After years of being told I should watch this, I finally did. Season 1 & 2 was a fun, lighthearted kid's show, with some depth to the villains and their motivations, and some things adults could enjoy.
My review reflects the more recent release of season 3. It watches like an angsty teen fan-fiction. The structure follows that of a video-game. Quite literally, the characters end up in a video-game dungeon with levels and bosses and stay there for the entire show. The plot holes contradict nearly everything we've learned about the characters and the universe in Season 1 & 2, and are so large, you could drive a cruise liner through them.
Up until this point, we'd seen the character design for young dragons (cute and as expected), and adult dragons (fierce and as expected). Apparently teenage dragons look like Dragonball villains. Someone tell the creators that Frieza wants his character design back!
Every episode in Season 1 & 2 was fun and made me look forward to the next one. Even based off a video-game, there rarely is a time when you felt like it was one. Nearly every episode in Season 3 feels really crummy, and feels like a clip-scene from a game. By the end of the show, you feel like the writers took it out to the field and shot it dead. Everything interesting that was introduced in the first 2 seasons was wrapped up in a way that makes you dislike all of the heroes. A few of the characters are outright ignored. What happened to the other dragons? Who the heck is raising Chibi?
Watch seasons 1 & 2. Maybe watch the movie and in your headcannon ignore anything foreshadowed. Don't watch season 3. It has none of the fun, and it'll make you hate the show.
My review reflects the more recent release of season 3. It watches like an angsty teen fan-fiction. The structure follows that of a video-game. Quite literally, the characters end up in a video-game dungeon with levels and bosses and stay there for the entire show. The plot holes contradict nearly everything we've learned about the characters and the universe in Season 1 & 2, and are so large, you could drive a cruise liner through them.
Up until this point, we'd seen the character design for young dragons (cute and as expected), and adult dragons (fierce and as expected). Apparently teenage dragons look like Dragonball villains. Someone tell the creators that Frieza wants his character design back!
Every episode in Season 1 & 2 was fun and made me look forward to the next one. Even based off a video-game, there rarely is a time when you felt like it was one. Nearly every episode in Season 3 feels really crummy, and feels like a clip-scene from a game. By the end of the show, you feel like the writers took it out to the field and shot it dead. Everything interesting that was introduced in the first 2 seasons was wrapped up in a way that makes you dislike all of the heroes. A few of the characters are outright ignored. What happened to the other dragons? Who the heck is raising Chibi?
Watch seasons 1 & 2. Maybe watch the movie and in your headcannon ignore anything foreshadowed. Don't watch season 3. It has none of the fun, and it'll make you hate the show.