Monday, November 27, 2017

TV on UMD: Spider-Man The New Animated Series



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July 11 – September 12, 2003
Total episodes: 13

History of the Series


Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (also known as MTV Spider-Man) is an American-Canadian animated television series based on the Marvel comic book superhero character Spider-Man. The series is a loose continuation of 2002's Spider-Man film directed by Sam Raimi, completely ignoring the events of Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3. The show was made using computer-generated imagery (CGI) rendered in cel-shading. It ran for only one season of 13 episodes, premiering on July 11, 2003, and was broadcast on MTV and YTV. Eight months later after the series finale, episodes aired in reruns on ABC Family as part of the Jetix television programming block.

Plot

The story follows the events of the first Spider-Man film. Norman Osborn is dead. Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson, and Harry Osborn attend Empire State University. Peter and Mary Jane try to establish a relationship without success. Peter's superhero duties, and later his involvement with Indira Daimonji, interfere with his romance with Mary Jane. Harry craves revenge on Spider-Man, whom he blames for the death of his father. Peter faces an assortment of other villains including the Lizard, Kraven the Hunter and Electro while trying to maintain a job and his studies. He faces two psychic twins that ruin everything in the wall-crawler's life, causing Peter to give up being Spider-Man and try to live a normal life.

Media


The complete series was released on DVD as Spider-Man: The New Animated Series: Special Edition on January 13, 2004. Four separate DVD volumes containing three episodes each were also released from 2004 to 2005. The entire series was licensed by Marvel and Sony to DigiKids/Sentimental Journeys, who re-edited the footage from many episodes into one feature, which is sold as a personalized DVD in which the purchaser's face is revealed under Spider-Man's mask and is still available through Amazon and other sources. The UMD was released under the title The Mutant Menace was released on June 14, 2005 and only contains the first 3 episodes Tight Squeeze, Law of the Jungle and Sword of Shikata.

Video

Like any Marvel project and protecting it copyright makes finding anything had. YouTube only has 3 videos The Intro which I posted, a clip from the 1st episode and the theme.