Young Justice (Animated Series)

Young Justice is an American animated television series created by Brandon Vietti and Greg Weisman that originally aired on Cartoon Network before moving to DC Comics' streaming service, DC Universe and eventually to HBO Max. Despite its title, it is not a direct adaptation of Peter David, Todd Dezago, and Todd Nauck's Young Justice comic series, but rather an adaptation of the entire DC Universe with a focus on young superheroes.

The series follows the lives of teenage heroes and sidekicks who are members of a fictional covert operation group referred to simply as 'The Team'. Young Justice is essentially a young counterpart to the famous adult team, the Justice League. The main setting is a fictional universe apart from the previous DCAU and other continuities (designated at one point as Earth-16 during a time period in which superheroes are a relatively recent phenomenon).

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Gorgeous animation and a major step forward compared to the art style used for the DCAU.
 * 2) Mature and complex storytelling that is well-written and interesting.
 * 3) Fantastic voice acting (especially from members of the original Team).
 * 4) Great action scenes.
 * 5) Faithful to its various source materials.
 * 6) Awesome characters like Robin/Nightwing, Kid Flash, and Aqualad.
 * 7) Excellent character development that feels real and meaningful.
 * 8) Brings obscure characters such as Miss Martian and the Conner Kent version of Superboy into the spotlight.
 * 9) Originally canceled after two seasons due to low toy sales, a strong fan campaign and high ratings on Netflix convinced Warner Bros. Animation to revive the series in November 2016; with future seasons debuting on streaming services like HBO Max to avoid executive meddling and hiatuses the show infamously suffered from when it originally aired on Cartoon Network.
 * 10) It had an excellent and well-written crossover with Green Lantern: The Animated Series in Season 4's 19th episode "Encounter Upon the Razor's Edge" that saw Jason Spisak, Kevin Michael Richardson and Dee Bradley Baker reprising their roles as Razer, Kilowag, and Tomar-Re, confirming that the events of that show had somewhat occurred in Young Justice (Greg Weisman said on his Twitter account that the GL:TAS is "Adjacent Canon" which means that the show's events happened in an unknown timeframe in the Young Justice timeline; likely to avoid discrepancies with the latter's continuity).
 * 11) The third season and beyond are much darker in tone than the previous two seasons.
 * 12) The show parodied Teen Titans Go! with Doom Patrol parody called Doom Patrol Go! and it was an effective parody.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) A number of characters don't get enough, if any, attention and/or development.
 * 2) Despite the first two seasons being aimed at children, it can get too dark and violent at times (especially Season 2).
 * 3) For unknown reasons, Season 2 was reduced from 20 episodes compare to the first season's 26-episode count. If it had been given the same episode count, there would have been more plots based on Red Tornado, Tim Drake, and, according to Greg Weisman, an episode focused on Zatanna.
 * 4) Season 3 had pacing issues and a modest drop in animation quality compared to the first two seasons, most notably in the second half of the season, which relied heavily on freeze-frame montages and rehashed sequences. Thankfully, the creators seem to have taken note of this, since all 26 episodes of the show's next season will be completely animated by the famed Studio Mir, who previously worked on The Legend of Korra and Voltron: Legendary Defender.
 * 5) *While Season 4 still suffers from the freeze-frame montages (especially during Zatanna's five-episode arc), Greg Weisman revealed on his Twitter account that this was actually done in order to save the animators' energy on events that matter.

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Reception
The show received critical acclaim from fans, audiences, and critics alike for its highly detailed animation, strong writing and voice acting, complex storytelling, and an immersive universe. It is hailed as one of the greatest animated shows ever made.