I was searching for something good to watch and I found this show with a 8.5 rating and great reviews so I thought: "Wow, awesome" and then I watched it... it wasn't bad... but definitely not good.
The CGI is good, the people and backgrounds are great, especially for a show like this but sometimes there is way too much movement which made me think: "this should have been in 2D" but it's still visually impressive so that's a good point for the show.
The fight scenes are good too. Cat Noir's power is awesome. Ladybug's power is... original... I'm sorry, I think her power is lame, getting a random object that somehow end up saving the day, this is a power McGyver should have, not a magical girl. But like I said, overall, the fight scenes are good.
The music is good, the voices match the characters and it got a few laugh out of me so nothing bad to say here.
But the thing that killed this show for me is... THE PLOT. More precisely, the plot progression or lack of it in this case. Basicaly, you can watch the first 2 episodes and then go directly to episode 22 without missing anything. No new characters, no character disappearance, no twist, nothing. I am not joking, I had to re-watch it to make sure of it but the first two episodes introduce you to the important characters and it is finally in episode 22 that a new important character appears. I was waiting for something to happen mid-season, as something usually happen in other shows, but there was nothing. The plot even goes backward, yeah the season final, which is usually supposed to be some conclusion to a part of the story, show you how the main characters got their powers. So the last two episodes, are actually the first two episodes.
So in conclusion, it's watchable, but not the greatest show I've seen this year, or even this month. I'm definitely waiting for season 2 in hope the story will finally move forward but if like me you get bored and disappointed at the mid-season just know you can skip to episode 22 without worry.
The CGI is good, the people and backgrounds are great, especially for a show like this but sometimes there is way too much movement which made me think: "this should have been in 2D" but it's still visually impressive so that's a good point for the show.
The fight scenes are good too. Cat Noir's power is awesome. Ladybug's power is... original... I'm sorry, I think her power is lame, getting a random object that somehow end up saving the day, this is a power McGyver should have, not a magical girl. But like I said, overall, the fight scenes are good.
The music is good, the voices match the characters and it got a few laugh out of me so nothing bad to say here.
But the thing that killed this show for me is... THE PLOT. More precisely, the plot progression or lack of it in this case. Basicaly, you can watch the first 2 episodes and then go directly to episode 22 without missing anything. No new characters, no character disappearance, no twist, nothing. I am not joking, I had to re-watch it to make sure of it but the first two episodes introduce you to the important characters and it is finally in episode 22 that a new important character appears. I was waiting for something to happen mid-season, as something usually happen in other shows, but there was nothing. The plot even goes backward, yeah the season final, which is usually supposed to be some conclusion to a part of the story, show you how the main characters got their powers. So the last two episodes, are actually the first two episodes.
So in conclusion, it's watchable, but not the greatest show I've seen this year, or even this month. I'm definitely waiting for season 2 in hope the story will finally move forward but if like me you get bored and disappointed at the mid-season just know you can skip to episode 22 without worry.