Reboot...

I picked up the Reboot Season 1 and 2 box set...

Welcome to Mainframe. Home to Guardian Bob, formatted to mend and defend. Join the fast-paced action and adventure as Bob and his friends Dot, her brother Enzo and his trusty dog Frisket fend off attacks from the superviruses known as Megabyte and Hexadecimal in their relentless pursuit of chaos and the destruction of Mainframe.

Known as the very first completely computer-animated half-hour TV series, ReBoot debuted in the United States on ABC’s Saturday-morning block in 1994 and has captured the hearts and imaginations of kids and gamers ever since!

I had preserved a handful of episodes on VHS and even picked up a couple of DVDs when they were available. It's good to finally have this series on DVD at last. Even though Reboot is in excess of 16 years old at this point, the series still manages to hold up very well. Technological changes over the years have led to more realistic character animation in general, more realistic rendering of the human form and the use of more elaborate backgrounds. When compared to TV animation like Jimmy Neutron or Fanboy and Chum-Chum, Reboot still compares rather favorably. But, the fact that Reboot still manages to hold its own, indicates the level of quality the animators were able to achieve with the technology of the day.

I saw the first couple of seasons on ABC, but, after Reboot left network TV for syndication, I didn't see Reboot again until it surfaced on VHS, and later DVD, sometime in the mid-90s. The latter two seasons, which aired somewhere in syndication, take a darker turn than the earlier two seasons. And, thanks to advances in technology, the animation quality is noticeably better.