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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 4
Category: DVD
Directors: Curt Geda, Hiroyuki Aoyama, Toshihiko Masuda, Bruce W. Timm, Butch Lukic, Dan Riba
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Label: Warner Home Video
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Number Of Items: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.6
UPC: 012569754423
EAN: 0012569754423
ASIN: B000F4RH8E
Release Date: June 20, 2006 (New: This Week)
Theatrical Release Date: September 6, 1996
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Editorial Reviews:
Description
Alien warships instantly appear and attack Metropolis. Superman flies into action to save his beloved city, but his powers are not enough. This enemy is greater than any other Superman will ever know: the malicious Darkseid, a vicious dictator intent on controlling the universe and the one villain Superman is willing to kill ...or die trying. Darkseid vows to Superman, "If you will not be my knight, then you will be my pawn." No idle threat, he manipulates the Man of Steel to take over Earth in a plot that ultimately changes Superman's life forever! With this 2-disc, 18-episode collection, experience the colossal showdown of two titans from the very first punch!
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:Audio Commentaries on select episodes with the creators and the directors.
Easter Eggs:Easter Egg: A never seen before deleted scene with introduction by Bruce Timm.
Featurette:Superman: Behind The Cape -- David Kaufman, voice of Jimmy Olsen, takes you journey on how a show comes together.
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Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
Worth it for Green Lantern episode. June 12, 2006
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This volume contains all of the memorable episodes and characters such as feisty supergirl and aquaman. Can't wait!!!
STAS:Season 3 May 29, 2006
1 out of 13 found this review helpful
I still don't have season 1 and 2. I have the 2 of Superfriends,but not Justice Leauge.I would love this,too along with Lois and Clark and Superboy.
The final, and best, volume of the Superman animated series May 24, 2006
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
Collecting the final 18 episodes of the all too brief Superman animated series, this volume features some of the best episodes of the show ever crafted; even though it might not seem that way upon first glance. This volume begins innocently enough as the Man of Steel meets Maxima the Warrior Queen and has another run in with Darkseid (which sets the stage for further events), as well as teaming up with Aquaman, meeting his long lost cousin Supergirl, and taking on the usual rogues gallery. After meeting new Green Lantern Kyle Rayner and going undercover as Batman with Robin to discover the disappearance of Bruce Wayne, everything changes. The two part series finale, appropriately titled "Legacy", finds a brain washed Superman helping Darkseid conquer Earth and bringing great misery upon mankind. This finale is arguably the best moment in the series' entire run, and it surprisingly has lasting effects that echo throughout the Justice League animated series as well. All in all, if you dug the series, consider this volume a must own, and with the current Man of Steel marketing blitz to coincide with the upcoming mega budget Superman Returns film, now has never been a better time to see the Man of Tomorrow fly high.
Superman, The Animated Series: Volume Three! May 6, 2006
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
Celebrate the Man of Tomorrow's triumphant return [to the big screen] today with Superman, the Animated Series: Volume Three! Introducing guest-star superheroes Supergirl, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Orion and the New Gods, Legionnaires Cosmic Boy, Chameleon Boy and Saturn Girl, plus new characters Maxima and Volcana, this 2-disc set contains the 3rd (and final) wave of 18 episodes from the show's 54-episode series run.
From the far reaches of Apokolips comes the ultimate threat to planet Earth as mankind faces its most powerful enemy, the evil lord Darkseid. Darkseid's obsession for humiliating Superman and dominating the Earth feature prominently in the three excellent multi-part arcs "Little Girl Lost" (Supergirl debut), "Apokolips...Now!", and "Legacy." Also paying tribute to legendary comics writer/artist Jack Kirby and his Fourth World is the underrated Jimmy Olsen episode "Superman's Pal" (an homage to the "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen" comic), featuring the debut of the special ultrasonic frequency Superman signal watch.
The Toyman returns with an "Obsession" for a barbie-perfect supermodel, a storyline which later concludes in the Static Shock season three episode "Toys in the Hood," while evil Kryptonians Jax-Ur (voice of Ron Perlman) and Mala (voice of Sarah Douglas, "Ursa" from Superman II!) return with "Absolute Power." Mr. Mxyzptlk is the "Little Big Head Man" pulling Bizarro's super-strings in a revenge plot against the Man of Steel. The episodes "Unity" (featuring a Superman/Supergirl teamup) and "New Kids in Town" (featuring three members of the Legion of Superheroes) are fine tales that would translate well as special episodes of WB's Smallville, just as "A Fish Story" (introducing Aquaman) was tweaked for the Smallville "Aqua" episode. Superman takes a walk on the dark side (under Robin's tutelage) when he masquerades as Batman in "Knight Time," while villain Ra's Al Ghul masquerades as... well, you'll see in "The Demon Reborn."
As always the voice casting is nothing short of brilliant. Steve Sandor, who was the voice of hero Dark Wolf in the cult feature "Fire and Ice" supplies vocals for Orion in "Apokolips...Now!" Former TV heartthrobs Chad Lowe (Life Goes On), Jason Priestley (Bevery Hills, 90210) and Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina, The Teenage Witch) voice Legionnaires Cosmic Boy, Chameleon Boy and Saturn Girl respectively; Sharon Lawrence (NYPD Blue) channels her Gwen Davenport character from NBC's short-lived sitcom "Fired Up" for Maxima in "Warrior Queen"; Peri Gilpin (Frasier) lends her smoky vocals to Volcana in "Where There's Smoke"; "In Brightest Day" (introducing Green Lantern Kyle Rayner) features the voice of Ted Levine (The Silence of the Lambs) as the most menacing version of Sinestro to date; and Miguel Ferrer (Robocop) voices both ends of the spectrum as hero Aquaman in "A Fish Story" and villain De'Cine in "Warrior Queen".
Superman - The Animated Series, Volume Three is a 2-disc collection that features Full-Frame video, English Dolby Surround Stereo 2.0 audio, English, French, Spanish subtitles. The contents of this 3rd (and final) super-set are as follows:
Disc 1:
Warrior Queen
Apokolips...Now! Part 1
Apokolips...Now! Part 2
Little Girl Lost Part 1
Little Girl Lost Part 2
Where There's Smoke
Disc 2, Side A:
Knight Time
New Kids in Town
Obsession
Little Big Head Man
Absolute Power
In Brightest Day
Disc 2, Side B:
Superman's Pal
A Fish Story
Unity
The Demon Reborn
Legacy Part 1
Legacy Part 2
Special Features:
Commentary: On "Apokolips...Now! Part 2", "New Kids In Town," and "Legacy Part 2" by the series creators and directors
Featurette: "Superman: Behind The Cape": David Kaufman (voice of Jimmy Olsen) takes you behind-the-scenes on how a show comes together
Easter Egg: A Never Seen Before deleted scene with introduction by producer Bruce Timm
Highly Recommended!
This is it! This is what we've been waiting for! April 15, 2006
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
Superman the Animated series may have only lasted 54 episodes, but these last 18 are a Dc junky's dream come true. I'd never gotten to watch the show very much when I was a kid, and man did I miss out?! These last 18 eps are the most dramatic, from what I read on the various episode guides. Finally, Superman and Darkseid face off in three of the best two part episodes Bruce Tim and company ever created for the DC AU. That's the best reason I can think of for purchusing this set. We get to see Superman take on his deadliest foe, Darkseid! And we don't just get to see one fight between the two, but a whole heck of a lot more! June 20th can't get here fast enough!
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