poe426 If ever a costumed superhero fared worse than The Phantom, s/he slipped right past me. The serial was bad enough (though Tom Tyler, who'd done such a remarkable job in THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL, looked good in "the very first costumed superhero" costume): with the aid of his four-legged sidekick, Devil (a wolf, here played by a dog), he lords it over a tribe of (apparently) lost White Men (some of whom sport some ridiculous greasepaint). The serial featured some solid stuntwork, but was, overall, a bit of a disappointment. The feature version, with Billy Zane, was better, but, it, too, suffered from inconsistency (as when our hero, on horseback in pursuit of a truckload of fleeing ne'er-do-wells, simply jumps up on the horse's back and springs through the air... to land atop the speeding vehicle). But the worst of the lot- by far- has to be this anime wannabe. So simple-minded in conception and execution is it that even fast-forwarding through it becomes tedious. Just one more letdown in an ongoing series of same.

sanpreet_m I would give it 20 stars out of 10, but IMDb doesn't allow you to. I also watched it when I was in class 9 in 1995-1997 in India on their state television, Doordarshan. And can I say I have never ever seen anything like this. The only other thing that I liked watching as much as this was the Real Adventures of Jonny Quest.The story for this show I found to be pretty haunting and till this day (12 years past) and I haven't been able to forget it. Its that good.As far as I remember, in the end, the previous phantom doesn't die but somehow preserves himself and is released after a given time period expires from a "preserved" state. I think the current phantom tries to save him but is unable to and it happens in one of the last or the second last episode as far as I can remember. Excellent series. If only is is aired on TV again.

astiwana I saw this series when it was telecast on the Indian National television channel "Doordarshan" in 1997. To me, it ranks as one of the best cartoon adaptations (that too, futuristic) to date. However, the channel discontinued the series sometime in 1999. After that, even I was unable to catch the series (if at all telecast). So I'm still left with that incomplete feeling.Since IMDb forces one to write too many lines, I'm repeating the above text in its entirety. Sorry. I saw this series when it was telecast on the Indian Nationaltelevision channel "Doordarshan" in 1997. To me, it ranks as one of the best cartoon adaptations (that too, futuristic) to date. However, the channel discontinued the series sometime in 1999. After that, even I was unable to catch the series (if at all telecast). So I'm still left with that incomplete feeling.

Gislef Phantom 2040 is probably the best animated action-adventure series I've seen. It doesn't cater to a low-intelligence audience: you've really got to watch this, and watch it carefully, to follow everything that's going on. Lots of intricate inter-plotting of episodes and characters, somewhat sympathetic bad guys (Ron Perlman's Graf in particular, one of the "grayest" villains ever), funky artwork, and a well-developed future society (compare it to, say, "The Magician" (1998)). Hopefully someone will carry this in repeats at some point (Sci-Fi Channel, maybe), because it's a show that should have stayed on forever.