Guillermo del Toro and the DreamWorks crew hit this one out of the park.
On the whole, this show has a great set up, lots of subversions of the usual teen fantasy adventure tropes, and EXCELLENT episode continuity.
In terms of animation, as somebody who's nuts about 2D hand drawn stuff, this is some of the best 3D animation I have ever seen. Like, in the same ball park as the HTTYD series. Though, like HTTYD my only fault with the animation is the occasional re-use of background character models that shouldn't be there. Still, this isn't a major issue.
S P O I L E R S ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ This show ends on a cliffhanger and needs a second season. Im'a be mad if it doesn't.
On the whole, this show has a great set up, lots of subversions of the usual teen fantasy adventure tropes, and EXCELLENT episode continuity.
In terms of animation, as somebody who's nuts about 2D hand drawn stuff, this is some of the best 3D animation I have ever seen. Like, in the same ball park as the HTTYD series. Though, like HTTYD my only fault with the animation is the occasional re-use of background character models that shouldn't be there. Still, this isn't a major issue.
S P O I L E R S ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ This show ends on a cliffhanger and needs a second season. Im'a be mad if it doesn't.