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Honestly, I was rather interested into seeing where this would go. Upon seeing the trailer, I felt it would be another unlikely hero/chosen one story. Don't get me wrong, it definitely is, but I find out animation writers Paul Rugg and Tom Ruegger wrote for this show, the same guys who wrote for Animaniacs. Upon that, this peaked my interest.

The story is that Pac-Man, a resident of Pac-World accidentally unlocks the sealed door to the Netherworld where the ghosts reside and run uppity. Pac-Man finds out he is the only one who can stop the ghosts from regaining their bodies and taking over the world (OF COURSE!) because...he's yellow. Along with the help of his friends, Spiral whom I assume is the muscle, Cylindria, whom I assume is the brains, the professor, Sir Cumference (...ugh), and the Tree of Life which is the source of their superpowers, they must protect Pac-World from the ghost take over.

Honestly, this new adaptation to the world-famous game character is...okay. It's not god awful, but it's not great. The animation is fun to watch, the Netherworld looks pretty cool, although I have not seen this show in stereoscopic 3D, I love the idea of the four main ghosts being double agents for the Pac-World, they kinda steal the show and that Pinky has a crush on Pac-Man (Yes, it happened in the games) and the show makes a few winks to the video game (Maze 256, ha ha ha) Although, it's too soon to tell as the show was just released. The jokes are hit-and-miss, nothing about the show is especially memorable, it all seems to be the standard "chosen one"/"unlikely hero" story, and in high school, no less. I'll give the show some future watches and see where it goes from there. There seems to be some creativity from this even though Pac-Man has turned into Kirby with his ravenous appetite and acquiring his powers by eating berries. But I suggest giving it a shot. Your interest in the source material is irrelevant.

(So far, 7.4 outta 10)

So this is a bad show... I would've given this a 4/10 if they HADN'T MESSED UP ON ONE IMPORTANT THING... The fact that they mentioned the father of Pac-Man in a show where there is GROSS OUT HUMOR; Masaya Nakamura. Also they were LYING. Nakamura is NOT the father of Pac-Man. He is the founder of Namco. Toru Iwatani is the ACTUAL father of Pac-Man. How could they mess something important up THAT MUCH? I can KINDA understand it for the first episode, since it's probably a Pilot, but each episode mentions Nakamura every time! Not that it matters anyway, as each episode has some stereotypes, like the bully, the teenage hero, and a few more of them. And then like I said, there is gross out humor. Remember when a character farts in a BAD show and it would be invisible or GREEN!? What if I told you colorful versions of those and burps (in some moments) are EVEN WORSE? Just. I know it sounds like I'm nitpicking about the creators, but you will be insulted by it if you care so deeply about the yellow round orb, and they try to insult Iwatani's creation by doing generic or sometimes gross stuff in episodes. The show is boring as well. 22 minutes was probably not the best idea also considering how rushed episodes are, making it long. And the 2 part episodes are pretty much the opposite. They drag on for FAR TOO LONG. I'm honestly shocked that the best episode is the last episode (even though there are ZERO user reviews of it, but I forgot that you can rate without review so moving on.) OH YEAH. And just to SLAP us in the face, they cancelled the series AT THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME!!! SPOILER ALERT: it ends with Pac's 'girlfriend' whispering to him where his parents are and he's excited. AND THAT'S IT!!! Just when some or few people watching are probably WONDERING where or what will happen to Pac's parents, WILL NEVER KNOW!!! I have no words. I don't care about talking about the episodes. Don't let children watch this unless THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY sure that they won't have a bad sense of humor or bad taste in cartoons, and will ONLY watch just to see what could possibly go wrong with the show. Side note: I played the 3DS game before the show. And it was better than the show. It gets DUMBLY hard at the final stage, by the way. And hard to 100%. If people like me enjoy this game MORE than the show or console games OR EVEN THE SEQUEL of these games, then you have SUCCESSFULLY failed. It's KINDA SATISFYING to eat ghosts rather than watching Pac-Man doing so in this show. So that is my review(?) of PMatGA. I'm sorry if this review was confusing. But it seriously has to be seen to believe or even looking at the cover/title.

Minor Spoilers. This show is a crappy redo of Pac-Man. Pac-Man is a gaming icon. They messed him up so bad in this. First of all wheres Ms. Pac-Man? Did they have to replace it with a Purple loser? Also they made Pac-Man a teenager. HE'S A MAN HES CALLED Pac-*Man*. Oh and in this show hes callled Pacster or Pac. Bad show.

I watched it when it was made I LOVE it pinky and pac liking each over is weird but better than the other one i love this I'm still watching it even though it was sadly cancelled

Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures is a Japanese/Canadian/American computer-animated comedy-adventure television series featuring Namco's classic video game character Pac-Man. It is produced by 41 Entertainment, Arad Productions Inc. and Bandai Namco Entertainment for Tokyo MX (stereo version), BS11 (stereo version) and Disney XD (bilingual version).

The series first aired on June 15, 2013 on Disney XD in the US, on March 17, 2014 on Family Chrgd (as Disney XD) in Canada and premiered on April 5, 2014 on Tokyo MX and BS11 in Japan, and is being produced by Avi Arad.[6] On October 5, 2015, the series premiered on Discovery Kids in Latin America. A video game based on the series was released on October 29, 2013.

Pac-Man and his friends are back now with CGI animation and on streaming. No deep story just Pac-Man chomping down his foes. Nice animation for early 2010s TV standard, and you get the cast from Friendship is Magic. Mostly made for little kids new to Pac-Man, 80s kids like us and sells tons of toys and games.