Ark: The Animated Series

The voice acting in this is abhorrent and makes my eyes roll, predictable dribble and lackluster screams that could've had some emotional resonance if someone else wrote it and said it. The themes are fine, the story is fine, but the execution, geez. Didn't expect to dislike the use of animals/dinos but damn did i hate the dinos, nothing but macguffins.

While i like the art direction the actual animation and camera work is pretty bad but as an animator i don't want to complain too much. There are tons of visual inconsistencies, floaty, choppy animation and as much as the camera shakes try to convey impact the action scenes lack any weight especially during contact.

The main issues I have with this involve the way characters speak to each other, how the emotional scenes seemed so ham fisted and quick that i ended up not caring for any character and how frustrating the protagonist is alongside these-

"you gave me an apple, now i am under your command forever" or "i am not an animal i am a tool"

creatures of the past.

I am giving it a rating of 3 stars, and let me be clear that it only gets that much because of the Ark survival story implementation.

There are some major flaws that cannot be overlooked. The product is filled with cringe-worthy moments, stereotypical and clichéd characters that are nothing but annoying specially with that voice acting, and an overbearing sense of forced feministic themes.

This series falls short in so many areas and it's extremely disappointing to see. The heavy focus on the points above in the making made it drift away from the world of Ark.

Frankly, I won't watch any continuation of it if it'll be made of the same demonstration style.

I wanted to learn about this world and - more importantly - what the heck was going on?? None of that got explored in the first half of the season, and instead we were incessantly fed political commentary that was as trite as it was overbearing.

The most interesting characters were Rockwell and Nervus; I was disappointed with the rest - especially with how much they stereotyped John and Meiyin Li. And Helena, oh boy, is easily one of the worst Mary Sue's I've ever seen. When you have a character like this, it would at least be appreciated if you quit putting them in peril all of the time - there's no suspense - and it takes up screen time that could be better utilized.

Interesting premise, underwhelmingly delivered. Beautiful animation (in later episodes) but that's not enough to hold someone's interest.

FYI, I played them game. I 'know' what's going on, but I do not see how anyone else can possibly hope to keep up.

5/10.

The setting, action, fight scenes, and characters are great, but everything they do right they follow quickly by attempting to virtue signal which feels like a betrayal to the existing fanbase.

The main character's flashbacks give nothing to the current storyline outside of trying to place her in a saintly position which makes her a less relatable character. She's a scientist at the top of her field, a professor at a prestigious university, she is a Lesbian who lost her partner to a foreign conflict, a first nations person from Australia and an activist with a criminal record. The list goes on and on and on and on, but none of it, not even her sexuality is at all important to the current events they put just as much effort into presenting how horrible the world is just for it to be completely overshadowed by how horrible the Ark is.

I don't know, I'll keep going because it is well made. It just seems like too much for zero narrative reward.

I am on episode 6, and so far every main characters, you'll witnessed why they are whom they are, and why they act the way they do. I've seen worse story arch's than this one, is this one unbelievably good? In short no, but it captures that essence. It keeps my attention and i am looking forward for the rest. If you are a fan you will love this. As for Animation the art reminds me of the last air bender. Story doesn't seem weak in my perspective, how every i don't criticize as much as most do since i am not the one whom produced it, only played the video game, so taking a video game that sorta has a story background and turning it into an animation with induvial character's and stories is a feat itself, why i rated this a 9 is because little kid in me always loved dino's and experiencing ark video game and plus watching this gave me nostalgia. Worth the watch.