I LOVED this show when I was a kid, and would never miss an episode on Saturday morning. Watching a few episodes as an adult, I was pleased to see that I still found it to be not just exceptionally good entertainment, but honestly some of the best I've ever seen.
Ulysses-31 is a cartoon adaptation of Homer's "Odyssey" which takes place in the distant future as a space opera. Aside from its setting which featured an unusual mix of spaceships and Greek ruins, the cartoon looks similar to others of its time. Like "GI Joe" and "Dungeons and Dragons" with their peculiar choppy animation and Anime-inspired character design.
In spite of these similarities, the feel of this show was very, very different from all others - a sad, dark, dissociated, and dreamlike atmosphere similar to the Dark Crystal or Phantasm. It was this that made me fall in love with the show.
I like to believe that this show's surprisingly stunning visuals, and its being adapted from the world's greatest epic, is what makes the show feel this way. I'm lucky to have grown up when this kind of thing was on TV, and not desperately stupid sh*t like "Adventure Time" or "Beavis and Butthead."
Ulysses-31 is a cartoon adaptation of Homer's "Odyssey" which takes place in the distant future as a space opera. Aside from its setting which featured an unusual mix of spaceships and Greek ruins, the cartoon looks similar to others of its time. Like "GI Joe" and "Dungeons and Dragons" with their peculiar choppy animation and Anime-inspired character design.
In spite of these similarities, the feel of this show was very, very different from all others - a sad, dark, dissociated, and dreamlike atmosphere similar to the Dark Crystal or Phantasm. It was this that made me fall in love with the show.
I like to believe that this show's surprisingly stunning visuals, and its being adapted from the world's greatest epic, is what makes the show feel this way. I'm lucky to have grown up when this kind of thing was on TV, and not desperately stupid sh*t like "Adventure Time" or "Beavis and Butthead."