Pokemon: Indigo League - Season 1 Part 2 box set

DVD box set information:

All three disc are in Dolby Digital 2.0 sound and all are in the English language.
Closed Captioning only, no subtitles on any of the three disc.
No special features or banned episodes again.
The video format is in Fullscreen 1.33:1

"The Poké-rap" and "Guess That Pokémon" are hear, their just not included as a special feature.

Disc 1: Episodes 27-35

27. Pokémon Fashion Flash
28. The Punchy Pokémon
29. Sparks Fly For Magnemite
30. Dig Those Diglett!
31. The Ninja Poké-Showdown
32. The Flame Pokémon-athon!
33. The Kangaskhan Kid
34. The Bridge Bike Gang
35. Ditto's Mysterious Mansion

Disc 2: Episodes 36-44

36. Pikachu's Good-bye
37. The Battling Eevee Brothers
38. Wake Up Snorlax!
39. Showdown At Dark City
40. The March Of The Exegguter Squad
41. The Problem With Paras
42. The Song Of Jigglypuff
43. Attack Of The Prehistoric Pokémon
44. A Chansey Operation

Disc 3: Episodes 45-52

45. Holy Matrimony!
46. So Near, Yet So Farfetch'd
47. Who Gets To Keep Togepi?
48. Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden
49. The Case Of The K-9 Caper
50. Pokémon Paparazzi
51. The Ultimate Test
52. The Breeding Center Secret

If you want to collect some or all of the pokemon anime episodes on dvd, then here is a comprehensive guide that will help explain the progression of the pokemon series and the current availability in box set form.

Season 1: Indigo League (available in 3 dvd box sets, 79 episodes)

Season 2: Adventures in the Orange Islands (1 dvd box set, 35 episodes)

Season 3: The Johto Journeys (*no box set available, 41 episodes)

Season 4: Johto League Champions (*no box set available, 52 episodes)

Season 5: Master Quests (2 dvd box sets, 64 episodes)

Season 6: Advanced (2 dvd box sets, 40 episodes)

Season 7: Advanced Challenge (*no box set available, 52 episodes)

Season 8: Advanced Battle (*no box set available, 54 episodes)

Season 9: Battle Frontier (2 dvd box sets, 47 episodes)

Season 10: Diamond and Pearl (2 dvd box sets, 51 episodes)

Season 11: D/P Battle Dimension (tba)

Season 12 D/P Platinum (tba)

* = can be found on vhs and single disc dvd containing 3-6 episodes ea.

This is the second box set that has been released for Season One of Pokemon. Once again, this collector's set is only the 4kids American dub with no second Japanese version. Like the first box set, it contains three discs; each in a nice hard case that slide into one cardboard sleeve. The artwork on the box and each individual case is similar to the first. The set contains the second 26 episodes of season one. The third and final box set is due out in February, 2008.

Once again, the menus are decent but nothing spectacular. On box #4's menu, it has a picture of Ash and Pikachu. For some strange reason, he is wearing an outfit that appears only in a later season. Whether this was done intentionally or was a mistake, I do not know. When it comes to scene selection, each episode is divided into only two parts. The first, being before the commercial break, and the second, coming after the break. The video quality is descent.

According to Wikipedia, the Japanese version contains 83 episodes; three were originally banned in the U.S. One of those episodes was eventually aired ("Beauty and the Beach") but has yet to show up on any DVD edition. That meaning, there should be 80 episodes that should be released as the final box set comes out. But if you notice on the third set, it says "episodes 53-79." A fourth episode may possibly not be released as the final set comes out in February. One theory may be that it is the "Holiday Hi-Jinx" episode that caused some controversy a few years back.

On another side-note, episodes 50-52 contain a character that is a Pokemon photographer. In its original airing, his name was referred to as Todd, but in this version, he is called Snapp--which was his real name according to the video game in which he belongs.

One nice thing that could be included in the DVDs would be the original TV spots for episodes that first aired on KidsWB! But seeing that Pokemon DVDs never have real extras, it would never happen. Overall, this is the best edition of season one part two that there is. It's worth the purchase if you do not mind the American version. I rate this product 5 out of 5 stars.