Why You Should Watch Over the Garden Wall - Saberspark 

What do you all think of Over the Garden Wall? And for those who haven't seen it, you can check it out on Hulu! Support me on Patreon : www.patreon.com/saberspark Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/Saberspark

the shortest shows arent always the sweetest, but this show is a huge exception

there is something about this show that just feels nostalgic to my soul.

Saber spark: You can’t tell whose friend or foe. Me: Except The Highway Man. He’s The Highway Man...

I can’t even imagine the Cartoon Network of 2018 taking such a risk with a project like this. The network has really gone downhill since 2014, going from a network willing to fund a wonderful passion project like this to one comfortable running 24 hour marathons of an awful spinoff of one of their good shows from a time when they were more interested in quality over mass-produced garbage.

Elijah Wood should do more voice acting. He's very talented.

I love the colors they used, the mute hues instead of bright neon colors like other shows on Cartoon Network.

Beatrice isn't a bluejay, she's a bluebird.

over the garden wall is seriously a masterpiece

This mini series should've really gotten more awards but it got decent nominations

Giving me another reason to make my yearly tradition of watching this show.

The mini series has become an obscure art, and it's so refreshing when channels decide to produce one. As for this one, OTGW is The Brothers Grimm, Miazaki, and Alexander Pushkin all wrapped up in an elegant bow.

From what I’ve seen in this video, this reminds me of a Ghibli film

Yes. Totally watch it. From potatoes and molasses , to come wayward souls, amazing music and such a good story

I truly think Over the garden wall is one of the most beautifuly animated and well written cartoons. The colours are so beautiful. I completley agree whit Sabberspark its a must watch.

I love how nostalgic this mini series feel despite it not being based on any single property. It perfectly captures that old-time Americana through its visuals, music, and storytelling. It takes many influences, yet blends t into something new. It’s like the Fleet Foxes of animation.

11:00 Over The Garden Wall did have a spin-off comic. Love the show, agree with everything ya said, but Over The Garden Wall did in fact have a ‘spin-off’ and that was the come book series, first stated out as a comic book special in 2014. Then the popularity of that led to a 4 issue miniseries, then in 2016 they announced an ongoing series for it. At the moment I believe there’s 20 issues, and I haven’t read them personally, but I’ve heard they’re great. I’ll probably check them out soon myself.

Recently watched it from it coming on netflix, never knew of it and now it is one of my favorites

Nice video Saber. This is excellent. That's a rock fact!

So, I watched it now, as it appeared on my Netflix this week :D And I am STUNNED! I think what you might have forgotten to mention is the way that they're telling the story, that just works without any screaming, over-the-top action sequences or hectic chase scenes. The whole story is told so calm and relaxing that you get a feeling of secureness while diving deeper into the world. And because nothing is what it seems, Wirt and Greg never get so deeply in trouble that you feel like "Oh god, this is the end. its all over now". I can give you a picture how the story feels like. Imagine, you are dreaming of snow and winter. In real life you would freeze and shiver, but this story makes the cold and danger feel like warm and cuddly snow to lay yourself into. And it makes you so happy in the end. Its really a great show and isnt even longer than a single movie, you would watch any other day.

Ain’t that just the way... The reason this show is so amazing, is how layered it is. Every single piece is apart of a bigger puzzle. When the show ends and you get the full picture, you realize how everything was telling a story. The show is actually deeply rich in character development and storytelling. And it’s one of those shows where you keep watching it over and over, because you notice new things. Given how little time they had, it’s amazing how well done it all is. I just wish the show was longer. I don’t think it needed to be more than a season. It’s a set story. It’s basically a feature length movie. The storytelling would suffer, if this show was seasons long. But they could have easily had 10 more episodes. Like more adventures, that fleshed things out a little more. Without getting into spoilers, this show has a specific beginning and end. But they easily could have added 10 episodes into the middle, without impacting the story in a bad way.

Also a big shout-out to Salty for editing this video! And to Cosmo for the thumbnail and Jim Gisriel for the research assistance! ALSO thanks to Nick Cross for answering some questions for the video!

"I found something!" "See I told you there's treasure here. What did you find?" "A skeleton!" *inserts Sans meme*

I absolutely love everything about Over the Garden Wall. I even watched it when it first aired and immediately fell in love with it. Thank you for publicizing how absolutely stunning it is.

I sang "Patient is the Night" at my beloved grandfather's wake. So yeah, this show means a lot to me. Great video BTW.

Over the Garden Wall has to be my favorite animated series, I love the characters and style, it definitely inspires me to keep up with my stories and art!

I watched it when it came out with my parents and we enjoyed it, we recorded it and still have it, its an amazing show And damn 2014, thought it was aired in 2016 or 2015 but it's older... Wow time truly passes fast

I would really like a spoiler episode just so you can share your thoughts about the series and telling us your favorite moments or episodes. Maybe some theory crafting as well and stuff like that. I watched the series this year after someome told me she watched it like 30 times and it never got old, and I can see why. Also, don't try potatoes and molasess, they aren't as good as they pitched it in the show...

It's the best Halloween special CN made in a while.

I'm glad people aren't forgetting about this show. I hope it one day becomes a holiday classic.

Next year do "why you should watch over the garden wall again"

I love how you changed your blue background to fit to the cartoon

I haven't seen it completely, guess I got to now!

12:12 You "implore" me? YOU "IMPLORE" ME?! You always were one for fancy words, Saberspark.

As someone who grew up in rural Pennsylvania, the autumnal setting and score really dig deep in a nostalgic and haunting way. The imagery is like how I remember Fall Foliage festivals, Halloween, and just walking outside in the crisp air.

I miss this moment in time of CN! The pre Teen Titans Go era

It is one of the best series I have seen in a long time!

The term for the folklore they portray is Americana.

Definitely one of my favorite series' ever. Its very unique and so well executed, from the story, to the art, to the characters... I love the mysterious, warm feeling of it; I don't think I'll ever get tired of it.

Ok you’ve convinced me to watch this show... For the 9th time

Over the Garden wall is in general beautifully made, it may be short, but still a well-known series.

I loved it because of the setting, voice acting and story. Everything was wrapped up consistently in 10 episodes that delivered a satisfactory ending. Definitely something to watch in this season, especially when you have Samuel Ramey as The Beast it is mind blowing

This show stole my heart when I first saw it and its now an autumn classic that me and my little brother watch every year, the relationship between Greg and Wirt is just beautiful and I'll never forget it.

honestly this whole show felt like a fever dream I wasn't entirely convinced I had experienced it until I watched it again

Can't wait to see it for this Halloween. That's what I'm already planning.

Watching Over the Garden Wall reminded me of the first time I watched Spirited Away

Over the Garden Wall is one of my all time favorites! It’s such an amazing show!

Probably the most beautiful and memorable cartoon i have ever seen

Me and my older brother watched Over The Garden Wall, and we loved it. This show was just a amazingly done. If you haven't watched it run you're missing out.

You're not going to mention the subtle Dante's inferno elements strewn about the series?

I really like that every episode has a twist, in a sort of covert way where you're never expecting it or trying to predict it until the last few episodes when the series really ramps up. The show is truly the unknown, and nothing is as it seems. Not the people they meet or the things they encounter. It truly is a modern Alice In Wonderland.

When I first saw this, I watched the episode with the animal school. Since Wirt had the triangle nose and gnome hat, I thought it was an animal crossing based show lmao.

This show is just great. All the plot twists, stakes and characters. I just watched it last halloween, and I'm going to watch this again this Spooktober ☺

What a throwback! I remember being young when this came out on CN!

Watched it a couple years after it originally aired, and I'm honestly not ashamed to admit it's one of my all time favorite shows.

I remember when this first came out. I looked forward to the new episode every week. It remains as my favorite cartoon. I always felt like their were some different hidden meaning. Thats why I loved it.

I love this show I wish there were more episodes

I watch Over the Garden Wall every year on Halloween night!

Fun Fact: *In Our Country We Have One Character With The Same Voice As Finn From Adventure Time*

Please, make a "Why you should watch Paranorman."

Thank you for doing this. Over the Garden is really special, this is one of the first time CN actually put out a Miniseries and I couldn't agree more when you said this show is amazing.

Over The Garden Wall is amazing and that's a rock fact!

Rarely will you ever find such a short series that leaves such a powerful impact. All the characters are charming and rememberable, the music is perfect, and the story is so mysterious and keeps you intrigued. It’s an amazing show and it makes me sad it’s not appreciated more

This show first aired in CN Arabic on Ramadan and I me and my siblings were instantly hooked and obsessed over it that even after rewatching over three times , it's still such a joy to rewatch it again . Despite having western themes and references , it still is a masterpiece that travel through cultures and languages to enter our hearts and tickle our imagination . It will always have special place in my heart.

Man I loved this show so much, I even cried during the last episode

I just watched this series because it was rated very highly on IMDB, and it absolutely deserves it. It does more in the span of less than 2 hours than most shows can do in several seasons.

watching this every fall is a tradition among friends and I! I love it. But I will never cease to be amused by the fact that Wirt is named Wirt it's such a funny name slfjhlfsjh

Me: **finishes watching Over The Garden Wall** **sees this video** **rewatches Over The Garden Wall** I watched the show for the first time today and I love it SO much. Ima take a leaf out of Saber’s book and make it a tradition to watch it every autumn

over the garden is a amazing show because it show characters that don't matter but they still have a back story and the story's of this show are unique and that it shows a bad side and good to it so thanks for bringing it up

Jokes on you, I ALREADY SAW THE SHOW!!! :D

I remember this show, freakin scary at times and yet that’s why I love it. Such a unique atmosphere for such a short show

This show was one of the obscure thing of my childhood, i loved it but for some reasons once it stopped airing i forgot it

I can agree that this was probably one of best mini series on Cartoon Network it is a perfect fall themed show. The tavern is a great part

Time to cuddle up in bed and watch this!

It had a story to tell and it told it beautifully.

Yo why did the last song make me cry?

I absolutely love Over The Garden Wall I was wish there was more of it but I’m fine what I’ve got from it as well it’s one of my favourite shows to watch on Halloween!!^^

Yes I'm so pumped for this!

I'm glad you made this vid, I just happebed to catch all of the mini series by chance and realized it was amazing. It's good to see it get due credit!

Thanks to this video, I’ve finally decided to watch this amazing show! I know, I should’ve watched this a LONG time ago, but it was worth it in the end. I loved the story and I especially loved the characters.

2 ideas: 1. (The bigger idea) review the animated shows and movies you announced in an entire video at the start of the year 2. Review more great cartoons

The villain is probably Top Five on my list

It’s almost an anime like you can see the influences and the 20s Dixieland like jazz in the background really just solidified my adoration for such a marvelous show 🥺

The dog with the raincloud cracks me up every time, never fails

Beast: Thank you for the review, I'm glad you enjoyed the show^^

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I was so happy to hear you were making a video on Over The Garden Wall because I've watched it and it's more then amazing! And I hope people take your advice and decide to check it out because it's not something worth passing on!

This is literally my favorite short show ever

I remember the flapjack show! Awww! Memories!

This animation is really good. Simple art style. Animation, not simple at all.

I literally saw your thumbnail and that was enough for me to watch the entire show in one sitting! Love ya Saberspark :D Great video once again

Been looking forward to this video all week.

Even though I've seen OTGW this video wants me to watch it again so I can feel the same way I felt when I first watched it

Finally something positive and not a bad ripoff or bad movie

I've been meaning to watch this mini-series for a while now. Your video surely convinced me to start at some point next month!

im so glad this wonderful show is getting more attention, because it totally deserves it, the animation and backgrounds are breathtaking, the music is almost nostalgic and is so well done it gives me chills, the story is really fun to follow, and the voice actors are all perfect for their roles. It's definitely one of my favorite things to watch over and over during October.

Over the Garden Wall is truly a beautiful show!

Yeet love your vids my dude! Happy spooky season!

I'm convinced. I was already going to check it out just from things you said about OTGW in previous videos. But this video definitely convinced me.

I was already leaning toward finally watching this, but you gave the final push I needed. I think it's so sweet that they got Jack Jones to sing.