JJ Villard's Fairy Tales

The concept is really good, putting a darker twist on fairy tales, but the execution is just meh. This show is so weird that I can't even fit it into my usual review format.

The art is really nice, and so is the voice acting, but I loathe the way the characters move. Unlike South Park, where it's like that on purpose, here it just seems like a way to cut corners.

There's also a lot of blood, gore, and gross-out, so I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who's squeamish of those things. Then again, I'm pretty sure the creator of this show also worked on the infamous gross-out show King Star King.

I think this show would work better as a direct adaptation of the fairy tales aired in a primetime slot, making them as dark as they originally were, but with better animation, more believable characters, and less gross-out.

2018 and 2019 were such good years for adult animation, we got masterpieces like Primal. Final Space, and Tuca & Bertie. What the heck happened in 2020? The Midnight Gospel, Solar Opposites, and this show all were disappointing to me. Duncanville is alright but not the best thing ever. Hopefully Crossing Swords and Central Park are good.

Love this show it has great old fairytales that are even darker than some of their origin stories. Its gross and violent which makes it a masterpiece

This show is essentially a tamer creation compared to J.J.'s previous show, King Star King. I got introduced to his work through a recent interview done by animation buff RebelTaxi. I liked the first episode, it's a short and fun retelling of Repunzel with a Gory twist. The writers were essentially limited in contrast from King Star King, Limit the profanities, No religious jokes, No sexual content. And granted, they found their own creative ways around these boundaries. I'll be checking out this show as it evolves through the year!

I mean it's not for the 'mature' but if you will, turn off the logical brain side of you and enjoy the peice of entertainment. I as a 24 year old enjoy.

I don't know what they were trying to accomplish here with the walking animation, it's very similar to how South Park characters walk but with South Park it works because the characters are meant to look like paper unlike here so it just looks very off. But even with the weird animation, this show will always make sure your eyes are on the screen with every episode as something crazy is always happening. Each story is rather imaginative with an interesting twist on classic fairy tales, I never really knew what to expect. It's certainly not amazingly good or one of the best works from Adult Swim and it does contain some of the stereotypical adult cartoon elements but it's a lot better than I expected.