Superman - The Animated Series, Volume One (DC Comics Classic Collection)

Starring:Michael Dorn
Director: Hiroyuki Aoyama, Curt Geda, Butch Lukic, Bruce W. Timm, Dan Riba, Toshihiko Masuda
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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From the creators of Batman: The Animated Series comes DC Comics' polar opposite: the Man of Steel in Superman: The Animated Series, Volume One. Like the Dark Knight's series, Superman: The Animated Series is a successful, modern telling of the classic story. Superman's tale is already known to most people, enduring as a modern American myth. The challenge for the producers was how to make something old and familiar new again. Quite successfully, they managed to modernize the Superman environment and its characters enough to attract a new audience but also maintained the integrity of the mythos to satisfy longtime fans. What lifts Superman: The Animated Series above all past Superman shows is its high-quality animation, strong dramatic scripts, a star studded cast, and the creators' willingness to present the show more like a series than a cartoon. It begins with a three-part episode ("The Last Son of Krypton") chronicling the last days of Krypton, the introduction of Braniac, Kal-El's trip to Earth, his development into Superman, and finally his introduction to the world. These three episodes lay the foundation for the next 15 adventures that follow, including confrontations with rivals Lex Luthor, Metallo, Braniac, the bizarre Lobo, and others. For fans of Superman, DC Comics, superheroes, the comic genre, and action tales in general, Superman: The Animated Series is not to be missed. --Rob Bracco

Description

Your spirits will soar with this 2-disc/18-episode set from the popular TV series! Portraying the man and hero as human while keeping the comic-book action at full speed, each animated adventure is a fast-paced spellbinder. Beginning with his arrival on Earth, Superman finds his place in his adopted home and accepts his role as its champion - facing mortal enemy Lex Luthor and countless other criminals like the Weather Wizard and the Toyman. High-flying excitement, boundless thrills and revealing Exclusive Extras collide in this superior collection about the dynamic hero that inspires us all to strive for truth and justice.

Customer Reviews:

Nice to have, but..........2007-05-13

The DVD is very nice and must have but what you should now is that if you Superman season one dont buy Superman son of Krepton (included in season one). It is a waste of money! Also if you have Superman season 2 dont buy Superman Batman the movie (included in season 2)!Take care and dont waste your money like I did!At least amazone should mention this if WB dont care!

Superman lives on in one of the greatest cartoon versions of the Man of Steel ever made!!!.......2007-04-08

I still remember when this animated series was made and I fell in love with it since the first episode. This animated series comes on two disks with 18 episodes that has the Man of Steel battling aliens, giant robots, super computers, and his biggest rival of all, Lex Luthor! The action is great, especially in some of the episodes, and the voice casting for the characters was done really well. Add some extras to this disk set and you have a series that anyone of any age will enjoy!

Disk 1:

The Last Son of Krypton, Part 1: On an alien world called Krpton, a scientist named Jor-El realizes that the world is about to end and desperately tries to get the supreme council to evacuate the entire world. However the Supreme Council instead listens to Brainiac, a diabolical computer designed to collect the information about all the planets in the solar system, and also has intentions of letting Krpton be destroyed. Jor-El's pleas go to deaf ears and as the world ends the only survivor is Jor-El's son, who escapes on a spaceship sent to earth.

The Last Son of Krypton, Part 2: On earth, Kal-El [Jor-El's son] learns his alien heriatage from his adopted parents. Now knowing why he has all these special abilities Clark Kent is born and moves into the huge city of Metropolis to make a living as a newspaper reporter as well as saving people in times of need as Superman!

The Last Son of Krypton, Part 3: Lex Luthor, a powerful billonaire, sees Superman as a threat to running the city and hires a man named John Corban to attack superman in a huge robotic machine. [This wont be the last time you will see Corban in the series]

Fun and Games: Toyman, a deranged inventor inside a dummy suit, wants revenge for the murder of his father and its up to Superman to stop him. Really creepy ending to this episode.

A Little Peice of Home: During a robbery attempt at a museum, Superman comes across a strange rock called kryptonite which mysteriously weakens him. That is all the evidence needed for Lex Luthor to take hold of the rock and use it to try and kill Superman.

Feeding Time: A man named Rudy, who is in a low dead end job, is exposed to chemicals which turn him into a being that can absorb memories, strength, and knowledge of anyone that he touches, including Superman!

Disk 2 Side A

The Way of All Flesh: John Corban returns as he is about to be let free from jail, only to realize that he has been exposed to a virus that must lead to an operation to save his life. Lex Luthor then transforms him into Metallo, a cyborg like being with krptonite serving as his heart and power. A war then erupts with Corban and Superman.

Stolen Memories: Brainiac returns, this time showing up at Earth, and asks Superman to join him in exchange for memories and secrets of Krypton. However doubts follow superman and it isnt long before he discovers Brainiac's secrets.

The Main Man, Part 1: A bounty hunter named Lobo is hired by a collector of rare species to bring superman into his collection. This leads to a wild fight on earth and in space as both Superman and Lobo himself is double crossed and placed in the collector's habitat.

The Main Man, Part 2: Lobo and Superman now must team up to escape the collector and get back to safety. This leads to a huge showdown in the collector's giant spaceship involving other bounty hunters and dangerous rare species of aliens [my two favorite episodes!]

My Girl: A woman named Lana Lang, an old flame of Clark Kent's, shows up in Metropolis as Lex Luthor's new girlfriend. However Luthor realizes that lang is also mysteriously linked to Superman and decides to kill her in order to draw Superman into a trap.

Tools of the Trade: A criminal and his gang called Intergang are given weapons by a mysterious supplier who in turn works for one of Superman's most hated rivals, Darkside.

Two's a Crowd: A bomb maker is in a coma and has a bomb hidden in Metropolis somewhere. Superman has to resort to getting help from an enemy of his past in order to find the bomb before it is too late!

The Prometheon: A huge creature crashes on Earth and causes havoc by absorbing raw heat and attacking anything in its past. Superman must find a way to stop it before all of Metropolis is completely destroyed!

Disk 2 Side B:

Blasts from the Past [2 epsiodes] Superman discovers the Phantom Zone, where two krptonian criminals are being kept. Superman lets them out but soon realizes his big mistake after the two beings realize they can rule Earth after becoming as powerful as Superman.

Livewire: A woman with a loud mouth gets turned into a being of pure electricity in a huge accident. Blaming Superman for her transformation, Livewire as she now wants to be called is determined to destroy superman at all cost.

Speed Demon: The Flash, the first of the Justice League superheroes that shows up, challenges Superman to a race around the world. While they are racing the two superheroes realize a plot by someone called the Weather Wizard who wants to take over the world!

Extras include:

Superman, Learning to Fly: Tells about the creation of the series

Building the Mythology: A look at all the supporting characters that help make Superman, the Animated Series, what it is today!

This is definately recommended, a good voice cast, great action, and a lot of drama makes this a great series to get in to! highly recommended!

A masterpiece of a cartoon series.......2007-03-09

What more can you say about a cartoon that was so well written, it won an emmy!?! AN EMMY for crying out loud! This award is given only to sitcoms such as Seinfeld(well deserved), Everybody Loves Raymond(also well deserved) and yeah..Friends(not so deserved). Bare in mind that this Superman, the animated series, came out at a time when everyone thought Superman was basically dead. Mainly because they had him brutally killed, beaten to death in the comics, by a character named Doomsday! Man was there publicity written all over the newspapers about it. From the Daily News, The New York Post, maybe even The NY Times. All were discussing how Superman, a hero that was basically indestructable, was beaten to death, in an epic battle that will go down in comic book history! I have to admit though, as hard as it was to see Superman dead, the story was well written and it was spread out to 2 different comics, Action comics and Superman, the Man of steel. I wonder if the story had anything to do with the fact that it was written by a woman who was writing for the Superman comic series at the time. Not sure if she's there anymore...I wonder why...Anyways, getting back to Superman, TAS, this series is a MUST BUY for anyone and I mean anyone, who enjoys a really well written and directed cartoon. (Can we really say "well directed" when we're talking about a tv cartoon?) It doesn't matter. This one is so well written that even my wife, who doesn't really care for such cartoons, was practically glued to the TV with me and my son, who's now 6. Yeah, it's a little too violent for any kid under the age of 5 so I wouldn't try to expose him/her to some of the violence in this cartoon. Unless of course, you want to see him flying from one couch to the other, and coming close to breaking your favorite Lava Lamp. I bought all 3 volumes which covers the entire run of Superman, TAS and I wasn't disapointed AT ALL!! This cartoon is like watching a mini movie and judging by some of the movies out there now, this cartoon by far, is SOOOOOO much more interesting and much better to watch. I guess they had to bring people back to believing in Superman after he was given such a horrible death in the comics. DC probably couldn't afford to loose one of it's biggest money makers not only in comics but in movies as well. Superman was so loved by millions of people, myself included, that they had to bring him back somehow, in the way people remembered him. And what a way to bring him back to life. It's shame that the cartoon only lasted for 3 or 4 years, from 1996 to I think 1999. But keep in mind that it also came on the heals of another great cartoon series, the Batman, TAS which by the way, was also written by the same writers as Superman, TAS. These cartoons are so good that once you put the first DVD, of Superman TAS, Volume one, you won't be able to stop watching the other DVD, as 2 DVDs come in each volume, which is 18 episodes in total! To be honest, I almost spent an entire day watching Volume 1 before I even realized,"man it's almost 6:00 PM"! But I watched it anyway..(c'mon, there was only 3 episodes left!) I haven't watched all 3 volumes yet, but believe me when I tell you that this cartoon is very addictive! It made me feel like a kid again and I'm 44 years old!! It's been a looong time since I watched a cartoon that was this good, and honestly, it's better than any cartoon that I've ever seen in the past. Simply put, THIS CARTOON SET IS ONE OF THE BEST BUYS I HAVE EVER MADE. I intend on buying the Batman, TAS also as well as the Justice League. These are cartoons that were made way ahead of their time. They are for the true superhero fans. They show how powerful your favorite Superheroes really are, and the battle scenes are excellent, just like the comics...maybe even better. So do yourselves a favor, buy the first volume of Superman, TAS and believe me, you'll probably be running back to your computer to buy the other 2 volumes as well. Trust me, you won't be disappointed!

Too violent for 8-year-old.......2007-01-10

Our 8-year-old daughter found this show too violent (it has guns). If you're children like superheroes and are this age, try Kim Possible or Teen Titans.

Great Show.......2007-01-09

Same as before when it came to the other volumes. Superman is a great thoughout character.

Superman - The Animated Series, Volume One / Batman - The Animated Series, Volume One

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