Master Raindrop

***Master Raindrop*** is an Australian-New Zealand-Singaporean CGI animated television series for kids produced by Flying Bark Productions, animated by Colorland Animation, and co-produced jointly by the Australian, New Zealand, and Singaporean companies, including Southern Star Entertainment and Media Development Authority that first screened on the Australian Seven Network from March 15th, 2008 to February 14th, 2009.

There are 26 episodes of 24 minutes duration.

## Overview

The series begins with personifications of two of the five elements, Raindrop (Water) and Shao Yen (Wood), training with their Master, Yun, in the ancient art of Chitaido. However the strongest leader in the Land of a Thousand Legends, General Bu, upsets the peaceful world by taking Yun to begin his attempt to capture the four elements after Flamo (Fire), the fire element, joins him voluntarily. General Bu does this to stop the elements joining together and defeating him.

Master Raindrop and Shao Yen are soon joined by the other two elements: Jin Hou (Metal), the metal element (an anthropomorphic golden monkey), and Niwa (Earth), the earth element (a humanoid girl who appears to be made of clay). Together they attempt to rescue Master Yun and travel to the place where the golden dragon was defeated and restore him to power. — MIPCOM 2007

## Characters

### Main Characters

* **Raindrop** (**Water**; voiced by Josh Anderson)

Element: Water
Theme Color: Blue
* **Shao Yen** (**Wood**; voiced by Sarah Aubrey)

Element: Wood
Theme Color: Green
* **Jin Hou** (**Metal**; voiced by Jane U'Brien)

Element: Metal
Theme Color: Yellow
* **Niwa** (**Earth**; voiced by Rachel King)

Element: Earth
Theme Color: Orange
* **Flamo** (**Fire**; voiced by Josh Quong Tart)

Element: Fire
Theme Color: Red
### Minor Characters

* **Grub** (voiced by David Francis)
* **General Bu** (voiced by Brian Meegan)

## Character Gallery

Raindrop (Water)Shao Yen (Wood)Jin Hou (Metal)Niwa (Earth)Flamo (Fire)
## Goofs/Errors

* It's almost an exact abomination to Avatar: The Last Airbender and Xiaolin Showdown. Three of the five elements are even copied from the original series, and the fire element is re-emerged to go to the bad side after twelve years, like in the Avatar anime series.

* The opening sequence is extremely similar to Avatar and Xiaolin, as it shows the five elements demonstrating their powers, like in Avatar.

* The story and plot, unlike in Avatar and Xiaolin, is bland, dull, and uninteresting.

* While it's passable, the Maya CGI animation can be bad at times, to look like an old PC CD-ROM, PSOne, and a Nintendo 64 video game, even for 2008 standards.

* The fighting has terrible choreography and robotic movements.

* The characters are exact abominations to Avatar and Xiaolin's main cast:

* Raindrop (Water) gives a lot of powers to the people, which is an abomination to Aang.

* Shao Yen (Wood) gives Master Raindrop lessons about life, which is an abomination to Katara.

* Jin Hou (Metal) is quirky, loud, and looks like a spider monkey, just like Sokka.

* Niwa (Earth) looks like a wooden puppet and shares lots of similarities to Koth.

* Flamo (Fire) looks like a fiery villain that uses fire as a primary weapon, just like Zuko.

## Trivia

* The writing is decent.

* It can actually be funny sometimes.

* The soundtrack is seemingly good.

* The opening sequence is catchy, despite being similar.

* The character designs are quite cute and adorable, even if they're very simple-looking.

* The lighting at times can also look wonderful.

* The Maya CGI animation is mostly light-hearted. The background designs are also relaxed, but flawless.

* Some awesome action scenes.

* The voice acting is great in some countries.

* At least it isn't as bad as the other Australian cartoons.

* Grub and General Bu are likable characters.

* It only lasted 2 seasons.

## Reception

The series has received mixed reviews. It has been accused of copying many of the martial arts and element-related themes in popular Asian children's cartoons like *Avatar: The Last Airbender* and *Xiaolin Showdown*.