Teen Titans

I enjoyed the "Teen Titans" series when it was on television well enough to get the DVDs for it years ago, Seasons 1 through 5, and my children love it, too. The show was well-written and the gleeful animation of it completely works. I'll never understand why Cartoon Network spiked this popular series -- as I see it, if the show is popular, that's what a station wants, right? The show ran beautifully through its seasons, building into an ever-more impressive narrative arc by Season 5, and then *POOF* -- done. Just when things were getting really good. There's the "Teen Titans in Japan" animated movie, which is the swan song of the series, and is good as well, but going through these season is always a good time, and no matter how many times I've seen them, I enjoy them just as much. They're in a stylized DC universe, with only the Titans in evidence, hero-wise (although there are a couple of coy nods to Batman in it, and a reference or two to Metropolis, everything centers around the Titans). The show is funny, the characters are great, the stories are compelling, and the animation completely works for it. They could have mined another few seasons easily from all the raw material they had in this show, so I'll never get why it just stopped. Your kids'll love it, and you'll likely enjoy it, too.