Spawn: The Animated Series REVIEW 

"Here he sounds like a pissed-off monster in eternal agony" Well... Spawn *IS* a Pissed-off monster in eternal agony.

This art style is orgasmic. The shading, the dark tone, and just how Spawns cape is so unnatural yet so fitting in all of it.

"Spawn is like throwing Deadpool, Ghost Rider and Prowler into a blender." And Venom! Don't forget Venom!

Keith David was SOLID in this role

One of the most underrated but kickass and interesting cartoons ever made. So glad someone else knows about it.

"Spawn's less of a main character and more of an entity in the plot" *Exactly how the new film will go,* accordin' to Todd McFarlane.

Fun fact, the clown from Spawn is actually a grown up version of Eric Cartman from South Park

Don't feel bad about criticizing the writing of Image Comics. It was founded by artists, not writers

Todd's flawless logic that led him to getting sued all the time.

Todd was involved in the production of the show and if you watch the portion where Todd himself discusses it you will see the evolution of the character was deliberate: it served to prevent animators in Korea from making too many mistakes but simultaneously it showed Spawn's progression (or regression?) as a character! In the first season, Spawn started out as more of a traditional super hero fighting criminals, whereas in the second and third seasons, he became an urban legend, one of a "vampire" prowling around near the scene of some brutal killings and incidents; an angry specter striking from the shadows, dishing out justice while helping the weak victims of evil forces. The show is about a former "Special Ops" agent. who became a Hell-Spawn, one very familiar with "the evil that men do" but who chose to bring the fight to them, while still struggling to regain his own humanity! To say this series is EXCELLENT is an under- statement!

Reason spawn was pure black save for the cape so much is because it happens in the comics too. A lot

I agree with Todd that Spawn looks so much cooler when kept in shadow.

Came here after that Spawn gameplay trailer for MK11, SO GLAD they got Keith David back

Twitch was one of my most favourite characters in the show, he’s a smart, fearless and a badass character where he can’t be relatable but instead a guy where he slowly comes to the conclusion in identifying Spawn. That one part where he got shot in the head was really surprising, thank god he’s still alive and now shows off his badassery.

To answer your question ...yes we remember it. Mk11 dlc confirmed

If only they would give this a Blue Ray Remaster or something. Truly one of the best shows from the 90s

Image Comics was huge in the 90s & Spawn was arguably the greatest character that came out of it. While I liked the cartoon as a kid, it was too slow paced & it just ended abruptly (just as the story was finally going somewhere). We really need a reboot of this series on a platform like Netflix.

"HBO DON'T GIVE A FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-"

The Tick is another often overlooked great 90s superhero animated series.

For some reason, Todd McFarlane has some weird fascination with having Spawn media not really having Spawn. This show, and the Spawn reboot, which he wants to star Sam and Max-I mean Twitch, with Spawn only having an appearance.

One of the most Dark / Violent Animated Shows out there ! But so gooood.

he looks and is a combination of ghost rider deadpool spider man prowler venom

The thing abbout spawn is that you can fit him in almost any genre like horror, action, drama and even you can put him in difrent timelines since spawn is a title and many existed before Al Simmons.

Don't forget that the people who made Spawn _DID_ go on to create heavy metal album covers. The guys behind this series did animated music videos for Disturbed.

i have watched this channel grow from 50 subs to nearly 7,000 and i still love it so keep it up

When Spawn said "Your worst fucking nightmare" I imagine what if Batman had said it

Calling this show a hidden gem is an understatement. This show is like a hidden diamond that shines brighter than a fucking star when you finally find it.

I was always REALLY impressed with the audio mixing in this show. Everyone sounded like they were in the room with me.

One of the best animated comic book adaptations ever.

"He has a NEW VIDEO?!" *pushes past everyone* MOVE!!!

I would kill to see Spawn vs The Bomb Squad

I had made a Rorschach costume for my friend as I take commissions every now and then for my buddies (I made the mask with heat activated ink so when he breathes it moves). When we were walking we didn't notice Todd's booth but he literally came up to us as said wow that Rorschach costume is badass can I take a picture with you and we got pics with him for free. He then asked my friend where he got the costume and pointed at me and he just went "That is so badass, you have talent!" I geeked out so hard bruh.

Who rewatched this after Spawn being in Mortal Kombat 11

Your dad has a really cool beard, and it's great to hear that you and your Dad share the same interest...( I wish it would be like that for me...)

I know this is my third comment and I should put it on one comment but I know how much downtime you need to make these types of videos and I appreciate it the time and effort you put into this.

despite owning almost only manga, my girlfriend has The Complete Collection of Hell Spawn on our bookshelf, and I have yet to read it. I remember watching the live action Spawn movie on late night television, and I remember thinking how dumb it all was. I have a cold and a lot of time to kill, so thanks for the rec. Love your content.

Hahaha like that last mass effect bit there. That's kinda a sad story of the whole meeting todd thing. Sorry about that one,On a side note Spawns Design is just Sooooo Darn Awsome, when you can actually see him....

Did you know the reason for Angela being with Marvel now is because she was created by McFarlane, but by NEIL GAIMAN? And McFarlane has a bit of a bad history when it comes to paying royalty to creators of characters e used.

Ah, been waiting for your review. Solid job as always! It was definitely Mcfarlane's fault. Everything is Mcfarlane's fault. Curious to see how that new spawn movie turns out

Todd McFarlane's Mass Effect. I would be down for that.

Spawns design is super detailed in the comics, but he’ll always be the coolest when he’s just the shadow with the cape

I'm gonna go watch this show now, thx for introducing me to it bro! 😊

The Clown looks like what we would get if Danny Devito played The Joker

Can you review the spawn Armageddon game?

Batman and Spawn came out in dark times in world history. Operation Just Cause and Operation Desert Shield/Storm were very fresh in people's minds. Operation Gothic Serpent (Black Hawk Down) and the Waco Seige showed dead and injured men on national television. The Yugoslavia had fallen apart and the images of armed troops and destitute folk had been broadcasted across the globe. The Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma was demolished. Before the millenia closed out, U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were attacked by Al Qaeda. Dark television shows for dark times. These shows came out during the perfect storm of worldwide politics. Sorry if that sounds bad.

The voice of Spawn makes me want to join the military

imo Spawn TAS was the best thing under Batman TAS. I liked it even more than Justice League Unlimited.

I thought that Todd looked like someone! He looks like Matthew McConaughey!

I have the first mc farlane spider man issue in the silver,gold and bronze variants

Is Spawn a ghost or a demon, because I noticed you called him both? Even though you were clowning on Todd Mcfarlane for how ridiculous and apparently lazy it is that Spawn is kept in shadow most of the time, I do see where he’s coming from. When you can barely make Spawn out in the darkness and the only things you see are his glowing green eyes, there’s a fear to that. Something that could easily kill you is something you can’t see or understand.

I think the colors of the costume thing is pretty nittpicky, considering how badass he looks in those shadows. For example, spawn perched on the cross with just his eyes and cloak being super colored. it gives him an ominous feel, and the glowing green is meant to be the truly bright color, as it gives him an inhuman feel.

HEY GODZILLA I'M SO GLAD UR BACK

9:20 especially weird considering Spawn isn’t a marvel character. Last i looked he was still just an Image comics publication.

OH MY GOD, SOMEONE ELSE REMEMBERS THAT SPAWN RIPOFF THAT EVEN MAXIMUM CARNAGE READERS TEND TO FORGET.

Haha I’ve been currently watching this show and your video just popped up in my newsfeed. I️ can’t believe how young you are but stoked that you like the old shit. It really was a good time in the nineties and early 2000’s.

Damn, after watching this I forgot how much I love Spawn.

as "lazy" as coloring Spawn all black and red might be, you have to admit it is a very cost-effective way to make him look cool/scary, sometimes the best scenes/aspects of a product are the creative ways the studio finds to cut angles, Todd might be a questionable writer but he knew how to make things look cool.

I tried to draw Spawn once, it went actually pretty good.

Loved this cartoon growing up.. and basically cartoons like this was hard to see at this time. The only adult cartoon with this language and nudity was Japanese anime and you had to rent or buy that stuff at the time. So to have this cartoon on HBO I thought it was amazing.

Spawn first appeared in Spawn #1 (May 1992) Nightwatch's alter ego, Dr. Kevin Barry Trench, first appeared in 1993, in Web of Spider-Man #97 But yes i get the similarity is extremely close

I think the darkness of spawn is more artistic than annoying

Keith rules as Spawn. I'm glad he is back as his voice in Mk11.

Great work as always. You sure know your stuff!!! Keep it up, you the man! Voted!

Angela is part of a whole legal debate between Todd McFarlane and Neil gayman i mean Gailmen

Underrated Masterpiece!

4:10 Keith David is flawless as Spawn! No homo, I love his voice!

You mentioned Gargoyles. I love you

I started this Show, It's on Prime Instant Streaming, in prep for his MK11 appearance. it's way better than I ever expected.

Yh it was an awesome show that should’ve lasted longer IMO. 5 seasons and just a nice round arc

THANK YOU for using the Spawn movie soundtrack! Such a solid mix of great artist and perfect 90's nostalgia

I'm currently rewatching it after years. Still as amazing as always. A cartoon with actual balls.

I always liked how every episode opened with Todd McFarland asking questions and telling us stuff about spawn

All these years later and this still remains one of my absolute favorite videos on the channel

Holy crap, your story takes place what's I use to work (before Hastings went bankrupt only 2 Tradesmarts existed,now there are none)

I stumbled onto this show awhile ago and was always amazed with the design of Spawn. It’s a shame this series was never completed.

finally! Now it's Batman time

Man I wish this show would get a new season! I wanna see malebolgia in this dark version!

A couple of years ago, I endlessly searched for a spawn review. Going back this year I see you were the one who posted it and went over all the Talking Points I hoped some reviewer would go over, so thank you.

The reason why Angela was in Guardians of the Galaxy was because she was created by another guy named Neil Gaiman (he created the Coraline book and DC's The Sandman ) and I think Neil had beef with Todd because Todd used Angela in the series and toys without permission or giving him money. I think Neil won a lawsuit to get Angela back and he put her in Marvel to piss off Todd cuz Todd hated Marvel which was why he quit. Also since Chapel was created and owned by Rob Liefeld, Rob also didn't like Chapel being used in the series so Rob quitted Image Comics and took Chapel, this is why Chapel wasn't in the movie and was replaced by Jessica Priest AND Spawn's death was retconed in the comics since it was written that Chapel killed him. In my headcanon it was always Chapel who torched Al

10:26 I like Spawn in the shadows it makes him look ghostly and other worldly. Plus when your stuck looking like Hot Topic Prowler then maybe you can understand him staying in the shadows.

Excellent adult animation series and its Heavy Metal, CSI, The Crow and Batman TAS in one and loved it since 15 when it came out. So many comedies in adult animation as we need more adult animation like this

Oh no.Ben 10.What have they done to you?

I watch all 3 Spawn episodes,It’s hella AWESOME!Im disappointed that they didn’t bring another Violator fight seen or bringing the redeemer,but it’s a good show

sup you are so right about the spider man games spiderman 3 never liked to swing around for fun love your videos godzilla

The season 1 art style looks like a really, really, refined version of Spider-Man Unlimited's art style.

I know what your saying but he did not create prawler first because he created spawn when he was 16 way before prawler was created and to admit there similarities are uncanny but he created spawn first and lets be honest some character costumes can overlap sometimes in similarities because there are ownly so many designs for super hero costumes.

I knew so little about spawn that coming into the spawn animated series last year it was a really cool and interesting watch and I wish it continued the story set up in the third season and it came out a year before I was born too. I'm new to your channel and I already love it because of the spiderman video game retrospective I can't wait for more comic related vids from you. great review btw.

I still have the complete series on DVD! I LOVE IT. i do wish they would put out an HD/4K version tho.

Twitch is one of the Best Characters in the Series, I wouldn't be suprised if the Ultimate Battle would've referred to Burke and Twitch's conclusion

I was a little caught off guard when they said fuck for the first time.

I´m currently on issue #175, they really improved the dialogue and art-style to the point I didn´t recognize Twitch.

I hear appetite for destruction in the background ....I love you

Good job kid. You're talented and insightful. Stick with it you'll have a good future. BTW I hope your dad's health is good 👍

My favorite Spawn quote from the series was when a police officer was terrorizing a homeless man by firing his gun next to the guy's head. Spawn then beats the cop and says "Who made to God, little man? Not that gun, not that unform, nothing." Spawn the pins the cop against the wall with bent rebar and says "You wanna scare people, fine. I need a scarecrow. You're gonna be my personal message board."

I'll watch this show later when I get back home from school, until then... utter misery and loneliness!

Watched the show today and I have to say, it's Awesome.

Let's be real, when it comes to art Marvel really should have listened to Todd. I'd hate to see what Todd would have done with the writing of Spiderman if he ever got a hold of it though.

Overkill/Overtkill was created by Stan Lee, Tod McFarlane and Rob Liefeld, you can see the video of the creation here on RU-vid. Neil Gaiman’s angel character Angela ends up as a Valkyrie in Marvel as Thor’s sister.

“Without being anime” funny you say that since some Japanese animators worked on various parts of the show lol

The clown sounds like Cartman.