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Of all the short-lived cartoons I enjoyed, this one takes home the gold. Along with Road Rovers, Batman Beyond, and Godzilla: The Series, this stands up there with them. Each episode details an actual plot and a rather kick-ass theme, be it science-fiction, fantasy, action-adventure, or horror. And you know what? It worked.

We get Rob Paulsen (of Animaniacs), Richard Moll (of Night Court), and the late but great Tony Jay (of Sierra's King's Quest VI and Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame) as the main characters. If any cartoon in this day and age deserves a reboot this should be on the list. A few years ago I watched some clips of the show on YouTube and it's just as good as I remember it. And the guest stars are so outstanding too. You've got Jim Cummings, Charles Adler, and even Tress MacNeille and Frank Welker. What a mix! And a little of Kath Soucie too. What else is there to say? Give it a chance. You might be pleasantly surprised.

The title of my summary pretty much covers my review.

This is to me what Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was to someone 5 years older. While I missed out on that little pop-culture wave, I embraced the toy line and t.v. series that was Mighty Max with both arms.

You wanna know how into this I was? I went as Mighty Max for Halloween.

Thank God for the internet. Thanks to Demonoid, last week I was able to watch this great show from my childhood for the first time in over a decade.

I'm watching this right now, having just been blown away by recognizing Rob Paulson of Animaniacs, and am also loving the celebrity humor in "Tar Wars". 4 minutes in, and they have already mentioned, By NAME: Clint Eastwood, Governor Arnold, Dustin Hoffman, John Wayne, AND Ace Ventura. Hells yeah.

Damn, it is only upon writing this that I realize there is NO WAY IN HELL I can give this series anything less than a perfect score. Any imperfections have been lost in the fog of time.

This Is My Childhood. This Is Awesomeness. This Is The Mighty One.

Mighty Max, based primarily upon a micro-sized toy line, was a terrific animated series which died prematurely but will always be remembered. Max, a young pre-teen, is the "Cap Bearer", a mystical warrior who is transported all over the world in order to combat evil in many forms. Along for the ride is Virgil, a Lemurian and a sentient owl, and Norman, a Nordic warrior, voiced excellently by Richard Moll. This series was well-animated and acted, and presented good storylines and memorable villains including Skullmaster, maliciously voiced by Tim Curry. The series ender was very peculiarly made, in that it ends with Max and his comrades beginning their adventures all over again, making the show seem seamless, but nonetheless sad. I was privileged to view Mighty Max on a Canadian satellite wild-feed, and taped much of the series, but true fans should petition channels such as Cartoon Network to present Mighty Max to its fans and potential viewers.

Even as a 19 year old I love animation. I grew up on it and apart from some bad ones have been impressed by those with beautiful animation, great memorable music, writing that amuses and touches you, likable characters and stories that thrill you. I have had several favourites over the years, but there were also some I shamefully forgot. Mighty Max was one such show.

Thank goodness for YouTube, who are so good usually with finding or re-discovering new gems. Mighty Max is a wonderful and very underrated show that is quite unique and kept me thrilled right until the end. As for the ending of the show, I have seen some controversy. I personally loved it not just for its dark tone but also how truly thrilling it was.

The animation does have some limited spots with some episodes lacking fluidity in the backgrounds or with the odd static movement, but I always noticed some impressive visuals in the action, the characters in general look great especially Skullmaster and there are some lively, ethereal colours.

I love the music too. The opening for Mighty Max sets the tone for each episode wonderfully, and the incidental music never feels out of place. The writing is one of the strongest assets of Mighty Max, it is funny, scary, moving, thoughtful and what's more quite educational too. Top hats also for some very well-thought out and engaging story lines.

The characters are delightful. Max is not bland or obnoxious, he has real steel and is very brave such as when he says "I'll die trying!", something I don't hear many animated kids saying now. Virgil is noble and wise, Norman makes me smile with his understated simplicity and Skullmaster is a terrific villain, smooth yet very malevolent.

Other than the writing and characters, I also have to highly praise the voice acting. Rob Paulsen is wonderful as Max, and never feels like he's overdoing it. Tony Jay matches him in every way as Virgil, while Tim Curry's menacing and distinctive intonation as Skullmaster is pitch perfect.

All in all, a wonderful show. 10/10 Bethany Cox

All the characters in this cartoon were hilarious. Norman the Viking guardian had some memorable phrases and the skull master, the bad guy, would always be vowing to kill Max with some insane cackling. The writing is the best.

I was glued to the set when this would come on when I was younger. If they came out with a DVD of all the episodes they made I would be forced to buy it. This and a Conan the Barbarian cartoon are the ones I miss the most from childhood. I think these cartoons are the most unappreciated out of all the great cartoons. I used to watch these cartoons on channel 13 in the Los Angeles Area.

I remember the owl was always afraid, warning Max that he was in trouble and that he was the chosen one. Max didn't believe that he was the chosen one and always gave the owl trouble. Norman was less talkative but his simplicity was funny. He would say things like "I eat monsters for breakfast" when he was battling them. And then when he was battling zombies he would say "I eat zombies for...nevermind." Classic cartoon comedy and action.

I vote that they re-air Mighty Max.

This is one of my favorite animated shows of all time, and once again another under the radar gem as it's another forgotten gem. I really loved this cartoon show, this of course was based on another toy line from Mattel whom once again dealt in the realm of fantasy. I really loved those toys and played with them a lot, I have a collection of them as they were these big miniature compacts that each contained a different kind of adventures.

I really love the premise of the show which in a way I can't help but feel if they ever made an animated series on "Doctor Who" it would have been something like this. Basically, an ordinary boy whom finds a magical key which is disguised as an ordinary baseball cap, which makes sense if you were ever to conceal something powerful in the modern day world. This cap is pretty much like the Tardis as it opens portals to just about anywhere and everywhere, from any place in the world, time, space, another dimension, the destinations are just endless. Unfortunately, you can't really do it at will as it never really takes you where you want to go, but only where you need to go (same with the Tardis).

The animation is great I really like the character and background animation. But I really like the use of some of the dark colors really giving this show a dark fantasy feel, which I love dark fantasy are sort of the equivalent of neo noir where it shows the world Max inhabits despite fascinating still carry hints of danger even from his own home. Music is also very good, it's a bit of a heavy metal/rock soundtrack even like the theme, it fits the nature of the show as it just screams excitement which this show delivers.

Really love the voice ensemble cast, it's one of the best in my book.

The late Tony Jay is great as the foul Virgil. He's much like who Luna and Artimis are to "Sailor Moon" as he's the mentor figure for Max as he is telling Max what is. But I like how despite filled with wisdom he's also funny as he gets a lot of grief from Max due to his unortadox ways or certain methods that don't fall into his set of protocols.

Norman voiced by Ricard Moll is awesome as Max's bodyguard. He is just a bad ass as he is a Viking warrior that just kicks all kinds of ass wherever they go. He's also not a character that talks much but that's because he's a man of action, but when he does talk it's something interesting as opposed to any character that talks a lot where most of what he/she says in the film is practically useless and filler dialog by its nature. He's dryly funny and charismatic he's got a lot of memorable lines.

I also really like there is some mystery to his character as we see some depth to him as we hear his character truly did exist in the Viking Age which makes him almost one of the immortals from "Highlander" or maybe an Asguardian like in the movie/comic series"Thor", seeing that made me all the more wonder about his life.

Tim Curry my favorite actor and one of my favorite voice actors is just awesome as the Skull Master. Skull Master is one of my favorite animated villains. It's a bit ironic that Curry plays this role as the character is a little uncannily like his former role Darkness in the film "Legend". I'll admit as a kid I found Skull Master kind of scary as he is true to his name in every sense, from his big size, sword and attitude you honestly aren't sure you can win in a fight with him. He's a ruthless merciless beast that rules a direction called the Doom Zone that looks a lot like Hell and Skull Master might not be the devil but is close. He in a way could be a DC verse villain as his scheme like those in the DC verse wants to conquer our dimension and all others. He has some of the best line and just concocts some of the best scheme that the good guys come close to losing.

Max played by one of my favorite voice actors Rob Paulsen is great, it really fits like a glove for the character. Max is one of my favorite fictional protagonists he's a pulp hero kind of similar to "Doctor Who", just like the Doctor he doesn't use weapons (well due to the fact he's a kid he can't legally buy or use them) nor does he have any combative training, Max has to use the best weapon he possesses his wits. I really love it really gave me a gratifying feeling seeing Max able to triumph over these adversaries that are armed or outmatch him in strength and power, which of course makes Max live up to his name.

But also, really love his sharp charisma which is funny, reminds me a little of the kind from actor Bruce Campbell (him as a voice guest on this show, that would have been something) as there is some wisecracks, smart ass quips, and even how he simply reacts to certain situations which feel like how any ordinary person would.

But of course, the adventures are also what make this show, most of them are random but that's a good thing as each episode is always a different adventure which made waiting for the next episode all the more exciting, I always wonder what other monster is Max and company going to face or what other dimension or place are they going to. There are a lot of memorable episodes and even a few arcs like one episode which was the shows version of "The Magnificent Seven", another episode where it's two versions of Max fighting for the title which yeah, a cliché plotline but a good one reminding us why Max (main one) is worthy. And the finale of the show which was dark as it's coming to all or nothing, but to me what made this episode is the fact that an animated show has a conclusion which was rare for its time.

Mighty Max is a mighty adventure.

Rating: 4 stars

The only other show I loved and remember from growing up (aside from Boy Meets World). It was great to go on adventures with the Mighty One, along with his mountain of a body guard, and a 10,000 year old chicken... Er, foul.

My only complaint is that the show never had an ending, something a movie can rectify.

'Mighty Max' was a surprisingly well-made and, though based on a quaintly narrow concept, very well written and animated journey. Max, the young 'Cap Bearer' is accidently and unwantedly bestowed with the age-old responsibilities of protecting Earth from the diabolical Skullmaster and his army of minions who try desperately to emerge from the planet's depths [The Skullmaster yearns for the cap so he can gain ultimate control and mobility] while the boy just wants to maintain a normal life. Supporting characters like the ancient, wise [yet retrospectively out-of-date], owl, Virgil and sworn bodyguard, Norman, give Max's naive quest against the Skullmaster both a chance and comedic action as each episode begins with a multitude of interesting ways for summoning Max to his current mission [i.e. Virigil slipping the message into nearby objects and such - unexpectedly interrupting his fun times. I recommend, though I have yet to find it in local syndication, that if this well-done program becomes available again, to give it an unobjective chance and stick around for the finale which makes the whole program complete in a spectacular finish. It's not just another 'kid's show,' but rather another classic example of good sci-fi production subjected to stereotypical myths.

My review title borrows from an expertly delivered line in episode one.

Look, it's absolutely CRIMINAL this show has had no official release. I realize. The title is kinda silly. The show is actually based on a toy line (much like a lot of great 90s cartoons). However, anyone who knows it at least remembers it fondly, with most of us out right rave about it. Stellar voice cast. Amazing writing. Season wide story arcs with satisfying conclusions. Chills, thrills, and surprises.

It's hard to articulate what this show is. Action. Adventure. Heart. Comedy. Lightning in a bottle. A good number of these episodes will knock your socks right off. If you can find it, give the series a chance. You won't regret it.

If someone from one of the multiple companies who hold the license happens upon this review, I beg you. Please release this on official media. I think you'd be pleasantly surprised at the response.

Most shows don't go very deep in explaining themselves or the world about. This show is the opposite, they go to great lengths to bring the knowledge of the world to kids in pajamas. They go to the ends of the earth to dig up the true evil in the world. In fact, there ain't much not happening here, including space battles. The only problem is it got canceled. Just too good to live on.

Richard Moll is fantastic, as are all the voice actors. I didn't know Tim Curry was the Skullmaster's voice.

Creative, interesting, challenging, and full of action and energy. Always uplifting.

Aside from this being a show I grew up watching it's also really a fun one. I'd love to see this get rebooted by Netflix or Amazon, possibly as live action or even a new cartoon series. Definitely amazing and entertaining, the entire concept is still fresh. Hopefully one day whoever owns it will release a Bluray collection.

I remember watching "Mighty Max" a few years ago on UPN weekday mornings before I went to school. I really enjoyed "Mighty Max" and was upset after UPN canceled it. One thing that attracted me to this show was the animation which I really liked. I also thought Max was cute for a cartoon character. I also liked the idea of a talking owl. That was cool. Max's friend Bea was cool, too.

My favorite "Mighty Max" episode is "A Bellwether in One's Cap", the first episode that started it all. I really enjoyed this episode and didn't want it to end. I also liked the episode "Max vs. Max".

I miss this show and hope I see it again one day. I give this show 9/10 stars.

When I was younger, maybe 9 or 10, I can remember getting up early Saturday morning to watch MIGHTY MAX. It was a really great show. It had some cool monsters in it (Two-headed dragons, aliens, giant crabs, zombies, fish creatures....monster galore!), appealing if not high-tech animation, swift paces and good twists. I so miss you, mighty max. Perhaps some day Mighty Max will be shown on cartoon network, until then.........WE MISS YOU, MAX!!!!!

I discovered this as an adult, but, amongst the wasteland of cheesy toy commercials, it shone like a supernova. It was the usual limited animation, but there were was actual intelligence on display in the writing. (Quality writing appears to be less expensive than quality animation, in regards to this show, and many others. Too bad there isn't more of it around.) I really fell in love with it, when an episode showed up, that incorporated aspects of the Cthulhu mythos, only the 2nd cartoon I've ever seen do so. (the other was "The Real Ghostbusters", where Peter Venkman and crew, faced off against Cthulhu itself!). I always appreciate Lovecraft overtones, but this had so much more, even touching on the Arthurian mythology. A good blend of ideas and action. Put my vote in for a revival on "Cartoon Network", "Boomerang", or anybody that could show it. We Want Max!

--Judex.1--

This show was not one of those not funny and lame shows, Mighty Max did not have the best animation, but the writing was excellent. Far above that of most children shows. It was great from start to finish. I really like the series finale, taking the show back to the beginning.

I've found that as I've grown older I've become more fond of animation as I've come to appreciate it in my career. As a result, I've found that some cartoons stand out among others as being exceptional. Mighty Max is one of them. The show was intriguing, well told, and ended in such a unique way its inspirationally.

The story was about destiny, and the power of good over evil. It spanned every aspect of adventure and bravery imaginable, and it reaffirmed the strength of the inner heart. No story could have communicated such a complex message so simply. If the show is ever made available to you, I suggest you give it a look. Share it with your children. Listen to the messages. Enjoy the action. This is entertainment at its absolute best.

Mighty Max is a cartoon that both adults and kids alike can enjoy. The show is about Max, a pre-teen kid who suddenly finds himself in the role of a hero. The show has healthy doses of action, humor, and morality in every episode. Not only that, but it makes a great educational aide for geography, science, and mythology. All of the monsters and locations in the show are based on real civilizations or legends, and Max & crew travel all over the world to fight evil.

In fact, I liked the show so much, I created my own website covering all things Mighty Max. It's called the Mighty Max Portal - feel free to look it up if you'd like to know more about this show and its characters.

I began watching this show when I was in junior high. I taped a few episodes and, watching them now, I still enjoy them as much as ever. "Mighty Max" was one of the best cartoons, if not the best, ever, in my opinion. It was educational, exciting, funny and very well-done. It wasn't just a kiddie show about things getting blown-up. It was about the eternal struggle of good vs. evil, about growing up, about friendship and faith in yourself. I guess Max is, in a way, the part of each of us that is always a carefree kid. A very special kid, however. It was amusing and nice to have the fate of the world so often resting on a kid my age. I love this show, and I wish there was more about it around. I highly recommend it.

My b/f and I were reminiscing and we were talking about how cartoons were so much better when we were younger (about 10 years ago when we were about 9-10 years old or so). I loved this show..it reminds me so much of my elementary years. It was actually worth waking up on time on Saturday to watch this cartoon. It is sort of a faint memory, but all i can remember is how much i loved this show. I really liked Max and the chicken..or owl? (Virgil). We also remembered captain planet, the bugs bunny back then, smurfs,....so much more. I do wish they would show re-runs of this i think fans would appreciate it. anyways, i'll end it at this.

Mighty Max, while sounding like another mindless juvenile adventure cartoon akin to Captain Planet or Thundercats, was actually an extremely well written, intelligent series. As a young fantasy geek, it satisfied my hunger for mythological content and was told in a witty yet gripping way. I miss getting up early every Saturday to see the adventures of Mighty Max, Virgil and Norm as they battled with the likes of Skullmaster and Dr Zygote. Many of my current interests I attribute to the Mighty One, and I wish the Cartoon Network would be kind enough to pick it up, along with similar quality animated series such as Conan the Adventurer, and Ghostbusters.