Adventure Time Review

In 2010, the Cartoon Network series, Adventure Time premiered on television. It introduced viewers to the Land of Ooo, heroes Finn and Jake, the villainous Ice King, and a world full of adventure. This is a show that I had watched from the moment it premiered, to the moment it ended. It is a show that is filled with wild stories, creative characters, but with a heart and evolving storyline to create one of the greatest fantasy series of all time.

Adventure Time follows Finn, a young human boy and Jake, a talking dog with the ability to stretch and change his body. These two are the focus, with many of the episodes following them as they interact with the denizens of their world and going on adventures, discovering new places and enemies to battle. Each episode sends them to a new place or meeting a new person, and in the space of eleven minutes they are able to create an excellent slice of fantasy.

While the small pieces of the story are wonderful, one of the great things about the series is, in a way, it grows up with the viewer. Even in season two, there are episodes that follow up on things that happened in season one, so it has a limited continuity that becomes more and more prevalent as the series goes on. It is also great that as the series goes on, characters are able to change as well. New relationships form, people grow up, and the people of the series evolve.

One of the bad things about the plot is that some episodes can have ideas that just are not very good, either featuring a character that is heavily annoying, an idea that just isn’t there, or This is understandable, as the show does have over 200 episodes, but it is a drag when going through the series and reaching the episodes

The animation of the series is also wonderful. The animation is consistently smooth, with an especially wonderful aspect being the character designs. Each of the characters are creative, from the numerous princesses that occupy the world of the story, to items and monsters. The world is also greatly designed. In the story, there are numerous kingdoms and all of them are fun, with each revolving around a theme, from slime to breakfast. It creates a world where anything is possible and anything can be found.

It is also a very colorful show. It uses the wide range for its world and characters, with Finn and Jake being a base white, blue, and yellow, but going forward to use a bright palette for its colors, in the end creating a warm feeling for the viewer, even when the moment is dark.

With all the elements, Adventure Time is a wonderful show that uses its story, characters, and look to create a beautiful fantasy adventure. Its combination of these things led to it being around for nine seasons, and all together the adventures I had in the land of Ooo have made my love for animation and fantasy what it is.