Kids WB Fall Schedule

[Raph's Girl]

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=127093

7:00 AM Will & Dewitt
7:30 AM Magi-Nation
8:00 AM Tom and Jerry Tales
8:30 AM Tom and Jerry Tales
9:00 AM Skunk Fu!
9:30 AM Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue!
10:00 AM Eon Kid
10:30 AM Johnny Test
11:00 AM Legion of Super Heroes
11:30 AM The Batman

Brief summaries of all the new and returning shows are as follows:

• Will & Dewitt : Will is an everyday kid with an endless thirst for adventure. Enter Dewitt; a frog and then some…a green ball of shape-shifting optimism to guide Will toward his destiny of all things are possible. Where there’s Will, Dewitt is the way. Produced by Cookie Jar Entertainment.

• Magi-Nation: Follow the adventures of teenager Tony Jones, whose world is forever changed when he is mystically transported into a beautiful world created a millennium ago by a powerful race known as the Magi. A multi-platform entertainment brand, fans can also experience the continuing action via the Internet (www.kidswb.com). Produced by Cookie Jar Entertainment and Daewon Media (Korea).

• Tom and Jerry Tales: Tom and Jerry travel the globe in search of all-new mischief, pummeling each other in new geographic locales and culturally diverse settings. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation.

• Skunk Fu!: Already scoring big in the UK and Australia, “Skunk Fu!” is the hilarious tale of Skunk, a rambunctious martial arts student under the tutelage of wise old Panda. On the antagonist side are Dragon and his minions; lead henchman Baboon and the Ninja Monkeys. A co-production between Cartoon Saloon, Telegael and Hoek, Line and Thinker.

• Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue!: The show that’s become a hit among all those who hate Scooby-Doo. The second season raises the stakes as Dr. Phibes now possesses the secret morphing nanotechnology but has no idea how it works. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation.

• Eon Kid: Tells the tale of Marty, an enterprising 11-year-old who unexpectedly becomes the human extension of the Fist of Eon. Seemingly lost for all time, the Fist endows Marty with amazing fighting powers – but puts him at the heart of a centuries-old struggle between good and evil. By Daiwon C&A Holdings Co., Design Storm Co., BRB International and Manga Entertainment.

• Johnny Test: Johnny is the ultimate guinea pig who no mission is too unbelievable, no challenge too great, no villain too menacing and no sister-created concoction is too wild…As long as his baboon-faced, genetically engineered dog, Dukey, can come along. Produced by Cookie Jar.

• Legion of Super Heroes: A incomprehensibly undefeatable nemesis, Imperiex, puts the Legion into action alongside new team members. The Legion finds a surprising, new ally from across the space-time continuum; a 41st century Superman, cloned from the original, with alien DNA added to the mix for new, enhanced powers. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation.

• The Batman: See last week’s interview with Mike Goguen for more info. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation.

Now I'll watch Skunk Fu just for the Ninja Monkeys alone...but Eon Kid looks like a Mega Man wannabe only in CGI...

http://www.newsarama.com/AniShorts/390/Eon_Kid_Poster-red.jpg

[Wildcat]

Iv seen Tom and Jerry Tales and Scooby and Shaggy get a Clue and I have too admit they were both pretty good.Plus Tom and Jerry Tales stays very true to the original series.

EON KID looks pretty cool from that poster.

[Drtooth]

Tom and Jerry Tales= Priceless. Out of all the Television T&J versions, this is the closest to the original 1940's cartoons. Of course, that's because the other attempts weren't great. Tom and Jerry kids was fine, but the Filmation Tom and Jerrys are horrendous. And even the Hanna Barbera 1970's tv series cartoons weren't that good either (not to mention they had to share the spotlight with inferior cartoons like Grape Ape and Mumbley). Other than one episode with a reference to "carbs" I feel this is one of the best things I've seen in a while (though their Korean animation firm really doesn't hold up to the great animation of the old series.... still beats filmation).

Shaggy and Scooby Doo isn't terrible. it's shockingly enjoyable, even though I don't like Scott menville's whiney Shaggy voice. I will say it borrows its humor freely from Napoleon Dynamite and the Simpsons, but it's pretty alright.

The Batman improved leaps and bounds last season... I'm not too happy they turned it into The Justice League.

But those other shows seem just... shudderingly bad. Magination sounds an awful lot like Digimon to me. That CGI Megaman thing looks like crap, and Skunk Fu.... that could go either way, but it smacks of 1990's TMNT ripoffs to me.

But at least they took the hint and killed Loonas**ts unleashed, the worst idea ever concocted by that company. Even worse than ripping off Muppet babies to the extent they had Granny as Nanny. I love June Foray and all.... but that was a paycheck. Nothing more.

People be asking me how I'm negative about modern cartoons.... some of these really make me uncertain about the future of animation, you know?