When it comes to interesting concepts in cartoons, this one takes by a long shot for sure. In the show, an avid artist name Rudy Tabootie comes across an entire world of chalk and the various things that were drawn on a chalkboard including his own creations like his father, his “superhero”/friend Snap, his first creation Blocky and a Grandma in a bathtub… okay this kid has problems, I mean who draws a naked Grandma anyways. This kid clearly has problems if this is what he drew in his spare time. But I digress, he is also accompanied by his Friend Penny Sanchez, who is the brains of this group and also the killjoy making everything dull and bland at the same time. In each episode, the trio have many zany adventures, but one stands out the most out of all of them… that one is called “The Smooch”. For some odd reason the trio are in search of a rare bird called the Smooch with feminine features and are accompanied by three Jamaicans and go through the entire episode singing and it just gets weirder from here on out. Despite the weird stories and “music videoes”, this show did have an interesting concept and I can see why they gave it a cartoon series in the first place, but with zany plots and offbeat characters it made the show less enjoyable to watch overall.
I give this cartoon a C-
Alright, let me start off by saying I’m going to review this with a critic’s viewpoint and not as a male reviewing a female cartoon. With that in mind, the show My Life as a Teenage Robot also started off from Oh Yeah! Cartoons as My Neighbor’s a Teenage Robot and when the sow was picked up for a series the animation was drastically change. First off, we have our hero named XJ-9, or Jenny Wakeman, as the series goes through her artificial life as, you guess it, as a Teenage Robot. Jenny is voiced by Janice Kawaye whom may know from other cartoons that have an Asian character like Gi from Captain Planet, Kim and Kam from the short-lived Class of 3000, or even from the video game series Ninja Gaiden’s Ayane. There are other character that are human like her mother Dr. Wakeman, her neighbor friends Brad and Tuck, and rivals the Krust sisters. But, the one character who is the most “interesting” would be Sheldon, who is in love with Jenny. I believe Robot Chicken said it best in the segment with the Highly Advanced Robot “Can you F*ck it?” that says it all. Apart from freaky robot fetish that is Sheldon Oswald Lee, the cartoon has some decent themes like the teenage angst we all go through and the prejudices of being completely different. As for the stories in the show, they aren’t that great, in my opinion. They seem to be just the same thing over and over again with Jenny saving the world or fitting in society or both at the same time. In the end, the show was okay and it even lasted for several years, but it is just for the female demographic and no one else.
I give it a C
Let me start off with an old show called Oh Yeah! Cartoons, which was basically a cartoon series to showcase various cartoon shorts. Some of which were good and some were just awful, but there a distinct few that stood out from the rest and earned their own series on Nickelodeon. One of them included the show Fairly Oddparents which is about a ten year old boy named Timmy Turner, who has a lousy life of inattentive parents and evil babysitters, but that soon changes when he is given two fairies named Cosmo and Wanda who are called his Fairy Godparents that can grant him his wishes. I will admit the show had a unique premise and was Worthy of their own show. They had weird and bizarre story that defy all TV logic, but that is what most cartoons do. Much like Dexter’s Lab I like this show… until it went through a hiatus and added a new fairy baby called Poof and ruined the show for me. It seems that babies in Nickelodeon destroy the good show and causes the show to spawn a spin-off… kind of what they did to the Rugrats. I digress and in the end, thisshow is good and even though now it isn’t what it was several years ago it still is a worthy watch for anyone that enjoy the humor that is the Fairly Oddparents.
I give it a B-
I thought I’d change things up and review an anime… and not particularly a good one to say the least. The anime I’m referring to is Bobobo-bo bo-bobo and if you think the title is weird you haven’t seen nothing yet. To start off this review I’ll tell you the premise… THERE is not one at all it is just pure randomness to anime cliches and parodies to the good animes that are out there. The story is about a young girl name Beauty, she should have been called Cute, and she is trying to escape the villains who cut peoples hair to make them… bald… yeah I’m not joking the villain wants to create a world of baldness probably to fit in with everyone else… I don’t know I don’t put much logic in these weird animes. She is then saved by a muscle-bound, blonde Afro assailant named Bobobo-bo bo-bobo not from using his fist or even his feet like in all kinds of other animes, but his nose hairs for his fighting… Alright it is true, this show is seriously messed up. In the end, this show has lame characters like one of them has an Ice Cream Head and one has the ability to use farting as a weapon and the list still goes on to Pokemon ripoffs to the blue version of the Michelin Man. Although, to this anime it does address the over occurrence cliches in both anime and manga and do a decent parody on the Japanese culture, but that does not change my opinion on this terrible anime.
I give this a D- and I keep wondering… why was this even popular in the first place? I guess we will never know.
First off I’d like to say that I’ve been quite busy with school ending, but that will end soon and I can start blogging yet again.
There will be, of course, my Epic Game Reviews and my TV Corner with ctizz36 with new games and shows to be reviewed by me.
There will also be new things on my blog that include rants and much more to come( it involves my new Bamboo Fun that I got recently).
Like I said before, expect a lot this summer and in the coming months so stay tuned for more
Now for the last show from Genndy and it is a good one, in my opinion. Much like Samurai Jack the show has its own type of dark and epicness in the three seasons that the show had while on Cartoon Network. Each episode showed a unique story about the different characters that fought in the Clone Wars after the second episode and gave fans what exactly happened in between two and three. But back to the stories, they don’t just focus on just Anakin and Obi-wan, but also follow the Jedis like Yoda and Mace Windu. The show even focus on the sith in some episodes and shows new characters not seen in the movies before. Each episode is an interesting venture for any fan of Star Wars, Genndy or just epic action cartoons. Despite being only on for three seasons it made its mark as the best Star Wars cartoon series and a lot better than the 2008 series, but I’ll save that for another day. Anyways, I find this installment an enjoyable one and must watch, in my opinion.
I give it an A
I know I’m missing the Powerpuff girls, but I’ll leave that for another day and for now I’ll review another one of his great shows. In this cartoon, it is about a boy that lives Japan and his home is taken over by a demon named Aku, who was voiced by Mako, and must become a Samurai and save his village from the wrath of Aku. During the battle, Aku used a trump card and sent our hero into the future so that he won’t interfere with his world domination. Here he, know known as Jack, must save the world by finding a way back home and stopping Aku from taking over the world in the past and for him to return home. Each episode is very dark and epic with intense battle scenes and the show has some interesting supporting characters like the Scotsman, which was one of my favorite characters in the show besides Jack. I will say this, the show is by far the best cartoon every to appear on Cartoon Network and shouldn’t be forgotten by anyone who enjoys good cartoon series. My only concern is that the cartoon seemed to end to early and never finished the story at all, which is very disappointing, let’s hope they bring it back and finish it right.
I give this awesome show an A+
This tripLaborle review is dedicated to the talented Director,Producer, and Writer Genndy Tartakovsky who was apart of some of the best cartoons made for Cartoon Network. The first is Dexter’s Laboratory which is basically a boy genius who has a secret Lab and has strange adventure that either involve science or covering up his “secret” Lab. He lives with his oblivious parents and his stupid sister Dee Dee who always break his Lab and experiments. Anyways, I have to admit in earlier episodes the show was enjoyable with new and exciting things happening to this interesting little boy. There are even some episodes that even included some parodies of other show in the 90’s which I enjoyed and I’m also very nostalgic as well. Another thing that I enjoyed while watching the show, would be the sub show like the Justice Friends and Dial M for Monkey, which were very humorous for me. The show even had a good movie which was not only funny, but even had its own level of drama. As you can see I enjoyed this show… from 1996 to 1999… you see the show came back in 2001, but the show just completely changed, in my opinion, the animation, voice actors and the stories were just bland and weird. I mean it was okay just wasn’t 1996-1999 greatness for myself. The overall show was good and worth watching, but the hiatus just ruined to show for me in the end.
I give the show a B+
I’ll say this first… this is by far one of my favorite show of all-time. The show is very funny and the jokes are clever in almost all the episode. For those that don’t know the show, it stars a simple New England family called the Griffins, Peter, the father, Lois, the mother, siblings Chris, Meg,Stewie (my favorite character) and their dog Brian. Of course, this family is far from simple with bizarre and crazy plots that involve celebrity bashing to insane going’s-on in Quahog, Rhode Island. Speaking of celebrities, the creator Seth MacFarlane has even enlisted some famous celebrities to voice-over in the show which makes the show even more exciting to watch. The main voice cast is also impressive with Seth part of his writing team, including Mike Henry (Cleveland Brown) and Alex Borstein (Lois), and well-known actors and actresses like Seth Green as Chris and Mila Kunis as Meg. In fact, the show was so popular that it was cancelled for three years and they brought it back since everyone enjoyed watching the show. Despite all the success, I feel that seasons five and six were very lackluster with only a few good episodes here and there. But, that all changed when season seven came and completely changed my perspective on the whole show. With all this in mind, you can either love this show or hate it… for me I enjoy watching this show.
I give it an A in the end
Sorry Part for my inactivity I’ve been busy since its my senior year, but anyways I’ve got some more great review of video games and plan to get some more during this long, and by long I mean since I’m heading to college soon and all, so I’ll be sure to keep you all informed. Expect a review tonight of my first official review of my first Naruto game Naruto Clash of Ninja.
I also have a reason for there not being another TV review is because I’m not sure what show to review yet so I’ll think of one soon… Hopefully.
As for new stuff, I plan to start a new section for rants because I’ve always wanted to rant on about something on the Internet.
So see you all later.