Blood of Zeus

1st season – 90% – An incredible way to combine all the familiar elements of Greek mythology. Sometimes it's like Disney's Hercules, sometimes it's like Hercules with Kevin Sorbo. At times it's extravagant, enough that Eduard Petiška would be jumping for joy around Olympus, and at times it's bloodthirsty, as if an episode had been taken from God of War. But first and foremost, it's action-packed, emotional, and quickly paced legend wrapped in the cloak of the popular Castlevania, which it conquers with icy calmness. (25/05/2021)

As I used to love reading about ancient Greek myths and legends at school and repeatedly went back to read them again for years after, I did not find anything in this show very surprising, especially at the beginning. In fact, the whole basic narrative is nothing new. How about the main male protagonist, was he in any way original or interesting? Truth be told, not really... It is like a classic ancient fable, only much more fleshed out, gory and taken to crazier (and for some, probably much cooler) heights. Even so, did I find anything surprising and intriguing? Did I find something in Blood of Zeus that would make me miss it and crave the next season? I do not think so. I personally found that even the much talked about Castlevania, which is being raved about by everyone, was a bit more enjoyable than this because there was at least something surprising in every episode... The animation is fine, the soundtrack is great, although story-wise I think it is rather average. 5.5/10. (08/11/2020)