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Batman: The Complete Animated Series (Deluxe Limited Edition)

Today first BIG TICKET DAY entry in The 2018 PopCult Gift Guide is the best gift ever for any dedicated fan of Batman. Batman: The Complete Animated Series (Deluxe Limited Edition) includes all 109 episodes (Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures) of the critically acclaimed, Emmy-winning series that redefined the Dark Knight with its thematic sophistication, aesthetics, voice acting, and orchestral score.

All of the episodes have been remastered for the first time since their broadcast airing and are now all here in this stunning Blu-ray box set that’s spread over 10 Blu-ray discs, which also includes a Digital version (people complained mightily about the digital version only being viewable with Vudo and, at first, only being standard definision, but your PopCulteer only passes that info along, as he never bothers with digital copies of movies anyway).

Batman: The Complete Animated Series (Deluxe Limited Edition) can be found at Amazon for just under a hundred bucks, as I write this. You not only get all 109 action-packed episodes ( 35 hours of crime fighting), but you also get a deluxe, numbered package (which Amazon has not always packed appropriately, according to some reviews) that includes collectible Batman, Joker and Harley Quinn Funko Pocket POPS, 7 EXCLUSIVE Lenticular Collector Cards of Original Animation Artwork, plus 2 Bonus Discs of Animated Films Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero.

There are also 25 In-depth Featurettes including: A new definitive Batman: The Animated Series making-of documentary, “The Heart of Batman” — A rare gathering of talent defined Batman for a generation; Twenty-five years later, Batman: The Animated Series continues to inspire fans and myth makers all over the world– This is an in-depth look at the storytellers behind the series; Commentaries on 12 Episodes with Animation Creators.

It’s a complete package of one of the great achievements of modern television animation, and any Batman fan will appreciate the extremely high quality of what is probably the most faithful screen adaptation of the Batman mythos. The best price I’ve found for the Blu Ray edition is at Amazon, but you can probably find this almost anywhere that DVD and Blu Ray box sets are sold.