i love the tmnt graphic novel when i be little . they be dark and they be even scary at time and yet it be charm and enjoyable by even the most discriminatory comic book and manga goer . when i hear there be go to be a tmnt animate series and i be excite . that day in 1987 ( or be it 1988 ) and i tune in to it for the first time . i be outrage and start see red after watch this show . i end up watch this on saturday morning because i be wait for the super mario bros super show to come on . this be like turn a pg or pg 13 comic into a g rat disney fare . i can see why i like the first live action movie so much good . shredder in the comic be scary and menacing and just plain blood thirsty . i hate what they do to him in the cartoon . they turn shredder into a goofy disney villain wannabe with bumble sidekick rocksteady and bebop ( who be not in the original comic ) . krang be not scary anymore and be tone down to be a goofball with an annoying voice . heck and the voice act and animation be just intolerable and even by 80 standard . oh and another thing and what happen to angsty emo raphael . and wasn not splinter always a rat and never a human . if you want to see an experience close to eastman and laird work and watch the first live action movie . this animated series be suck a friggin joke . or even yet and look for the original graphic novel ( not the awful archie comic version though ) . you will enjoy them a lot more and i promise ^_^ .