Sean Akizuki's Fantasy Critic

I remember Friday evenings on ABS-CBN shifted with new shows. There was also that atrocious Street Fighter American cartoon . This one is a HUGE MISALIGNMENT when the toning down went from PG-13 (which was the case of the first Mortal Kombat film) to TV-Y7-FV. Yes, talk about the Insult to Injury. Thankfully, the cartoon only lasted 13 episodes, unlike Conan the Adventurer -- a show I was obsessed with UNTIL I saw Conan the Barbarian.  The show is a pseudo-sequel of sorts of the 1995 Mortal Kombat movie. It was all before that also AWFUL Mortal Kombat Annihilation movie came out in 1997. At least  Mortal Kombat Annihilation still the PG-13 filter. Here? Everyone becomes a Saturday Morning Cartoon character. Everyone turns into a generic action hero. I still can't get over how badly EVERYONE was done whether it's my favorite Liu Kang or my other favorites like Jax, Sonya Blade, Kuai Liang, Jax, Nightwolf, Kitana, and back then, Stryker was still viewed as bland.  The show ...

I guess there will always be wannabes, right? After Thundarr the Barbarian lasted for only 21 episodes - there was He-Man and the Masters of the Universe in 1981. Another cartoon that I may have fond memories of (and not so now) is Galtar and the Golden Lance . This was another show that lasted for only 21 episodes for some reason. The show created a double-bladed He-Man in Galtar. Galtar himself is aided by Goleeta and her younger brother Zorn. There was this epic opening. We had the tyrant Tormack who usurped the throne of Bandisar. It's time to restore Goleeta to her rightful place. Tormac has possession of the Sacred Shield. With both weapons - Tormack could conquer beyond Bandisar and maybe the entire world. As a child, I always waited for that episode where Galtar will get both and finish off Tormac. Years later, I decided to Google and find out, "WUT?" Should I be surprised that the show got canceled after 21 episodes? I really find it a bummer was that the show ne...

Back in the 1990s - there was another cartoon series I enjoyed on CARTOON NETWORK namely Thundarr the Barbarian. It was sometime before the 1981 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoon. Just take note that's before the very bloody Conan the Barbarian (1982) adult film. I'm going to revisit this cartoon for the heck of it. It's a very old cartoon as evidenced by the lower budget animation style. The story is set in a ridiculously distant time in 3994 A.D. In 1994, a runaway planet caused a drift and the world supposedly ended in 1994. Talk about the funny thing that I was watching it in the 1990s! The series created a world that combined science and sorcery. Who says you can't have both science and sorcery? I never thought that the show became before He-Man . In a way, Thundarr's design inspired He-Man's design. He-Man also combined science fiction to the sword and sorcery genre. The show only had 21 episodes. I mean freaking only 21 episodes. I decided to...