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Villains Featured in New Images from "Superman: The Complete Animated Series"
Villains get their due today in new images featuring Darkseid, Jax-Ur, Bizarro and Mr. Mxyzptlk as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment celebrates the 25th anniversary of "Superman: The Animated Series" with the fully remastered release of the acclaimed series -- on Blu-ray for the very first time -- TOMORROW, Tuesday, October 26.
Darkseid, his eyes literally ablaze. Darkseid is voiced by Michael Ironside (Total Recall, Starship Troopers)
Jax-Ur, being hauled away by Superman. Jax-Ur is voiced by Ron Perlman (Hellboy, Sons of Anarchy)
Bizarro, in mid-punch (of Superman). Tim Daly (Madame Secretary, Wings) did double duty as the voices of both Superman and Bizarro.
Mr. Mxyzptlk, doing his best to annoy Superman. Mr. Mxyzptlk is voiced by Gilbert Gottfried (Aladdin, Problem Child)
Produced by Warner Bros. Animation (WBA), the Emmy Award-winning "Superman: The Animated Series" was the perfect follow-up to the landmark "Batman: the Animated Series". Producers Bruce Timm, Paul Dini and Alan Burnett elevated The Man of Steel's animated presence with an imaginative, heartfelt look at Superman's adventures in Metropolis alongside Lois Lane and opposite the villainous likes of Lex Luthor, Brainiac, Darkseid and more. Premiering on September 6, 1996, the series continued WBA's dominance in Super Hero animation, once again setting new standards for storytelling, art direction and acting performances - and garnering 11 Emmy Award nominations and two Emmy Award wins, including top honors as the Outstanding Special Class Animated Program of 1998.
The remarkable "Superman: The Complete Animated Series" box set features more than 19 hours of entertainment spread over six Blu-ray discs, including all 54 exciting episodes, an all-new series-defining featurette entitled Superman: Timeless Icon, a special video commentary episode and three specially selected episodes with audio commentaries by the showrunners.
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 (4x3).
