Viz To Ship Pokemon Indigo League on DVD on 10/28/2014


Source: Viz Media
Summary:

Viz Media announced that they will release the first season of the Pokemon anime series on DVD, under the company’s Perfect Square label.

The set, which contains all 78 episodes of the Indigo League arc, will carry a retail price of $54.98 when it hits stores on October 28, 2014.


Viz Media announced that they will release the first season of the Pokemon anime series on DVD, under the company’s Perfect Square label.

The set, which contains all 78 episodes of the Indigo League arc, will carry a retail price of $54.98 when it hits stores on October 28, 2014.

Perfect Square Logo

October 21, 2014

VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF POKÉMON SEASON 1: INDIGO LEAGUE – THE COMPLETE COLLECTION DVD SET

Classic Animated Series Debuts In A Substantial New DVD Box Set Containing More Than 27 Hours Of POKÉMON Fun

Pokemon Indigo Leage Boxart - 20141021VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, announces the release, for the first time ever, of the entire POKÉMON INDIGO LEAGUE animation in one comprehensive DVD set.

POKÉMON Season 1: INDIGO LEAGUE – THE COMPLETE COLLECTION contains all 78 episodes (more than 27 hours) of this legendary POKÉMON season on 9 DVDs and will be released on October 28th. POKÉMON Season 1: INDIGO LEAGUE – THE COMPLETE COLLECTION will carry an MSRP of $54.98 U.S. / $63.99 CAN.

Take a trip back to the very beginning, when the adventures were just getting started! In POKÉMON INDIGO LEAGUE, Ash Ketchum celebrates his tenth birthday and he’s ready to do what many 10-year-olds in the Kanto region set out to do – become a Pokémon Trainer! Things don’t go exactly the way he planned when he ends up with a Pikachu instead of a different partner Pokémon, and winning Gym Badges turns out to be much tougher than he thought. Luckily, he’s got Gym Leaders Brock and Misty at his side, along with a bevy of new Pokémon friends, including Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander.

Pokémon is one of the largest entertainment franchises in the world, selling more than 260 million video games, shipping more than 21.5 billion Pokémon TCG cards, and featuring a library of more than 700 animation episodes and 16 full-length animated films.

VIZ Media offers a wide range of DVD Box Sets for several acclaimed POKÉMON animated series including various story arcs, POKÉMON BLACK & WHITE and POKÉMON feature films such as POKÉMON THE MOVIE: BLACK – VICTINI AND RESHIRAM, POKÉMON THE MOVIE: WHITE –VICTINI AND ZEKROM, POKÉMON THE MOVIE: GENESECT AND THE LEGEND AWAKENED and POKÉMON THE MOVIE: KYUREM VS. THE SWORD OF JUSTICE.

VIZ Media also publishes a wide array of POKÉMON manga (graphic novel) series titles under its Perfect Square imprint. Additional information on POKÉMON or other graphic novel titles published by Perfect Square is available at www.PerfectSquare.com.

For more information on anime and manga titles from VIZ Media, please visit www.VIZ.com.

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