mat9813004
For its time it was a pretty good children's cartoon. The artwork was edgy and the theme music was engaging, the creatures looked pretty scary/sinister and the rules based, cause and effect reality created by the Jumanji game gave the environment character and some of the malevolent characters a certain pathos. Professor Ibsen in the episode Master Builder was a direct reference to the Norwegian playwright Henrick Ibsen, who wrote a play called Master Builder and contains parallels to the character. Tim Curry is the voice to Slick.Favorite episodes include Armageddon, where the rules of Jumanji begin to break down and Branford, a game version of the "real world" where Peter and Judy come from.
Jackson Booth-Millard
If you have seen the movie starring Robin Williams about the jungle themed game with a mind of its own, then you'll love the cartoon TV series. From the makers of Aaagh! Real Monsters, Angry Beavers and Hey Arnold! Nickelodean, this cartoon was made after the film and shown on CITV. Basically Judy and Peter go into the game every day and solve puzzles to try and get their jungle friend Alan Parrish out of the game. Obviously the things in the jungle are trying to stop them from doing this, e.g. Van Pelt (from film). There were some new characters in the cartoon that were pretty good too, e.g. Trader Slick (who looks like Batman's Joker). Good!
Ginger87
"Jumanji" the T.V. series was as good as the Jumanji movie, which I really enjoyed. I used to watch this show on UPN before I went to school in the morning. "Jumanji" the T.V. series was sort of based on the movie. Peter and Judy would go into the game everyday to see Alan. My favorite character was Peter. He was clever when it came to solving the clues.My favorite episode was the one when Aunt Nora went into the game. That episode was hysterical. My favorite part of each episode was when Peter and Judy first receive the clue because the clue always sounded very interesting. I, along with Judy and Peter, would try to solve the clue.Overall I really enjoyed this series and was sad to see it leave. I give this show 9/10 stars.
seashellz
I really enjoyed the then-unusual artwork, now rather prevalent in animation-and the fact that the characters were usually in the land of JUMANJI itself, unlike the film which took place on Terra Firma.