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- 2023
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Summary A crew of a damaged interstellar freight ship are marooned on the strange but beautiful planet in the sci-fi animated series that expands on Joseph Bennett and Charles Huettner's 2016 short Scavengers.
Created By: Joe Bennett, Charles Huettner
- 2023
- TV-MA
- MAX
- 2023
- TV-MA
- MAX
Scavengers Reign
Season 1 Premiere: Oct 19, 2023
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8.1
Summary A crew of a damaged interstellar freight ship are marooned on the strange but beautiful planet in the sci-fi animated series that expands on Joseph Bennett and Charles Huettner's 2016 short Scavengers.
Created By: Joe Bennett, Charles Huettner
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
84
100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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The further they go, the more the gorgeously animated world integrates them into its environment as they learn to adapt to their new home, setting the scene for one of the best science fiction shows ever made.
When its immense beauty comes rushing in at key moments, Scavengers Reign creates something as utterly spectacular as it is sublime. Through every delicately crafted detail, it proves to be one of the most exciting animated series in recent memory.
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8.1
85% Positive
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 55 User Ratings
8.1
85% Positive
47 Ratings
47 Ratings
5% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
9% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
This show need to gain more traction and I hope this review draws more viewers. The story is superb, a constant shift in thrilling sci-fi story telling offering suspense and intrigue. The music too is extremely well executed.
A fan was born and will remain with constant hope for a second season.
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So many alien worlds of similar films and shows feel dispiritingly limited in their imagination. Scavengers Reign, though, abounds with invention of the kind that only animation can bring to life. It has no illusions that its singular world is the real star, and what a star it is.
Scavengers Reign is brutal and violent but most frequently dreamlike and reserved in its dialogue, leaving a lot of room for the viewer to apply meaning to it. .... As long as Scavengers’s apparent list of influences is, its host of creatures and atmosphere are so bizarre that its identity feels wholly its own.
Expanded from short film to series, “Scavengers Reign” becomes less meditative and more of a gripping survival adventure; it also drags a bit in its last half. But the real attraction is less the plot than the immersive imagery and biological inventions.
While it won’t win any points for originality, its ambition, creativity, beauty, and slightly menacing tone will keep your attention, and its moments of “whoa!” deliver. You can tell from one episode that this is going to be a lot of people’s favorite animated series of the year, even if it’s unlikely to be mine.
The best show of 2023 and the best SF since... Annihilation, maybe? So good! A lot of Moebius vibes. An extremely imaginative ecosystem is kind of a character in the story too. Simply amazing. Give it a go!
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This is one of the best Sci-Fi shows ever made. It deserves the praise and is groundbreaking. The world building is incredible. Every frame is teeming with creatively made alien species that range from the practical to fantastical.
This show packs something that Sci-Fi desperately needs. Imagination. An ode to the Sci-Fi novels and comics of the 1970s. This show touches up on new frontiers in science. At times showing a mix of biology and technology that hasn't really been seen before. This show doesn't just use bio-punk aesthetics for shock value. It displays entire life cycles of species in ways that come off like a nature documentary.
This show is light on dialogue. Despite that the characters are well developed. They are complicated and have layers of motive. You learn about their backstories briefly and most of their story is displayed through acts of survival. The producers used the lack of dialogue to enhance the mystery.
Hard to explain the level of creativity and detail. You not only see alien species. You see the web of life on the planet. You see coevolution. You see predator and prey strategies. All on a massive scale. There are not that many examples of detailed alien worlds done like this. This is something you've never seen before.
This came out of nowhere and shook me to my core. 10/10
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Elegantly crafted, yet lacking substance. The animation pleasantly surprises—truly a visual delight with a vibrant and well-thought-out world. There's a noticeable strong influence from Miyazaki's animated films; some scenes are essentially reimagined from "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind." However, the originality present in the latter is missing here, replaced by a slightly different artistic **** absolute lack of logic in the plot is striking. The survivors have been on the surface of an unfamiliar planet for only a couple of months, yet somehow they know how to interact with the local flora, distinguishing what is edible and what is not. Imagine European cosmonauts thrown into the Amazon jungle with equally rich biodiversity—after a couple of months, if lucky, only a few might survive the fever and poisonous plants, not to mention potentially lethal animals defending their territory, driven by fear, self-defense, or seeing humans as potential ****'s another naive idea that the world poses no harm, and every creature is inherently good; you just need to understand and love them. It would be interesting to see how they would run from a bear, a pack of wolves, or an Amur tiger when hungry. Can't we portray a real world with genuinely dangerous animals, where encounters should be avoided? The agenda is the most disappointing aspect. Depicting all men as maniacs, weak, and characterless, while portraying black and LGBTQ women as the only intelligent and sensible characters, is overly stereotypical. The series literally lacks a single strong, normal male character. Moments like these reveal the best and worst qualities of humanity, with men driven to protect, build shelters, hunt, and **** agenda significantly influences the fate of the characters, although nature doesn't care about your skin color or **** the end, it's hard to believe that such brilliant animation and concept are marred by an overtly senseless **** plot and characters show little development. Essentially, the entire series is a journey through a beautiful and unusual world with adventures, yet there's a sense that it's like a modern art exhibition—very unconventional, attractive, sometimes stunning, but essentially empty and created only for the wow **** characters are superficial with a pretense of depth; we know nothing about them and won't learn— they simply play the role of good/bad or kind/evil. As usual, every character has a tragic past, a formula that is no longer compelling if someone close didn't die or if there wasn't an abusive father during **** the end, the series becomes another beautifully crafted yet meaningless "Foundation" or "Brave New World," where perfect shots and a splendid idea are realized in the early episodes, only to realize later that it's just an empty, beautiful cover. This seems to be a problem with many modern series.I recommend watching this animated film while enjoying its positives and overlooking the negatives. And if you want similar extraterrestrial fantasy in the animation genre, watch "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind." Yes, it lacks the computer graphics, but this 39-year-old film is much more thoughtful, original, devoid of agendas, very pure and sincere, and brings great pleasure during viewing.
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Production Company:
- Green Street Pictures
- HBO Max
- Max
- Titmouse
Initial Release Date: Oct 19, 2023
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Annie Awards
• 4 Nominations
TV Scholar Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
