This show does an amazing job adapting the plays written by William Shakespeare into an animated format.
Each chapter is done with a different animation style, in order to capture the mood of each play: While the tragedies and serious works have a dark atmosphere and a more realistic visual style, the comedies and dramas have a more colorful atmosphere and a more cartoonish character design. The use of all those different styles works very well, and even when the original plays are presented in an abridged format, all the chapters from this series capture very well the essence of those literary masterpieces, with all the lyricism and subtext contained in them.
"Shakespeare: The Animated Tales" is brilliant in every possible way, and even when some episodes are better than others, the whole series is a must –see.
Some notable episodes are "Hamlet", "King Richard III", "and The Winter's Tale"and"As you like it".
Each chapter is done with a different animation style, in order to capture the mood of each play: While the tragedies and serious works have a dark atmosphere and a more realistic visual style, the comedies and dramas have a more colorful atmosphere and a more cartoonish character design. The use of all those different styles works very well, and even when the original plays are presented in an abridged format, all the chapters from this series capture very well the essence of those literary masterpieces, with all the lyricism and subtext contained in them.
"Shakespeare: The Animated Tales" is brilliant in every possible way, and even when some episodes are better than others, the whole series is a must –see.
Some notable episodes are "Hamlet", "King Richard III", "and The Winter's Tale"and"As you like it".