We Really SLEPT On Rise of the TMNT 

I really wish this show was more popular when it aired so it didn’t end early. It had so much potential it’s unreal

Rise honestly replenished my passion for animation, specifically of the action genre. I hope to work on something like this some day.

The animation and art direction are my favorite things about ROTTMNT, but the the fact that they wanted to do a different take on the franchise compared to the last three shows makes me respect it even more. If Nick had let them tell the story they wanted to, I feel like it would have been even better.

Rise of TMNT got way too much hate when it was revealed

I'm just glad the Turtles in this show aren't all the same character model just with different colors.

This show along with Ducktales 2017 were sadly slept on (at least Ducktales was talked about). And both reboots are fantastic in their own right.

Seeing people talk about Rise really makes me happy. Got into Tmnt with the 2012 show,but I absolutely loved Rise too! I just want it to get more attention (so there might be a bigger chance to get another season,special or something)

The designs have so much personality

Maybe the reason why this show got so much hate is because it was announced way too soon. The 2012 turtles just ended and getting a brand new one with drastic design changes and semi-abandoning the turtles formula by doing its own thing. Turtles having different species and body types?! That's unheard of! The art-stlye looking close to Teen Titans GO?! How could they. It was alot to take in the first time we saw it, even I had to do a double take because of how different everything is. And I admit that I REALLY slept on this show, only watched it after alleged cancellation talks on twitter. As an animator and overall fan of western cartoons, I can safely say that this is one of the best cartoons Nickelodeon has ever produced right next to Avatar. The characters are different personality-wise, but they still retain their personality in a subtle way, Ralph being easy to anger at times, Leo helping out the team whenever there's down time, Mikey being his lovable goofball who just gets along with his brothers, and Donnie who is the genius but now gets to be in the center of most things because of his superiority complex. Overall, I would say that this show nailed what they were aiming for personality-wise for the turtles, and although. And the animation, SWEET BABY JESUS the animation is absolutely god-tier, watching ANY fight scene in this show can make your jaw DROP. Props to flying bark studios for the animation on this show. Finally, the overall show is just fun to watch, all the characters, the story-lines, and the over arching plot are sure to put a goofy smile on your face, I get that some people doesn't like the overly chaotic and ngl kind of cringy lines every now and then but I would atleast suggest giving the show a shot. In conclusion, for the love of all that is good, if yall still reading this overly long comment, please, DON'T SLEEP ON THE NETFLIX MOVIE THEY BE MAKING FOR THIS SHOW, PLEASE DON'T.

FINALLY THIS WAS SAID! WE DIDNT JUST SLEEP ON THIS SHOW WE WERE IN A COMA

Eyo, 15-year-old here. I just wanted to say that Rise was INCREDIBLY refreshing to watch. The turtles actually felt like teenagers. Hell, I swear I see the exact same behaviors at school. They aren't super powered heroes looking to protect the world from all evil, they're teenage vigilantes looking for fun. They're actual teenagers

Who's we , cause I certainly wasn't sleeping on it .

Man, completely agree! Rise was a crazy show with crazy animation and action... most slept on this one without doubt.

I like how they don’t look all the same like in most of the other versions

I grew up with TMNT 2012 so it will always be my favorite, but I absolutely LOVED Rottmnt despite now being an adult XD Edit: One thing I really like about the show is that a lot of 2012 cast came back to voice some of the Rise characters, like: Rise Splinter - Tiger Claw Sheldon - 2012 Mikey Foot Lieutenant - 2012 Donnie Foot Recruit - 2012 Mona Lisa Rise Karai - Shinigami Rise Shredder - 2012 Splinter And also the Rise turtles evil doppelgängers are voice by the 2012 cast! It was awesome!! XD

I grew up with I think is the 2003 tmnt, they'll always have a big place in my heart, but these new turtles actually seemed more fleshed out and more of a family, even Sensei is like a father first. The animation and making the turtles different turtle species is an amazing contribution!!

This version felt like such a breathe of fresh air for me. After nearly four decades of TMNT, it's good to mix it up. And I'm glad more people are getting into this iteration.

This show got me into drawing,without this show my art style would of been completely different

Limited tmnt fans had issues with the show, but long time fans from the 90s who are aware of the turtle multiverse were really fond of this iteration

The fact that it returned to its 2D form makes me go crazy over it. It seriously is one of my favorite versions of TMNT (2nd being 2012). For some reason, I also mistakenly thought it was an anime because of how epic the 2D fights were.

I've seen a fet people talk about Rise of the TMNT but I've seen people barely talk avout Monkie Kid. Its animation is done by the same studio for rise of the TMNT and has Sean Schemmel aka GOKU voicing Sun Wukong.

Probably one of my favorites when it comes to TMNT, next to 2012.

I never slept on this show. The animation and voice work is amazing.

The animation of Flying Bark Productions is something I would _definitely_ marry.

Rise is honestly my favorite show of all time. The animation the action the comedy the voice acting the characters and dynamics THE ANIMATION!!!! This show is just so good.

That’s what I’ve been saying!!! Everything about this show is great! And as a diehard TMNT fan, it breaks me to see something so go end so quickly and slept on.

This show visually is so damn good and people kept shitting on it cause it looked different

I grew up with TMNT 2012. The first fandom I ever interacted with. I grew out of my obsession (or hyperfixation) but the series had a special place in my heart. This new series really worried me,I was worried Nickelodeon went the "Teen Titans Go" route. I refused to watch the first episode,but heard it was bad. Last year,I finally watched it at its fullest,I'll never regret it! This new take is marvelous,the animation is simply GORGEOUS and dynamic!! The jokes are awesome and I love the plot!! I bet the movie will be great. And honestly,I wish it continued. I really wish it did.

This show has AMAZING animation I loved the early 2000s tmnt series and the 3d animated one.

It simple really, it uses smooth animation that you'll see in anime, but then makes it better because in the end it's still a cartoon so it can have even more exaggeration in it's animation. It's basically up-to-date. A great example is the scene on the train where everyone is celebrating, and then Baron Drarxum speaks from the shadows, and the camera zooms in on the turtles. Another example, 13:29, Barrage of punches that only a cartoon could do, something you also see in anime.

If teen titans go was more like this it wouldn’t be too bad of a reboot

This show had heart and personality. I hate how everyone including myself didn't give it a chance once it aired. I mainly didn't because of how Splinter's personality was being lazy, and it was just kind of awkward for me. When I finally watched it not too long ago, I noticed how much personality and light it gave the entire tmnt series. Its humour and family moments just amazes me and I hate how it got cut short. I'm super excited for the movie I'm watching the hell out of it DUDE WATCH SEASON 2 IT'S AMAZING

There is a significant tonal improvement in season 2 for this show. A lot of the meme-y gags are replaced for moments of character growth, and really makes the season 2 finale much more believable. It’s a lot of work to make the audience care for an ignorant deadbeat dad, but this show manages to make him the emotional core of the group. Very impressive work.

coming from a 2012 die hard fan who refused to watch rise!tmnt upon release, THIS WHOLE SHOW cultivated an extremely artistic fandom! the style was colorful and exaggerated, made with love. the turtles designs are very appealing compared to pre 2012 turtles, being less bloated looking, and the visual comedy in this show is actually impeccable. I think this show needs to continue bc its engaging, pretty, and ITS SO DIFFERENT! i wanna see what else they do with the traditional tmnt arcs! im very excited for the movie. :)

I could never get enough of Splinter being a badass while in disguised as a Foot Ninja. In the first episode, I was a little surprised that he really let himself go and being a couch-potato, but honestly, that didn’t really give me any doubtful for the show ‘cause I knew he would still be a badass no matter what. And as a Leonardo fan, while I was a bit disappointed that he wasn’t the leader in this version, he really grows on me. 😁 This show really needs more love and support. The smooth animation, awesome voice actors, sick fighting scene, beautiful colors, (AH! The colors, man!! 😩😩👏👏👏👌👌💕💕💕) I really hope there’s gonna be movie or a new season at least. WE DEMAND BOTH!!!

I just started watching this. It is amazing! They feel like actual teens/young adults and not just the flat 2D character stereotypes I've seen time and time again. I REALLY love this version of TMNT.

The final battle with Shredder was heat

It got a movie, it's on Netflix. I hope this means it'll get more seasons

And even better, there's a movie on the way too, so you know the animation and everything's gonna go CRAZY.

This show is criminally underrated and sadly relatively unseen, due to the Spongebob filled wastleland Nick has become lol

Me, having already judged rottmnt but still gave it a shot and during that time it single handedly became one of my top 3 favorite cartoon shows of all time: "It is time"

*I slept on this, Clearly i let myself be blinded by the 2011 versions serious nature to appreciate how clean and smooth this incarnation is*

I would love for the movie to do well enough to have it get a revival.

I feel like this whole thing is a sad case of people judging a book by its cover. As soon as the character designs were revealed people were unwilling to give it a chance

To be honest, seeing that alpha is talking about rottmnt really puts a smile on my face

I sadly slept on it when it was first revealed as I was too busy praising 2012 TMNT and refused to accept change. Thankfully though, I decided to give it a shot since the first episode was on RU-vid and well...I absolutely fell in love with the show. The animation, voice acting, dialogue, background art, character designs, OST, *everything* was just gorgeous. I honestly hate myself and others for treating this show like garbage when it initially came out, since it caused it to have such a short run time. But we still managed to get an incredible story with a great cast that we will forever cherish. Also Leo is best boy.

Yeah you really did it’s one of the best tmnt shows I’ve ever seen you can really tell it’s mostly inspired by Anime by the fights alone.

Ever notice how raphs design is a refernce to his pet turtle turned evil and mutated in the 2012 version

Reminder for Alpha Jay to get more soy sauce for his Chinese food

2012 TMNT is my favorite, though this show is pretty good too.

As someone who has reviewed the show from start to finish, people didn't just sleep on Rise of the TMNT. They didn't give it a chance, especially since it was released a month after the fifth and last season of TMNT 2012 came to an end. Made no better by the fact that Nick did the last season dirty especially with it's last episodes. I can go on and on but hey, feel free to. I still despise MrEnter for bashing the show because it's different.

The character design and animation is amazing. It's action animation style reminds me of kill la kills style. But the show is too much on the comedic tone. This is where the TMNT 2012 version imo has the edge over.The 2012 version is a good balance between comedy and seriousness.

I absolutely loved TMNT 2012 and as lack luster as the live actions films kinda were, I loved those too. I haven’t kept up with Rise as much as I should, but I love the style and how fun the show is.

Rise is an amazing show I hope more people give it a chance

This version of the turtles and splinter relationship between the is my favorite. It’s more like father and his sons then a teacher and a students

PEOPLE SO SLEPT ON THIS. Legit one of the most unironically and viciously hilarious shows I’ve ever seen 👏🏼

Man I miss this show everyday. I remember watching the finale and and being so in love with it. The whole show was so good, I wish it continued

related note: PLEASE WATCH LEGO MONKIE KID

For everyone; the animation studio is now working for Lego Monkie Kid, trust me the animation team is flexing their skills there too

I absolutely love this show, the community is so caring and nice and I know for a fact that this show doesn’t the hate it did and still gets. Not only did some tmnt fans not have faith in the show but neither did Nick and that sucks. I’m really excited for the movie coming out this year and I hope with a wave of new fans we can get more episodes of this show, cause it doesn’t deserve a season and a half.

april is the best april we've had in years, no cap

TMNT has always been about change. I didn't like a fair number of changes in Rise, but the animation was stunning. It was also genuinely funny. I still prepare the older series, but I'm glad to see chances being taken. I think there was a lot of potential ideas there for future series.

I didn't even realize this show existed until it was over

Finally a review of rise!! Indeed people have been sleeping on it, I'm so happy that you gave rise a fair and proper review (for this episode at least) and I look forward to more!

I never got a chance of watching Rise of the TMNT from beginning to end. Sure it takes a while to get used to it but it fun while it lasted. And it's a shame that some people never gave it a chance during its short run.

Thank you for this videos! As a long time TMNT and Rise fan, I NEVER understood the backlash. This felt like the best modern take on the turtles

I still couldn’t believe I missed this TMNT by two years approximately a month after the finale aired. IM OBSESSED WITH IT

People have also been slepting on Craig of the Creek and it's a great show.

I absolutely ADORED the show when it first came out. What really caught my attention was the character design. I also really enjoyed the writing :)

I actually really fell in love with Rise the second I saw it. I've always been pretty into TMNT since seeing the 2003 version and I just love how _anime_ Rise looks and comes off. Despite 2012 TMNT being the one I remember most of (since I was in my early teens when it came out) I was able to adjust to how they decided to portray characters vs how they were in 2012, like Leo not being the leader and being the wisecracker, Raph being the leader and kind loving (himbo) big brother, and the most jarring for me, Splinter being more dad like and less sensei like. And his added backstory was an interesting touch from the 2012 Hamato Yoshi version everyone knows, the one that grew up with Oroku Saki (Shredder). But I just super love April in Rise, I looked at her and I went "It me? IT ME!" a vibrantly portrayed black girl with glasses (though when Rise came out I was almost out of my teens). I think one of the older versions had a black April but to see her and not the redhead April (who I _did_ like and grew up with) was refreshing. And she's a lot more relatable to me than other April. Rise had a lot of good things going for it.

IF YALL DIDNT HATE ON THIS SHOW SO MUCH WE COULD BE GETTING SEASONS AND SEASONS OF INCREDIBLE RISE ANIMATION- just saying

God this show is so good and the world is a worse place now that Nick decided to shove it in a box and kick it under the bed. At least the movie is coming out, hopefully people will realise how good the show is now that it's on a streaming service and we can get more episodes after the movie.

I never slept on this show. I was just glad someone was able to see that the show had real potential.

15:02 So are we not gonna talk about how clean that scene was.

People not to spoil but... HAVE YOU SEEN THE SHREDDER FIGHT ANIMATION GOD DAMMMMMN

My favorite part of the series is that even though it’s so drastically different from all of the other TMNT incarnations, it follows the idea of the TMNT Multiverse (yes that’s a thing) and really plays with it to come up with something truly unique and enjoyable

MAN I wish this show wasn't cancelled (Because Nickelodeon decided to move it to NickGraveyard- NickToons.) I was in for this whole show when it was released and I wasn't disappointed. It was a good reboot that wasn't just another Teen Titans Go!. It was more like the Ducktales reboot. Changed up stuff with the characters but kept elements from the original version. It also really knew when to get serious,because instead of just going *PLOT! PLOT! M O R E P L O T ! W A T C H T H E P L O T .* it was sometimes just a more chill episode you could just watch and relax,and other times getting deeper into the story,especially with the Foot Clan and O U R B O I S H R E D D E R . The animation. C'est magnifique. Characters. *C'est magnifique.* Just everything. Wow.

My day just became great with alpha jay upload

And it ended right when it was getting really good....its so upsetting

I'm an OG cartoon fan and while I have nostalgia for the old show this has to be my favorite iteration of the turtles, like some other people here have said it's the first one that has the boy acting like actual teenagers. This was fun, interesting and a feast for the eyes.

The one thing this show was missing, was a crossover with previous Ninja Turtles series.

I recently started watching this show, at first I was reluctant because I grew up with this show, it's part of my childhood, etc but after a couple of episodes, the show is starting to get to me. The changes were overwhelming at first, especially Splinter, Raph, and Leo. I thought it was just a mini-series with mini-plots every episode but it turns out the plot was slowly building from the little hints from each episode and boy was I hooked. I'm on my way to finishing the 1st season yet and I gotta say the people need to give this show a shot somehow. I was shocked at the teaser posters too at first, I was one of the people who ignored the show, thinking it was another Teen Titan GO but boy am I sooo wrong, that was years ago and I'm regretting it now. ROTTMNT is an amazing show guys. The comedy is hilarious, the voice acting is good, the animation is sooooo perfect (it's almost like anime when it comes to quality) especially the fighting scene, don't get me even started with the fighting scenes. Give it a chance guys.

I really truly think the show deserves two more seasons I didnt watch it till like 2 months ago. Still only seen the first season i cant find season 2 anywhere

I know about rise and tried I to tell youtubers that's looking for a great hidden gem of show, film projects and pilots.

I bet some people weren't watching Rise Of The TMNT either because they like the 2012 show better or because they just moved on to other franchises.

Ya really REALLY did!

i will admit when i first saw the first episode i was not much into it maybe cuz of the art style but as i kept watching it it grew on me this show have alot of amazing moments it's sad to see it to soon atleast there is still gonna be a movie

Randall was a hidden gem of the show, too bad we don’t get to see him much

I was watching this, and that one Joel with mast splinter climbing up the ladder made me chuckle, tv shows haven’t made me do that since 2014! Man this show actually seems good, to bad I only have Netflix

Can we all take a moment to appericate the animation in this show

I actually saw the show around 2019 but I didn't think to much of it but now that I've seen all the eps I'm already starting to miss the show this show was the actual reason why I started drawing again

I slept on it, hated the designs at first but found the premiere alright i was interested in watching more but I never found the time last year i caught up to season 1 AND I LOVED IT, SO DIFFERENT BUT SO MUCH FUN i watched all the way to the finale and i really hope this can be saved

I have been telling people this FOR YEARS it is so fucking good. I have binge watched Rise with my Discord crew so many times lol

The fight scenes, the relationships, thenotmarysueapril, I LOVE IT. The creators really worked hard on this show and honestly, John Cena went hard on his role. The story had me hooked, especially the end of season 1. I hope they finish season 2 cause I’m too hooked on this show to continue living

If this show taught me anything. Is that that fans don't appreciate new ideas to old franchises and want the same thing over and over and OVER again.

I love rise of the tmnt, I seriously hope nick reconsiders continuing the show or at least finishing the 2nd season.

Not sure if it was announced at this time but rise of tmnt is getting a netflix moive in August and it looks seriously amazing.

I dont think it will ever beat 2012 turtles for me cause that's peak Turtles in my opinion but ive loved this new series and i certainly havent slept on it.

Does anyone else remember the Splatoon 2 Splatfest with the TMNT turtles? It was a first ever tournament style splatfest with three rounds. Donnie won the whole thing and it made me watch the show. Now I can confidently say that he is my favorite turtle lol

The animation is so beautiful!