Action Adventure Spot. Trailer: Xiaolin Chronicles. Photos Top cast Edit. Tara Strong Omi as Omi …. Cree Summer Wuya as Wuya …. Christy Hui. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. Trivia As of January , it's unclear who owns this show. Crazy credits Despite being produced by Warner Bros.
Animation, there is no Warner Bros. Animation logo in either the opening or closing credits. Unfortunately, Warner Bros. Animation had no involvement with Xiaolin Chronicles. Connections Follows Xiaolin Showdown User reviews 17 Review. Top review. Fun blast from the past.
I loved Xiaolin Showdown. I also like Xiaolin Chronicles. This show is a different Xiaolin series, made with a different approach. For starters, Xiaolin Chronicles is not a "reboot" of the original series despite what many fans thought or hoped.
It's episodic, while the original series was serialized. This factor alone makes the two series different in storytelling. It was probably due to a network demand since the producers know better. Having said that, the magical adventures are entertaining to watch, and it's great fun to see the Xiaolin gang kicking butt. Sure, I'd love to see a real reboot, with the original cast grown up, facing new personal challenges and perhaps a new set of villains.
But Xiaolin Chronicles was not made for the old fans. Unfortunately, after I saw the five or six episodes, I was so disappointed.
The jokes were disgusting, renaming the Shen Gong Wu is as worst as the mispronunciations of Aang and Sokka's name. Thanks a lot, Shyamalan. The voice acting was lacking. Even with the great Tara Strong voicing Omi again wasn't enough to overshadow the new voice cast that didn't honor their successors. Christy Hui created such a legendary show and she dropped the ball with this nonexistent spin off.
Ping Pong was a great character but come on. His element is wood? It could have been lightning or something cool. Xiaolin Showdown will always be superior though the series finale was a head scratcher. He succeeded but he eventually has to restore the timeline making the whole finale, well, a waste of "time.
Hopefully, I can save our childhood before its permanent. Overall, don't watch it. It's garbage and an insult to its predecessor. In early , it was announced that the second season of this Xiaolin adventure will be produced. But this animated television show appears to be canceled after only 26 episodes of its first season.
Was this occurred because Warden, one of characters of this animated television show, bears a resemblance to Professor Shinigami, one of the principal antagonists of the "Dream Hunter Rem" anime franchise, that lasted in Japan from until ? Why this new Xiaolin adventure has only Canadian voice talent residing in Los Angeles in its voice cast?
Was this occurred because the voices are recorded in Vancouver? To make things worse, this new Xiaolin adventure also deviates heavily from the original "Xiaolin Showdown" And why they decided that Eric Bauza should voice all male villains in this animated television show, except for Chase Young, who is voiced by David Kaye?
I don't know, but if the voices for this new Xiaolin adventure are really recorded in Vancouver and if Hannibal Roy Bean appears in its second season, I think that Mark Acheson, who is the voice of Lord Tirek in "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" , should be the first and only choice for this voice-over role. The original Xiaolin Showdown series is one of my childhoods favorite cartoons and I was thrilled to find out only now, after 10 years, that the Xiaolin Chronicles is intended to be the revival and sequel series of the first one.
But I had a major letdown when I saw how altered the show was, mostly because of Warner Bros's copyright terms. They had to change all the names and designs of the original Sheng Gong Wu and the ability of a small part of them for example: golden tiger claws became cheetah claws and now have the ability to teleport people back in time for a short period of time.
They even changed the color of Dojo and made him yellow. I have observed that the series have adopted a grosser manner and added some explicit elements to the series, such as animal excrement, mucus, puke, open wounds, Dojo's skin eruption a thing that was temporary in the original series, now it happens every time Dojo senses a new Wu and even dead animals rats, dragons, alligators etc.
I could say that the cartoon lacks originality in some aspects, as I could recognize obvious elements from movies and other characters The Lord of the Rings- Mordor reference, the Warden looks like Joker, I even saw Harry Potter and The Exorcist references aaand a Robot Unicorn Attack reference. The storyline is slightly altered, some old episodes are reinvented for example: Clay's cow, Betsy, is now a goat named Molly. The producers brought some new characters to the series, to freshen it up a little bit.
Ping Pong, a mini-Omi with glasses, is the newest addition to the monk team and he will become the dragon of the fifth element, wood yeah, sounds pretty lame, probably he will "bark" his enemies to death or something like that.
On the evil side, we have Shadow, which is some sort of Chase Young's daughter. Jack Spicer is not at the same level as he was in the first series. Here he is just a wimp enemy, sloppy, who loses almost all the time and cries his way out to save his butt. Wuya can't be even called a secondary character. At least in this first season she does nothing but tell some bad jokes and make some stupid commentaries about Jack. The only real threat for the monks is Chase Young which, in my opinion, got softer, compared to the first series.
The showdowns are now 3D animated and they have done a pretty good job, because the colors and the effects please the eye, but the music gives me headaches and the places where the battles take place tend to repeat themselves I guess that the Canadians have a lower budget than WB, but still.
The story doesn't have a great season finale, with cataclysmic events and apocalyptic threats as the original series accustomed us with, it had just an ordinary episode which disappointed my inner child. I give it a stretched 6. A poor attempt to revive the series I'm glad its not cannon. But there are reasons why they changed some things but some characters weren't necessary like shadow or ping pong they are horrible. I can't stand how jacks personality is different not only his but other characters too.
This is more of an opinion but i don't like the animation style now it looks meh. I felt the characters had more personality and the writing was better. I mean if they were going to do a loose continuation they should have made it at least made it better,no CGI in the showdowns or ping pong and shadow Ping pong is like an exact copy of omi but slightly shorter but isn't he European and not Asian?
This show is okay but there are lots of thongs wrong with it. This is a non-spoiler review. Within the first episode an alternate continuity is established, clearly saying not to take into account the previous show too much. However, some parts of XC are difficult to understand without previously knowing the underlying lore. This can cause confusion as to what the show is intended to be for XS fans and comprehension problems for new audiences.
The show lacks in continuity and consistency. There is no apparent overarching plot line. There is awkward pacing and locations of characters and items frequently do not match up even within the scope of single episodes, not to mention between episodes.
In the fights within the show engagement rules change without warning or explanation. Most of the show is animated in 2D and looks decent. The rest is rendered in 3D, and in it the character models are well designed. However, there are numerous problems ranging from poor choreography and failed lip syncing to bland and predictable sets.
The voice acting is quite well done, but is unfortunately overshadowed by poor writing. The dialogue feels forced at times and sometimes suggestive enough for too young an audience to pick up the double entendres. Gross toilet humor is present in almost every episode. Most of the characters are both flanderized and stereotyped, with little or no character development. Some relationships are inappropriately suggestive, and others seem contrived. I would not recommend watching this show for entertainment, but perhaps for a study of what problems can be present in Western Animation to ensure future shows do not employ these tactics.
I do understand it is likely a lot of work went in to the production of this show, and I do appreciate the dedication, but certain negative elements cause XC to be perceived as poorly made. It's been said for years among my generation that grew up watching shows like One Piece, Code Lyoko, Teen Titans, and Xiaolin Showdown, should be brought back. And after the failures of shows like Chowder, they finally realized that they needed to do so. Only they made critical mistakes.
That was a great disappointment. The writing was not very good and the Animation was different. Now bringing back another one of my personal favorites, Xiaolin Showdown, under the name, Xaiolin Chronicles What a huge disappointment. They changed some of the details from the original story, like how the main antagonist was originally contained in a puzzle box, now saying she was stored in a spring! And changing the color of Dojo the Dragon from his original blue-green color, to Yellow, red, and green!
Perhaps I'm being to critical, but I like things to remain as they were! The kids that are being brought up watching this, are truly missing out, because Cartoon Network is to stupid to leave things as they were.
To summarize this new spin on the classic Xaiolin Showdown, it is a huge disappointment. Love the magical adventures and the Shen Gong Wu! My favorite Wu is the Cheetah Claws so I can go anywhere. If I had to be super critical, sure, the CGI animation can be improved. Having said that, I should also mention that this is a kids TV series, and naturally lacks the big budget of a feature and the backing of a major studio. So all things considered, it's a fun adventurous show for kids.
I'd love to take a dragon ride on Dojo. What fun! Can't wait to watch it again on Amazon. My nephew and I watched it together while it was playing on Disney XD. It sure brings back good o' childhood memories—love Xiaolin Showdown! Xiaolin Chronicles is a sequel to Xiaolin Showdown-it has the four monks joined by a new monk named Ping Pong as they continue to search for Shen Gong wu and battle the heylin side including newcomer Shadow.
It may not be the Xiaolin that fans remember from showdown, but it's full of new adventures and side stories-I'm guessing it takes place after Hannibal is defeated or a year or two later. You can say it's a diamond in the rough, but it shines brightest when it shows it's beautiful diamond scales to those who see it as a work of art. Quirky, funny, weird at times, but it's a fun and exciting show for anyone to watch.
It's also fun to compare Chronicles to Showdown too even coming up with fun theories. Xiaolin Chronicles is a show for everyone to watch and behold. First of, I am glad to see the Xiaolin gang is kicking back.
Omi makes me chuckle, and my favorite characters is the dragon, Dojo. I'd love to see more shows on other characters like Raimundo and Clay in the future though. More importantly, I'd love to see bigger, deeper story lines; but having worked in the industry myself, it is sometimes a struggle, especially if the networks want the show a certain way, like serialized vs.
In this case, I found out from someone who worked on the show that they were required to deliver the show episodically. That's too bad. Because to tell bigger stories, there needs to be more time, spanning over multiple episodes.
I think this series could be even stronger if the stories were serialized. And Xiaolin lends itself well as a serialized show. Take a look at the original Xiaolin Showdown, it was great and it was serialized. I'd say that Xiaolin Chronicles is not a continuation of the original storyline.
The whole format is different. So while Xiaolin Chronicles is still fun to watch, it has the potential to be even better. This is why I'm giving this new series a 4-star, where Xiaolin Showdown would be a 5. What can I say? Sorry about that. But that's just did, it's show biz. Business decisions often put a lot of limitations on the creative front and sometimes things don't pan out.
So all things considered, I love the fact that the new show brings back the classic characters and introduced a few new ones. I do hope they can figure out a good way to make more.
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