User blog comment:Theworldismine/How awesome is omniverse now?/@comment-71.234.208.124-20130317225759

So far I am rather underwhelmed with this new take on Ben 10. The art style is just horrendous. Truly, it offends my eyes. When I saw the premiere of the show I actually thought the plot had gone back in time to a younger Ben. Then, of course, I found out that this new version is supposed to be the 16 year old Ben and, well, as you can imagine, I was shocked. . . and not in a good way. The new animation for both Kevin and Gwen is just disturbing on so many levels; honestly, Kevin is more frightening to behold than any of the villains and Gwen looks like Steve Urkel's dream date gone horribly wrong.

I mean really, Kevin is so atrocious that it wouldn't surpise me if his appearance gave small children nightmares. I can just hear it now, "-shrill scream of utter terror- Daddy!!!!!!! Kevin's hiding under my bed, don't let him eat me!!!!!"

They went from a show that could both appeal to both kids as well as adults to a show that. . . really doesn't appeal to anyone. At least not anyone I know. Counting family, I know about 12 different children under the age of 13 very well, all of whom loved Ben 10. Would you care to guess how many watch this newest incarnation? 10? 8? 5? No. Sadly, of the 12 of them, only one still watches, but his interest is beginning to wane. Whenever they and their parents visit now, or whenever I babysit them, Ben 10 is no longer amongst their requests when they ask for something to watch - not unless it is one of the older Ben 10 series and even those requests are growing smaller in number.

I do not think I will be watching this new Ben 10 series and I say this not as a person who typically has trouble accepting anything new or different. Quite the contrary, in fact. I tend to applaud shows brave enough to allow their characters to change physically and mentally - which is why I tend to gravitate to anime. I would positively love for more American cartoons to have engaging plots with interesting characters that change and grow with time - along with decent animation, of course. I love it when a show allows its characters to change - at least most of the time. After all, seeing the same character, with the same appearance and personality he/she has had since their show's beginning is tedious and boring.

So, when I tell you that I hate this new animation style being used for Ben 10: Omniverse know that I do so as person who usually welcomes and applauds change.