celebrate this 25th anniversary, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and DC will release an all-new Complete Series Blu-ray box set on October 12. We’re talking about the 54 episodes, new special features, new commentaries and Following. Here is the complete box art.

So why buy this? Well, here are the main selling points. First, the episodes will look and sound better than ever. According to the press release, “aAll 54 episodes have been remastered from the original 35mm Interpositive sources, paying special attention to color correction, cleaning up dirt and scratches, and adding a grain reduction pass to create a crisp picture, while being careful not to affect the original lines in the animation illustration. The audio was transferred back from the original audio masters and the series is presented in its original aspect ratio (4×3).

So that’s great. There is also a brand new “series definition feature” called Superman: Timeless Icon—wwhich, according to the press release, “reveals the show’s complicated journey and those who created the new mythology for tThe Man of Steel, narrated by producers Bruce Timm and Paul Dini, director Dan Riba, screenwriter Bob Goodman, casting / dialogue director Andrea Romano, and Tim Daly and Clancy Brown, the announced voices of Superman and Lex Luthor, respectively.

Then there are new audio commentaries on three episodes (Stolen Memories, The Last Son of Krypton Part 1, and main man part 2) and even a video commentary featuring producer Bruce Timm, producer-writer Paul Dini and director Dan Riba for the episode Mxyzpixelized. In total, there are almost 21 hours of content for a sale price of $ 70, available starting October 12. It seems, dare we say it, great.

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