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Originally posted on Saturday May 18, 2024 and that found its way into a YouTube Shorts Reel regarding whether if The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish had been canceled by Youtuber SameMatt, that I am moving this review to where it should have gone in the first place rather than unintentionally reviewing the entire series as a 6 out of 10...

Admittedly before I even watched this show having had seen how bad just the first episode of the previous reboot attempt was, that I was quite trepidatious as how this series may turn out. I was fairly surprised at how good the actual first episode of this new reboot was, although Cosmo and Wanda being presented as retirees still doesn't sit right with me. It just seems out of character for them. The series has potential where the other reboot was an utter catastrophe and quite an awful show to where I forgot to even watch the remaining twelve episodes before Paramount terminated its existence. It was that unmemorable. This however it does have some heart put into it rather than it being just a soulless cash grab like the other was. The only connecting points between it and the original show were the animated opening sequence and the cameo by an adult Timmy Turner and his faeries sans Poof being transferred to his Fairly Odder canon cousin. This show on the other hand is about an entirely new god-kid in an entirely new city who meets Cosmo and Wanda as her "neighbors" and eventually calamity ensues after Hazel makes her first wish.

I've recently picked up this series because I was curious on how they would adapt this after... *previous* Fairly Oddparents Adaptations- and I gotta say, this one might be the best one yet. A fresh start with a fresh set of characters, Hazel is a positive beaming ray of sunshine and a very fun protagonist.

It took me a bit to be accustomated with the new artstyle, but I think the 3D works to help distinguish it from it's predecessor (plus, they did a great job adapting it to 3D). Cosmo and Wanda's dynamic is also a fun shift to, no longer "tolerates eachother and is only bound by their marriage", they're two halves of an idiot, and I mean that affectionately. Great message in this episode aswell, really well made.