Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light

Sometimes I wonder why Visionaries remained as a rather obscure 80s cartoon, considering than in many ways it could have easily become a succesful franchise as Transformers, G.I. Joe or even He-Man.

The setting, the characters and their powers had a lot of potential to explore, and it's such a shame that almost nobody remembers this series nowadays.

Visionaries is one of those shows from my childhood that I remember vividly, it's been so good to rewatch it, and relive it, so many young memories brought back.

It holds up very well, it's nicely animated, with some fun characters, and plenty of action.

I had a job getting hold of the dvd, but so glad I did, one thing I've become aware of, and perhaps the reason it didn't last, is it did become a little repetitive quite quickly.

I seemed to remember this lasting for years, it was a real surprise to see that only one series was made. I only wish I'd kept hold of the figures.

With the current love for nostalgia, wouldn't it be great to see this brought back from the ashes, it really is a story of the good and bad guys fighting one another.

Catch it is you can, 8/10.

When this show was on I watched it every time I could! I thought that the characters were really neat and all had great personalities. The animation in My opinion was crisp, clean, and really clear. Not to mention beautiful! Most of the characters in this show all have great personalities. in My opinion these characters are some of the best ever seen. In fact, The things that goes on in this series' cartoons are in My opinion action packed which that is what makes the show good. There are so many characters to like If you like the other 1980s' animated cartoons like M.A.S.K., Transformers, and others then I strongly recommend that you watch this show!

This cartoon used was one of the best of its time in the late 80's era. I mean it foretold about the coming of a second age of magic. You would also see spectacular animation such as man transforming into beast.

You would also see the heroic Spectral Knights fight against the evil Darkling Lords. If you haven't seen this movie or television series. You are missing out on a cartoon that became a legend.

So anyway, there I was today watching my just recently acquired (from a car-boot sale) VHS of Visionaries, and I suddenly realised that unlike so many kids series from the 80's, this one really held up. It had remarkably good animation for a Saturday morning cartoon, the plots were quite complex without being confusing, the dialogue was sophisticated and not cheesy at all and overall it was just a very imaginative, quality programme. Plus unlike say, He-man, it didn't have some patronising moral that was rammed down your throat at the end of every episode, which has got to be worth at least an extra 50 points in my opinion. Far superior than most of the dreck that gets passed off as children's entertainment these days, this comes highly recommended. It's hard to find though, so keep an eye out..