The Powerpuff Girls is another mediocre reboot nobody needed because it does not have the fast-paced energy of the original series. There is a lot less fighting and violence in this reboot, and several episodes have unnecessary fart jokes that are not very funny. I disagree with Nick Jennings's creative decisions to delete Sedusa and put Miss Bellum on a 1,000-day vacation. Many of the original show's villains barely get a big part in this show. However, Silico and Duplikate are new villains that I found worth watching. Bliss is no Bunny, but she is OK as her own character, and I like Olivia Olson. I know that this reboot wants to be more character-driven than the original series, and that is OK to have a different identity as long as it stays true to the original PPG characters. Some episodes are entertaining and worth watching, when they utilize the personalities of the Powerpuff Girls and Professor Utonium correctly, and some episodes still have their typical super battles. Maylyn and Donny were also good additions to this new show.
You can be angry at the writers and directors of The 2016 Powerpuff Girls all you want for the direction in which they took this show, but do not hate the voice actors for working in it. Most of them still put on a good performance with the material they were written, and the new voices of the Powerpuff Girls and Princess Morbucks still sound more like who came before them, than the new adult voices of the Rugrats reboot. The new Buttercup voice sounds bad, but with the other three girls, I agree with Nick Jennings's creative decision to give The Powerpuff Girls 2016 some new energy by casting younger new actors with less experience to voice the kids. No matter how badly-received this reboot is, it served as a valuable stepping stone for better animated shows, to get Amanda Leighton in Amphibia and Natalie Palamides in Duncanville. Voicing kids and teens is a good place for any cartoon actors under 30 to get their start. I found Kristen Li's performance of Bubbles and Kate Higgins's performance of Maylyn to be the saving graces of this show. Kristen Li was 13 years old when she was cast in this show with Amanda, Natalie and Haley on June 8, 2015. She imitated what she originally heard from Tara Strong's voice of Bubbles, and she surprised me by giving a sweeter, more organically high and childish performance of Bubbles than what I previously heard before. Tara is still a talented actress in Kim Possible, Fillmore, Teen Titans and Friendship is Magic, I just think Bubbles is a role that didn't suit her so well, in the way Hello Kitty did when she was Kristen Li's age. If Kristen Sarkisian works in cartoons and video games as much as Tara Lyn Charendoff, then she is destined for the same post-Powerpuff success that Tara had. Tara Charendoff-Strong would definitely be a great person to mentor Kristen Li-Sarkisian in professional voice acting.
You can be angry at the writers and directors of The 2016 Powerpuff Girls all you want for the direction in which they took this show, but do not hate the voice actors for working in it. Most of them still put on a good performance with the material they were written, and the new voices of the Powerpuff Girls and Princess Morbucks still sound more like who came before them, than the new adult voices of the Rugrats reboot. The new Buttercup voice sounds bad, but with the other three girls, I agree with Nick Jennings's creative decision to give The Powerpuff Girls 2016 some new energy by casting younger new actors with less experience to voice the kids. No matter how badly-received this reboot is, it served as a valuable stepping stone for better animated shows, to get Amanda Leighton in Amphibia and Natalie Palamides in Duncanville. Voicing kids and teens is a good place for any cartoon actors under 30 to get their start. I found Kristen Li's performance of Bubbles and Kate Higgins's performance of Maylyn to be the saving graces of this show. Kristen Li was 13 years old when she was cast in this show with Amanda, Natalie and Haley on June 8, 2015. She imitated what she originally heard from Tara Strong's voice of Bubbles, and she surprised me by giving a sweeter, more organically high and childish performance of Bubbles than what I previously heard before. Tara is still a talented actress in Kim Possible, Fillmore, Teen Titans and Friendship is Magic, I just think Bubbles is a role that didn't suit her so well, in the way Hello Kitty did when she was Kristen Li's age. If Kristen Sarkisian works in cartoons and video games as much as Tara Lyn Charendoff, then she is destined for the same post-Powerpuff success that Tara had. Tara Charendoff-Strong would definitely be a great person to mentor Kristen Li-Sarkisian in professional voice acting.