Fans in the US have to wait until December 6th to get their hands on a copy while those in Australia can get theirs on November 30th.

For those who missed a previous post on the DVD release, special features for Season 14 DVD/Blu Ray include:

• Deleted Scenes
• It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll Featurette
• The 300th Episode Featurette
• In the Beginning
• Halloween Classics
• Foolish Earthlings
• Animation Showcase
• Original Sketches
• Bonus Treehouse of Horror Episodes (Only available on Blu Ray)
• Audio Commentary on All Episodes

Here is the commentary information for The Simpsons Season 14 on DVD/Blu Ray.

“Treehouse of Horror XIII” – Al Jean, Brian Kelley, Kevin Curran, Matt Selman, John Frink, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, David Silverman

“How I Spent My Strummer Vacation” – Matt Groening, Mike Scully, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman, John Frink, Dana Gould, Tom Gammill, Dan Castellaneta, Mike B. Anderson, Steven Dean Moore, Michael Price

“Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade” – Al Jean, Tim Long, Ian Maxtone-Graham, John Frink, Kevin Curran, Steven Dean Moore, Mike B. Anderson, Michael Price

“Large Marge” – Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman, Tom Gammill, Matt Warburton, Nancy Cartwright, David Silverman, Mike B. Anderson

“Helter Shelter” – Al Jean, Dan Greaney, Carolyn Omine, Kevin Curran, Mark Kirkland, David Silverman, J. Stewart Burns, Allen Glazier, Steven Dean Moore

“The Great Louse Detective” – Matt Groening, Al Jean, John Frink, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman, Tim Long, Michael Price, Tom Gammill, Dan Castellaneta, Steven Dean Moore, Mike B. Anderson, David Silverman

“Special Edna” – Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman, Tom Gammill, Matt Warburton, Nancy Cartwright, Bob Anderson, Mike B. Anderson, David Silverman

“The Dad Who Knew Too Little” – Al Jean, Matt Selman, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Carolyn Omine, Matt Warburton, Yeardley Smith, Mark Kirkland, David Silverman, “Weird Al” Yankovic

“The Strong Arms Of The Ma” – Al Jean, Carolyn Omine, Matt Selman, Kevin Curran, Michael Price, Matt Warburton, Pete Michels

“Pray Anything” – Al Jean, Sam O’Neal & Neal Boushell, Matt Selman, Carolyn Omine, Kevin Curran, Matt Warburton, Michael Polcino

“Barting Over” – Matt Groening, Al Jean, Matt Selman, Kevin Curran, J. Stewart Burns, Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Mark Hoppus, Tony Hawk

“I’m Spelling As Fast As I Can” – Al Jean, Kevin Curran, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman, John Frink, Brian Kelley, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, David Silverman

“A Star Is Born-Again” – Al Jean, Brian Kelley, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman, Dan Castellaneta, Michael Marcantel, Mike B. Anderson, David Silverman

“Mr. Spritz Goes To Washington” – Al Jean, Matt Selman, Kevin Curran, J. Stewart Burns, Michael Price, Tom Gammill, Marc Wilmore, Lance Kramer, Mike B. Anderson

“C.E. D’oh” – Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Tim Long, John Frink, Kevin Curran, Michael Price, Mike B. Anderson, Steven Dean Moore

“Scuse Me While I Miss The Sky” – Al Jean, Dan Greaney & Allen Glazier, Carolyn Omine, Kevin Curran, J. Stewart Burns, Joe Mantegna, Steven Dean Moore, David Silverman

“Three Gays Of The Condo” – Al Jean, Matt Warburton, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman, Carolyn Omine, Yeardley Smith, Scott Thompson, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Mark Kirkland, David Silverman

“Dude, Where’s My Ranch?” – Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman, Brian Kelley, Dan Castellaneta, David Byrne, Mike B. Anderson, Ken Keeler, David Silverman

“Old Yeller-Belly” – Al Jean, John Frink, Matt Selman, Tim Long, Michael Price, Stacy Keach

“Brake My Wife, Please” – Al Jean, Tim Long, Matt Selman, John Frink, Michael Price, Pete Michels

“The Bart Of War” – Al Jean, Marc Wilmore, Matt Selman, Kevin Curran, J. Stewart Burns, Michael Price, Tom Gammill, Mike B. Anderson

“Moe Baby Blues” – Matt Groening, Al Jean, J. Stewart Burns, Matt Selman, Kevin Curran, Michael Price, Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria

Standard Boxart:

Limited edition box art:

You can pick up the box pictured on the left on DVD at Amazon for $31.99 or on Blu-Ray for $39.99. Those of you who prefer the limited edition head boxes will have to settle for the DVD version as it is not available on Blu-Ray. That version is selling on Amazon for $32.49.

The set features all 22 episodes from the thirteenth season of the show with commentaries on each of the episodes, including guest commentators Stan Lee, Joe Mantegna, Delroy Lindo, Robert Pinsky and others. Deleted scenes are included, as well as numerous featurettes, animation showcases, galleries, and commercials.

For those of you not lucky enough to get a copy today because you don’t live in North America, the set is available in the UK on September 13 and in Australia on September 29th. Post your thoughts on the set below!

The limited edition box is only available for the DVD version of the set, so Blu-Ray owners will get less selection this time around. The set will be released on August 24. Further details are available in our original post.

Right now, the only other information available is limited, but it will put many fans’ minds at rest when they learn that all 22 episodes will feature commentaries, meaning the DVD releases are back to form since the farce that was the Season 20 release in January.

The official press release reads:

Talk about lucky! Season 13 of The Simpsons arrives on Blu-ray and DVD with 22 hilarious episodes and tons of fun-filled extras. So grab a donut and pull up a couch to see Lisa becoming a Buddhist, Bart living in a plastic bubble, Homer doing community service (which lands him in the electric chair) and the Simpsons offending the entire nation of Brazil, plus your favorite couch gags and a slew of celebrity guest voices!

As usual, the set will feature 4 discs. The suggested retail price is $49.98. However, there will also be a Blu-ray release, which will feature just 3 discs; you’ll pay an extra $10 for an upgrade to HD sound quality and a slightly crisper picture, though still in the original 1:33:1 aspect ratio.

Stay tuned for more information and the European and Australian release dates. Edit: thanks to some of our commenters, we now know it will be released in Australia on September 29th, and in the UK on September 13th.

Ten Reasons To NOT Buy This Set:

1. Despite usually being a talking point for Matt Groening in his DVD introductions, this set does not have a commentary for every single episode. How many commentaries do you get, I hear you ask? Zero. Big. Fat. Zero. What’s Matt Groening got to say about that in his intro? Oh yeah that’s right — he isn’t given one on this set.
2. Okay I lied, you get one special feature. A sneak peek of the 20th Anniversary Special. In 3D! On Ice! What’s that, you watched the entire thing last night? You and 13 million other people who now have no reason to own this ‘complete set’!
3. Despite them being readily accessible due to the time since these episodes were produced, no deleted scenes have been included on this set. No deleted scenes! What they kept in must have been pure gold!
4. You watched these episodes already in the last twelve months. Were they really that great that you must see them all again, today? Over Season 13?
5. Free cast poster! If you’re lucky. Some have already reported that their set has omitted this bonus feature.
6. The cover does not match the rest of the series at  all.
7. The Blu-Ray version does not contain a booklet detailing the episodes. Just a one-page slip with the episode titles on it. Handy, considering you paid more for this set!
8. The discs are contained within everybody’s favorite drink-coaster creator — the same cardboard packaging used in Seasons 11 and 12. Why purchase your drink coasters when you can instantly turn your Simpsons DVDs into instant scratch-heavy coasters simply by inserting and removing your discs from the box for general usage!
9. The disc menus are a plain black screen with single-color line-drawings. Further emphasizing that Fox rushed this release out to make a quick buck, without a care in the world about what true fans want out of a season release.
10. The *proper* release in 2014 will have everything it was supposed to have.

You can purchase this box set at Amazon or any good retailer, but remember you’re only purchasing it for the episodes in Season 20, which wont cost you a cent if you download them.

A release date is still not know, but a December or Late November release now looks more likely than ever. We’ll keep you posted as soon as we know more.

So is it just a rumour? That seems not to be the case after a KFC promotion for The Simpsons Ride is giving away the Twentieth Season DVD as runner up prizes. And when is that contest drawn? November 2009. So it seems as if Fox have been keeping this one under their hats, but a Christmas release is almost certain. We’ll give you more details as soon as we ‘re told!

Retailing at $31.99 at Amazon, the set is also available in a Comic Book Guy head version (pictured, right) for slightly cheaper.

Fans who had hoped for updated packaging will be sorely disappointed. The set largely resembles the season 11 box set, with the discs contained within cardboard sleeves once more. That said, the box art is as beautiful as ever, with images taken from a sci fi convention in true Comic Book Guy style.

The set will be released in the UK on September 28th, 2009 and on September 2nd, 2009 in Australia.

The set will be released on August 18th in the US and Canada, along with the standard version of the set, featuring Comic Book Guy in a superman-like pose. The set will retail at $49.99, but is available to prebook for $31.99 from Amazon right now. Go here for a full disc-by-disc breakdown of what exactly the set will contain.