Highlander: The Animated Series

Plot synopsis:
The story unfolds on post-apocalyptic Earth, after a meteorite collision nearly wipes out all human civilization after setting off nuclear weapons. Following this catastrophe, Connor MacLeod (the protagonist of the original film) and the other Immortals forswear the Game of fighting each other until only one Immortal remains to win the Prize. Instead, the Immortals swear to preserve human knowledge and help humanity. They cast away their swords and call themselves Jettators (from the French jette, "thrown away".)
But one Immortal, Kortan, refuses to swear the oath, he still seeks the Prize and now wishes to dominate the world. Connor challenges Kortan to a duel and is defeated and killed, as any Immortal who breaks the oath is destined to die. However, with Connor's death comes the prophecy of the rise of a new Immortal, unbound by the oath, who will defeat Kortan. Uncontested by the Jettators and nigh-unkillable by mortals, Kortan establishes an empire controlling most of the planet, which he rules from his fortress Mogonda.
Seven hundred years later, a Highland youth named Quentin is killed trying to defend his clan, the Dundee, from Kortan's slavers. He is the prophesied Immortal and returns to life. His dying mother reveals his true identity to be Quentin MacLeod from clan MacLeod, "The Last of the MacLeods". Quentin meets the Jetattor Don Vincente Marino Ramirez, who becomes his mentor. Ramirez teaches Quentin about Immortals and his mission to confront Kortan, and trains him in combat.
Accompanied by Ramirez, his adoptive sister Clyde, and their pet Gaul, Quentin seeks out the Jettators to gain their Quickening and their knowledge, not by beheading, but by a sharing as MacLeod and the Jettator grasp the same sword simultaneously (although the effects are sometimes just as destructive to the surrounding area). In the wake of a sharing the Jettator becomes mortal and often his or her sword shatters to signify this. With the wisdom of Ramírez and the Quickenings of the Jettators, Quentin may be able to destroy Kortan.
Despite being redesigned to attract a younger audience, the show was surprisingly mature/violent; it wasn't uncommon for minor characters to die, and while Quentin took other Immortals' power and knowledge without also taking their lives, Kortan still did it the old way, by beheading them. In addition, though essentially a good-versus-evil scenario, most of the characters on both sides were more than just black and white heroes and villains. Many of Kortan's henchmen are shown to have good characteristics and feelings, and even on occasion Quentin will be tempted by greed and be selfish, especially when offered the chances of immense power. Of course, ultimately, his good side always wins through. Some episodes involve Jettators making use of a loophole in their oath to challenge Kortan regardless, such as Matsuda, who built a cyborg to fight Kortan in his stead, or Cornell, who changed his name to Orion to be able to fight Kortan.

Tags: good versus evil, murder

Review:
Better than the movie sequels..
I enjoyed this more than the movie sequels (II, III and IV) and Raven.
The cartoon had better character development and more plot depth.
Set in a post apocalyptic earth.
(After the other Highlander series and movies.)In the story Ramirez takes under his wing a young boy named Quentin MacLeod and his little sister.
Together they scour the land looking for Jettators (Highlanders that have taken an oath not to fight) that will pass on their knowledge to the young Highlander so he may finally confront his arch nemesis Kortan and bring peace to a land in turmoil.Although a kid show, people actually die from time to time in it.
This makes it more similar to anime' I suppose, without the dinner plate eyes..
I surprisingly enjoyed it.
theres a load of Highlander fans who see this series as a travesty but I found it kinda fun.
In its own right it introduced the highlander mythos to an audience who might not know about the highlander movies.
If you look at it as a seperate body its quite enjoyable and I was amused to see the main villain followed  the formula of the main bad guy's name starting with K.
All things being equal if yer a fan of the mythos then the series is at least worth a look tho HL purists my find it sort of lacking.
Non-stop 'animated' fun!.
This fun animated TV series may not be as good as the HIGHLANDER movies starring Christopher Lambert, but it's still very enjoyable.
Each episode is non-stop animated fun.
The show is like the movies except less violent because it is aimed at kids who watch the USA network.
It follows the adventures of young Quentin MacLeod who I guess is somehow related to Duncan MacLeod in some way, but I don't know how.
Just like in the movies, MacLeod always manages to save the day except this time there isn't any bloodshed.
Sure, it mocks the violence of the movies, but that is why it's so enjoyable.
It's good fun without too much violence and no blood or gore.
Too bad it was canceled so quickly, it was one of the best shows during the 1994-1995 TV season..
Ineresting but has problems..
This cartoon continues the highlander movies and series.Quentin McLeod and his sister are interesting charachters.Immortals here supposed to gather and pass knowledge through the centuries.Quentin has to face Kortan an immortal ruler,Kortan,who has already killed   Konnor McLeod.Quentin is destined to become the last of the immortals.
Although interesting,it has lot's of continuity problems.Quentin's teacher is Ramirez who,in the 1986 film,was killed back on 1542.A reincarnation of him died in the 1991 movie.So how could he be alive?
In the first,second and third film Konnor was supposed to be the last of the immortals.So how could all of this immortals have survived?
Quickenings here pass knowledge not power.Kortan beheads immortals.Quentin is passed the knowledge of immortals who willingly quit of their immortality.If there was such kind of a trick wouldn't it have happened before.
Asside all thought this series is interesting.An alternative look on immortals.Recommended to all highlander fans..
This was to the 90s what the rambo and robocop cartoons were to the 80s.
When this cartoon came out on tv years ago i was hooked on it.
The music, the animation, and the simple plots make it a must watch for non highlander fans who are too young to see the movies as well as the live action series.
This show didn't last as long as the live action but spawned some merchandise..
There can be only one, this wasn't it though.
Once upon a time, it was popular to make everything made for adults a kid friendly version.
This extended to Conan, Beetlejuice, Robocop, Police Academy, even Highlander.While hardly the worst kid friendly adaption of a movie for adults, this one was a tedious series to get through with adding an obnoxious forerunner for Jade Chan from Jackie Chan adventures, a stereotypical teacher character who looks like a younger knock off Sean Connery and a villain who looks like he is on his way to some kind of renaissance fair.The show removes most of the epic fighting and all of the decapitation and mostly replaces with ultra preachy lessons the protagonist is supposed to learn.If you don't mind how boring it is or whiny little girl characters who serve no other purpose then to be annoying, this show may be for you..
Don't waste your time.
Set in a post apocalyptic future, the new highlander is an effeminate little twerp named Quentin MacLeod, who is being mentored by a new Ramirez while his little sister tags along on their quest to thwart an evil immortal overlord.
To do so, Quentin must absorb all the knowledge of other immortals before this overlord, Korton, does.In short, this is pure crap, much like the Highlander sequels.
Quentin is a fairly stupid character, constantly whining and moaning and bitching in a "woe is me for I am a reluctant hero" kind of way, and he never catches on to the fact that he's an immortal and can't be killed, at least not easily.
Ramirez would have done better to ditch him and thwart Korton himself.