I watched the first episode of Wild Manes the other day with my friend, it was incredibly mid. The similarities to TYT are so suspiciously close that I wonder if whoever created this show was secretly taking notes from Hasbro hoping nobody would notice. I’m crunched for time at the time, but there are some issues I have with it.
Alright, now I’m off work (and YouTube) and I can list my pros and cons:
Pros:
-Designs. There is more to it than this, but I will say that the character designs are unique, especially the character’s hairs. I really like how their manes look and seeing that the show is called Wild Manes, they did not disappoint there
Mixed:
-Animation. For the most part, it’s decently animated, but it could use some more movement.
-Plots. I’ve only watched the first episode and I have a feeling that the rest of the series is gonna be more or less the same, just simplistic plots and nothing else. Reason why I’m mixed is because maybe the later episodes could have better stories and the writing can improve, but for now it’s just typical kids show stuff
Cons:
-Characters. All of them are pretty dull and one note. Really doesn’t help that all the main characters are suspiciously similar to the main characters from TYT, just very watered down.
-Body Types. All of them have the same body, which does away with the unoriginality. G4 and G5 also had a lot of similar body types, but at least both switched things up
-Facial Expressions. None of the characters emote, like at all. All of them are stuck with the same faces and barely show any emotion whether positive or negative
-Voice Acting: I wasn’t a fan, there wasn’t any difference to them and all of them sounded the same, which to me showed a lack of direction
-Dialogue: My biggest complaint with the series. The dialogue is so poorly written and sounds unnatural and with awkward attempts at giving the character’s catchphrases, which are just bizarre and overall bad.
Overall: A barely passable series that I wouldn’t call terrible, looks to me like a show capitalizing on TYT’s success and taking advantage of the YouTube kids craze in order to make a quick buck. Not knocking on anyone who did find it enjoyable of course, I just wasn’t impressed. Final Ranking: 3/10