Spider-Man: The Animated Series "The Spider Slayer" AND "Return Of The Spider Slayers" Review

 

Marvel fans it's been at least five or possibly even six months since I last spoke about an episode from any of the classic nineties Marvel animated TV shows and well I thought that i'd that right now by possibly spending the next few days talking about episodes from some of the classic nineties Marvel animated TV shows. and well better show to start if with the Spider-Man: The Animated Series. I will fully admit that I wasn't expecting either of the episodes that i'm basing this review on to be any good and yet I was honestly pleasantly surprised by how good these episodes truly where and so join me as I review episodes from the nineties Marvel animated series with the TV series itself being called either "Spider-Man" or is called just simply "Spider-Man: The Animated Series and the episodes in question are simply called "The Spider Slayer" and "Return Of The Spider Slayers" and so enjoy the review everyone.

The plot of these episodes is father and son duo Spencer and Alistair Smythe scheme to take down Spider-Man once and for all and it's up to Spider-man to stop them both before he ends up as a squished bug. In terms of what I thought about the plot of these episodes in all honesty the plot of these two episodes wasn't bad but at the same time this really didn't need to be a two part episode since you could have told the story of these two episodes in one episode but that's just what I think anyways and that's just in my very humble and as well as being in my very honest opinion anyways.

Starring in both of these two episodes are Christopher Daniel Barnes as Peter Parker / Spider-Man and Edward Asner as J. Jonah Jameson. Also starring in these two episodes are Linda Gary as Aunt May Parker , Rodney Saulsberry as Joseph Robertson and as Soldier number 4 , Jennifer Hale as Felicia Hardy , Hank Azaria as Eddie Brock and as Soldier number 5 , Patrick Labyorteaux as Flash Thompson , Gary Imhoff as Harry Osborn and as Soldier number 2 , Edward Mulhare as Spencer Smythe , Maxwell Caulfield as Alistair Smythe and as Soldier number 1 , Neil Ross as Norman Osborn and as Soldier number 3 , Sara Ballantine as Mary Jane Watson and finally we have Roscoe Lee Brown as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin.

In terms of what I thought about the acting that's featured in these two episodes in all honesty the acting that's featured in these two episodes is in all honesty really good and in very humble and as well as in my very honest opinion anyway and I say that the acting that's featured in these two episodes is in all honesty really good simply because I feel that's true. Since all of the actors that are starring in these two episodes do a really good job with their respective characters and in the cases of actors like Hank Azaria , Jennifer Hale and Linda Gary who are all voice acting legends and as such it makes sense that those three actors would turn in great performances in these two episodes but that's just in my very humble and as well as being in my very honest opinion anyways.

Doing the animation for these episodes and as well as the whole series is TMS Entertainment , Seoul Movie , Anima Sam Won and Koko Enterprises Company. Now I have no idea which one of these studios did the animation for these particular episodes but I do know that they did the animation for this show as a whole. In terms of what I thought about the animation that's featured / presented to us in these two episodes in all honesty the animation that's featured in these two episodes is alot better then what thought it was going to because nineties TV animation doesn't always hold up that well at least in my experience but no the animation that's featured / presented to us in these two episodes holds up really well with there being alot of really fluid movements for alot of the characters and the backgrounds (for the time that this episode was made and broadcast) look really good but that's just what I think anyways and that's just in my very humble and as well as being in my very honest opinion anyways.  

For those that don't know these are the two episodes that introduce both Wilson Fisk / Kingpin and Mary Jane Watson into the Spider-Man: The Animated Series canon / world. However what I found to be interesting is that this show seemed to be possibly teeing up a relationship between Peter Parker and Felicia Hardy which is honestly a coupling / couple that I would have loved to have seen in this show simply because we've seen Peter and Mary Jane Watson be a couple for countless Spider-Man adaptations and as such it would have been nice if this version of Spider-Man didn't date Mary Jane Watson but instead chose to go out with Felicia Hardy but that's just what I think anyways and that's just in my very humble and as well as being in my very honest opinion anyways.

I will admit that I never noticed that this version of Spider-Man maintained Spider-Man's sense of humour and this is something that I personally have very mixed feeling about. Since on the one hand having Spider-Man make jokes in certain situations oddly makes alot of sense and is something that that character has done in the past but at the same time these episodes have Spider-Man tell jokes were a joke isn't needed like for example having Spider-Man make a joke while he's just been told that he has exactly one hour left to live which is something that Spider-Man would never do but that's just in my very humble and as well as being in my very honest opinion anyways.

Lets talk for a second about these episodes villains who are Spencer and Alistair Smythe , Norman Osbourne and Wilson Fisk / Kingpin. In my opinion these two episodes didn't really need four main villains if anything these two episodes just needed three villains since Alistair Smythes motivation is to get revenge on Spider-Man for the death of his father Spencer Smythe and as such you don't really need Norman Osbourne in these episodes since he adds nothing to either episode since you could have had Wilson Fisk / Kingpin be the one that's giving Spencer and Alistair Smythe the money that they need to build The Spider Slayer robots and as for Spencer Smythe I honestly liked that he wasn't evil since he was just trying to do the right thing by his son Alistair Smythe and that honestly made the death of Spencer Smythe and the turn to the evil side of things for Alistair Smythe all the more tragic but that's just what I think and that's just in my very humble and as well as being in my very honest opinion anyways.

Now then the combined total running time for these two episodes is forty minuets and five seconds and like I said at the start if this review these episodes didn't need there story to be told over two episodes. Since you could tell the exact same story in one episode with the first half of the episode dealing with the death of Spencer Smythe and the second episode dealing with the fall from the side of good of Alistair Smythe but I will admit that both episodes have some really good pacing in my very humble and as well as in my very honest opinion anyways.

Now then boys and girls since this is an action show after all and there is some / alot of action to be found in these very episodes it only makes sense that I now take the tie to talk about the actions that's featured / presented to us in these episodes and if i'm being honest the action that's presented to us in these episodes is really freaking good. Simply because the action that's presented to us in these episodes is really freaking exciting and I have to admit the action that's in "Return Of The Spider Slayers" actually had me on the edge of my seat because that's how good the action was in my humble and very honest opinion anyways.

Overall while it was very pointless to make these two episodes basically a two part episode since they have totally different stories there is alot of good to be found in both of these episodes. Now then boys and girls since i've talked about both if the good things in this episodes in this actual review and both of the bad things that are in this episode in this actual review both of these episodes get a combined score of a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

As for where I got the images that I used in this very review well I got all of the images that I used in this very review from the official Marvel Animated Universe fandom wiki page and nowhere else. Since I only went to the official Marvel Animated Universe fandom wiki page and nowhere else I have to no choice but to recommend that you guys use the official Marvel Animated Universe fandom wiki page if you want to use images from alot of the nineties Marvel TV animated TV shows and alot of the images that are on the official Marvel Animated Universe fandom wiki page are fairly high definition as well as being fairly high quality but that's just what I think and as well as being in my very humble and as well as being in my very honest opinion anyways.

My Very First SPOILER FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Impressions Of The Edens Zero Anime

 

Ladies and gentlemen I honestly didn't plan on taking a look at another anime so soon after taking a look at the first two episodes of the Fairy Tail TV anime. However fate has decided that it will / would very much like me to take a look at another anime and just like with Godzilla: Singular Point I completely forgot that this anime was even coming let alone that it technically has had it's first two episodes released for a good few days at least ( at the time of this writing at least) and so join me as I give you my very first impressions of the anime series that is simply called "Edens Zero" enjoy.

Now I honestly have no idea what the plot of this show even is and i've read some of the early issues of the Edens Zero manga and I get that it's kind of usual for the story of anime to start showing around the fourth episode. However there still needs to be some hint of the what the plot of the show is in the first three of in this case the first two episodes which sadly isn't the case and while that may have also been true for the Fairy Tail anime TV series that doesn't mean that it's a legit problem with both shows since you need a story in order to convince people to come back and watch next weeks episode but that's just what I think anyways.

Now then boys and girls since there isn't a cast list out there for these first two episodes and as such i'm just going to list every actor and / or actress who is starring in the show as a whole and so starring in this show is Mikako Komatsu as Rebecca Bluegarden. Also starring in this show is Takuma Terashima as Shiki Granbell , Hiromichi Tezuka as Wise Steiner , Houchu Ohtsuka as Ziggy , Kikuko Inoue as Mother , Rie Kugimiya as Happy , Sayaka Ohara as Elsie Crimson , Shiki Aoki as Homura Kōgetsu and Shiori Izawa as E.M. Pino.

As for what I thought about the acting that's featured / presented to us in this episode in all honesty the acting that's featured / presented to us in this episode isn't that bad in my humble and very honest opinion and I say that the acting that's featured / presented to us in this episode isn't that bad simply because like with Fairy Tail the idea and concept behind this show is bit farfetched. As such no one would have blamed the actors that are appearing in these first two episodes if they chose to either over act or under act in either these first two episodes of the Edens Zero anime TV series or in the show show as a whole and as such it was honestly fairly shocking to see the actors that are appearing in this episode treat the material rather seriously and that honestly I think that that helped the performances of the actors that are appearing in this episode in my humble and very honest opinion it did anyways but that's just what I think anyways.

Doing the animation for not only these first two episodes but for the show as a whole is J.C. Staff and even tho the name J.C. Staff rings a bell I cannot for the life of me think of what it is that J.C. Staff have worked on that is very noteworthy. As for / in terms of what I thought about the animation that's presented to us in these first two episodes in all honesty the animation that's presented to us in these first two episodes of the Edens Zero anime TV series is at best OK which for an anime let alone an anime that's adapting the work of Fairy Tail creator Hiro Mashima having animation that's just OK and nothing more then that should never be the case in my humble and very honest opinion.

Now then boys and girls if you know Fairy Tail creator Hiro Mashima likes to include characters from his previous work in his new manga and in this case anime and well the same thing is true for this anime. Since not only does Happy appear in these first two episodes of the Edens Zero TV anime series but he's also a main character and not only that but if you look in the background in episode then you might find some more Fairy Tail characters appearing in cameo roles and even tho this post is spoiler free to me saying that characters from Fairy tail are appearing the second of the Edens Zero TV anime series isn't a spoiler since it doesn't spoil the overall plot of the second episode in humble and very freaking honest opinion anyways.

Now then boys and girls incase your all wondering how I manged to see both episode one and episode two of this show. I manged to watch episode one and as well as episode two of this show simply due to the fact that both of these episodes were streamed on March 29th 2021. Now I don't know where these first two episodes were streamed but it's taken at least two days for both episodes one and two of this show to be fully subbed and to be uploaded on to some *ahem* shall we say "other methods" type of websites and which I do not condone using any of those websites nor do I condone watching these first two episodes of the Edens Zero TV anime series the way that I watched the first two episode of the Edens Zero anime TV series.

Now then boys and girls there is at least one character so far who bares a striking resemblance to a main character from Fairy Tail (please note that i'm not including the space pirate princess who looks alot like Erza since i'm only including the characters that we spend alot of time win these first two episodes of the Edens Zero anime TV series) and that's Rebecca Bluegarden who looks so much like Lucy Heartfilia that it's actually unreal how much that they both look very similar to each other. Heck I wouldn't blame anyone who was either reading Edens Zero when it first came out of if there thinking about watch the anime adaption of Edens Zero if they got confused and thought that Rebecca Bluegarden was infact Lucy Heartfilia I mean heck the very least that Hiro Mashima could have done is change Rebecca's hair colour just something would have helped to make her stand out / look a little bit different from Lucy Heartfilia but that's just what I think anyways.

Combined this two episodes have a total running time of at least forty five to possibly even fifty minuets but I could be wrong there so don't hold me to that running time. Unlike the first two episode of the Fairy Tail anime TV series the first episode of the Edens Zero anime TV series aren't telling one story and as such I honestly don't mind the fact that these two episodes seemed a bit rushed because here they are not constrained by the fact that there rushing to tell one episode story in a total of at least forty five minuets to fifty but they are instead constrained by the standerd twenty two minuet running time as such I do feel that having at least first two episodes of the Edens Zero anime TV series at least be forty five minuets each would have helped the episodes since they are still rushing to hit certain plot points and as such any and all impact that those plot points could have are now lost due to how rushed these episodes can feel but that's just what I think anyways and that's just in my very humble and very honest opinions anyways.

Now then boys and girls since this is an action anime and there is some action to be found in both of these first two episode of the Edens Zero anime TV series that  means that I do have to actually talk about the action that's presented to us in the first two episodes of the Edens Zero anime TV series and in all honesty the action that's featured in these first two episodes of the the Edens Zero anime TV series wasn't that bad in my opinion. Since the action is in all honesty very exciting and there are some cool moments in the actions scenes that are presented to us in these first two episodes of the Edens Zero anime TV series but at the same time there's nothing really new that's brought to the table with these action sequences either which is a shame because like I said the action in these first two episodes of the Edens Zero anime TV series is full of really cool moments but that's just what I think anyways and as well that's just in my humble and very honest opinion anyways.

Overall these first two episodes of the Edens Zero TV anime series / anime TV series were in my opinion at least really good. Yes there are some bad moments in these first two episodes of the Edens Zero anime TV series / Tv anime series but those moments could also be found in other anime and yes i've talked about about both of the good and both the bad things that I found in these first two episodes of the Edens Zero anime TV series / TV series anime / TV anime series in this very review and since this is only my very first impressions of the Edens Zero anime I won't be giving a rating / ranking for the Edens Zero anime since it wouldn't be fair of me to judge a new shows just based of the first two episodes alone since any show can have some good or some bad first two episodes and like I said it wouldn't be fair of me to judge the Edens Zero anime just based of these first two episodes of the Edens Zero anime TV series / TV series anime / TV anime series. As for where I got the images that I used in this review well i got all of the images that I used in this review from the official Edens Zero fandom wiki page , Google Images and the official Edens Zero fandom wiki page with my preferred website to use to get images from the Edens Zero anime being the official Edens Zero fandom wiki page just due to how high quality as well as how how definition the images on the official Edens Zero fandom wiki page truly are in my humble and very honest opinion that is.

Fairy Tail Anime Episodes One AND Two Review

 

Anime fans I have reviewed quite alot of anime films over the years and I fully intend on reviewing more anime films in the future. However i've not taken a look at that many anime TV shows or to be more precise i'm not yet taken a look at that many episodes of various different anime TV shows and while this is something I personally cannot see changing that much in the future it is something that i'm very slowly taking my time and working on fixing and so that brings me to todays review and so join me as I review episode one and episode of the TV anime that took the anime world by storm back in 2009 with the anime itself being called simply "Fairy Tail" enjoy the review everyone.

The plot of these first two episodes is a young wizard named Lucy Heartfilia wants to join the best guild in the world with that guild being called simply Fairy Tail however she discovers that joining the guild might or might be alot harder then it seems. In terms of what I thought about the plot of these first two episodes in all honesty I thought that the plot of these first two episodes was at best very weak since the story of Lucy Heartfilia joining Fairy Tail gets resolved near the start of episode which to me seemed like a rather rushed ending to that particular and it get's replaced with a story that wasn't good in my opinion but's just what I think about the plot of these first two episodes anyways.

Starring in these first two episodes are Tia Ballard as Happy , Todd Haberkorn as Natsu Dragneel and Cherami Leigh as Lucy Heartfilia. Also starring in these first two episodes of Fairy Tail are Ian Sinclair as Bora , Jessica Cavanagh as Aquarius , Newton Pittman as Gray Fullbuster , Jamie Marchi as Cana Alberona , Eric Vale as Loke , Monica Rial as Mirajane Strauss , R. Bruce Elliott as Makarov Dreyar , Kayla Carlyle as Romeo Conbolt , Jeremy Inman as Taurus , Ben Bryant as Horologium and Brian Mathis as Macao Conbolt.

In terms of what I thought about the acting that's presented to us in these first two episodes of Fairy Tail in all honesty the acting that's presented to us in these first two episodes of Fairy Tail is alot better then I both remember it being as well being better then it really had any right to be and I say that acting in these first two episodes of Fairy Tail is alot better then I both remember it being as well being better then it really had any right to be because the idea behind fairy Tail is a very silly and as well as very out there idea. Since like I just said idea of Fairy Tail is a pretty silly and as well as a very out there idea and as such no one would have blamed these actors if they chose not to give that good of a performance but no the actors that are in these first two episodes of Fairy Tail do a really good job so much so that these actors are for the most part at leas still voicing these characters eleven years later but that's just what I think about the acting that's presented to us in these first two episodes of Fairy tail tho and that's just in my very humble and very honest opinions tho.

Doing the animation for these first two episodes of Fairy Tail is A-1 Pictures and Satelight with both A-1 Pictures and Satelight also providing the animation for the rest of this first series of Fairy Tail. In terms of what I thought about the animation that is / that's presented to us in these first two episode in all honesty the animation that's presented to us in this first episodes isn't that bad and the animation that's presented to us is alot better then alot of the animation that was to be seen in other anime that came out in 2009 but that's just what I think anyways. 

Now given how popular the character of Lucy Heartfilia was when this show was first being broadcast / released you'd be forgiven if you mistakenly thought that Lucy Heartfilia was the main character of this show. However the only reason why Lucy Heartfilia was everywhere when this show was first being broadcast / released is because she's s**y and well s*x sells as such you can imagine my surprise when I found out that the main character of this anime show isn't Lucy Heartfilia but is instead Natsu Dragneel.

While I do understand why Lucy was promoted alot when this show was first being made / broadcast / released since it's easier to sell a series if it has a cute girl in it then it is to sell a series if it a has a fire eating fighter in it. At the same time there's next to nothing in these first two episodes that even hint at the fact that Lucy could have been the shows main character which is a shame because if she was better written then she could have been a more interesting character but in these first two episodes at least Lucy isn't that well written at all because she's not given a personality or I think any kind of flaws but I could be wrong tho and while the character might get more interesting as the show / series goes on you only get one chance to make a good first impression and these first two episodes of Fairy Tail didn't make a good first impression with the character of Lucy Heartfilia in my humble and in my very honest opinion anyways.

I will fully admit that I was never that big of a Fairy Tail simply / mostly because this show first came out when I was either in sixth form collage or when I was actually in collage and as such I had little to no interest in any kind of anime at that time. Which is a shame because this does seem like it's a really good show and have read more then my fair share of issues from the Fairy Tail manga and if the anime more then lives up to the manga then i'd be more then happy (yes that pun was very much intended) to check out some of the other episodes of even some of the movies from the Fairy tail anime franchise in the near or even in the distant future.

Now then don't hold me to this but but I think that the combined total running for both of these first two episodes of the Fairy Tail anime is about forty five minuets but I could be wrong and I most likely am very wrong as well and I feel that having this story play out over two episodes really wasn't needed and I say that this story being told over two episodes simply wasn't needed due to the fact that you could have told this whole story in one episode and because there isn't enough story to cover or even warrant two episodes. Heck if you did tell this story over one episode you could have had the first half of the episode be what was in the first episode of the Fairy Tail anime and the second be what was in the second episode of the Fairy Tail anime and the best thing of all is you'd have to loose nothing that's important to the actual story but you would for obvious reasons have to cut down on a lot of the filler scenes which are in both of these first two episodes of the Fair Tail anime but that's just what I think anyways.

Now then boys and girls since the Fairy tail anime and the whole Fairy Tail franchise is an action franchise and there is action in these first two episodes that does mean that I have to talk about the action that's featured / presented to us in these first two episodes of the Fairy Tail anime and in my opinion the action that's presented to us in these two episodes of the fairy tail anime is freaking fantastic. Simply because the action that's presented to us in these two episodes of the Fairy Tail anime is so much fun to see and the action in these first two episodes of the Fairy Tail anime is also full to the brim with cool moments which for an action anime is in my opinion at least a really good thing simply because you always want some really cool moments to happen in your action scenes regardless of if your an anime or not if your even animated or not since having some really cool moments in your action sequences is a sure fire way to get your audience excited and that's what the action sequences / action scenes do in this first two episode of the Fairy Tail anime in my personal as well as humble and as well as my honest opinion. 

Overall I honestly really did like these first two episodes of the Fairy Tail anime since there was lots of action and lots of comedy. However there were also some bad things about both of these first episodes and since i've talked about both of the good and both of the bad things that are in these first episodes episodes of the Fairy Tail anime in this very review then I have to say that these first two episodes of the Fairy tail anime get a combined score of an 8.5 out of 10 from me / this anime fan.

As for where I got the images that I used in this review well I got the images that I used in this review from either Google Images or of course the official Fairy Tail fandom wiki page. With my preferred website to use for images from either of these first two episodes of the Fairy tail anime being of course the official Fairy Tail fandom wiki page just simply due to how shockingly high quality as well how shockingly high definition almost all of the images on the official Fairy Tail fandom wiki page but that's just what i think anyways.

My Very First SPOILER FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Impressions Of Godzilla: Singular Point

 

Well then Godzilla fans I had planned on reviewing the 1962 Godzilla and King Kong movie which was / is called simply King Kong Vs. Godzilla and well you know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men. I will fully freaking admit right here and right now that I straight forgot about this show and I will also fully admit that I straight forgot about this show even being a thing let alone that it was coming out this year and so boys and girls here are my very first SPOILER FREE first impressions of the new anime show that bares the Godzilla name and is set in the world of Godzilla with the show itself being called simply "Godzilla: Singular Point" and so enjoy reading this post everyone.

The plot of this episode is co-workers Yun Arikawa and Haberu Kato are tasked with finding with the source of a mysterious noise but also tasked with finding the source of that same mysterious noise is one Mei Kamino all the meanwhile Yun and Haberus boss Goro Otaki is working on a robot that could potentially save the universe if only people would believe that he doesn't have a screw or two loose that is. In terms of what I thought about the plot of this episode in all honesty the plot of this episode is exactly the kind of plot that you'd expect from the first ever episode of a Godzilla anime in that the actual plot itself is pretty weak which is to be expected given that it's a TV series but at the same time the plot of this episode is pretty interesting in my humble and honest opinion and it does make me want to watch the next episode and the plot of this episode does make me want to watch the next episode just so i can see what happens next to these (so far) pretty likable characters but that's just what I think about the plot of this debut episode anyways.

Starring in this episode is Yume Miyamoto as Mei Kamino , Shoya Ishige as Yun Arikawa and Taro Kiuchi as Haberu Kato. Also starring in this debut / premiere episode is Wataru Takagi as Goro Otaki , Misaki Kuno as Pero 2 , Rie Kugimiya as Jung , Jin Urayama as Tsunetomo Yamamoto , Yohei Azakami as Shunya Sato , Hiromi Yoshiyama as Norikiyo Fujiwara , Hiroshi Naka as The Police Chief , Genki Yoshimoto as Police Officer , Hiromichi Tezuka as The Busdriver , Miyu Komaki as The Bus Announcer , Ryosuke Hara as The Voice On The Car Radio and Naho Oketani as The Boys At The Fairground / The Fun Fair / The Fair.

In terms of what I thought about the actual acting that's resented to us in this episode in all honesty i thought that the acting that was presented to us in this actual debut / premiere episode was alot better then it really had any right to be and I say that the acting that was presented to us in this actual debut / premiere episode was alot better then it really had any right to be because nobody would go into a Godzilla anime expecting. As such it was honestly refreshing to see that this debut / premiere episode had some really good acting in it or well this debut / premiere episode has good acting in it in my humble and very honest opinion anyways. 

Doing the animation for not only this episode but thus the rest of the series is BONES and Orange and these are two companies that I personally haven't heard of so don't worry if you guys haven't heard of them because like I just said I haven't heard of them either. In terms / as for what I thought about the animation that's in this episode in all honesty the animation that's in this episode to me at least nothing special since in my personal opinion at least there was nothing that truly stood out about the animation that's in this episode which given that the first is the first episode of a brand new anime that's honestly to be expected since you don't won't the first episode of a brand new anime to blow it's entire animation budget in the very first episode of a whatever the brand anime show is being called but that's just what I think anyways.

Now then boys and girls for those of you that dont know or just straight up forgot believe it or not this isn't the first Godzilla animated project heck it's not even the first Godzilla anime. Since the earliest Godzilla animated project that I could find was the 1978 American animated series which was called simply "Godzilla" which was show that was pretty much for kids and the earliest Godzilla anime was the 2017 CGI Godzilla anime film with the film itself being called simply "Godzilla: Planet Of The Monsters" however this show is the very first Godzilla anime TV show tho and so far this series seems to be pretty freaking good in my humble and honest opinion that is anyways.

I honestly don't know why it's taken roughly or even close to or even around sixty to seventy years for Godzilla to get his first anime series. Since the character is ripe for an anime since he's a fairly complex character with Godzilla being portrayed as being both a hero and a villain in the Japanese and American Godzilla films and Godzilla has a pretty dark backstory which is makes the character perfect for an anime series plus there are stories in an anime TV series that while you could tell them and in some cases they did tell them in a Godzilla those same stories would also be perfect for a Godzilla anime TV series in humble and very honest opinions anyways.

Now then boys and girls this episode has a total running time of twenty three minuets and thirty five seconds which I think is the perfect running time for this particular episode and I say that twenty three minuets and thirty five seconds is the perfect running time for this particular episode simply because there's not much actual story being told. Which like I said makes sense because this is the first / debut / premiering / premiere episode of a new anime and so it makes sense that the story would bit a of a slow burn because they have to somehow find away to hook you into this show and thus get you to watch not only next weeks episode but all the episodes in this show and as such it really wouldn't make sense for this episode to have a long running time or even have a running time that's even close to thirty minuets or even forty five minuets in my humble and very honest opinion anyways.

Now then if you remember the 2014 American live action Godzilla film which was called simply "Godzilla" you'll remember that alot of people myself included had one major complaint about that film and while I won't mention what that complaint because it's spoiler for this episode i'll just say the same problem is in this episode. However in this episode it actually makes alot of sense since this is a TV series and not a theatrically released film but that's just what I think anyways.

Now then boys and girls sadly there is one part of the episode that I simply cannot talk about because it's spoiler and while it is bad that this thing is in this first episode like i just said for an anime TV series based around and set in the the world of Godzilla it actually makes alot of sense that this thing isn't in this debut episode. However I can say that there are some honestly really funny and in all honesty laugh out moments in this episode and all of them feature the character of Mei Kamino who i think is going to become this series comic relief character but that's just what I think tho anyways and that's just in my humble and very honest opinions anyways. 

Overall this was in all honesty not that bad of an episode since it did all of the things that a good debut / premier / pilot episode should do in my opinion. However it doesn't have any of the things that people love about the Godzilla film franchise in my humble and honest opinion and as such I can honestly see die hard Godzilla fans not liking this episode but also either not liking this anime series or just straight up trashing this particular anime series just based of this first / premier / debut / pilot episode and yes i've talking about both of the good and of the bad things that are in this episode in this very review and since this is only my very first impressions of the show I won't be giving this show a rating since it would be fair for me to judge this show just based of the first episode since any TV show anime or live live action can have a bad first episode just like any anime or live action TV show can have a good first / premier / debut / pilot and as such it wouldn't be fair of me to judge this entire show just based of this episode.

As for where I got the images that I used in this review well I got all of the images that I used in this review from the official Wikizilla fandom wiki page and the official Godzilla fandom wiki page. With my preferred website to use the images from this particular episode that I used in this review being the official Wikizilla fandom wiki page just simply because it was the only website that had images from this episode and it also had a complete cast list and yeah i'm going to cancel the Godzilla Vs. Kong tie in which would have been King Kong Vs. Godzilla simply because I need a break from taking a look at things to do with Godzilla.

Justice League: The Animated Series "Secret Origins" Parts One , Two And Three Review

 

Animation fans I thought that with Zack Snyder's Justice League currently doing the rounds on HBO Max I thought now would be the right time to remind people of a show that they perhaps either forgot about or just straight up didn't even know about in the first place. I will admit that after watching this three part episode I honestly felt that the story in this episode could have been the plot / story of a future live action Justice League movie and so join me as I review the three episodes of Justice league: The Animated Series with the episodes being called simply "Secret Origins" enjoy.

The plot of this three part episode is Earth in under threat from an alien invasion and so it's up to Batman , Superman , Green Lantern (John Stewart) , The Flash (Barry Allen) Martian Manhunter and Hawkgirl to put a stop to this invasion before all of life on earth is wiped out for good. In terms of what I thought about the plot of this three part episode in all honesty the plot of this three part episode is really freaking good just everything about the plot of this three part episode really worked for me so much so that I couldn't help picture this plot of this three part episode as the plotline / storyline of a possible future live Justice League because the plot of this three part episode was so freaking good in my humble and honest opinion.

Starring in these episodes is George Newbern as Clark Kent / Superman and an Imperium soldier and Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne / Batman and as a Technician. Also starring in these episodes are Susan Eisenberg as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman and as a Mother , Carl Lumbly as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter , Michael Rosenbaum as Barry Allen / The Flash and as a Protester and as as Martian , Phil LaMarr as John Stewart / Green Lantern and as Ed Reiss and as The General and as a Rioter , Maria Canals as Hawkgirl and as a Little Girl , Corey Burton as a Bald technician and as a Doctor , Max Brooks as Howie , Clyde Kusatsu as The Japanese Ambassador and as The Asian Technician and Gary Cole as J. Allen Carter.

In terms of what about the acting that's presented to us in these three episodes in all honesty the acting that's presented to us in these three episodes is really freaking good. Which in all honesty shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone since all of the DC Animated Universe TV Shows and films had good acting as such it's not really a surprise to see that there's good acting in these three episodes altho I will admit it was rather jarring hearing George Newbern as Clark Kent / Superman since just yesterday I had heard Tim Daly as Clarke Kent / Superman in the movie / film / TV episode of Superman: The Animated Series which was called simply "The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest" but that's just what I think anyways.

Doing the animation for all three of this three part episode / story is Koko Enterprise Co., LTD. don't worry if you haven't heard of them because in all honesty i've not even heard of Koko Enterprise Co., LTD. either. In terms of what about the animation that's in all three of these episodes in all honesty the animation that's in all three of these episodes really did surprise me because I thought that the animation that was in all three of these was really good and heck i'd go as far to say that the animation that's in all three of these episodes is alot better then the animation that's in "The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest" just because the animation that we get in these three episodes is really energised and there are some really fluid movements from all of the characters as well all of which make the animation in these three episodes really good and in my opinion easily better then the animation that's seen in "The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest" in my humble and honest opinion anyways.

Now then this show is responsible for introducing Wonder Woman into the DC Animated Universe (DCAU) and as well as introducing Wonder Woman into the DCAU we also get her arriving to man's world. I honestly thought that it was very brave of the makers of this show to introduce a key character like Wonder Woman without really giving out much details about her origin simply because any of the main stream audience who was watching this three part might not have been aware of firstly who Diana Prince /Wonder Woman even is and secondly they might even be aware of the origin story for Diana Prince / Wonder Woman and so introducing Diana Prince /Wonder Woman in this three part episode without doing her origin was in my opinion at least a very brave move on the makers of this shows but that's just what I think anyways.

I will admit that I liked how all of the other members of the Justice League are introduced since it would be rather jarring to see what each of the Justice League members are like when they are not fighting crime. As such having them all show up to help out Batman , Superman and Martian Manhunter to me makes a lot of sense since it stream lines the story and it makes the villains of this three part episode seem like even more of a threat because it shows us the audience that these villains can't be defeated by either Batman , Superman or Martian Manhunter and so it's going to take all of the heroes that we meet in this three episode storyline to defeat these villains but that's just what I think anyways.

Now for some strange reason the makers of this show thought that it would be a great idea to have a fully CGI animated opening title sequence now while the CGI that's in the opening title sequence to Justice League: The Animated Series it is however something that has aged horrible since the CGI looks horrible. In fact i'd go as far go as far to say that the CGI that's featured in the opening title sequence to Justice League: The Animated Series is pure nightmare fuel because all of the members of the Justice league look terrible and the quality of the CGI that's in the opening title sequence to Justice League: The Animated Series is at best horrible since it looks like the kind of CGI that you'd see in a late Playstation 2 game cutscene but that's just in my humble and honest opinion tho.

Now all three of these episodes run for a total of at least one hour and four minuets but there's more then a huge chance that I could be wrong tho so don't hold me to that running time. I honestly like the fact that this story was spread out over three episodes since it gives the story more time to breath instead of the story being rushed in either a standard twenty two minuet episode or two episodes which would have a total running of at least forty four minuets plus it makes the story feel alot more epic as well in my humble and honest opinion.

Now then boys and girls since Justice league: The Animated Series is an action and since there is action in these three part episodes and that means that I have to talk about the action that's in this three part episode and if i'm being honest the action that's in this three part episode is exactly as fun as you'd want it to be. Since it's always fun seeing all of the Justice League fighting together and it helps that we see alot of just really cool as hell moments in the action scenes that appear in these three episodes but that's just what I think tho.

Overall this was a really good start to the series in my humble and honest opinion and it just goes to show you how good a Justice League animated TV show can truly be. Now then boys and girls this isn't a perfect episode by any means / any stretch of the imagination but it's a damn close one tho since i've talked about both of the good and the bad things that are in this three part episode in this very review and as such this episode gets a 8.5 out of 10 from me , as for where I got the images I used in this review well I got all of the images that I used in this review from either the official DC Animated Universe fandom wiki page , the official Wonder Woman or the official Young Justice fandom wiki page with my preferred website to use to get images from this review being the official DC Animated Universe fandom wiki page just due to how shockingly high quality the images are.

The Batman / Superman Movie: World's Finest Film Review

 

Ladies and gentlemen i've reviewed a few of episodes of Batman: The Animated Series and while I will and do fully intend to review review more episodes of both Batman: The Animated and Superman: The Animated Series as well as Justice League: The Animated and Justice League Unlimited. There is one animated crossover that alot of people seem to have forgotten about or just straight up don't know about and that's the crossover between Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series and so join me as I review the film / TV show episode that is called simply "The Batman / Superman Movie: World's Finest" enjoy.

The plot of this film is The Joker and Harley Quinn go to Metropolis and strike a deal with Lex Luthor and it's up to both Batman and Superman to figure out why The Joker and Harley Quinn are in Metropolis and put a stop to there evil schemes / plans once and for all. In terms of what I thought about the plot of this film / TV show episode in all honesty the plot of this movie / film / TV Show episode wasn't that bad but at the same time the plot wasn't that good either in fact you could very well make the argument that the plot to this film movie / film / TV Show episode was at best rather weak and is just there as an excuse for these two shows to crossover but I feel that the plot was at best decent but I can't deney that there are problems with the story like for example it's never explained how The Joker and Harley Quinn got to Metropolis among many other things but that's just what I think about the plot of this movie / film / TV Show episode anyways.

Starring in this movie / film / TV show episode is the great and the always super freaking talented as well THE voice of Batman we have Kevin Conroy as Batman / Bruce Wayne and Cruise Ship Captain. Also starring in this movie / film / TV Show episode is Tim Daly as Clark Kent / Superman , Dana Delany as Lois Lane , Mark Hamill as The Joker , Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor and as Janitor , Arleen Sorkin as Harley Quinn , Lisa Edelstein as Mercy Graves , Lauren Tom as Angela Chen , Bob Hastings as Commissioner James Gordon , Robert Costanzo as Detective Harvey Bullock , Joseph Bologna as Dan Turpin , Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Alfred Pennyworth , Brad Garrett as Bibbo , John Capodice as Ceasar Carlini and Corey Burton as Binko and as the Male Terrorist.

In terms of what I thought about the acting in this crossover special in all honesty the acting that's in this movie / film / TV Show episode is exactly as good as you think it is. I say that the acting that's in this movie / film / TV show episode is exactly as good as you think it is because look at who is in it every single actors that's in this movie / film / TV show episode is such a good actor with some of them even being the definitive voice / voices for their respective characters and as such it makes sense that these actors would turn in a bunch of good / great performances in this movie / film / TV show episode but that's just what I think anyways.

Doing the animation for this crossover movie / film / TV Show episode is TMS-Kyokuichi Corporation don't worry if you haven't heard of TMS-Kyokuichi Corporation because I haven't heard of TMS-Kyokuichi Corporation either. In terms of what I thought about the animation that's in this movie / film / TV Show episode in all honesty the animation wasn't that bad in my opinion yes it wasn't / isn't up to the high quality of Batman: The Animated Series but the animation that's seen in this movie / film / TV Show episode is still really good with there being alot of great fluid movements and there some really nice explosions as well well in my opinion there are some nicely animated explosions in this movie / film / TV Show episode anyways.

Now then for some reason this movie / film / TV Show chooses not to show us the fight between Harley Quinn and Mercy Graves. Which is a shame because based of the few glimpses of their fight it could have been a really darkly funny fight and as such I have to wonder why did the makers of Superman: The Animated Series as well the makers of Batman: The Animated Series choose not to show us the fight that both Harley Quinn and Mercy Graves since they could have very easily have gotten this fight past all of the various censors and parents groups but that's just what I think anyways.

Now you might have noticed but in this review i've called this crossover a movie / film / TV Show episode and well thats because even tho this crossover is indeed called "The Batman / Superman Movie: World's Finest" it is infact three episodes from the second season of the TV show that is called simply Superman: The Animated Series. As such it is both a movie / film as well being a TV show episode and I have to say the decision to release this storyline / three episodes edited together as a movie is indeed a smart move since both Batman: The Animated Series and as well as Superman: The Animated Series were hugely popular animated TV shows and as such releasing a three crossover featuring both Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series I only wish that this crossover got not only theatrical release but also a longer running time but that's just what I think anyways.

Now I don't know if this is on all of the copies of this crossover but on the one that I watched it has the Superman: The Animated Series intro for all three parts which wouldn't be a bad thing if the intro alone didn't take up at the very thirty to fifty seconds or even sixty seconds for that matter and it has the end credits for all three parts as well. As such you can literally tell when an episode is about to end because they would build up to some big dramatic event either going down is about to happen and then boom the Superman: the Animated Series end credits would start playing and / which took me out of the movie since it reminded me that I was just watching a TV show episode but that's just what I think anyways.

Now then this movie / film / TV Show episode has a total running time of one hour and four minuets and twenty five seconds which for this story I honestly felt that the short running time didn't do the story any justice what's so ever. As such I do feel that if this movie / film / TV Show episode was given a theatrical  release and the running time was bumped up to say and hour and forty minuets then the story could have a much bigger impact and the very idea of The Joker teaming up with Lex Luthor to defeat both Batman and Superman would have meant more because the makers behind this movie / film / TV Show episode crossover would then be given the freedom to go places that both the Batman: The Animated Series and the Superman: The Animated Series just simply couldn't go to in my humble and honest opinion

Now then boys and girls this is an action movie / film / TV Show episode and that means that there is some action to be found in this movie / film / TV Show episode which means that I have to discuss the action that appears in the actual movie / film / TV Show episode itself and in my opinion the action that appears in this movie / film / TV Show episode crossover isn't bad. It's always fun seeing Superman and Batman fighting alongside each other but what makes the action stand out in this movie / film / TV Show episode is the fact that we get to see The Joker take on Superman and Lex Luthor get threatened by Batman just that simply switch with the bad guys taking on or in the case of Lex Luthor get threatened by Batman is such a fun idea and it gives us combinations that we didn't know that we wanted to see in my humble and honest opinion.  

Overall this movie / film / TV Show episode wasn't bad but the issue was that it didn't live up to it's own potential since this movie / film / TV Show episode could and more importantly should have been something that was rather epic but it instead just felt like it was another three part episode and nothing more in my opinion. Now then i've discussed both of the good and as well as the bad things about / appearing in this movie / film / TV Show episode in this very review and as such this movie / film / TV Show episode gets a 6.5 out of 10 from me , as for where I got the images that I used in this review well my dear reader / readers (if there any readers out there that is) I got all of the images that I used in this review from either the official Batman fandom wiki page or the official DC Animated Universe (DCAU) fandom wiki page with my preferred website to use for images from this movie / film / TV Show episode being the official DC Animated Universe (DCAU) fandom wiki page just because there is a wide variety of images for this Movie / film / TV show that's to be found on the official DC Animated Universe (DCAU) fandom wiki page and alot of the images that are on the official DC Animated Universe (DCAU) fandom wiki page are shockingly really high quality as well shocking high definition.