Why wait for next CGI installment of Tintin from Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson when you can enjoy the animated adaptions of adventures at home? The Adventures of Tintin, Season Two features seven of the original comic books brought to motion. The collection is due out on March 20, 2012. The praised series about a young reporter and his cute dog originally ran on HBO in early ’90s. Here’s the press release from Shout! Factory:
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN, SEASON TWO
ON DVD FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN THE U.S.
IN STORES NATIONWIDE FROM SHOUT! FACTORY
ON MARCH 20, 2012
Great snakes! Young Tintin and his trusty canine sidekick Snowy are back for another season of heroic escapades and globe-trotting adventures when The Adventures Of Tintin, Season Two is released March 20, 2012 by Shout! Factory, in association with Corus Entertainment Inc.’s Nelvana Enterprises. The first ever U.S. DVD release of The Adventures Of Tintin, Season Two includes 13 original episodes on 2 adventure-packed DVDs.
One of the most popular classic comic strips of all time, The Adventures Of Tintin tells stories of the heroic escapades of the young reporter. From a comic that first appeared in 1929 by Belgian artist Hergé, these delightful adventures were spun into books, magazines, TV and radio programs and theater productions. Originally broadcast in the U.S. on HBO, the television series The Adventures Of Tintin (1991-1993), co-produced by Nelvana and Ellipsanime Productions, follows Tintin and his loyal canine companion Snowy in solving mysteries closely based on the much-loved original stories.
The Adventures Of Tintin, Season Two tracks Tintin and Snowy everywhere from the Himalayas to the Middle East in pursuit of truth and justice. Along with the brackish Captain Haddock, skillful Professor Calculus and ham-fisted Thomson & Thompson, they investigate a mysterious meteor, exploding cars, missing persons and much more!
With a major motion picture coming to theaters in December 2011, the complete second season of this award-winning series follows The Adventures Of Tintin, Season One, released on DVD November 22, 2011. The Adventures Of Tintin, Season One contains three episodes that the film is based on, “The Secret of the Unicorn,” “The Crab with the Golden Claws,” and “Red Rackham’s Treasures.”
The Adventures Of Tintin, Season Two Episode List:
* Disc One:
o The Shooting Star
o The Broken Ear: Part 1
o The Broken Ear: Part 2
o King Ottokar’s Sceptre: Part 1
o King Ottokar’s Sceptre: Part 2
o Tintin In Tibet: Part 1
o Tintin In Tibet: Part 2
* Disc Two:
o Tintin And The Picaros: Part 1
o Tintin And The Picaros: Part 2
o Land Of Black Gold: Part 1
o Land Of Black Gold: Part 2
o Flight 714: Part 1
o Flight 714: Part 2
