Gavin Cresswell (gavin-thelordofthefu-48-460297) Brian Jacques was well known for making his Redwall series as well as the Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series. His novels sold twenty million copies worldwide and has been published in twenty-eight languages making the series very successful until later in February 5 2011, he was admitted to the Royal Liverpool Hospital for an aortic aneurysm and died of a heart attack, but that didn't stop him for selling his rights to Nelvana (the company who did Maurice Sandak's Little Bear) to adapt his first Redwall book into an animated TV show.At that time before the first Harry Potter film was released, this TV show manages to bring the imaginative and innovative world from the book series and combines it with top-notch animation, a sense of humor, solid voice acting, and amazing action scenes. But not only that, it manages to have a darker tone and managed to treat its younger viewers like adults.The characters were very likable. Everything you see gets thrown at you. Matthias was a heroic warrior, Cornflower was very lovely, Father Abbot was wise and peaceful, Basil Stag Hare was very funny and brave Constance Badger was a lot of fun, and the rest of the protagonists were great.The villains (including Sela and Asmodeus) were great, but the only villain that I like the best was Cluny The Scourge because he shows his intimidation and he was so terrifying which makes him a very popular Redwall character.Let's not forget about the music in this show composed by Jack Procher and Daniel Fernandez. It was so catchy I'll be able to hum it every day of my life.Redwall is the most popular animated TV show from the early 2000s that captures the spirit of the book ever since I watched it as a little youngling or child for that matter and it will live on in my memory forever. A solid thumbs up from me.10/10

TheLittleSongbird I haven't read the book, but I am still looking out for it. I saw all the episodes on YouTube and I was very impressed, as I am consistently with Nevlana. The animation is clean, the characters are convincing and there is humour thrown into the mix. I loved the fact that the plot evolved over a whole series, very clever. I don't have a favourite episode because I loved it all. I loved the drama and the depiction of violence and adventure that enhances the story like Redwall did. The best character in my opinion is Slagar, voiced magnificently by the ever versatile Tim Curry. In the second episode, although he is a real villain, you feel sorry for Slagar, when you see his disfigurement. Another great character was Basil, he was hilarious, and Baby Rollo is so cute. The other voice talents are entertaining too, along with the endearing subplots. The music is so beautiful, it really takes you back to the medieval times. Overall, I loved it! 10/10. Bethany Cox

moundfreek I give them a 2 only in reference that they tried, even though they throw the wonderful book down the toilet. I watched all 13 episodes of the show supposedly worthy of the title 'Redwall' and haven't seen such horrible justice to a novel since 'The Secret of Nimh.' I think I counted 6 episodes that actually contained something in the book, all the rest were some screw-off to make a profit. I cringe every time someone says 'Wild Ivey' or any of the other trash they threw in. They could have put a lot more book details in, but instead made up a bunch of crap. If you must add, add. If you must eliminate, eliminate. But if you add and eliminate your work will amount to nothing.Summarized, if you are a fan of Mr. Jacques wonderful Redwall Saga, and believe in NOT destroying a literary masterpiece, you're bound to get all riled up upon viewing this terrible adaptation.

knsevy I was thrilled when I first heard about this projects, since I love the books. After suffering through the three-year wait for it to finally reach the local PBS affiliate, I was completely disappointed in the result.The animation quality, for starters, was pathetic. The characters had no character. It was as bad as any cartoon-based-on-a-toy that disgraces Saturday afternoons on WB. I was hoping for something at least on par with 'Watership Down', which itself could have been much better.Too much of the book was left out, also. There weren't enough scenes in the enemy camp to give the viewer a feel for their motivations. They were just bad guys. And JUST bad guys. They hardly even seemed dangerous. The violence and threat were bowdlerized shamefully. Brian Jacques' books depict death and battle in an exciting way, without being too disturbing for young readers; surely we could have gotten a little more realism for the animated series. The sense of urgency to defeat the bad guys is lost.I didn't like the lack of Jacques' wonderful dialects among the various species, but I can grudgingly understand why it was necessary to homogenize them for spoken lines. The moles and sparrows would have been nearly unintelligible, to audiences who hadn't read the books.The Redwall books are such a wonderful literary series; they deserve better treatment in animation. Maybe we'll see a full-length, full-budget theatre movie, in the future.