Around The World In 79 Days 1-Disc Box Set DVD

Around The World In 79 Days is the late-1960s syndicated animated series built around an inverted spin on Jules Verne's classic adventure novel, sending its hero on a globe-spanning challenge to circle the world in seventy-nine days for a stake even higher than the original wager. The show aired on NBC in 1969, with a tightly written 16-episode run.

The format is the appeal: each episode pairs a fresh leg of the journey with a fresh complication, holding the running tension between getting back in time and the schemes of those who would rather see the journey fail. The episode list runs sequentially, with each chapter building on the last as the route winds across continents and oceans. The animation has the unmistakable look of late-1960s Saturday morning programming, with bright colors, simple character lines, and the era's signature sense of pacing.

For late-1960s NBC programming, this was a piece of the network's run of literary-adaptation animation, sitting in the lineage of cartoons that translated classic adventure storytelling into kid-friendly weekly form. Suited for fans of Verne and his various adaptations, viewers with affection for the era's particular brand of around-the-world adventure programming, and anyone curious about the lineage of globe-spanning chase storytelling.

This single-disc collection gathers all 16 episodes of Around The World In 79 Days into one place, the complete journey in one set, every leg of the chase in order. For longtime fans and any new viewer who wants to take in the full route, owning the series on disc means revisiting the chase, the strange ports, and the quiet determination of a hero racing the calendar whenever the mood strikes, on a rainy afternoon when a good adventure story is what you want.