Very Pleasantly Surprised
Highlander is one of those science fiction franchises with a devout following and enough various incarnations to keep fans entertained no matter their preferred outlet. Big budget motion pictures, a massive live-action television run, comics, animated series, basically if you can't find Highlander in your favorite medium, you simply aren't looking hard enough.
My own history with the property has been sketchy at best with only vague awareness of most of the feature films and an occasional encounter with the live-action television show back when it first came to DVD. I think the trouble with the whole mythos is that while set in a post-apocalyptic time frame and touted as science fiction, the actual structure of the show's delivery much more closely resembles fantasy than it does sci-fi. No disrespect to fantasy intended; it's just a bit of surprise when you go into something expecting Star Trek and end up getting Lord of the Rings.
That brings us to...
Waited a long time for this...
Worth it! This series was a great reason to justify getting up at 5:30 every morning for school, as long as I could watch an episode of Highlander: the animated series while I had my cereal. I was introduced to this show after having already been a fan of the Live Action series, which I caught syndicated reruns of around the same time slot a year or two earlier, and then followed into late-night times. Worth tracking it down while it was on the air, and worth tracking down again on DVD. I loved all the Bohbot / BKN shows Highlander, Mighty Max, King Arther and the Knights of Justice. Syndicated cartoon series were where you could find REAL writing that didn't pander and would actually help elevate imagination and vocabulary. This show pulled few punches and dealt with death and the deathless in an intelligent and still kid-friendly manner. I hope more shows like this from its era make their way to full series DVD release, I'm already in line.
Another fun Highlander outlet
This is definately for those somewhere in between liking cartoons but not an older age person and fan of the original movies/series. Decent animation most of the time, but hard to keep watching, meaning that it's not as addicting as the movies or the tv series. A good by for the youngsters or those looking to collect everything Highlander.
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