Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors: The Complete Series (DVD Review)

Reviewed by Jason Lockard

The 1980s was truly an epic age for animated adventure series. The 80s brought us Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers, G.I. Joe, He-Man, The Real Ghostbusters, Voltron, Spiderman and his Amazing Friends, C.O.P.S., Thundercats, Superman and so many more.

Reliving these cartoon shows over 30 years later they still hold up the adventures are still great and the animation is just timeless. One of those cartoon series was Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors. The good folks at Mill Creek Entertainment released the entire series of the cartoon classic on DVD.

The series follows Jayce, Flora, Herc Stormsailor, Oon, and Gillian known as the Lightning League in their search for Jayce's father Audric. In their search they are opposed by the evil Saw Boss and his followers, the Monster Minds planet-based creatures.

The stories are out of this world fun, scripted by acclaimed writers such as J. Michael Straczynski (creator of Babylon 5). The music is retro and amazing created by composers Shuki Levy and Haim Saban. Than there is the animation. Call me crazy, but I love the 80s style animation so much more than the CGI of this generation.

Episodes of Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors have been released on DVD, but never the complete series. That is until Mill Creek Entertainment came along! They acquired the rights to the series and decided to give fans what they have wanted forever. The complete Series DVD Set.

Now all 65 episodes are spread over a 6 disc DVD set. Enough room for the episodes to breathe yet not become overcrowded and suffer in quality. The episodes are presented in their original full screen format, so thankfully there is no stretching of the picture to make them fit HD televisions.

Disc One: 1. Escape from the Garden / 2. The Vase of Xiang / 3. Steel Against Shadow / 4. The Silver Crusaders / 5. Ghostship / 6. Flora, Flora and the Monster Minds / 7. Fire and Ice / 8. Space Outlaws / 9. Future of the Future / 10. Underwater

Disc Two: 11. Frostworld / 12. Critical Mass / 13. The Purple Tome / 14. Hook, Line and Sinker / 15. Bloodstone / 16. The Slaves of Adelbaron / 17. The Hunt / 18. Blockade Runners / 19. The Sleeping Princess / 20. Deadly Reunion / 21. Sky Kingdom

Disc Three: 22. Quest Into Shadow / 23. Unexpected Trouble / 24. Bounty Hunters / 25. Double Deception / 26. Gate World / 27. Space Thief / 28. Moon Magic / 29. Affair of Honor / 30. Doom Flower / 31. The Stallions of Sandeen / 32. Brain Trust

Disc Four: 33. Lightning Strikes Twice / 34. The Liberty Stone (Part I) / 35. The Vines (The Liberty Stone, Part II) / 36. The Spacefighter (The Liberty Stone, Part III) / 37. Heart of Paxtar (The Liberty Stone, Part IV) / 38. Appointment at Forever (The Liberty Stone, Part V) / 39. What's Going On? / 40. Darksinger / 41. Swamp Witch / 42. Deadly Reflections / 43. Early Warning

Disc Five: 44. A Question of Conscience / 45. Life Ship / 46. The Mirage Makers / 47. Do Not Disturb / 48. Dream World / 49. The Children of Solarus II / 50. The Gardener / 51. Armada / 52. The Chimes of Sharpis / 53. Galaxy Gamester / 54. Circus Planet

Disc Six: 55. Common Bond / 56. Mistress of Soul Tree / 57. The Life Eater / 58. Wasteland / 59. The Oracle / 60. Short Circuit, Long Wait / 61. Time and Time Again / 62. The Source / 63. The Raid / 64. The Squire Smith / 65. Final Ride at Journey's End

Watch the epic TV introduction below:

80s cartoon fans have no doubt wanted the complete series of this exciting animated series for a long time. Thanks to Mill Creek Entertainment you can own the entire series on DVD. I want to thank Mill Creek for making cartoon fans their physical media cartoon dream come true.

If you love 80s cartoons as much as me Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors is an absolute must own for your collection. Head over to Deep Discount or Amazon and order your copy. You won't be disappointed.