Carmen Sandiego (2019)
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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.
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