This is also a good watch for most Rayman fans. Nowadays, children are mostly familiar with the Raving Rabbids series. This show was obviously catered to young children (from the "Rayman era") who would less likely care about the "poor" writing, animation or Rayman's cluster of accents. Although I prefer the mature, determined and serious Rayman from Hoodlum Havoc.
This Rayman was the cheeky, witty, sarcastic and boisterous type. Then it became a slur of American, hints of New York-Italian and Bostonian. At first, it sounded similar to Sonic The Hedgehog. I was hoping for the best but unfortunately, I think West was having problems with which accent to give Rayman. West has provided voices for many famous characters such as Fry, Zoidberg and Professor Farnsworth from Futurama. Billy West provides the voice for Rayman. Some scenes are dimly lit similar to some gameplay levels Rayman traverses through. The animation is what you would expect from a cutscene in any Rayman game. I believe that the characters who were unfamiliar to me were not fleshed out enough. Rayman was the only character I knew (I was hoping that Globox or Murfy would make an appearance but this wasn't the case, I believe they were originally going to be in the show until the cancellation) and I was unsure about the others. When I watched Episode One: LacMac Napping, I could imagine why it was the case. According to Wikipedia, the show was originally going to have up to twenty episodes but it got cancelled due to poor writing and lack of funds.
I managed to find all four episodes on YouTube. I have only recently found out about the animated series and became curious to watch it. Hoodlum Havoc will always be my favourite game to date. My brother and I would play the first game on the original Playstation and Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc on the original XBox. As a child, Rayman was the "must-play" game.
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