Kid Cosmic

Kid Cosmic is an American animated series created by Craig McCracken (the same creator of The Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and Wander Over Yonder) for Netflix.

Why It's Cosmic

 * 1) Appealing art style that resembles an old-school comic book.
 * 2) *The characters have creative designs.
 * 3) *Even if the art style is mostly simple; the desert is the background with the most detailed design.
 * 4) The main characters are full of personality:
 * 5) *Kid is a relatable character for the people who are incompetent in something they dream to do (in case of Kid, defeating villains and saving the world).
 * 6) *Jo is caring, kind at heart and daydreams of seeing the world. She also has a good dynamic with Kid.
 * 7) *Rosa is an adorable and playful character who enjoys fighting.
 * 8) *Papa G's friendly personality works with the clever morals he tells. He's also always to make his grandson, Kid, happy.
 * 9) *Stuck Chuck started as a mediocre villain who has been stuck on Kid's Trailer for having lost his legs and tried so hard to hurt Kid either physically or emotionally. In the latest episodes he became good and helped Tuna Sandwich to assemble the team again.
 * 10) Phenomenal action with the powers from the stones mixing well despite being generic.
 * 11) *To make the action scenes not repetitive in the episode 6, Kid steals the rings to become overpowered.
 * 12) Some dark scenes.
 * 13) Beautiful messages like "You don't need to be always the best" (from episode 3).
 * 14) It has some funny moments such as in the episode 7 when Tuna Sandwich sends to Jo 2 sheets (one with bad writing and other with bad spelling) from Chuck and Rosa respectively.
 * 15) Excellent soundtrack, mainly consisting of rock orchestral and sometimes country. The main theme is catchy too.
 * 16) There's a very tragic moment like Kid Cosmic's parents who died in a car crash (despite it's so cliche, but still.), Jo broke Kid's promise as a team, the aliens evacuated from Erodius, the flashback between Papa G's and Kid's bond days or weeks after Kid's parent has passed away, and Papa G's sacrifice to restore Erodius when his 14th power stone was with him all along, which is one of the saddest moments in all cartoons.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Minor issue: The animation itself is pretty stilted, compared to the previous Craig McCracken's and Mercury Filmworks shows which had better and fluid animation. Though it makes sense since it makes more of comic vibe style.
 * 2) It has no intro, which is a vitally important element to hint what the series is about.
 * 3) The pacing can be a bit sluggish.
 * 4) It has some story clichés here and there. Kid Cosmic's backstory, while extremely tragic, is pretty clichéd since everything always happens in loads of other media before.
 * 5) The seasons and episodes are very short, with season 1 consisting with 10 episodes, Season 2 having 8, and Season 3 having 6 episodes. The episode format is short as each goes for like 14-18 minutes before going into credits. Which is what make the show pacing troubled.

Trivia

 * Craig McCracken, the creator of the show, is also the creator of Disney's animated show back in 2013's Wander Over Yonder.
 * Tom Kenny, the voice actor of Stuck Chuck, is also known for voicing at Spongebob and some characters from Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants.