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I was pleasantly suprised by Summer Camp Island, While the Pilot it was based on was pretty ho hum, feeling more like a mid-season episode more than a pilot, the episodes I watched during the series premiere marathon were genuinely enjoyable . The animation has stepped up since the pilot which wasn't bad but defiantly unusual, the Character designs are a bit odd ball-ish at first though after a decent amount of episodes you'll get use to them. Summer camp island is just full of charm, the pacing is nice and fluid, the music is easy going, humor is solid, characters are enjoyable though Oscar, Hedgehog and Susie clearly get more screen-time than the other campers and Witches, But their likable. The show was made by a show runner on Adventure Time {Julia Pott} as well as a handful of others who worked on the show and it clearly shows with the vibrant backgrounds , the delightfully weird and made up stuff and humor. Any down sides I can think of is that the camp counselor "Susie" can be a Bit of a "Tsundere" Jerk Archetype which rarely hit home for me but she's kept to a tolerable level. I'm looking forward to more fun in the sun with the kids on Summer camp island.

After Over the Garden wall Cartoon Network Was on a pseudo Mini-series High, They gave Adventure Time 3 which were all pretty great, Long live the Royals which was meh and I think TTG got one about being stuck on an island but no one cared about that, Even adult swim made a new season of Samurai Jack. But them comes Apple and Onion, A&O wasn't a pilot I was actively Rooting for but it was fun. I was surprised when it was part of the upfront and confused when it was stated as a mini-series. When watching A&O I say it's like a Regular show setting with the humor and feel of Clarence, the plots put the characters in situations akin to Regular show (especially when the characters do their jingles) but the humor goes for the light heated tone of Clarence. It's a decent watch but the problem is the shows length, only 10 episodes with 1 pilot, and 10 mini-sodes. The show makes it feel like a weekly comedy duo show like regular show, but since it's a mini-series I was expecting something a little more. I mean I'm not expecting the same emotion or depth as OTGW or AT but at least it stuck with me more than Long live the royals. It's funny, the jingles are nice but it doesn't leave you wanting more per say, but I do think if the show would have gone on it would have improved like the other CN shows of this era have done. I's still a good show but I'm just left wonder when CN would ever air or bring this one up again out side of an anniversary of the network or something to buy on Itunes. I guess it's experimentation it see if the mini-series does better in ratings but at least what we got was good. It's not amazing but it's a quality show.