Carmen Sandiego (2019)

Carmen Sandiego (2019)

I love to see her but, Where could she be?

Genre:	Action-adventure Comedy Mystery-Drama Educational
Running Time:	24–33 minutes
Country:	United States
Release Date:	January 18, 2019 – January 15, 2021
Distributed by:	WildBrain Studios HMH Productions I Can & I Will Productions
Starring:	Gina Rodriguez Finn Wolfhard Abby Trott Michael Hawley
Seasons:	4
Episodes:	33
Previous show:	Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?

Carmen Sandiego is an animated series in the Carmen Sandiego franchise. It premiered on Netflix on January 18, 2019.

Plot

The titular female returns in this series that follows her new international capers, as well as past escapades that led to her becoming a super thief.

Why It Rocks

Extremely beautiful, fluid animation and backgrounds provided by Chromosphere Studio, who also animated some Steven Universe Dove shorts.
Interesting characters, including Carmen herself, who is more heroic this time around and is similar to Robin Hood.
- The villains are also worth noting, as they all have a unique relationship with Carmen, especially Shadow-san for reasons we won't mention due to spoilers (watch for yourself!)
Catchy and action-packed theme song.
Manages to be a rare educational show for older children, cleanly weaving educational facts about the world into every episode.
Ensemble and cool casting choice of voice actors.
Stays relatively faithful to the original shows and video games.
If you complete the To Steal or Not to Steal interactive special, you get rewarded with the entire cast singing an acapella song about Carmen.
The Dark Red Caper was a good way to end the series.
The visuals are realistic and vibrant to look at.

Bad Qualities

Takes some liberties with the source material.
The third season was too short, having just five episodes, whereas the first season had nine episodes and the second one had ten.
To make matters worse, despite that the second season indicated that the next season would consist of seeking answers about Carmen's mother, only the first episodes of the third season focused on that storyline and later put it aside.
Some can feel that the series finale, despite answering the show's questions, felt a bit anti-climatic, given that the V.I.L.E. faculty was apprehended with little effort.
The Narrator's speaks in English can sometimes be annoying.
Carmen Santiago, while likable, has been suddenly out of character from a villain to the hero who's Mary-Sue, but she has a backstory.