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Cartoon Network Announces Release for Adventure Time The Complete Second Season
Available June 4 and Including Bonus Features Created by Pendleton Ward, Adventure Time Makes Its Blu-ray Debut; Season 1 Blu-ray Also Available Same Day
May 7, in the year of our
Lord 2013 --Cartoon Network announced today the first –
and second – Blu-ray™ release for its hit comedy series,
Adventure Time, as the company will bring the first two seasons
of the Emmy® Award-nominated animated series to Blu-ray on June
4. Adventure Time: The Complete Second Season will debut on both
DVD and Blu-ray, complete with absolutely algebraic bonus
content created by series creator Pendleton Ward, including a
featurette filmed by Ward that provides exclusive access to and
interviews with members of his talented show team, as well as
episode commentaries for all 26 season two episodes from Ward
and the Adventure Time team. Also that same day, Cartoon Network
will release Adventure Time: The Complete First Season on
Blu-ray, bringing that fan-favorite home video release to the
high-definition market with stunning HD-quality audio and video.
Both season one and season two Blu-ray titles will also include
a free Ultraviolet HD digital copy for each episode. Both
Adventure Time: The Complete First Season and Adventure Time:
The Complete Second Season Blu-ray releases will be available
for the suggested retail price of $32.07, while the two-disc
season two DVD will be priced at $26.95.
“Adventure Time fans are the best! They are totally passionate –
and vocal – about what they want, and we know from their
tireless online commenting, both full season sets and Blu-ray
releases have been at the top of their lists of demands,” said
Erik Resnick, vice president of Cartoon Network Enterprises, the
home entertainment division of the network. “Their patience has
paid off as we deliver both with today’s announcement of the
season two release and our first two Blu-ray and Ultraviolet
releases. Add to that really great bonus content created by Pen
Ward and the show team on the season two set, and I expect we’ll
have some pretty happy Adventure Time fans come June.”
As one of Cartoon Network’s most popular series, Adventure Time
continues to thrive with a massive on-air audience, very active
fan base and strong retail presence. The television series’
popularity continues to grow as the recent season five premier
was the #1 show for the day with boys 2-11, and kids and boys
6-11, 9-14 and 12-17, and the show consistently ranks number one
its time slot with boys 6-11 and boys 9-14, according to Nielson
Media Research. Socially, the brand builds its fan base
virtually every day with more than 6 million fans on Facebook,
popular Adventure Time games on CartoonNetwork.com, and
innumerous fan sites and blogs devoted to the show. In addition,
Adventure Time’s presence at top retailers across the country is
continually expanding though the property’s comprehensive line
of hard and soft consumer products which includes toys, apparel,
accessories, interactive games, youth electronics, comic books,
posters and much more.
Cartoon Network will support the Blu-ray and DVD release of
Adventure Time: The Complete Second Season with targeted on-air
advertising spots on Cartoon Network, as well as a strong
kid-focused online marketing campaign on CartoonNetwork.com and
other kid and parent targeted websites.
Created by Ward and produced by Cartoon Network Studios,
Adventure Time leads viewers on the fantastical adventures of
unlikely heroes, Finn & Jake, buddies who traverse the mystical
Land of Ooo and encounter its colorful inhabitants. New episodes
from the fifth season of Adventure Time premiere on Monday
nights at 7:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Cartoon Network with replays
throughout the week.
Adventure Time: The Complete Second Season BASICS
Blu-ray SRP: $32.07
DVD SRP: $26.95
Street Date: June 4, 2013
Order Date: April 30, 2013
Running Time: 286 minutes
Blu-ray UPC: 883929289462
DVD UPC: 883929280155
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Adventure Time: The Complete First Season Blu-Ray BASICS
Blu-ray SRP: $32.07
Street Date: June 4, 2013
Order Date: April 30, 2013
Running Time: 286 minutes
Blu-ray UPC: 883929322343
Languages: English
Subtitles: English