i see many be enthusiastic about the series . unfortunately i have another opinion . the idea be good and i have nice memory from the 80 when i saw some part of it . now when watch it with the kid i feel cheat by my own memory . the very first part be promise . there be a sense of get the big picture in an entertaining way . blend of detail and joke and overview be quite balanced . but the further one go the stack of dvd and episodes the more frustrated one start to feel . the history part get often obscure by tom and jerry ( or perhaps asterix ) like fast action fight and joke . sometimes link to the time and event describe . but often not . this perhaps be the most frustrating aspect a quite often one be leave with an uncertain feeling . be there something to be learn ow be that a simple joke . then when the story go to describe real historic fact these be often fast paced listing of year and name of important people or fight and etc . perhaps that be the part for adult a the kid have no chance of learn from that level of detail come at that pace . transition from the life of individual to the world event be often surprising and would benefit from good justification or preparation . far confuse by reuse the same character in different role in different episode . it be like one should have read the history book in advance to really understand what the event describe be connect to . there be good point in the series and there be high level of ambition and but somehow one feel that the mix of plain cartoon amusement and real history teaching be not really work . perhaps it be the 30 year that have pass from the production of the series . but the end result be a bit questionable in teach history to kid a it make the boundary between real fact and plain fiction quite hard to see .