I grew with the original Animaniacs. I must've been 7 years old when it came out and I was hooked on it!
No need to mention that I was looking forward to the reboot to relive those memories.
The new series does an alright job getting the 34-year-old kid inside me back in the series, but not "great."
There are good gags, the music is amazing, the HD quality is looking slick (although needs some getting used to, especially if you've just binge-watched the original series,) the intro-song gags are fun and pretty clever but maybe too overthought (e.g. "Animany, totally-insany, don't-need-to-mansplany, Animaniacs.)
However, the animation is not as extravagant and over-the-top funny as the original. It really feels like there is a brand new (too young) team of animators that are not that familiar with the original and rushed into making the new series.
I really miss some of the old characters and recurring sketches, like Slappy and Skippy Squirrel, Mime Time, Mindy and Button, Rita and Runt, the Goodfeathers, The Wheel of Morality, etc.
At the same time, it felt to me a bit desperate in certain episodes to dive into Asian types of animation, such as Japanese anime and K-pop. Really hard to understand, even if the series is trying to recruit new audiences.
The self-mocking jokes on their reboot were pretty funny in the beginning, but as they recur more often, they start to wear off quickly.
This said, I still had plenty of laughs and chuckles throughout the season and looking forward to the second season coming out.
