Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai

A decent season. This movie does a decent job of being a gremlins prequel, to me the biggest problem is the story, the story is very generic episodic childrens show, filled with a generic adventure with one big bad but many secondary bads throughout. With that being said, I like the animation, it's not the prettiest but I think it is more than serviceable I also do for the most part really enjoy the characters personalities, outside of a couple random people most characters are really enjoyable, likeable and interesting to watch. The gremlins are very similar to the original films, admittedly not quite as chaotic, but they definitely still do a good job portraying the gremlins. I think the show does have a bit too much of a reliance on magic but that's a small nitpick. Finally this show is a bit violent, but there isn't really any blood, just creepy bodily horror and non bloody mutilation, it's still surprisingly dark and accurate to the originals. If you like gremlins, or your kids to young to watch it this is a pretty good show for you.

Known as Secrets of the Mogwai in the first season and The Wild Batch in the second, this show is a good entry in the Gremlins franchise. It feels like a mature series aimed at kids, never talking down to its audience, not shying away from cursing, alcohol or violence and portraying social issues in the Prohibition both in China and later the US.

The animation is gorgeous. A form of painted CGI, some of the backgrounds and animation are true 2D; this is best exemplified by water in the second season.

Where it falters a bit is that Sam's voice actor seems have an issue with intonation. I don't know if it was because he's going through puberty or something, but he sounds a bit off. An overall trivial detail.

A strong recommendation.

More garbage that has absolutely no ideas whilst simultaneously destroying anything which gave the originals any character or individuality, insulting the wretched viewer with some extremely generic animation, generic characters, generic narratives and some god awful voice acting. There's enough mediocrity and garbage in the world already we don't need more. Avoid please.

As a huge Gremlin fan ever since I was a kid ( I had the novel and the story records), this series strikes a wonderful balance between expanding on the lore while paying fan service. The callbacks to the first two films are copious. I really enjoyed all the references and the actor doing Gizmo hits it on the head! I was a little worried this would have been dumbed down but I found myself invested about 2 minutes in. The animation is beautiful. I just wished they dropped all 10 at once.

Hopefully this will get the VIPs motivated to continue to expand the universe with another live action film (no CGI) or a live action series (again, no CGI please).

I watched this series with my 4 year old son and we both had a blast watching it! That being said, of course Secrets of the Mogwai gets browning points for contributing to some bonding tome between me and my boy. This show maintains alot of that speilberg magic and fun that made the first film such a beloved staple in so many households. Many adults or even older children may be turned away as the animation style may come off as being to childish and truth be told these were my initial thoughts as well. I beg however, please do not let the look of this series turn you away from sitting down and just giving it a shot! It has the childish animation and fun characters that kids will love while also delving into more serious matters and having captivating character and story moments that will also keep the older generations invested. Secrets of the Mogwai is a series that I would recommend anyone gives a watch especially if your a fan of the gremlins and ESPECIALLY If you have little ones to watch it with!