Green Lantern: Animated Show - Manhunter Menace

Green Lantern's Light Shines Bright
The main protagonist, Hal Jordan is the first human to become a Green Lantern, and is considered one of the best. He is an almost fearless and skilled Lantern and has a history of disobeying orders and disregarding rules to achieve success. His superiors see him as a loose cannon, but they are willing to overlook his transgressions due to his skill and accomplishments.

As guardian of sector 2814 (Earth), Green Lantern Hal Jordan is used to being in dangerous situations- but he's never faced anything like this! Set at the farthest reaches of deep space, GREEN LANTERN: THE ANIMATED SERIES finds Hal defending the galaxy against the Anti Monitor, which controls an army of Manhunters whose only objective is to get rid of potential criminal activity. However, the Manhunters have determined that all emotional responses are the origin of crime, leading them to lay waste to an entire sector of the universe, which started up the Red Lantern Corps. With his former drill sergeant Green...

beyond awesome
WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS After watching the first half of season 1 I eagerly awaited the second half and was not disappointed. The season opens with the arrival of the all-powerful and seemingly indestructible Anti-Monitor and the reactivation of the Manhunters, with their chilling mantra "no man escapes the Manhunters" The first episode also introduces the overconfident and self-centered Guy Gardner. This season also features two characters from the comics: Sinestro and Larfleeze. Also, John Stewart is mentioned in one episode ("that fake news guy" as Hal Jordan put it). Stewart replaces Guy Gardner as Earth's green lantern in that episode. You can feel the impending doom when Aya becomes the Aya-Monitor and feel the anguish when Aya self destructs in the finale. I hope Cartoon Network brings this show back for a second season. I will definitely be buying this.

What a shame.
The Green Lantern: The Animated Series has been one of the best new animated shows to come out in quite sometime. This second half of season one was an excellent and thoroughly enjoyable finish to the season, and sadly to the series, as WB cancelled this wonderful show and replaced it with some mind numbing drivel. It seems to be the newest thing, to make an amazing animated series and run it for one or two seasons, and then replace it with a far, far inferior product, and run it for three, four or five seasons. It makes absolutely no sense. Sorry, I digress. Green Lantern the Animated Series is a five star product in my opinion, and I would highly recommend it!

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