It comes as a great surprise to me that this cartoon has seen so little attention from the media. It's original, and to my knowledge only, airing was on Toonami around 2001 on Cartoon Network.The series lasted 24 episodes and it was an exciting action series that changed my perspective on the genre at that time.
The story was what really gripped me, the animations actually reminding me of Asterix and Obelix classic cartoons. Some of the other visuals on other hand, like a handful of dedicated 3D sequences, were of considerably high budget for those times.
The series lasted for a very short time, which rather annoyed me since it left a plethora of unanswered questions that make me scratch my head to this day. What few episodes aired were enthralling. The characters were well written, the soundtrack was amazing, and the overall story quite amazing, especially considering that modern cartoons, no matter how action-oriented they might seem, have a ridiculous number of corny lines and jokes stuffed into them (especially the anime's... ugh).
Perhaps my only criticism (apart from the character animations) would be for the voice acting, but I only saw the English dubbed version, so it's not France's fault there.
In conclusion, this series has been an iconic one for animated action series for me, setting a standard that very few have managed to meet. (Edited on December 2nd 2008, originally June 2006)
The story was what really gripped me, the animations actually reminding me of Asterix and Obelix classic cartoons. Some of the other visuals on other hand, like a handful of dedicated 3D sequences, were of considerably high budget for those times.
The series lasted for a very short time, which rather annoyed me since it left a plethora of unanswered questions that make me scratch my head to this day. What few episodes aired were enthralling. The characters were well written, the soundtrack was amazing, and the overall story quite amazing, especially considering that modern cartoons, no matter how action-oriented they might seem, have a ridiculous number of corny lines and jokes stuffed into them (especially the anime's... ugh).
Perhaps my only criticism (apart from the character animations) would be for the voice acting, but I only saw the English dubbed version, so it's not France's fault there.
In conclusion, this series has been an iconic one for animated action series for me, setting a standard that very few have managed to meet. (Edited on December 2nd 2008, originally June 2006)