Animaniacs is an animated musical comedy streaming series and a revival of the 1993 show of the same name. The show is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Television and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution and Hulu. The series is developed by Steven Spielberg and Wellesley Wild. This season consist of thirteen episodes.
The story is it's been 22 years since we saw the Animaniacs and they're back at it again. They're bringing back their usual form of mischief and craziness to the people of the 21st century, and while these people aren't ready for the wacky Warner brothers and Warner sister, let's hope they can survive the experience.
- Negatives
The one thing I absolutely hate about this revival is the opening. Basically there's a line in the opening where the Animaniacs describe the show as "gender balanced", "pronoun-neutral" and "ethnically diverse". There's many problems with this and I'll break it down...
1) This is Animaniacs, not someone's Twitter account.
2) It's hard to tell if they're making a joke or not. Because in that same verse they talk about how the "trolls" will say they're so passé, but they did meta first. So it's hard to tell if that was a joke. If it was a joke it was poorly executed.
3) This new opening them is gotta be outdated in only a couple of years. Whenever this political correct nonsense is over with (and hopefully it'll be soon) nobody's gonna look back and have fond memories of this opening. What makes the 90's opening such a classic is I don't think there was ever something that made it seem outdated. I could be wrong, but my point is during the older show's run, the writers and such had an intent to be entertaining, and not do something that would make the fans roll their eyes.
Another issue with the revival is it REALLY needs more segments. I mean I love watching the Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain, but there needs to be more. They need to bring back The Goodfeathers, Rita and Runt, Mindy and Buttons, and Slappy Squirrel. There's so much they could do with the other characters whether they're the ones I mentioned or not. Cause right now the writers are limiting themselves to just only these segments.
- Mix
One of the two things that make the show a mix bag is the humor. There are a lot of good jokes, but you really have to get through a lot eye rolling moments. Because sometimes the writers try way too hard to make it seem like the Animainacs are now "current year". An example of this is they make jokes about Donald Trump....because apparently that dead horse hasn't been beating enough already.
The other mix is the animation. It's not in an okay category, it's pretty good. It's just that sometimes I felt like the movements weren't as fluid as they looked. Sometimes characters can move in a slight stiff manner.
- Positives
The only thing that was great about 2020's Animaniacs is the voice acting. Not only is it the same cast from the 90's but, they haven't lost a single step. They sound exactly like they did back in the originals series.
The revival of the Animaniacs isn't bad, but the fact they we only got something decent from such a classic show is a little disappointing. I still don't hate it because there's some decent things in it, such as the humor and animation. And like I said before the voice is the best thing about it. But they really need more segments other than just our titles characters and Pinky and the Brain. And they really need to change the lyrics to the opening.
My final rating is Okay.
Hopefully the second season fixes some of these problems, and if they don't then I'm giving up on this show and not reviewing the third season. Anyhow, that's going to do it for me. Come back on Saturday, Nov 6th for my review of the upcoming MCU movie, Eternals. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.
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