Cartoon Network: Adventure Time: The Complete Series [DVD]

Adventure Time is one of the most beloved animated series of the past decade, and for good reason. Its mix of quirky humor, surrealism, and heart has won over fans of all ages. And now, with the release of the complete series on DVD, you can experience the entire journey of Finn and Jake from start to finish.The show follows the adventures of Finn, a young boy and his best friend Jake, a magical dog with shape-shifting abilities, as they explore the Land of Ooo and battle evil forces. Along the way, they meet a cast of colorful and bizarre characters, including Princess Bubblegum, the Ice King, Marceline the Vampire Queen, and many more.The animation style is unique and charming, with bright colors and a hand-drawn look that adds to the show's whimsy. The voice acting is top-notch, with a talented cast that includes John DiMaggio as Jake, Jeremy Shada as Finn, and Olivia Olson as Marceline.But what really sets Adventure Time apart is its emotional depth. The show deals with themes of love, loss, and friendship in a way that's both relatable and poignant. It's a show that can make you laugh one minute and tear up the next.The DVD collection includes all ten seasons of the show, as well as the special finale episode, "Come Along With Me." There are also a ton of bonus features, including commentaries, animatics, and behind-the-scenes looks at the making of the show.Overall, if you're a fan of animation, fantasy, or just great TV in general, Adventure Time: The Complete Series on DVD is a must-have. It's a wild and wacky ride full of heart, humor, and adventure. So come along with Finn and Jake, and see what wonders await you in the Land of Ooo.

Word to the wise: it is worthwhile to buy from a reputable seller such as Amazon over someone you don't know on an auction site. This is my second purchase of this set, and the first, from an auction site, appears to be an elaborate bootleg, with a flat image in the center of the book instead of the wonderful pop-up, and single-layer DVDs with lower quality encoding. Amazon, however, provided me with the real deal, well worth the price difference. Still, I wish this much creativity and care had gone into making a Blu-Ray package, as the DVDs inevitably suffer from the limitations of the downright ancient MPEG2 standard of encoding for DVDs, even when the best of care is taken, as it was here. These are all progressive (non-interlaced) discs with anamorphic wide screen (as opposed to "letter boxed"), which uses the full video frame encoded to be displayed at the desired 16:9 aspect ratio. The remaining problem, for me at least, is with haloing artifacts around the many narrow black lines between areas of solid color, as is common with this style of animation. Once noticed, they can be hard to ignore for some. The problem isn't with the pixel resolution, but rather the compression codec. My only other nitpick is that, while content of the bonus disc is wonderful, a lot of work went into bonus materials on the old single-disc collections that I wish had been carried over to this set.

Going into this I was skeptical due to the negative reviews. Blu-rays are always preferable over DVDs. While Blu-rays have higher fidelity and durability these DVDs will do just fine. I am glad I went ahead and purchased this item as this is a great bundle.The packaging is suburb and captures the aesthetics and feeling of Adventure Time perfectly. The DVDs are laid out story book style with each leaflet containing a disk. The only concern is that the disks may be at risk of scratching from pulling them out too roughly from their cardboard container so be careful.The image quality of the 480p DVDs is similar to that of the old DVDs which were released many years ago. The image quality it not perfect but it does look great on our 40" 1080p TV. Those who are familiar with the 1080p version of the show available on streaming services may notice an image quality downgrade but it still looks crisp enough to hold its own. 4k TVs may suffer the most from the DVDs inherent low resolution.

Arrived in clean, intact shrink wrap. The box is quality cardstock, and the case the discs are in is like a book! A really nice book! All discs are present with none missing or duplicated. I have not checked the individual playback of each disc yet.One thing to be careful of is that the discs are stored between 'pages' that are like sleeves- and I think that's responsible for the fact my discs are a little scuffed. Not very much, it's an amount that I've never seen be much of a problem on previous sets of DVDs, but I'd be concerned about removing and replacing the discs into the 'pages' too often. Because of this, I bought a set of "Maxtek 100 Pieces Clear Transparent CPP Plastic CD DVD Sleeves Envelope Holder, 100 Micron Thickness", also on Amazon, and have placed each disc into one of these plastic sleeves, then back into the boxset 'pages'. I needed to fold the corners as in my pictures in order for the plastic sleeve to be closer to the size of the disc, but then they can be slid right back into the boxset without having to worry about added scuffs when removing them later.All in all, this is a very nice quality full series collection that also just looks very neat. I would definitely recommend it to anyone thinking about buying- just make sure to inspect the discs when you get it, and maybe invest in plastic sleeves to protect them.