Noah Carolan NUA Animation Year 2

In the same vein as the  She-Ra  research post, this post will be looking into the show  Ben 10  from 2005, and it's reboot from 2016 of the same name. For the sake of this post, I will not be looking into the sequel series  Alien Force ,  Ultimate Alien  or  Omniverse . BEN 10  (2005) Ben 10  (also known as  Ben 10 Classic ) was an animated series created by Man of Action and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. It ran from 2005 until 2008 on Cartoon Network. The series followed 10 year old Ben Tennyson on a road trip with his cousin and grandfather, where he finds an alien watch that locks onto his wrist. This watch, the Omnitrix, allows Ben to transform into 10 different aliens with different properties and personalities. As the series progressed with various story arcs, Ben lost and gained new aliens. Throughout the stories, more recurring characters (mostly villains) were introduced, including the primary antagonist Vilgax, as well as smaller antagonists like Kevin E

In researching my chosen topic area, animated TV reboots, I have decided to make posts cataloguing specific shows; their production & broadcast history, critical reception, and anything else I either deem necessary or interesting. For my first post, I'm going to look at She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985) and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018). SHE-RA: PRINCESS OF POWER (1985) The original She-Ra: Princess of Power was produced by Filmation and ran from 1985 until 1986. It ran for 2 seasons, spanning 93 episodes before cancellation. The series was created by Larry DiTillio & J. Michael Straczynsky, with episodes being directed by Gwen Wetzler. The series, created as a female-centred and oriented counterpart for the successful He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series, follows the character Princess Adora as she leads a band of freedom fighters called the Great Rebellion to free the world of Etheria from the villains, the Evil Horde. Using her Sword o

I think going forward, it is important for me to define the term "reboot" that I will be using in relation to my report proposal. The term "reboot" is thrown around online a lot, but there's often a misconception of the term, confusing it for other terms used for fictional works. " ...[T]o restart an entertainment universe that has already been previously established, and begin with a new story line and/or timeline that disregards the original writer’s previously established history, thus making it obsolete and void. " ~ Thomas R. Willits' definition of a reboot, " To Reboot or Not to Reboot: What is the Solution? " Essentially, a reboot is when you take a concept, world or story that has already been explored, and create a new storyline with those elements that completely ignores what has been said before, attempting to forge a new path. Examples of reboots in film would be The Mummy (1999, a reboot of the 1932 film), Child's