Chaotic

If you go past the cheesy voice acting, Chaotic is actually not that bad of a TV Show, but my main gripe with it, is how the universe seem to have been dumbed down in order for the show to target kids.

It needed a more dark, gloomy atmosphere, like the Animated Series from the 80s, instead we have the most annoying kids as protagonists traveling around the world of Chaotic battling each other and getting involved into the Chaotic's universe with other major characters... or not so much.

The problem is that the human protagonists, apart from being annoying, are almost always doing something in relation to Chaotic, but the interactions with the beings from Chaotic are very limited, so most of the episodes are just filled with 10 minutes of battling between humans (sometimes the whole episode is like that, rarely it doesn't involve battling), and at best, the rest being "plot development". If there's any plot ; Season 1 has more like stand-alone episodes rather than being plot-focused. Season 2 & 3 however are more plot-focused but not entirely.

Chaotic is the complete opposite to Digimon on that aspect. (by the way watch Digimon in its Japanese -read original- version to see what I'm talking about, not the 4Kids dumbed down version, it's actually not bad at all) The art direction is not bad at all for the creatures, but terribly lame on the humans. Season 1 uses flash animation, it works well on the creatures but it only makes the human protagonists even more ugly. Season 2 & 3 use traditional animation, I like it better than flash, but it's not as fluid.

The music is so-so in my opinion, some themes are damn good, but others are just plain bad, some of the most aggravating ones comes when a "mugic" (some sort of power-up) is activated. Usually the better themes are those that conveys a serious/epic feel, others however just underlines how dumbed down and sometimes even childish the show is.

All in all, the artwork of the card's game may completely mislead you into thinking that this show is actually quite mature, or at least for mid-late teenagers, but this show has been butchered and toned down so much, that it would hardly get a 5/10.

I give it a 4/10, but I'm sure if it had been transcribed in its original state, it would deserve at least a 7/10.

I enjoy the first season of Chaotic even though I can't get the cards where I live, but why did the change the animation for season 2 and 3? I hope they will do a come back show

Sorry but this show is Perfect from season 1 to season 2 and 3 and there will be season 4 and it will be ,this show has good Development and good drama and good comey and one of The best Animted action i have every see in so i will give it 10/10

As a child, I always loved watching Chaotic and I've re-watched the series since then and it surprisingly holds up. The animation was awful for the first season, but seasons 2 and 3 not only had good animation but also a good overarching plot. I don't know why Chaotic is getting flack from these other reviewers, but I would put Chaotic up there with the best TCG TV shows like Yugioh, personally I enjoyed Chaotic even more than I did Yugioh. Overall, great animation for seasons 2 and 3, good voice acting, story, the concept is amazing, and the card game that accompanies the show is fun to play too.

The thing this show gets right is the setting and the stakes. The matches are mostly for fun and personal pride, so the protagonists can loose without the world ending.

Compare this to Yu-Gi-Oh where every match is critical to win, the stakes are a saw blade inching it's way toward the looser's shins, or the freedom of your kidnapped friend, or your soul is on the line.

The battles are more dramatic as well less of a pure numbers game, similar to Pokemon.

All the creatures having their own personal conflicts and stories in Perim with the human characters essentially being bothersome tourists is also amusing to me.

I'm not saying you should go watch it right now but it does a few things better than any other in it's genre.