How anyone can like Captian Planet and it's popularity is quite an unsolved mystery indeed. Let me, Gomorrah-san, give ya a rundown here:
1. Animation tries to look too retro 1980's. Come in, it was made 1990s, so look at least a little updated. But then again.......
2. Almost all the characters had NO PERSONALITY WHAT SO EVER! Only characters with personality were the sassy American Planeteer and the blond villianess lady and her robot. The other Planeteers were offensive stereotypes of foreign countries (eg. All Asians being smart, all Latin American living in jungles and keep apes and rats as pets, etc).
3. Very, very contridicting messages. Save the enviroment, yet buy just about any Captain Planet menchandise you can find! Hey, Gomorrah has a better idea: HEY, CHILDREN, WANNA REALLY SAVE THE EARTH? DON'T BUY CAPTIAN PLANET MECHANDISE THAT WILL CLOG THE LANDFILLS!!!
4. All the talented Brasilian actors and actresses that went to waste here!!! Lucky they all deny the existance of this toon *LOL*
If you want good environmental animations, watch "Widget" or "The Raccoons". They bing out the message without being too liberal nor PC. Of if you want Eco-films, watch "Godzilla vs. Smog Monster" or the MST3K version of "Gamera vs. Zigra", or mabye even Catastrophe 1999 (NOW that movie freaked me out!).
But, if you want to be tortured S&M stlye or punish your kids like my folks did to me and sister, watch Captian Planet.