Nickelodeon’s highly anticipated TMNT Animated series, is premiering this saturday, and although the few clips that we saw of the series have all given us quite the confidence, denofgreek.com affirmed this feeling by giving us the first review of the series debut, and boy is it positive!
From the review: ” The thing about The Rise of the Turtles that impressed me most was the high standard of writing. The episodes are very funny. We get jokey dialogue, slapstick and humorous visual effects, and, for the most part, they really work.
The story moves at a good pace, allowing familiar characters to establish newly refined personalities without imposing on the action. The TMNT, in particular, are full, individual characters right away, which is something previous adaptations have struggled with. The new Michelangelo warrants special mention as the obvious highlight. This Mikey is silly, energetic and always enthused; he’s a proper cartoon character.
While the writing (and animation, which we’ll get to shortly) set Michelangelo up, voice actor Greg Cipes brings him to life perfectly. The character could easily have become annoying if overplayed, but Cipes finds just the right tone to make the character work. All four of the Turtles voice actors work well, with Jason Biggs proving to be an inspired choice as Leonardo. Amongst the supporting cast, I really liked what I heard of Mae Whitman as April O’Neil. ”
You can read the full review by clicking here.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles debuts this coming Saturday on Nickelodeon.