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Don't panic this set does have 29 episodes.19 episodes are from BATMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES.The other 10 are THE ADVENTURES OF BATMAN AND ROBIN.These are episodes 17,19,20,23-29.These 10 have a different theme song and title sequence. However there's no need for concern. The same high quality animation,stories,and voice work is consistent through all 29 episodes. Bonus features include a Batgirl retrospective,2 audio commentaries, 1 video commentary,and trailers which includes a BATMAN BEGINS teaser/trailer. GET THIS AND VOLUMES 1 AND 2 if you don't have them already. See other reviews for more detailed descriptions.I hope this was helpful. As for the customers that didn't get the animation cel. Most stores have a 30 day exchange policy.You can tell them you are dissatisfied with the product.Some will exchange without question. Some won't.Tell them it's missing the cel.
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Of course these episodes are great and that's what counts, but compared to a Simpsons set, these Batman TAS DVDs seem a little empty: only 1 short featurette and 3 commentaries. The featurette is -- once again -- about a character of the series (i.e. Batgirl) ; sure, this is interesting, but there is much more to be said about what makes the specificity of the show: the way it is designed, story-boarded and animated ; this set is made for fans and not just for kids, so they could have made it a little more precise about the technical aspect of the series. That would've been great to get some storyboards too (since Bruce Timm himself made some of them). Since there are many great episodes in this set (and also very different ones), more audio commentaries would have been welcome (The Simpsons have 1 commentary per ep). And please, Warner, next time don't put any video commentary! This one was irritating (very badly shot) and the moderator asked questions of which we already knew the answers and made irrelevant remarks: leave the show's runners alone! Hopefully the next Batman, Superman AND Justice League season sets (please Warner, release them fast!) will have more extras and less absurd gadgets.
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Volume 3 of WB's Batman: The Animated Series includes the last 29 episodes of the series, and marks its complete release on DVD! From here on out there should be another set that contains the later "New Batman Adventures" episodes, and hopefully sets of Batman Beyond will follow next year if we're lucky (and then Justice League, once Superman completes its DVD release).
This set marks a lot of my personal favourites, including four episodes that feature the immortal Ra's Al Ghul (and one with Jonah Hex, who recently appeared as a younger incarnation in Justice League Unlimited). Bane, who infamously broke Batman's back in the comics also appears, as well as the gangster puppet Scarface. Batgirl debuts, and fans of Robin will find a lot more of him - the last few episodes were made following a request from FOX to feature more of the Boy Wonder, and they include a new intro and ending that haven't been seen in ages. Elsewhere, the saga of Mr. Freeze continues, Riddler tries going straight, the villains take over Arkham and put Batman on trial, and Clock King finds a new way to manipulate time (kudos to the staff for his recent appearance on JLU). It's a lot of excitment for 29 episodes, and the quality remains consistent throughout.
Vol. 2's extras were more plentiful, as this set only includes 3 commentaries and a minor featurette on Batgirl. Still, it could be worse - the single disc releases I've traded in at game stores are proof of that.
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Even though the description on Amazon says 28, there are 29 episodes total in this set. This completes the 85 total episodes of Batman: The Animated Series which ran from 1992-1995. It was known as The Adventures of Batman & Robin starting from Season 3 onward which included a new opening sequence and theme (which are included on the proper episodes). These episodes are still considered part of BTAS and are included in this set.
This set DOES NOT include the 24 episodes from Batman: Gotham Knights (aka The New Batman Adventures) which ran from 1997-1999 alongside Superman TAS on WB. Hopefully a 4th set that includes these episodes will be released later this year.
The episodes included in this third volume are considered some of the best episodes in the entire series. There are some great commentaries (Read my Lips, House and Garden, Harlequinade) and featurettes (Gotham's New Knight - Batgirl). It also includes a trailer for the new Batman Begins movie. As a long time fan, I wish there were more features since this is the last volume in BTAS. As always, it's a treat listening to Dini and Timm give us insight on the episodes. One note, the commentary for "House and Garden" is a video commentary so you can see the episode with a little box at the bottom that shows the person talking.
The episode breakup over the discs are as follows:
Disc One
1. Shadow of the Bat: Part One
2. Shadow of the Bat: Part Two
3. Blind as a Bat
4. The Demon's Quest: Part One
5. The Demon's Quest: Part Two
6. His Silicon Soul
7. Fire from Olympus
Disc Two
8. Read My Lips
9. The Worry Men
10. Sideshow
11. A Bullet for Bullock
12. Trial
13. Avatar
14. House and Garden
Disc Three
15. The Terrible Trio
16. Harlequinade
17. Time Out of Joint
18. Catwalk
19. Bane
20. Baby-Doll
21. The Lion and the Unicorn
Disc Four
22. Showdown
23. Riddler's Reform
24. Second Chance
25. Harley's Holiday
26. Lock-Up
27. Make 'Em Laugh
28. Deep Freeze
29. Batgirl Returns
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In order to have this complete the initial run of Batman the Animated series, this DVD set should have 29 episodes, NOT 28 (although TV ads would suggest otherwise). Its simple Math. 85 original episodes. set 1 had 28, set 2 had 28, so set 3 should have 29, unless the "last episode" is a hidden bonus, or would be on a 4th set containing all of the "Gotham Knights" episodes, we can only hope all the ads were in error, and there are actually 29 episodes in this set.
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