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The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series - 10th Anniversary Collection

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Speaking as a 16 year old Canadian male, I can safely say that The Powerpuff Girls was awesome. With its unique animation style, immensely likeable characters, deliciously over the top cartoon violence and razor-sharp sense of wit, this show served as a reminder that Cartoon Network was once great. But unfortunately, to say the series has barely received any worthy home video releases is an understatement.

Until now, that is.

After a few scattered, kid-friendly compilations and a lacklustre first season set, the complete run of the show is at last making it to DVD. Considering that the past home video releases have completely neglected the last three seasons of the show, and that a fair amount of notable episodes from the other three seasons have also been neglected, it's great to see Warner Bros. is finally giving all of it to us in one handy package.

According to TVShowsonDVD.com, this set will be comprised of 6 double-sided discs containing all 78 episodes of the show and the previously released Christmas special, "'Twas the Fight Before Christmas". It's worth noting that the final episode, "See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey" (notable for being an all-singing episode), has never been broadcast in the States (although it has been broadcast in Canada and the UK), so it will be interesting to have.

If you're a fan like me, this set is an obvious must-buy. As for those who have never seen the show, it's easy to get into: just look past the sugary-sweet femininity and you'll find an incredibly sharp sense of humour.

UPDATE (01-23-09): Okay, so I got my copy. Each of the 6 discs represents one season of the show, and considering the sheer amount of material on each double-sided disc, everything is mastered at a pretty high bit rate. Of course, the episodes are all very lovely looking and sounding, as they'd better be, considering the animation style and age of the materials.

While I haven't thoroughly looked at the special features, I can tell you something fans might want to know:

"The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!", that completely new episode animated in Adobe Flash and broadcast in the States the day before this set's release, IS included here. You need only pop disc 6, side B into your player and look under the extras section.

So did this set live up to my expectations? Oh, yeah. Still highly recommended, narrowing of classic to clunker ratio in the last two seasons notwithstanding.

Here it is in all its glory! Despite the random, haphazard packaging of episodes on older DVD releases with even menu options that were inconsistent, the Powerpuff Girls finally get the royal send-off in ONE PACKAGE.

So who are the Powerpuff Girls? They are the by-product of Professor Utonium's desire to create girls using sugar, spice and everything nice except things go awry when he accidentally spills "Chemical X" into the concotion. The result: 3 little girls with super-powers. Blossom is their leader who is level-headed in most situations. Buttercup is the Powerpuff who will most likely charge into a fight without regard to consequences. Bubbles, despite her superpowers, is most easily scared and is the most sensitive 'puff of the bunch.

The double-meanings and creativity of the episodes were a delight and it was something that I used to watch guiltily as a 20-something man. They were downright hilarious, though, so it was hard not to watch. The violence might be a little too much for some parents, but my 5-year old daughter knows that it's fake and plays it up for the humor that it is. She hasn't gone around the house bashing things up nor has she exhibited any violent tendencies. Still, parents be warned and decide based on your own lifestyle and viewing choices.

The only minor complaint that I have is that it doesn't include the theatrical movie, but I'm sure that the lawyers can be well-paid and thanked for that licensing issue. Still, the movie is available for purchase separately, so no harm done.

The other minor complaint is the use of double-sided DVDs which naturally brings the price down, but makes the average parent a nervous wreck in terms of keeping the DVD surface clear of scratches.

Still, it's nice to finally have the entire TV series out, including the 78th episode never aired in the States. My daughter and I are ready to adventure the complete 'puffs!

Oh wow I loved, loved, loved this show as a kid! And now every single episode is now in one pretty package!
I was ecstatic when I discovered they were releasing the complete series on DVD, And after I keep checking for a season 2 dvd and nothing came up, I feared that I would never see a powerpuff dvd again! Boy was I wrong!
The series set is a great thing for any powerpuff fan as it's loaded with extras Including: The Original short that started it all "The WhoopA** Girls" the 2 original pilots from the "What A Cartoon Show" "Meat Fuzzy Lumkins" & "Crime 101", A load of classic PPG promos, The christmas special "Twas The Fight Before Christmas", a great all new 30+ minute documentary featuring interviews with Craig, Voice Actors, and other people who worked on the show, a never before seen in the states episode "See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey", and the all new 10th Anniversary episode (Which was just aired this past monday in the states) "The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!"
And much more including commentaries from Mojo Jojo and The Mayor.
My only gripes with it are that the DVD's are double sided (Which is not that big a deal) "The Powerpuff Girls Movie" is not included in the set, and the menus on the DVD are kinda boring and theres a Cartoon Network bug on the menus (Which is also not that big a deal)

But beacuse my gripes are only small little things that don't really effect the DVD I will still give this otherwise fantastic set a 5 out of 5 as this is one of my faviorte shows of all time! "And So Once Again The Day Is Saved Thanks To The Powerpuff Girls!" THE END

Like I said before: "Way before he broke ground for an orphanage that houses imaginary friends, Craig McCracken created the world's youngest superhero team !"

Now the Powerpuff Girls are back again with a brand new COMPLETE series set!!! This commemorative 10th anniversary collection has six double-sided discs each one representing a complete season. So let me break it down for those of you in the know.

Season 1:
It's pretty much exactly the same as the complete first season set which is also available. So see my review on that as well as my fave episodes and special extras.

Season 2:
Favorite episode: "The Powerpuff Girls Best Rainy Day Adventure Ever" - In that Richard Scarry titled episode, the Girls turn a rainy day in Townsville into a fun day of pretend.
Extras: They're features most likely taken from other PPG DVDs such as the commentaries done by Mojo Jojo and the Mayor. I liked those.

Season 3:
Favorite episode: "Powerprof" - The Professor dons a special super suit so he can spend more time with his girls. But the Professor really isn't all that's cracked up to be.
Extras: The music videos by Shonen Knife and The Apples in Stereo. I just wish they also added the videos by Devo and Cherish, though....

Season 4:
Favorite episode: "Nuthin' Special" - Blossom has ice breath. Bubbles habla espanol. And Buttercup ? Well, see for yourself.
Extras: A Mayor blooper reel and the holiday special "Twas the Fight Before Christmas".

Season 5:
Favorite episode: "See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey" - A lot of my favorite episodes are from the 5th season, but I have to say I liked the lost rock opera episode the most where the girls trade their powers to a magical gnome for a new way of life. I don't know why they never aired it on TV in the first place; it's a great episode despite that almost all the dialogue is sung.
Extras: 3 Mayor promos and one called "Mitch Rocks" where Mitch Mitchellson tells you what's cool and what's lame. So far the set has only one of those three shorts. Why can't they put in the other two ? Now THAT'S lame.

Season 6:
Favorite episode: "Mo' Linguish" - My favorite Mojo Jojo episode has the evil simian teaching an English Speaking class making Townsville's citizens talk elaborately like him.
Extras: An impressive in-depth documentary on series creator Craig McCracken as well as his latest special episode as seen on Cartoon Network: "The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!"

In conclusion, these tiny titans are still the cutest super heroines that ever graced Cartoon Network's airwaves. Whether or not you own previous DVDs including the complete first season, this super set will be THE penultimate Powerpuff set EVER ! And if you take out all six inserts out of their cases, you'll discover a special poster designed by Craig himself !

So as the saying goes like always, "So once again, the day is saved ! Thanks to the Powerpuff Girls !"

In the nineties, there were a lot of really entertaining cartoons on T.V. The Powerpuff Girls were among the most successfull of them. packed with little winks at the older viewers in the audience, while still being sweet and funny enough to captivate the younger viewers.
For the price, It's a great deal. And pbove all else, It's just alot of fun. I'm a twenty four year old male U.S. Army vet, and I'm as tough as the come. But those three funny looking little girls beating the tar out of an evil monkey puts a smile on my face every time. Go buy it. You know you want to.

I admit it. I'm a guy, and I like this show. When people find that out, they look at me like I'm on crack. But I tell them I don't care, because this is a good show. Granted, the show is about three little girls who are very, well, girly, but the show is very clever and funny as well. This show is and always was unique, and I'm having fun watching it again. Here's hoping that soon Warner will release some of the other great Cartoon Network shows that came out at the same time. I would love to see a complete series set of Courage the Cowardly Dog, Dexter's Laboratory, and Cow and Chicken. Until then, this a great start, and a great treat for fans of the PPG.

Before I dive in, I am a 17 year old American girl whose childhood is now in a neatly packed box sitting in front of me. I grew up with this series, I remember clearly the pilot episode(s) before the series even became a series. I remember pretty much every episode. This is an amazing box-set and I don't see why you wouldn't buy this it.

This 10th anniversary edition box-set went BEYOND my expectations, just by putting in the first disk, and let me tell you why. The next paragraphs are from a animation fanatic/hopeful animator.

Craig McCracken attended CalArts (California Institute of the Arts) and while there, he created the Whoopa** Girls. Which is now what we know and love as the Powerpuff Girls. On the first disk on the special features is his film from CalArts that stars the Whoopa** Girls. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been wanting to see this for a long time. I was AMAZED at how similar his CalArts film was compared to the Powerpuff Girls series. The opening dialogue, the narration, the character designs, the villains, it was almost the exact same. In the film the girls have to fight the Gang Green Gang and the Amoeba Boys. And THEN a Lou Romano did the voice for the amoeba boys. And if you're a animated film fanatic like me, then you know Lou Romano works at Pixar and also does voices for the films, including Linguini for Ratatouille What I'm trying to get at is, Lou Romano also attended CalArts around the same time as Craig McCracken. And that just blew my mind further that Lou Romano and Craig McCraken were working together on this soon to be amazingly popular cartoon show.

Another thing that I am ridiculously happy about is that the pilot episodes were included in this set. I am extremely content and this box-set deserves 5 stars. But there was one thing that I didn't find in my boxset, and that is the "...custom panoramic poster designed by series creator Craig McCracken." Other then that I am still content as ever and if you'll excuse me I'm going to go bask in my childhood.

I watched Powerpuff Girls on cartoon network as a child with my father all the time as a child and we were both ecstatic when we found out about this set. The show is, unfortunately, not quite as good as I remember, but that's saying little. This is a great set for children who will enjoy countless hours of a great cartoon, or the occasional watch for an old fan like me. I do have a few complaints, though.

1. The box and labels. I'm a collector of many box sets of cartoons and Anime, and the quality of the presentation does not, in my opinion, match the price of the set. The box is made of thin, paper cardboard. At first it appeared to me that the DVD labels were printed on a cheap printer running out of ink, but thankfully this was just an unfortunate choice of design - although I would have appreciated more thoughtful covers as well, it can be forgiven since they're hidden in a box most of the time.
2. the double-sided disks. The sides aren't even labeled, and though it doesn't take a genius to figure out it's still not as intuitive as it should be. For a $50 last effort to make money on a nearly forgotten franchise they're already milked, I think they could have afforded to have 2 separate disks rather than dual sided ones.
3. The packaging advertises that this set comes with a poster of the various characters. Each piece of this 'poster' is printed on the back of the DVD insert papers, so if you want to hang it up you have to assemble the pieces together, and then you lose the only guide to which episodes are on each disk, as they are not printed on the back of the DVD cases.

For the most part, though, the pluses make up for the shortcomings:

1. Subtitles! I (and my increasingly hard at hearing father) greatly appreciate these as they aren't often included in sets like this. I haven't watched every episode, but I can't remember any errors in them.
2. There are tons of extras over these disks. It would have been very easy to make this a bare-bones release without any nice extras but they really came through in this area.

Overall my issues are mostly with the packaging and not the actual product itself. I think these shortcomings could have been better forgiven if the price wasn't quite as steep on this (Though, thanks to Amazon, you can get this a bit more reasonably priced than I did). If that's not a bother to you, or you're buying it for a child or just want it to watch the show again (as opposed to a collectors item) then this is a great purchase!

I live in Australia and my granddaughter, aged 11 (just) asked me to get this item as she loved what she had seen of the Powerpuffs on TV. Because we are in a different world region, Amazon thoughtfully warned me that the disks might not play in my country and gave me the option of reneging on the deal. However, they did play very easily on my computer and she has been glued to the screen for many days watching it. She says, "They are awesome" (don't know where my granddaughter picked up that wretched epithet) "and I am going to share the viewing experience with my friends at school". They would play on any computer in the world, probably, and, from what I have seen of them, the six double-sided disks are imaginative and witty with wonderful animation and appropriate content for children of my granddaughter's age - and that's a retired English teacher's opinion. In fact, they are the ideal present for young children as my grandson of the same age enjoyed them, too. Thank you, Amazon.

My Daughter could not wait for this to come and it came so fast she has seen them all over and over again.