XIAOLIN CHRONICLES is not perfect - nevertheless I gave it a top score. Like many of my colleagues, I wanted to parse it and grade it through a technical prism to extricate the do's and the don'ts of animation art. And, of course, I have every opinionated right to do that. But while watching XC with that intent, I seem to always get wrapped up in the engrossing story, splashy, fast moving animation art, and the contagious stream of constant action only possessed by XC, which makes me loose my original mission as critic and become, unaware, into an engrossed spectator! Obviously, adults are not primarily the group this show was created for, although some of the humor content probably wouldn't be understood but only by the oldest of the young. But when kids get together and get vicariously involved in XC, they don't need the "critic" excuse to get totally absorbed in the proceedings of the show. Xiaolin Chronicles animation series does superbly what it was created for - spectacular visuals, engrossing story content and plain great kid fun. I sure love to watch it, even if I don't count!
Review of Xiaolin Chronicles
