-------BraveStarr. 1987 Cartoon Series-------
Being the one in charge of keeping the order in a small planet called New Texas where everyone was used to defend (or not to defend) himself against bandits and aggression and being extremely outnumbered, BraveStarr was maybe the hero from "Filmation Associates" who more often felt alone. Unlike the previous cartoons of He-Man and She-ra where there where a couple of dozens of heroes to choose from, here we have only a very small group of them. Nevertheless the most interesting part of this cartoon in my opinion is how interesting influenced it was by the Shamanic cultures of the South East part of the United States of America and North regions of Mexico. While most of the inspiration for other cartoons came from the Middle Ages of Europe or Asia, BraveStarr was inspired in traditions and fauna from our American Continent and gave us a hero who could use powers of "Spirit Animals": Eyes of a Hawk-----Strength of a Bear-----Ears of a Wolf-----Speed of a Puma. I want to state clear that I don´t find one tradition inherently more interesting that another; for me, an interesting concept or tale can come the same from the Lakes of China, the Geisers of Wyoming or the Mountains of Himalaya, but seeing that a series made the effort of showing us concepts and images that are not easily found in other sources is always very, very, appreciated.
IMDb Review written by David del Real.
February 2018.
Being the one in charge of keeping the order in a small planet called New Texas where everyone was used to defend (or not to defend) himself against bandits and aggression and being extremely outnumbered, BraveStarr was maybe the hero from "Filmation Associates" who more often felt alone. Unlike the previous cartoons of He-Man and She-ra where there where a couple of dozens of heroes to choose from, here we have only a very small group of them. Nevertheless the most interesting part of this cartoon in my opinion is how interesting influenced it was by the Shamanic cultures of the South East part of the United States of America and North regions of Mexico. While most of the inspiration for other cartoons came from the Middle Ages of Europe or Asia, BraveStarr was inspired in traditions and fauna from our American Continent and gave us a hero who could use powers of "Spirit Animals": Eyes of a Hawk-----Strength of a Bear-----Ears of a Wolf-----Speed of a Puma. I want to state clear that I don´t find one tradition inherently more interesting that another; for me, an interesting concept or tale can come the same from the Lakes of China, the Geisers of Wyoming or the Mountains of Himalaya, but seeing that a series made the effort of showing us concepts and images that are not easily found in other sources is always very, very, appreciated.
IMDb Review written by David del Real.
February 2018.