Batman Beyond: The Complete Series (Blu-ray)

I love "Batman Beyond" and this new and fresh venture into a faithful yet modern concept of Batman.

An direct extension of the Bruce Tim Batman series. Same great art and acting

I gotta say, I was a little leery at first when I heard that a new Batman cartoon was coming out back in '99, but I checked it out anyway. And loved it! A techno-savvy Batman for a techno-savvy world. What a concept. I usually don't like when a character I've followed since childhood is radically changed because I liked the character the way it was (so I'm gonna dodge the upcoming "Man of Steel" movie like the plague). But this is an exception. And it didn't go completely new, either. It brought back some classic characters, albeit older versions of them. Now the fact that the new Batman is a teenager didn't bother me either, since I had graduated high school the same year the cartoon debuted. If it had debuted, say, this year, I probably wouldn't have checked it out. Now on to the product. The Batman Beyond Collection is the entire series of 52 episodes on 8 DVDs, with added bonus features on some of them. It also comes with a special 9th DVD, which has some cool features on it, like the history of DC Comics. You wouldn't get this DVD if you bought the series in the separate 3 volumes it also comes in, but at the same time, you wouldn't pay as much for the entire series that way either. I read some other reviews before I bought this collection and the main problem I found among them was that the animated movie Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker and the Justice League episode "Epilogue" (which serves as a kind of series finale for the Batman Beyond series) were not included in the set. You can buy both of them separately, tho (the Justice League episode can be found in either the season 2 collection of Justice League or in the Justice League: The Complete Series collection (both of which, I believe, are sold here on Amazon). Now, aside from the DVDs, the collection also comes with a booklet that contains the episode listings on the DVDs and also has exclusive artwork from the series. The DVDs are all together in a plastic box which, along with the booklet, are contained in a large cardboard box with cool artwork, which is then inside of a plastic sleeve, also with cool artwork. Needless to say, the series itself is awesome and worth buying. I only have 2 complaints: first, the DVDs are hard to get out of the plastic case. You really have to press down HARD in the center of the DVDs to get them out; and second, when I got the product, that was the only thing inside the mailing box. No styrofoam peanuts, nothing. Even tho it appears that the DVDs are well protected, Amazon's shipping department either forgot to put in additional packaging material or they decided that the product was protected enough and just didn't bother with it. I don't know about you, but I like my orders to be WELL PROTECTED! Despite that, I encourage you to go get the collection. I doubt you'll regret it.

I love this series came well packaged and no damages. It works perfectly

This is one of my favorite batman beside the anime series but watching this again as an adult being back so much memories

While Batman: The Animated Series will always be superior, this series is nothing to sneeze at. Come on, Kevin Conroy is still Bruce Wayne! That's major coolness right there. And Will Friedle is a pretty good new Batman, bringing all the inexperience of a kid with no formal training before being called on to become the next Dark Knight...it's just so much fun to watch him learn from the master. Speaking of which, Kevin Conroy, a master of voice-acting, gave newcomer Will Friedle some pointers in the craft...talk about life imitating art. The new rogues gallery was also pretty cool and some of the technology used by both sides rocked, the new flying Batmobile being my favorite. I did find it a bit too convenient that Barbara Gordon was the new police commissioner, but her cooled relationship with Bruce was interesting and I wish more was done to explore the time between The New Batman adventures and Batman Beyond. It's just hinted at here and there. For example, where's Alfred? What was up with Bruce and Barbara at one point before Terry McGinnis became Batman? Where did the Royal Flush Gang come from? I also wish that this series did have more callbacks to the other series as those are few and far between. I know Bruce Wayne isn't known for being open and talkative, but come on...you're training a new Batman...a few more history lessons wouldn't hurt! My wish is granted in one way by the film Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (watch that to learn more), as it does explain some of Bruce Wayne's more current sharing issues...but only some. Nevertheless, this brave new world and new Batman is definitely worth watching. My favorite episode would have to be a three-way tie between "Ascension", "Hidden Agenda", and "Eyewitness". Like with the original series, all of the episodes are great in one way or another and many of them hold up when compared to the adventures of the first Dark Knight. It's a fine series that continues a great legacy. Enjoy.

As a Gen X parent I have decided to introduce my kids to the greatness that is 90s cartoons. This DVD collection is a great continuation to the Batman Animated Season. The content was great, and it appears to be direct transfer. It does not appear to be remastered and the shows retains the original 4.3 aspect ratio without digital surround sound.The casing is another issue, with small brittle plastic parts holding the each disc into the case. Opening the packaging revealed parts everywhere, with the insides broken up. Fortunately the discs were not harmed and each DVD played without any issue. The box set arrived inside of a larger box rattling around during shipping removing any hopes of the contents arriving in one piece.The show is great, but packing and presentation has a lot to be desired.

The discs and the box are all in an excellent condition.