Classic ecological edutainment hero Captain Planet is coming home, with both his popular 1990s animated series releasing on DVD together for the first time in Captain Planet: The Complete Franchise. Created by Ted Turner and Barbara Pyle, all 113 episodes of both Captain Planet and the Planeteers and The New Adventures of Captain Planet will arrive in the comprehensive box set on October 15 from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment.
Synopsis: The Planeteers, five teenagers from different parts of the earth, each receive a ring of elemental power — earth, wind, water, fire or heart — to combat eco-villains everywhere in the world. And when they combine the powers of their rings, a new superhero, Captain Planet, is created, with powers far greater than the sum of the five.
Featuring an all-star cast including Martin Sheen, Meg Ryan, Whoopi Goldberg and LeVar Burton, with David Coburn as the voice of Captain Planet, the series received a Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence. The show was produced by DIC (Seasons 1-3) and Hanna-Barbera Cartoons (Seasons 4-6).
The multimedia franchise also spawned into a video game, several toys, comic books and more. Captain Planet returned to screens in a 2017 crossover episode episode of Cartoon Network’s OK K.O.! Let’s BE Heroes, featuring Coburn and Burton.
In addition to the series, Captain Planet continues to inspire and empower young people to be environmental stewards through the Captain Planet Foundation. Established by Turner and Pyle, the foundation has funded over 3,700 projects worldwide, supporting hands-on environmental education and activism.
