Happy Holidays, "Summer-style"! Although it's still late Summer, we're getting listing after listing now of DVDs mentioning the Winter Holidays as the studios announce their titles for the end-of-year season. And interest is high in many of them, but nowhere is it higher than in
Invader Zim - Volume 3: Horrible Holiday Cheer.
The final
Zim DVD provides fan favorites, unaired episodes, and episodes that were edited when broadcast on TV but will be uncut finally on this disc. The many followers of this show are waiting on pins and needles to get their hands on this "gift" from Jhonen Vasquez (Creator), Merideth Mulroney (Media Blasters' Chief DVD Designer), and everyone else involved. Speaking of gifts, here's the cover art for you (I put a bow on it just for you...gift bow is NOT included!):
In our
last Zim news post, reader Eric Blackstock had advised us that various e-tailers were posting an
October 12 release date for this 2-DVD set. This is now officially confirmed from various sources, and is also now
up for pre-order at Amazon.com.
This time Eric tells us that the folks at Anime site RightStuf.com are listing details about
Horrible Holiday Cheer, in addition to the cover art we used as the basis for the above graphic. Here's what else they have about the release and it's extras:
Prepare yourself for some Irken yuletide goodness as Zim concludes its triumphant DVD release. Featuring the uncut release of THE MOST HORRIBLE CHRISTMAS EVER and the highly sought after "unaired" season two episodes, Zim fans will finally get what they've been waiting for.
Watch Zim eat waffles while a pair of backseat drivers make trouble from beyond the stars. See Mortos steal souls as a Fry cook appears from all that space. Yes boys and girls, there is a Santa... and he's bent on world domination!
DVD Features: Animatics, Irken Subtitles, Production Crew Interviews, Spanish Language Track, and Cast & Crew Commentary.
$24.98 SRP, 2 Discs, 9 episodes, 225 minutes. Audio is in English and Spanish, and it is closed captioned as well. We'll mark our calendars for this October date coming up...and in the meantime, we won't forget that the last day of this month sees the release of the 2nd volume,
Progressive Stupidity. We'll be there, won't you?
