Bureau of Alien Detectors

Very rarely, except perhaps in the realms of anime and the Marvel Universe, can one find such an intriguing, detailed and exciting cartoon. BAD: Bureau of Alien Detectors is about a team of heroes who track down and foil the schemes of aliens that have come to earth. The characters are actually explored in each episode - there is detail, and depth, without overdoing it the way that Marvel cartoons so often manage to. Perhaps I am overanalysing, but the themes of trust and corruption are touched on as the series unfolds. Each episode is exciting, interesting... even scary and haunting, depending on your age. The good guys have real personalities, and the alien language (shown in subtitles) is unusually interesting for a kids show - one species of alien calls each other things like "tooth for brains". It is almost difficult to take it all in! It is truly a tragedy that B.A.D. wasn't longer.