Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

I've been a longtime fan of the Ninja Turtles for as long as I can remember. Over the last 40 years there have been a lot of excellent shows, and there have been a few REALLY bad ones. I initially thought this would be somewhere in the middle after seeing the commercials. However, I was pleasantly surprised by this one. It accomplishes what the predeceasing movie could not with flying colors (pun and reference intended). It took its time to explore the character of each turtle, which is ALWAYS appreciated. In addition to this, the show also does a wonderful job of expanding the world of New York City and the rouges within it. You will see characters from existing iterations return with Seth Rogan's spin to them, as well as be introduced to whole new characters that you have never seen before. SPOILER ALERT: While some of the new characters will seem a little boring in the beginning, you won't feel that way for very long.

While the art style will NOT be for everyone, I personally found it much better than the 3D style from the movie. It's colorful, scratchy, a little choppy (which actually compliments the many action scenes throughout the show). Love it or hate it, at least we can say it's better than TMNT 2012... (sorry not sorry).

It's a fun, action-packed, and even at times compelling cartoon that all generations can enjoy. It may not be the best, but it may be one of the best for me.

I love the TMNT franchise as a whole so much, however I really wish they tried a bit harder with this series. The story was interesting enough to keep me watching for both of the stories in the season (Bishop and the East River Three), but there is one big problem I had. THEY SEPARATE THE BROTHERS EVERY TIME!!!! I understand that this was the main story they were going for, especially with the Bishop plot, but it made the show so much less interesting because I came here for the turtles and not them hanging out with these randos...! They tried to show the brothers getting along with the other mutants when they could've just found a way to include the other mutants without separating them again. I just couldn't force myself to care about the others. The conflict they introduced with The River Three was very interesting, and I wish they just added more to those guys instead of including the mutants from the movie.

If I were to change anything, I'd say I'd rather the story have followed the boys actually going to high school and then the conflict growing from there so we get to see some of how their life is after the movie- not just getting straight into the action and chases. I think that's one thing that disappointed the most is that we lose some of the continuity and the series doesn't just pick up after the movie. The whole season just felt like a completely new movie instead of a series continuation.

As always, the action was great and the style of the show is just incredible! Especially the action they did with Goldfin and the boys on the yacht. Despite my grievances, I will definitely tune in if they choose to make another season.

Saw some reviews complaining in here about the animation and how lazy it looks... Now, this baffles me has it seems it was done frame by frame, one of the hardest, most nightmare inducing forms of animation ever created...I'm not sure if it is, but I cannot begin to fathom how much trouble it went into creating this.

Some reviews also complained that the characters are stiff and nothing seems to move beyond the main characters and I want to let those know that crunch culture was invented to appease people like you. People that are never happy, that cannot do better but certain know how to complain most of the time.

Akin to modern slavery, animators are forced to work ungodly amounts of hours to make that character in the background move, just so mr so and so would approve of it. Ridiculous.

Perfect animation that reminds of the days of old and I love the idea that hand drawn animation is making a return.

Tales of the TMNT is a breath of fresh air in Nickelodeon's recent animation. It not only is 2D animated, it is visually pleasant, well animated cartoon. The combination of well animated motion with a neutral palette that is neither too garish (unlike the movie it follows) not too dark almost makes it feel like an 80's Disney movie.

Unlike the movie (and several recent TMNT works, for better or for worse) it has several quiet moments, and the less loud soundtrack gives it almost chill vibes at times, which is truly welcome for a cartoon aimed at kids. It feels a lot less overstimulating than some of its contemporaries.

Overall a solid recommendation.

This show is great for kids who want to get into TMNT and I would definitely recommend this me personally as a fan I thought it was alright it's not the best but it's not a bad show and the Donatello episode is probably my favorite episode and he's my favorite turtle too I like how the style of the show is like a ruff sketch book. I really like the references they make to pop culture and overall this show is a good show and while it may not be the best it's still great show 7.3/10 I would definitely love to see a season 2 and Casey Jones in this show but I still prefer rise and 2012 tbh but yeah.