Sure, it isn't Supernatural. But if you want more and some other point of views or a bit more back story...and if you like anime..then give it a shot.It isn't 60 fps like other animes though, it is what I would call 'choppy' and the use of black/white a lot of the time and not being actually 'noir' might turn some people off, I found that bit of animation kinda cool. The fact Sam is actually voiced by the real Sam makes it a bonus and the voice actor for Dean sounds pretty spot on is good enough for me.Don't expect to be blown away or anything but if you are a fan of SN and aren't going to judge harshly then definitely give this a try. If you like both than you will probably enjoy this show.

Season 1 is a anime remix of the series one and two. The reviewer who complained about the exposition dumps apparently remembers season 1 of the live action differently than I do. They used to stop and tell each other things like this all the time.The anime has the standards conventions - people change hair color to suit the environment (although I am saddened that Sam's hair never has the emotional acting that anime hair often does.) Dean is a horn-dog with an open face, Sam is obsessed with finding Dad and The Thing That Killed Mom and Jess. He gets the classical anime hero drawing. John is the gruff, tragic father - shadowed, square jawed and 20 feet tall. The true break is Bobby who seems to be older and much fatter than he should be. The English dub would also make him from New York. You either accept these things or you do not. Anime viewers are not thrown by these.The actual supernatural elements are actually better than the series. The gore factor certainly gets a boost. The anime is the Winchesters driving into a different ghost story every week. It was a blast to visit and if you like season one and two, you should definitely watch.

I was really excited when I heard that there was going to be an animated version of Supernatural, but after watching the first episode I'm severely disappointed. Rather than presenting itself as a tie in animation that has new stories or fills in back stories with more information, the debut episode is merely a bad rehash of the 'Skinwalker' episode of the original. No back story is given, so I doubt the anime could act as a standalone series either. Maybe as I had the dub rather than subtitles, but the scripting was terrible. Exposition is handed to the audience with no attempt at acting or tying into the storyline. The animation isn't bad, but also nothing brilliant about it (the Impala doesn't look quite right) It was a nice touch getting Padalecki to voice Sam, but without Ackles it just doesn't work. It might have been a better move to simply have different voice actors for both characters, rather than have one brother sound 'right' and the other not quite spot on. Though I'll watch a few more episodes to see if there is improvement, based on the first installment, I'd not recommend it to anyone.

Now why would anyone that watched the original show ever watch an animated version? The story it's the same, the characters are not nearly as good as in the TV show and the drawings are lame.On the other side why would someone that has not seen the TV show watch the animated version if it doesn't offer anything new or better?Even if the episodes are shorter than the TV show's episodes the action actually seems to move more slowly, and it's boring.If you like the genre I strongly recommend watching the TV series, and then trying to watch the first episode of the animation just so you can see the BIG difference. I watched 2 episodes and it was enough for me. I'll most likely watch the show again than watching this crap!I wonder how they convinced Jared Padalecki to be Sam's voice...