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

I know. Corny gag, but it's one that keeps coming up every time Blossom, Bubbles and Bud... er, Buttercup do what they do. With the soul exception of the movie, this is everything that was produced by Craig and Co., starting with Whoopass Stew back at Cal Arts, moving through the "What A Cartoon" era then into the six series, plus the 10th anniversary special, that would shake the world of animation. This is as near as the American cartoon had got to taking on the anime world at that time and so much that has followed has this series of cartoons to thank for it.Think about it. Before Puff, the only real action you got was in shows such as He-Man or Thundercats, and girls animation was pretty stagnant. Almost rank, in fact. Then you had the problem of having to sit through it as an adult to humour the kiddiwinks. I'm not saying that it was all bad but the producers of much of it made it as close to purgatory as they possibly could. By the time Craig McCracken, Genndy Tartakovsky and the rest of that lot were doing their thing at Hanna Barbera, the big cartoon revival that had started off with such well meant projects as Roger Rabbit was beginning to falter, so the appearance of Two Stupid Dogs and, later, Dexter's Laboratory foreshadowed greater things.The series proved, for example, that cute could also be strong. Three "perfect little girls" that, when provoked, could knock the stuffing out of the biggest turkey was something we hadn't seen before. Even Wonder Woman couldn't pull that trick off! It also proved that a story, written intelligently, could keep the target audience entertained while not boring the parents to tears. If you were paying attention, you'd spot the jokes that the younger viewers would probably miss but both would get a laugh somewhere along the line. It proved that adults can enjoy animation too.Without Puff, would you even have My Little Pony:Friendship is Magic, to name but one show of many that owe so much? So thanks to all that contributed, including the person that originally provided the sugar, spice, everything nice and a can of Whoopass.

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.

Ever since I was a little kid and first saw this at just six years old, I was always interested in this show. I grew to love it and is now one of my favorite shows of all time, even being the 18, almost 19 year old that I am. For quite awhile I was never really able to buy the whole series since most of the time they only realeased parts of the series. I wanted to get the whole show at once, and it finally came true.This is a great box set, and I plan on watching the whole thing again. Since there are six seasons, there are six discs, each one has two sides, so for example when you're done watching season one side A, you can flip it over to side B. I know some People won't like this since they might be afraid if the discs being scrached, but if youre careful, and know how to handle them wright in the first place, it shouldn't be a problem.Each season has a piece of paper with it that shows you the episodes. And the cool thing is that if you take all six pieces and put the together, it makes a pretty cool poster that show the ppgs fighting all the magor villains in the show, even the rowdyruff boys are in it.Another cool thing is the special features. They include over 30 hours of bonuses such as commercials for the powerpuff girls, all the specials, the pilot episodes from what they were originaly going to be called, and even a documentary with Craig McCracken and how the show came into being. Basically the only thing that wasn't included is the ppg movie, but that is understandable, since I plan on getting that to so I can complete my collection anyway.So in the end, I am extremely happy with my purches, and I will watch this for many years. Must buy.