Code Lyoko Evolution

This series has an interesting idea to bring the villain back from the dead. Its always a classic idea, that the villain returns seeking revenge against those that have wronged him. But here its done wrong. Xana basically lets our heroes know that he is back, and his attacks aren't that scary. All he does is just touch and grab, and that is somehow supposed to weaken people. That's not intimidating, like he was in the last series, where he could shoot bolts of lighting out of his hand whenever he possessed people. Now he moves slower than Frankenstein, and isn't scary. Furthermore, the CGI in the show may be better, but at the same time they look a lot more scarier than the previous series. A lot more detail was added to the characters, especially in their faces. But it makes them seem a lot more scary. Even the towers in this series look a lot like their from Tron, than the original series in which they look like actual towers.

Horrible, Poor acting, Ruined some good characters, *vomits* Live Action. Honestly the animation is cool but the acting, sound, script is just pure chaos.

Never saw this due to not being dubbed in English and airing in America, but seeing some subbed episodes, I am treating this as some sort of alternate universe. Basically, Evolution tries to act like a sequel series, but sadly, it fails.

Basically, XANA's revived and the Lyoko Warrriors have to stop him again. However, this "sequel" decides to ditch the cartoon parts for live action actors while ignoring certain elements the original series established (like Aelita is not the only one who can deactivate towers, plus some characters have been changed for the worst, with Aelita getting it worst, as she sounds more serious).

By ditching the cartoons for live action, it basically results in the characters being played by actors who don't fit the role (seriously, Odd does not look like Odd). This also put a limit on XANA's attacks. In the original, XANA could mess up a lot of things that could actually make him a threat, but here, all he does is fry phones and send specters. Also, we get a second antagonist in one Professor Lowell Tyrone, a character whose invention is the McGuffin for X.A.N.A.'s survival, and a new character named Laura who is sadly an unnecessary character, as she is basically a female Jeremy.

It's no wonder this series only lasted one season. With such disrespect to the source material, as the original writers of Code Lyoko would disown this after finding out about how the show was ignoring the source material. This is best viewed as an alternate universe, and not a very good one at best.

I was definitely not sure the first time it popped up about how I'd like it but after a few years I finally watched it and am as obsessed with Evolution like I am with the animated Code Lyoco. Good job :)