Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release “Superman: The Animated Series” on Blu-ray Oct. 26 to celebrate the show’s 25th anniversary.
Running for 54 episodes from 1996 to 2000, “Superman: The Animated Series” was produced by Bruce Timm, Paul Dini and Alan Burnett, the creative team behind the groundbreaking “Batman: The Animated Series,” leading to crossovers between the two characters and other DC Comics heroes as a precursor to the “Justice League” and “Justice League Unlimited” animated series.
Tim Daly led the voice cast as Clark Kent/Superman alongside Dana Delany as Lois Lane, David Kaufman as Jimmy Olsen, and Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor.
All 54 episodes have been remastered from the original 35mm interpositive sources, giving special attention to extensive color correction, dirt and scratch clean-up, and adding a grain reduction pass to create a pristine picture, all while making sure not to affect the original lines in the artwork of the animation. The audio was retransferred from the original audio masters, and the series is presented in its original aspect ratio of 4:3.
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The six-disc Superman: The Complete Animated Series boxed set will include the new retrospective featurette “Superman: Timeless Icon,” a look at the complicated journey of the show and those who created the new mythology for the Man of Steel.
Also included will be a special video commentary for the episode “Mxyzpixilated,” and audio commentaries for the episodes “Stolen Memories,” “The Last Son of Krypton — Part 1” and “The Main Main — Part 2,” with the show’s producers and episode directors.
Also included will be the featurettes “A Little Piece of Trivia”; “Superman: Learning to Fly,” about the creation of the show; “Building the Mythology: Superman’s Supporting Cast”; “Menaces of Metropolis: Behind the Villains of Superman,” a look at the show’s rogues’ gallery of baddies, including traditional opponents Lex Luthor, Brainiac, Bizarro, Metallo, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Toy-man and Parasite, as well as new villains created for the series such as Live Wire and Luminus; and “The Despot Darkseid: A Villain Worthy of Superman.”
The Blu-ray set will also include a code to access digital copies of the episodes.
Update (9/23/21): Release date changed from Oct. 12 to Oct. 26.