Teen Titans: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		4.5
Video		4.5
Audio		4.5
Extras		2.0
Overall		4.5

Teen Titans: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie Review

One of the best seasons in the entire Teen Titans run

The second season of Teen Titans once again reunites the team of champs: the teenage superheroes Robin (Scott Menville), Beast Boy (Greg Cipes), Starfire (Hynden Walch), Cyborg (Khary Payton), and Raven (Tara Strong). Robin is the leader, Beast Boy can transform into a big variety of different creatures, Starfire is an alien ditz with amazing abilities, Cyborg is a food-lovin' muscle-rockin' nerd, and Raven is a Gothic book-worm. The Titans are once again the heroes our world needs to save the day (one step at a time).

The second season of the series has some knockout episodes that managed to make a huge impression on me as I was watching the season. Season 2 is one of the best seasons of the entire Teen Titans run and there were many stellar moments throughout. The premiere episode, “How Long Is Forever?” is outstanding and brought me into the new season glued to the television and at the edge-of-my-seat. The focus of the episode was on Starfire and her offbeat misadventures as she travels into the future and events start to spiral wildly out of control. The episode “Fear Itself” is another gem: the Titans watch a scary movie (courtesy of Beast Boy) and are suddenly scared to death as strange things start to happen around their Tower at every turn. These were knockout episodes and the season never skipped a beat.

One of the central aspects of the second season was to focus on a new character joining the roster: the gifted youth, Terra (Ashley Johnson). The character wasn't in the group of superheroes from the start of season one but she utilizes her outstanding powers to make a big impression on the Teen Titans. Can Terra overcome her past memories and have a future with the superheroes? This sub-plot of the season is one of the central elements at play and it is enormously entertaining to see the storyline unfold all the way to the season finale. “Terra” does a great job introducing the new character to viewers while the two-part episode entitled “Aftershock” has surprises in store for fans.

Badass heroes. Back again to save the day!

The production remains outstanding in the second season and the merits of the creative team help the series to excel episode-to-episode. The quality of the voice-direction from the great Andrea Romano (Batman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond) cannot be understated. Romano truly brings the best out of the voice-cast and these characters are fully formed as a result. Season 2 is another excellent showcase for the quality of talent involved in the dubbing of the program.

The animation remains invigorating and stylized. Audiences young and old should be pleased with the excellent attention to detail in the background artwork as well as the clear creavity on display with the character designs. Beast Boy gets a number of great characters to transform into during the second season as well and the animation is used creatively to reflect this side of the character. The action sequences are fluid and exciting. Set against the backdrop of superb music by Lolita Ritmanis, Kristopher Carter, and Michael McCuistion, and fans won't be steered wrong.

The team of writers and directors involved in Teen Titans second season should be commended for their efforts to create an over-arching storyline to the second season. The episodes are truly some of the best in the entire series run and are enormously entertaining. The main group of characters all get scenes to shine in and there are many edge-of-your seat episodes (combined with side-stories of comic elation). Forming the storyline around the introduction of Terra was an excellent choice and it makes this an absorbing batch of episodes that no fan can miss.

Teen Titans: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

The second season on the DC animated universe series Teen Titans arrives on Blu-ray from Warner Archive with a 1080p MPEG-4 AVC encoded high definition presentation in 1.78:1 widescreen. Though the animated series was originally broadcast on television in full-frame, the presentation in widescreen is outstanding and appears to be perfectly normal throughout the entire run: its as though these widescreen transfers were always how the show was supposed to be seen.

There are no issues to report with regards to problematic framing and the animation looks outstanding in widescreen. A truly fantastic presentation. Colors are vibrant (with each individual hue looking gorgeous) and seeing the series in high-definition makes the animation appear more invigorating and robust. Line art looks terrific (and only a few minor scenes have a rough edge to the line art). The series practically looks like it hasn't aged a single day and one could easily mistake the program for being a new, modern production with these stunning transfers. Outstanding.

Teen Titans: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

The second season is presented with a lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 audio track. The audio is surprisingly vital and robust throughout the entire season. The dynamics are much better than one usually expects to find in a stereo audio presentation. The clarity and detail in the track are superb. Dialogue reproduction is exceptional and voices are clear and easy to understand. The music also manages to sound absorbing from start to finish. A truly exceptional sounding audio presentation which enhances the experience and makes the action-packed sequences carry even more energy and weight.

Optional English subtitles are provided.

Teen Titans: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Catching Up With Teen Titans (SD, 4:58) is a short "catch me up to present" clip-show to accompany the second season of the series. Fans who want a reminder of what happened on the series previously might want to check out this clip in order to be brought up to speed. The clip-show is comprised of previously-aired animation and does not contain any new additional animation.

Teen Titans: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

The second season of Teen Titans is one of the best in the entire series run. The story arc focused on Terra and her introduction into the series added some nice new elements to the production. The art remains stellar throughout the entire run of episodes and never fails to excite. The voice-cast are enormously talented and never seem to run out of steam. Fans will love the second season: it's a genuine blast. Highly recommended.