Lets start off with the good parts, beautiful designs inspired by what looks to be Mayan/Aztec/Mexican culture. (I don't know enough to say which one is the main inspiration). The animation is obviously 3d animated, but is inspired by stop motion animation mainly in the mouths.
The show is good, but I'll have to agree, probably not for young children as they talk a lot about death and human sacrifice. (Which does make their target audience a question mark as they've also made much of it to appeal to younger kids exclusively)
The pacing to me felt like a climax, that's it, just a climax. The entire show starts on a high point and just keeps on trying to outdo itself throughout all 4-5 hours run time.
Think of it like a run on sentence in plot form. "And then and then and then"
Its exhausting to sit through sometimes.
I found myself liking any character who didn't shout their lines all the time, or (god willing) could sit still for a second.
"BUT WHEN YOU TALK LIKE THIS FOR HOURS ABOUT HOW YOURE GOING TO DIE IF YOU DONT KILL SOMEONE AND THERE IS NO TIME FOR YOU TO STOP, MIERDA!( random Spanish word)
<- this is how they speak. (Very few exceptions) the entire run time.
I enjoyed it, and watched the entire thing, but, I dont think I could stand a second watch through (and I'm known to rewatch things incessantly) because there's just something about it, could be the overly complicated designs that have no negative space, at all. The shouting characters using latin, tagalog, Spanish and English interchangeably (none of which make sense in pre colonial mexico) or the plot that only has one mode. But it puts a weird feeling in the back of my head, like an almost headache.
Anyway 7/10. Worth a watch if for nothing else but the visuals, leave younger kids who may not be ready for character deaths and talks of human sacrifice, and the adults might want to avoid if you currently have a headache already.
The show is good, but I'll have to agree, probably not for young children as they talk a lot about death and human sacrifice. (Which does make their target audience a question mark as they've also made much of it to appeal to younger kids exclusively)
The pacing to me felt like a climax, that's it, just a climax. The entire show starts on a high point and just keeps on trying to outdo itself throughout all 4-5 hours run time.
Think of it like a run on sentence in plot form. "And then and then and then"
Its exhausting to sit through sometimes.
I found myself liking any character who didn't shout their lines all the time, or (god willing) could sit still for a second.
"BUT WHEN YOU TALK LIKE THIS FOR HOURS ABOUT HOW YOURE GOING TO DIE IF YOU DONT KILL SOMEONE AND THERE IS NO TIME FOR YOU TO STOP, MIERDA!( random Spanish word)
<- this is how they speak. (Very few exceptions) the entire run time.
I enjoyed it, and watched the entire thing, but, I dont think I could stand a second watch through (and I'm known to rewatch things incessantly) because there's just something about it, could be the overly complicated designs that have no negative space, at all. The shouting characters using latin, tagalog, Spanish and English interchangeably (none of which make sense in pre colonial mexico) or the plot that only has one mode. But it puts a weird feeling in the back of my head, like an almost headache.
Anyway 7/10. Worth a watch if for nothing else but the visuals, leave younger kids who may not be ready for character deaths and talks of human sacrifice, and the adults might want to avoid if you currently have a headache already.