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Well I didn't expected to do this so soon but looks like I haven't paid that much attention to the CN youtube channel despite being subscribed to it for almost two years (I think). Which is probably the reason why I missed this CN short that came out back in January 6, 2016 www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_KPcM… Twelve Forever is the name of this animated short and just discovering it now makes me realize that I might had gotten my hopes up for Infinity Train being a sneak peek at a new series way too soon trackforce.deviantart.com/jour… and I seriously don't want to become another person complaining about how some current shows on CN are already tv shows yet this isn't.
But I will say that it is messed-up how ROTG became a movie featuring animation's biggest Jerk for a hero and yet this show featuring the most endearing teenager ever hasn't even been picked up for a show ASAP.
Anyway to the main focus, Thanks to watching Infinity Train I discovered (quite late) the Twelve Forever short and like the previous short I freaking love it. While Infinity Train gave you a basic idea of what is going on but was still a mystery, TF gives you everything that the show is about. 12 year old Reggie (I asume she's 12, title of the show after all) is a playful teenager who doesn't want to grow and indeed she doesn't as she is seen playing with a action-figure in school!
I know it sounds crazy but that really blew my mind! In the Jr. High schools I went to during my school years (2001-2003) kids no longer played with toys, they were all about social scene crap and who was having their first sex experience, playing with toys was a public shame. So seeing Reggie a teenage girl playing with toys is something not only amusing but also heartwarming and makes me wish that real teenagers realized that they are still freaking kids and to stop trying to be adults.
Anyway back on track, After this introduction were are shown the plot of the series. Reggie has a magical key that she uses to travel to her mind where she has created a magical world called "Party Island" where they have lots of fantastical adventures but must watch out for the Witch,who Reggie calls "Butt-Witch", who wants to cause trouble for Reggie and her best friend Shane.
Magical girls I have seen before since I grew-up with Sailor Moon in the 90's , but a magical girl who can travel to her mind? Now that's something I haven't seen before! Already a unique idea and with a likable and relatable protagonist like Reggie this is a story I want to see more of.
However there a couple of things that might need work or I don't know what to make off. First the imaginary world reminds too much of Adventure Time and that one show with that fat kid (I think it's called Clarence or something..) so the designs look like something I have seen before and don't really capture me. The Butt-Witch, well she is really ..something.. I like her design but then there's her voice. I know what they are doing with her, it's a villain that is a lot of similar to HIM from the Powerful Puff Girls. I assume she's suppose to be kinda creepy or make viewers uncomfortable. However while HIM was completely scary the butt-Witch is more of comedy than Nightmare-fuel as her curvy body makes it obvious she's a female and not some abomination that you don't know what the heck is it like HIM. So for me I would had much prefer had she been voice by a female voice and just made her sound like the wicked witch of the west. Unless she's made more bizarre looking in order to make her creepy.
And last and probably the one thing that I don't like about it, Reggie's best friend Shane. You know this show really takes me back to when I was a kid, because watching this made me feel like those times when I was watching a cartoon and I was wishing I was living the adventure with the heroine .. because her friend is boring. When Reggie arrives in her fantasy world she turns Shane into a surf board and honestly for me he might had stayed that way,.. cause he really didn't leave much of a character impact. I know Shane is suppose to be the straight man to Reggie's Cloudcuckoolander but he's just forgettable. I know that by this point of the story traveling to his best friends fantasy world is now normal but c'mon have a surprised expression! Maybe it's just his design that has him have that laid back 70's kid look but overall he was the least thing I remember after watching this short. Maybe he does more if there are more episodes or probably need to see this more than twice in order to get his character but I didn't have this problem when I saw Infinity Train or the Loud House for the first time, every character left an impression when I saw then for the first time.
Still all that aside, they are just nitpicks cause in the end I still love this short and really wish that this got a series. If anything at least to see a teenager who acts her age.
