Over the Garden Wall is positively enchanting.

And really, that's the only word that I can think of to describe it well. This is the first time in a while (or, perhaps, ever) that something on Cartoon Network has really captured my attention like this. Shows like Flapjack and Adventure Time came close in a different way, but Over the Garden Wall is definitely the pinnacle of what I love about those shows. It's funny, creepy, deep, compelling, imaginative, and every episode makes me love it even more. It even radiates that "Ghibli-ness" that I can never get enough of.

I don't know how I haven't heard of this show before last week, but I couldn't be happier that I gave it a shot instead of dismissing it as the sort of the thing I'm used to seeing on Cartoon Network.

That's pretty much it. There is only one word to adequately describe this series and that word is "enchanting."

 

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