Watch This!: Motorcity

Photo credit: Black Dragon

 

As if you couldn't tell from our premiere post on Cartoon Network, we love animation! I was turned on to Motorcity a few weeks ago by my friend Kirstin, whose art will be on display in this post. 



Mike Chilton

Created by Chris Prynoski (Metalocalypse, Daria), Motorcity is an original cartoon on Disney XD. In the distant future, Detroit, Michigan has become a city of the past and a junkyard underground with fast cars and thrills galore, existing below the sleek and pristine Detroit Deluxe. Deluxe's owner has made it his main goal in life to take over the thriving ruins, but a group of rebels (called Burners), led by one of his ex-cadets, is there to protect it.

 


Chuck and Claire

Though there's a definite 3D element, the art style is nestled in clean, yet gritty 2D with hard lines and bold colors, very fitting for a show that seems to be a futuristic Fast and the Furious.

Voice talent includes Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker!) as antagonist Abraham Kane, Reid Scott (My Boys) as ex-cadet Mike Chilton, and Kel Mitchell of Nickelodeon fame; Kate Micucci (Raising Hope); Nate Torrence (She's Out of My League); and Jess Harnell (Remember Animaniacs? Wakko Warner!) as the rest of the Burners.

Old Detroit is considerably darker than Detroit Deluxe, but the two cities are what-and-what on the danger scale. While more apparent underground with gangs looking for their own power and revenge, broken down buildings, and questionable organic food; the threats on top are KaneCo's machines--some giant, some not-so-giant. Viewers are kept pumped up with revving engines, fast-paced music, exciting plotlines, and lots of screaming...from Chuck.

Motorcity is the kind of show I would have made a point to watch after school in lieu of just before doing my homework, and is enjoyable by all ages. Especially if you're into car chases, races for pink slips, and daredevil jumps that take a turbo boost just to barely make it across.

New episodes of Disney XD's Motorcity come back on October 19.

Mike, Chuck and Julie