The Worst Era of Ninjago

Today we discuss my least favorite era of Ninjago. Season 11 - Season 15.
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[@TheDiamondCore]

The biggest problem with this era to me is the flanderizations/stereotyping of personalities. Jay is now just the “childish whiny jokester” of the group, with every single semblance of his mechanic abilities or relationship with Nya nearly wiped (excluding season 14, somewhat) Zane is the “funny robot dude” in these seasons, and it sucks, especially since they literally had the perfect opportunity to take his arc into a very great and somewhat-mature way with the post-ice-emperor events. and so on for the rest of the group. It feels like everyone is trying to be the comedic relief, but when everyone is the comedic relief no-one is. And also, the group dynamics in these seasons just feel so wildly different and unnatural compared to things like the dynamics in stuff like Season 4, 6, etc.

[@hankmorrison269]

I don’t think Jay is whiny lol. And I like Zane being funny lol also when you say season four and six, are you talking about tournament of elements and Skybound?

[@RizkhanJamro]

Tbh they made Jay way too jokey, he is serious at times when he needs to be and like how Jay said he needed to change his pants after he powered the submarine bounty like this is a serious somewhat important development moment for him and he out here saying he needs to change his pants and when nya saved them from the crashing tunnel in crystallised. Everyone is asking serious questions and then Jay says the exact damn thing. They can't even make proper jokes for him to say. They just make him more childish when he is supposed to be somewhat serious and mature.

[@hankmorrison269]

@@RizkhanJamro I actually disagree with everything you said lol.

[@imaginerejector1429]

​@@RizkhanJamroto be fair, didn't he make a similar comment on the way to the Dark Island? An important story moment for the entire cast and Jay was talking about needing to change his underwear.

[@imaginerejector1429]

​@@hankmorrison269I love Zane being funny. But when he was manipulated into being a dictator whose soldiers wiped out most of a species and next season, he's playing detective, it feels like nothing matters

[@ChickenTablet96]

11-minute-era is the perfect definition of "Wasted True Potential"

[@Crusty783]

Started and ended with Wasted True Potential

[@ChickenTablet96]

@@Crusty783 true, at least seasons 11, 13 and 14 weren't true potentials that got wasted

[@StevenJones851]

@@ChickenTablet96 i love those Seasons

[@Tiffany-p6e]

This era could've been great if they had more lore, time, and character development but no they completely failed

[@Tiffany-p6e]

You see I like the whole idea of this story but they failed terribly

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

My biggest problem with this era was the pacing. Boy am I glad that we returned to 22 minute episodes because pacing was absolutely screwed in this era, especially by the time we got to Crystalized.

[@johnbrando5336]

Honestly it’s a miracle people in the comment section still think Seabound is their favorite Season from this era despite getting retconned the most. Then again dragons rising fixed most of crystalized except ******, only isle knows the name I censored. And even then there’s at least a way that can fix them with web of masks. Anyways hope you feel better isle

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

@@johnbrando5336 There’s only one character in Crystalized who was a mess with 6 letters in their name.

[@adenweiner5573]

@@IsleofPigsStudios ohhh nooooo i am afraid to take a guess?? Harumi H-A-R-U-M-I OMG IT IS HARUMI!!!!😭😢 omg like i feel like i'm the only one who liked Crystalized and liked harumi being redeemed but yeah like everyone i totally agree IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE IN ONE EPISODE LET ALONG 30 SECONDS OR SOMETHING?????? it should have been through the course of the season and ep 17 Return to Prievel's eye was the perfect time to shine some light on this and have her begin that path of redemption i really really thought they were gonna do this but no...they didn't yeah i do agree she is a pretty controversial character especially her portrayal in Crystallized i mean i always thought that 50% of the fandom didn't like her and 50% of the fandom loved her that's what it looked like to me (thought the controversy of her portrayal in Crystalized would die down by now i mean it has been a year and a half almost)

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

Harumi being redeemed isn’t inherently bad in my opinion, the problem is that it happened *TOO* fast, and *TOO* late. We also get no consequences for Harumi and we all know how her relationship with Lloyd has been in Crystalized.

[@adenweiner5573]

@@johnbrando5336 yessss honestly like I am taking it 50% want her back and 50% don’t want her back but if they would do it right and not make llorumi happen they could please both sides like there is gonna be controversy either way so at least show us what happened or flashback best case they just bring her back and show us where her and Lloyd stand now in their complicated relationship cause her ending in Crystalized was left pretty open-ended like you can’t just leave THAT up to interpretation like too big of a gap to guess if we need to know what happened okay well here is what got me hoping harumi might come back lemme know what you think.. i see why some people think that she won't come back or don't want her back but these are my reasons on why i think she might come back like okay we have not seen Skylor or Pixal or Vania yet we haven't seen any old characters yet in season 1 or in the season 2 trailer and she is not dead that is the only hope i am holding on too, and it wasn't just harumi who was portrayed badly, so was lloyd and nya but they were fixed in Dragons Rising and now everybody loves them again? like it was that bad in Crystazlied i get it was controversial but i didn't think it was this bad! this is what got me holding onto hope: Doc Wyatt and Kevin Burke really like Harumi apparently and they also see her as a broken villain that's what i've been hearing and also believe that Harumi is redeemable (I do believe Doc Wyatt and Kevin Burke do understand her character and her relationship with Lloyd they see the human within her and see that she has some goodness within herself and it could have been a good redemption arc there were too many writers for that) we did not see any other side characters yet she is not dead cause they did not confirm that she died or any other character had died in the merge if they are all still alive so is harumi if nothing is confirmed She just got revived in season 16 and we did not see her in 4 years since her death in hunted and she is not dead so they cannot just throw her out she is alive if was dead that would be a different story but I hope she is not otherwise her return in Crystalized would be totally pointless so yeah those are CORRECTION WERE those were my pathetic reasons and beliefs on why i think she is coming back... but these reasons are pretty pathetic reasons right? like okay if no other side character ends up showing up by the end of the show, like you've mentioned Pixal, Wu, Garmadon, Skylor, Dareth then i would be totally cool with harumi not showing up HOWEVER!!!!! if all side character BUT HARUMI end up showing up here is what i will tell the creators of Ninjago quote Heather Chandler (from Heathers Musical, first lyric from the song Candy Store) Heather Chandler: Are we gonna have a problem? JK!! i wouldn't say that but i wouldn't lie i would be pretty pissed how about u? yes i know that other people would think this is a good idea but i really love harumi so i would be really upset and angry how about u?

[@Captain_Griff]

This era has some great stuff (more Cole and Nya character development, fight choreography , Seasons 13 and 14 ) it also has some bad stuff (making Zane be a stereotypical robotish character, making Jay act like a kid for no reason, Crystalized itself, bringing back Harumi and making her worse as a character) , this era has flaws but it's good , the Lego sets are some of my favourites for Ninjago ever (i brought almost all the Winter 2020 sets because of how good they were) , sure it's the worst era but it's not terible (except Crystalized) .

[@hankmorrison269]

I actually disagree with everything you said I don’t think it’s the worst era. I think it’s a great era. and I actually liked crystallized. I don’t care what anyone thinks of it. I think it’s better than you think but think whatever you want I don’t care.

[@Captain_Griff]

​​@@hankmorrison269different opinion, i respect that but the lego sets were great (at least according to me) , i might consider rewatching the era tho.

[@hankmorrison269]

@@Captain_Griff TY me too agreed I think so too according to me, me too cause I think it’s a great era to watch. I pretty much think every era of Ninjago is great.

[@Green_Ninja-fm7hs]

I agree with your point and 2:00, I think Distress Calls suffers from this problem the most, it had some good moments but the episode kept shifting the focus from 1 location and character to the next so fast

[@hankmorrison269]

I like the distress calls episode.

[@Green_Ninja-fm7hs]

​@@hankmorrison269same but the scenes come and go too quickly

[@hankmorrison269]

@@Green_Ninja-fm7hs That’s cool and interesting I guess.

[@NotWa1king]

I feel like the problem with this era lies in the fact that Crystalized undid half of the characters development from previous seasons (Nya’s arc from seabound, Lloyd’s arc from S8-S15 being undone by Harumi, and Harumi being brought back just to be redeemed) really fumbled the bag. I like all of the seasons here, i enjoyed S11, S13, The Island and S14 (some of those are my favorite seasons) and S12 is alright. Crystalized took down the potential of all those seasons. I will say though that Dragons Rising has made me enjoy this era more, simply because I don’t really view Crystalized as a final season and moreso think of DR the same show under a different “series”, similar to Masters of Spinjitzu and simply just “Ninjago”.

[@adenweiner5573]

@NotWa1king (I am gonna get lots of hate for saying this pls not hate please?🥺😢😟) i feel like i'm the only one who liked Crystalized and liked harumi being redeemed but yeah like everyone i totally agree IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE IN ONE EPISODE LET ALONG 30 SECONDS OR SOMETHING?????? it should have been through the course of the season and ep 17 Return to Prievel's eye was the perfect time to shine some light on this and have her begin that path of redemption i really really thought they were gonna do this but no...they didn't yeah i do agree she is a pretty controversial character especially her portrayal in Crystallized i mean i always thought that 50% of the fandom didn't like her and 50% of the fandom loved her that's what it looked like to me (thought the controversy of her portrayal in Crystalized would die down by now i mean it has been a year and a half almost) yeah i do agree Harumi is a pretty controversial character especially her portrayal in Crystallized i mean i always thought that 50% of the fandom didn't like her and 50% of the fandom loved her that's what it looked like to me (P.S, I'm one of the 50% who loves her i really hope Harumi comes back though I feel like more people would want to know what happened to her as time goes on I do believe the controversy from Crystalized will die down and therefore want her back in the show. do u think we will see harumi in future seasons?? like seasons 4 and 5 cause apparently. (like harumi is human too she doesn't deserve sooooo much hate. yeah i do agree she is a pretty controversial character especially her portrayal in Crystallized i mean i always thought that 50% of the fandom didn't like her and 50% of the fandom loved her that's what it looked like to me (P.S, I'm one of the 50% who loves her) they did not say she is dead and there are a lot of other old characters that we have not seen yet and it is not only Harumi but also Lloyd’s oni form and how he treated Garmadon Vs Harumi and how they are “supporting a toxic relationship” which I really don’t think that is what they were even trying to do here imo honestly why do people still say it is a toxic ship if they both want to make up? Harumi is no longer mad at lloyd now that she knows the truth and lloyd forgave harumi( i know everyone is mad about this but forgiveness does not mean you are letting this person back in your life and that does not mean you trust them and they are in the same place as they were in before. it simply means letting go of the poison and all the toxic thoughts and no longer holding onto a grudge.) it wasn't just harumi who was portrayed badly, so was lloyd and nya but they were fixed in Dragons Rising and now everybody loves them again? why not try and do the same to Harumi?? like it was that bad in Crystazlied i get it was controversial but i didn't think it was this bad! so i don't see any reason why they can just move on and be friends or a couple and i hate it when people say harumi has done lot of bad things to lloyd which is true but if lloyd wants to give her another chance then its his choice so i don't see the issue and harumi is no longer mad at him and already avenged her parents by helping lloyd and Garmadon defeat the overlord so she has no reason to be a villain anymore so i don't see the harm in them trying to move on from the past and try and be friends and Nya, they gave her back her powers but they managed to fix the two of them in Dragons Rising and everyone is happy (Please don't attack me this is just my opinion🥺😢😟) like I am taking it 50% want her back and 50% don’t want her back but if they would do it right and not make llorumi happen they could please both sides like there is gonna be controversy either way so at least show us what happened or flashback best case they just bring her back and show us where her and Lloyd stand now in their complicated relationship cause her ending in Crystalized was left pretty open-ended like you can’t just leave THAT up to interpretation like too big of a gap to guess if we need to know what happened like seasons 4 and 5 cause apparently i think we are only getting season 2 this year so if it is 1 season per year and imo by the time they get to it people might change their minds on Harumi and maybe more people would want her back then before people chance their minds all the time the backslash from Crystalized would have probably died down by then with just questions on where the remaining characters aka Harumi are so they might bring her back for this reason to answer these questions what do u think? But what do u think??? Do u think there is even a chance she is gonna come back??

[@NotWa1king]

@@adenweiner5573I mainly didn’t like her redemption because during the entire season, she would switch between trying to kill lloyd and then being sympathetic towards him. My main problem with Lloyd/Nya is that Nya’s ending in Seabound was amazing. I felt like she was brought back too quickly and the villains just beat her up. Lloyd was inconsistent because he states “I’d rather see the good in people than the bad” which he TRIES to do with Harumi, but with Garmadon, he won’t even attempt to see that in Garmadon. DR fixed these though which honestly makes sense, I just wish Harumi’s story wasn’t so disorganized and sloppy

[@adenweiner5573]

@@NotWa1king yesss this is exactly my point?!! they fixed Lloyd and Nya which were also the biggest problems in Crystalized then why not Harumi?? like think about it Lloyd and Nya are the main characters of the show Harumi should also be fixed too imo i also liked how they tried to redeem her in Crystalized even though it could have been thought out better because she saved a family at the end of season 9 right before she died she and lloyd both looked at each other and harumi had this look of gulit in her eyes and even lloyd was shocked in that scene and soo upset that we went to go find her in the rumble to see if she was alright, when he said and we saw the flashback i was crying he loves her and cares for her soooo much. her redemption arc in Crystalized was not greatly executed they could have done better, i think they were trying to make her have a redemption arc and were trying to develop her character more and i liked that cause there were moments where u can just see deep down she didn't want to be evil so i can understand why the writers tired to give her a redemption arc cause in the last moment she did something good and seemed to realise her mistakes if they would have just done 22min epsiodes it would have been good I really do believe it could have a really great redemption arc for Harumi, her redemption arc could have been better if it were for longer episodes and there were too many writers to make a good redemption arc, well at least they tried to that's a small thing i'm happy about that fact they actually thought of giving her redeeming her in the first place Like Doc Wyatt and Kevin Burke really like Harumi apparently and they also see her as a broken villain and Doc Wyatt confirmed that harumi’s feelings for Lloyd were there but they are complicated and Tommy Andrason had a whole other view point and I am guessing that is what caused the clashing writing in Crystalized cause Doc Wyatt and Kevin Burke wrote the better episodes where we see her looking guilty and wanted to redeem her you could tell they wanted to redeem her from the start but they were too many writers to have a good redemption arc but Tommy left the show and if they like her character soooo much wouldn’t that mean that they would be more willingly and likely to want to bring her back? Like I think if it were up to them they would like I said the controversy probably did a lot of speaking and decision making for them but they did not say she is dead and there are a lot of other old characters that we have not seen yet

[@karinasdreamworld]

I LOVE Master of the Mountain and really enjoy Seabound, and I genuinely don't hate any of the seasons entirely, but the rest of the seasons in the 11 minute era do fall lower on my list so I do agree with this sentiment. The other "eras" are just more cohesive and consistent in my opinion, and like you said, the lack of direction (with both plot and characters imo) definitely throws a wrench in the flow of the series.

[@dragonmanstopmotions]

THANK YOU lol. You are literally the only person in like the whole fandom who has talked about this. It's always been truly baffling to me why Lego didn't just straight up reboot the show, since that's clearly what they wanted to do, but I guess chickened out or something(?). No one else has ever mentioned the shift from wanting to be a new show to just being more seasons of the "old show" so thanks for giving the topic its due. It's something I plan on touching on if a few Ninjago videos of my own ever get off the ground

[@Quanish_the_Elder]

Master of the Mountain and Seabound are some of the best seasons in Ninjago, the rest are pretty good but there are just better seasons.

[@Crusty783]

I agree for the most part

[@alejandroparra2800]

Crystalized also

[@Randomrainfrog]

@@alejandroparra2800you new on this channel?

[@Quanish_the_Elder]

@@alejandroparra2800 Crystalized is no where near one of the best seasons.

[@JordyCraft2745]

I agree, I do think prime empire is up there aswell

[@SICPARVISMAGNA3018]

It was honestly so disappointing to see jay fall so far as a character, like literally they removed every good thing about him and just made him the immature kid and literally did nothing to develop him as a character, I'm glad nya, cole and Lloyd got better as characters but why did they have to pointlessly ruin a character with great potential

[@MagicPotato08]

Weirdly enough I'm more nostalgic towards the 11-minute era than the first few seasons even though I grew up with them. Probably because in 2020 my hyperfixation on Ninjago REALLY began. So I remember everything since then a bit more fondly. 😮 Yeah, its definitly not the best, but I really like this era.

[@Crusty783]

That's valid! There are alot of points during the 11 minute era that I am insanely nostalgic for also. Notably S11 and 2021's content.

[@Thehalfbrainedbean]

​@@Crusty783For me, its gotta be prime Empire or M.O.T.M

[@MagicPotato08]

@@MRTHUNDER. Why do you ask?

[@MagicPotato08]

@@MRTHUNDER. I said I grew up with the first seasons

[@MRTHUNDER.]

@@MagicPotato08 I feel dumb I’m gonna pretend this never existed

[@iswiftyfox8997]

I know a lot of people prolly think pilot-s2 is the weakest era. But I personally believe it’s this era even tho it has a lot of positives because of how disconnected it feels. The seasons just don’t tie into each other how they do in other eras. And sure seasons 3-7 didn’t really do that either but they at least did it better IMO. Also this season has very few status quo changes and people aren’t really that far off when they say you can go from s10 to DR and not really miss anything important.

[@GreenNinj4]

The pilots is the literal origins and everything tied in back then. Lloyd released the snakes who released the stone samurai and got Garmadon to the dark island. Borg building his tower on the grounds of Garmatron lead to S3 events, which caused Zanes death. Because of that the ninja participated in Chens tournament. Because of Garmadon opening the cursed realm to defeat Chen, Morro could escape which led to Nya becoming the master of water. By that she destroyed the cursed realm, which is why Nadakhan came free and wanted a new Djinnjago. HOT was disconnected but all previous stuff is one consistent story, while Prime Empire for example is completely pointless and does nothing even for its focus ninja. How can people think this?💀

[@iswiftyfox8997]

@@GreenNinj4 people really don’t like s2

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

My critique of the WildBrain era is that it simultaneously wasn’t Ninjago enough and was too Ninjago- from a toy perspective. Season 11 was a retread of Chima’s third season (which had a similar fire/ice dynamic and arguably did it better), Season 12 had a great concept (and great sets) but was incredibly underbaked from a story standpoint (Zane deserved to go in with the rest of the team!!!) and should’ve been its own thing instead of a Ninjago season, Season 13 aped Heroica and Castle (resulting in an awkward mix of ninja robes and knight armor; thank goodness this season was good), The Island was a retread of the Islanders from Pirates, Season 14 was basically LEGO Atlantis with a Ninjago skin over it (good season, though), and Season 15 was just an exaggeration of everything that non-Ninjago fans see Ninjago as- oversized bikes and cars, mechs, dragons, and a gimmick that only lasts one wave before being retired (in Crystalized’s case, the dragon aesthetic for our heroes and the crystalline aesthetic for the villains).

[@craftihlow69]

6:37 I love how the short version for secrets of the forbidden spinjitzu is SotFS like it is for Scholar of the first sin which also makes sense as Dark Souls 2 also doesnt feel like it knows what its trying to be.

[@Supasmartguy]

I like how you acknowledge that even though the 11-minute era is the "worst" era of the show, it's still not outright bad and has more positive than negatives to it. It's just not quite as good as the other eras of the show.

[@igor1671]

I don't think it's fair to call it "the worst era", because no era of Ninjago is bad in my opinion (at most, the "least best"). I know, we have Crystalized, but I still think this era is more positive than negative. Giving my general resolution: *-Season 11:* It has its flaws, but I really like how they tried new things here and it still had a really good story in the Ice Chapter. *-Season 12:* Not one of the best seasons, but there are some great moments here for the characters. *-Seasons 13 and 14:* Some of the best seasons of the entire series, just it. *-Season 15:* Take out Garmadon and throw everything left of this season in the trash where it belongs.

[@Crusty783]

I agree with everything here except for the S12 opinion, I'm really not a fan of that season😅😅 As for the "worst" part, I dont think the 11min era is bad outright, but everything needs a "worst thing". It's mainly the worst because everything else is better.

[@alejandroparra2800]

Crystalized was S tier I dont know what u talking about 💀

[@igor1671]

​@@alejandroparra2800 In an alternative universe, right?

[@Forgetitbruv]

​@@Crusty783it should be more about jays power's and his mother as they did for Cole. Cuz we know so less about what jays powers abilities are and his mom of course.

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

@@alejandroparra2800it’s just someone else’s opinion man.

[@iceprincealex8875]

i had alot of fun with this era and it also brought me closer to the ninjago fandom while not perfect i enjoyed this era though i wish the ending (crystalized) was better

[@hankmorrison269]

I think the ending of crystallized is better than you think. In my opinion if you don’t agree with me, that’s fine I respect your opinion and I hope you respect mine too.

[@adenweiner5573]

@rrison269 yeah i also really liked Crystalized too i feel like i'm the only one who liked Crystalized and liked harumi being redeemed but yeah like everyone i totally agree IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE IN ONE EPISODE LET ALONG 30 SECONDS OR SOMETHING?????? it should have been through the course of the season and ep 17 Return to Prievel's eye was the perfect time to shine some light on this and have her begin that path of redemption i really really thought they were gonna do this but no...they didn't yeah i do agree she is a pretty controversial character especially her portrayal in Crystallized i mean i always thought that 50% of the fandom didn't like her and 50% of the fandom loved her that's what it looked like to me (thought the controversy of her portrayal in Crystalized would die down by now i mean it has been a year and a half almost) yeah i do agree Harumi is a pretty controversial character especially her portrayal in Crystallized i mean i always thought that 50% of the fandom didn't like her and 50% of the fandom loved her that's what it looked like to me (P.S, I'm one of the 50% who loves her i really hope Harumi comes back though I feel like more people would want to know what happened to her as time goes on I do believe the controversy from Crystalized will die down and therefore want her back in the show. do u think we will see harumi in future seasons?? like seasons 4 and 5 cause apparently. (like harumi is human too she doesn't deserve sooooo much hate. yeah i do agree she is a pretty controversial character especially her portrayal in Crystallized i mean i always thought that 50% of the fandom didn't like her and 50% of the fandom loved her that's what it looked like to me (P.S, I'm one of the 50% who loves her)

[@hankmorrison269]

@@adenweiner5573 Agreed with everything you said, my friend me too, and I hope to see her again in Ninjago dragon rising too.

[@shortstackofpancakes13]

I think the 11 minute era is okay, but is really flawed. Seasons 11, 13, and 14 are great character focused stories that were enjoyable, well written, and are some of my favorite seasons of the show but they felt incomplete. I think this is because the new locations feel sort of lifeless and many moments and character arcs needed more time to develop. The era would be so much better if the character development and stories from each season carried over to the next. I think the reason they didn’t do this is that the show didn’t have enough time with the shorter episodes and seasons. Also, Crystalized soured my enjoyment of this era.

[@gamejitzu]

Never thought about the 11-minute era as the "in-between" of the bunch. Makes sense though, catering to different types of people at the same time is careful and meticulous work, and that's basically the opposite of this era

[@BoltIsCool]

While it is unfortunately the weakest out of the Ninjago eras, I wouldn’t say it’s bad. I personally love Season 11, Prime Empire, and Master of the Mountain and I’d say they were pretty strong seasons in their own right.

[@Crusty783]

I agree! It's definitely decent, I just feel comparing it to other eras makes it look pretty lacklustre

[@shirowolfanimator]

Well, except master of the mountain

[@hankmorrison269]

I actually disagree it’s not the worst era I like every season in the era seasons 11, 12 13 the island season 14/15 and season 15/16. I think they’re all great seasons in my opinion I like every season of Ninjago rather if they’re animated by Wilfilm or wildbrain I like every Ninjago season out there. I think this is one of the greatest eras ever in my opinion not the greatest but one of the greatest in my opinion rather if the episodes are 11 minutes or 22 minutes. I still enjoy them and I’m enjoying Ninjago dragons rising right now.

[@Nacil_54]

Yes, Seabound is season 14, and Crystalized season 15.

[@hankmorrison269]

@@Nacil_54 Call it whatever you want my friend. Also, you know that Ninjago dragons rising is a new series and the first season on Netflix is not season 16 or 17 and you know the second season is not 17 or 18 and you know the third season is not 18 or 19 right?

[@Nacil_54]

@@hankmorrison269 Yes ? The first show has 15 seasons of various length, and 3 specials all 45 minutes each and at some point released in a single special episode, the second show has 1 season and the second one is coming soon.

[@hankmorrison269]

@@Nacil_54 Correct the second season will have 20 episodes like the first season did. And it’ll release on April 4 on a Thursday I’m very excited. Also, when you say three specials, are you talking about the pilots day of the departed and the island?

[@Nacil_54]

@@hankmorrison269 Yes, they're all 45 minutes, and were released in the 1, 2, or 4 episodes format.

[@tricerosefrosty]

I feel like 11 minute episodes can work well, but it depends on the episode they are hoping to make. I would’ve preferred that they did it in the Rise of the TMNT way where some episodes were 11 minutes while others were 22 minutes (usually first episodes and season finales)

[@MatthewK122]

Hope dragon rising trillogy can learnt from old era mistakes

[@alejandroparra2800]

Its not a trilogy, most likely it will have at least 5-6 seasons

[@PaleozoicBricks]

I will never like how the tried to market crystalized as this grand finale

[@griffysfnafchannel]

one of my main issues with the 11 minute era was how nobody really treated the Ninja like they where experienced warriors like sure in season 11 it made sense but in 12 and 13 it didn't make any sense. Ungami obviously knew about what was happening and he barely does anything to stop the ninja besides send in some enemies from the game. and Vangelis should have know the ninja where experienced so why did he act like they where still beginners like I get that he is kind of arrogant but he should know better. I mean come on the ninja defeated the great devourer the overlord two times at that point two evil time travelers the oni, a cult a crazy old snake woman who shouts revenge every 3 seconds and ghosts who wanted to curse the realm and do spooky evil things I guess? plus they defeated there old foes as statues and then finally they fought a video game so Vangelis should know better than just oh I will get them to Surender also the dude could have just made the Skeltons mine for him🤦 I am not including the pilots or the other realms beacuse they where more closed off events.

[@GreenNinj4]

Gonna get hated for this but the worst era for me is easily S8-12 (and crystallized). Thats when Jay started to become a manbaby reduced to stupid „oh I peed my pants“ humor, Kai is a weird wannabe comic relief and Zane is just the funny robot guy. Even though he is my favourite character, Lloyd was way too much focussed and I absolutely hate the redesigns because everyone looks like a carricature of the OG. I abandoned the show for years because particularly S8, S10 and 12 were insanely terrible. MotM and Seabound saved this era and made me like the show again.

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

Ironically, this video is almost as long as a Wildbrain Ninjago Episode

[@supervivo7069]

As someone who watched the first season as it premiered, I'm surprised this show is still going on.

[@MrDuckIsHappy]

Im so happy that you were able to mention the plot not going anywhere. Whenever i look back at season 12 (prime empire), it feels alot like some spin off rather than a ninjago plot

[@Ninjagofan2024]

At first, I thought that there was only two eras, The Wil-film and Wild-Brain era. But now, as the video continues, I knew that the series was so mixed and match

[@theghostwiththemost789]

One thing I hate about the 11 minute era is the weird 2D animated episodes. They look so ugly and I’m so glad that dragons rising got rid of them

[@Green_Ninja-fm7hs]

Idk but I thought it was really funny and creative

[@adnanaboukewik4950]

11: I really like the fire chapter, don't really like the ice chapter 12: Just fine 13: very VERY VERY VERY GREAT. Island: Just fine 14: Best season in all of ninjago imo 15: My least favorite season. I don't like it.

[@Crusty783]

those are pretty good summaries of the 11min seasons (even if i dont entirely agree). just a very mixed era of ninjago quality-wise all and all.

[@adnanaboukewik4950]

yeah i agree

[@Ajeanbaptiste-i6d]

Ok I might get cooked but hear me out, I hated all of them (except season 8)

[@Fifitsu]

3 Series: - Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Ninjago - Ninjago: Dragons Rising 5 eras: - Original Trylogy - Revival Era - Oni Trylogy - 11 minute era - DR

[@joshslater2426]

I was on board with the reboot at first, but I lost faith when I saw The Island, a 40-minute toy commercial that did nothing but set up the Wojira and ruin the character of Ronin. The 11 minute episode formula didn’t help either, as it resulted in story elements being stretched out for way too long and episodes that were pure filler. The new characters were ok, but some were forgettable, and a lot of the older characters suffered. They didn’t even end Crystallised with the Ninjago overture, which says a lot. There were some redeeming elements, but ultimately it was just a bunch of decent to poor stories.

[@Crusty783]

I'm not sure I'd say the Island ruined Ronin. If any Ninjago installment ruined Ronin it was probably Skybound.

[@Gradbe16]

s13 is still amazing tho

[@Crusty783]

true that one was pretty great

[@dwainfrett5385]

I’m guessing that era was for people like me who were only familiar with the movie. Then when Crystalized came and they knew it was the finale they wanted to bring everything from the past together.

[@mizutxko]

Season 11: Bland too many filler, A LOT of filler. Part 1 is probably the most boring season. Part 2 is great, but tiring too. 2/10, 6/10 Season 12: Pretty good, and aesthetically amazing, but the story is quite boring. 6/10 Season 13: One of the best seasons ever made, and made Cole even cooler and carried the 11 minute era, and this probably did the most impact. 10/10 Season 14: Probably one of the best seasons in this Era, this is enjoyable, but the villains are quite boring, and the villain is just racist, nothing else. 9/10 Season 15: Short season, but quite good. 6/10 Season 16: Part 1 is pretty good, but bland. Part 2 was hyped, but ended up being worse than Part 1. 6/10 Dragons Rising: Part 1: Amazing Season, and Lord Ras is very cool and the lore is pretty good. 8/10 Part 2: Lord Ras gets even cooler, and Cinder gets introduced, and he is one of the coolest characters I've seen. 10/10 The Oni Trilogy and Possession is still the best.

[@afgsquad344]

2:53 There's no way that was a coincidence. That was a Sick transition between eras.

[@cfb_studios]

Season 11: way to many filler episodes but the ice chapter is ok. They could have done Zane’s arc better. 5/10 Season 12: Worst season of the entire show. The concept of being in a video game was cool but the story felt so random and incomplete. 3/10 Season 13: Pretty good season but way too overrated 6/10 Season 14: Is it even a season? (I mean the sets were cool so…) 4/10 Season 15: they finally gave Nya a real season! Pretty epic but slightly overrated cuz the villains just sucked tbh 8/10 Season 16: 1st part was extremely epic. I was so hyped for part 2. Part 2 was so bad. 4/10

[@l.i.o.n3698]

In my opinion, the best era of ninjago was s3/s4 to s6. In my opinion, that was the peak of the ninjago franchise. Not to mention zane and the overlord's deaths at the end of season 3 set off a chain of events that would occur in lster seasons. After zane was rebuilt, he and pixal were kidnapped by ronin and sold to master chen to use as bait in luring the ninja into his tournament of elements, after Garmadon and Chen's army were banished to the cursed realm that allowed Morro to be free and cause chaos in ninjago, ultimately leading to the destruction of the cursed realm and finally the cursed realm's destruction lead to the fall of djinjago, causing Nadakhan to cause even more chaos for the ninja. This era will forever be known as the peak era of ninjago for me.

[@Tiffany-p6e]

OK, that's valid except for crystallized, because that was peak.

[@mizutxko]

Kinda boring, and Master of the Mountain is better. But I respect your opinion, Crystalized is probably the best animated Ninjago season, and the return of the overlord is quite good.

[@Tiffany-p6e]

@mizutxko yeah but I also agree about master of the mountain it was cool finally we get a Cole arc but we could've also gotten a better Kai arc so he could understand more about his powers but they didn't but instead we got a mid Nya arc

[@mizutxko]

@@Tiffany-p6e Dragons rising season 2 part 2 should be about Kai. The tournament story and evil Jay sounds cool enough.

[@ahmedalarishi6119]

I like how every now and then a lot of people will casually continue roasting the 11 minute era😂😂😂

[@EduardoMartinez-rs3bu]

It was a great era for the sets though

[@TaharqaCallender]

It realy was

[@Emberdoor]

I think your intro is so simple but EPIK

[@Crusty783]

ty! :)

[@Pannikin_9]

I think that this era would not be considered the worst if Crystalized was good. i still think pilots-s2 is the worst not because that era was outright bad just because ninjago had a rocky start in those early seasons.

[@dangerbuffrocky]

Everyone except Cole and Nya was ruined in this era. And even Crystalized ruined Nya.

[@Crusty783]

very true sadly, apart from kai

[@Ajeanbaptiste-i6d]

@@Crusty783bro I loved nya 😢❤❤

[@LabelleRDM]

I’m really sorry to say this (but I’m gonna do it anyways lol) but in my personal opinion Tommy Andreason really isn’t that great of writer… the Hagamans made this show what it was and it kinda lost its charm without them.

[@Crusty783]

Tommy Andreasen doesn't really need to be a good writer though as he didn't write for Ninjago. He was a producer. His role between the Wilfilm VS Wildbrain eras never changed, it was just the writers room that did (hageman brothers leave, bragi schut, kevin burke and chris wyatt amongst others join)

[@LabelleRDM]

@@Crusty783 ah ok my bad, still the hagamans were the best imo.

[@playcoarmboy1836]

this is not just an era this is very much a sequel show to masters of spinjitzu it's bisacly the second ninjago show with the third one being dragons rising

[@sparkletimelegoreviewother9077]

MLP G5 Is Same As Ninjago Season 11-15

[@Brick_kproduction]

The problem with the 11 minute era is that it didn’t know what it wanted to be at first it tried to be its own thing with its own original villains and story’s but it really just feels like a parody of Masters of Spinjtzu which wouldn’t have been bad if that’s what the writers made it be.

[@spidermanlover475]

This era was so boring.

[@shabaoobla8832]

Every season in the will film era ended with something leading into the next season but this era doesn't really do that. Sea bound is pretty much the only season that does

[@r.p.4531]

It would have been awesome if the video was 6 seconds longer, that way the video about the 11 minute era was 11 minutes

[@Crusty783]

to be fair most the episodes average around 10:55

[@KamenRiderAo25330]

also s12-15 aka from prime empior to seabound was posted on youtube many days before they were posted on cartoon network and i guess island didn't come out on cartoon network

[@freddybear2005]

Me personally, I like to put Masters Of Spinjituzu and the 11 minute era (or the Elemental era as I like calling it) into one show, that being...well, Ninjago (the original show). While the elemental era is not the worst era of the original show (that honor goes to the Departed era (Day Of The Departed-Season 7), it is the weakest like you said. It felt like the writers were running out of things to do with the characters. Also, the visuals, while not bad (except in some areas with the daytime), is a pretty noticeable step down compared to The Oni Trilogy. I wouldn't say the show went downhill, but you can tell that original magic from previous eras was starting to dim slighty (to quote EmployeeAMillion).

[@LordOut_001]

Ninjajga was my childhood... I don't watch I now but like 6 years ago I did I stop watching at season 8...

[@Crusty783]

I'd highly reccomend picking it back up! S8-10, S13-14 and the new show Dragons Rising are all anywhere from good to downright amazing

[@TheBrixHub]

I really feel like s11 worked for me, but the rest of the seasons just felt so fast-paced to the point that I wasn't very emotionally invested in them :(

[@Crusty783]

I think this era definitely suffers from most of its seasons being equal in length to Rebooted lmao

[@andreagroen7]

They don’t even have the weekend whip in the intros

[@Crusty783]

They did though? It wasnt in Island and Seabound but other than those two every other 11 minute season has the Weekend Whip

[@Cookie_productions4]

Where’s my cooper ace productions video 😮😅

[@Shmaowzaow]

Although master of the mountain is my 3rd favorite season and always will be, I can agree with the sentiment that this era had no idea what the hell it was doing. In my opinion I wouldn’t call this era the 11 minutes era, I’d call it the experimental era,the writers were just throwing season ideas at the wall and seeing what worked and it only worked 40% of the time

[@XaviHaunts]

The sets, s11, s13 and s14, the environments, animation and character designs were the only good things I can think of tbh

[@mt.killermaninjago3042]

I agree that the 22 minute format is what fits right for ninjago. Sure there are some benefits for shorter episodes but the longer episodes is what makes each episode special.

[@johnbrando5336]

Great video to make for the 11 minute aka elemental chapters era. Now I’ll be heading out while expecting the inevitable comment from isle as I watch gravity falls for the millionth time

[@Crusty783]

The second Angry Birds movie mention... its coming...

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

@@Crusty783 You know me too well… In all seriousness, I rant about that movie a lot. Too much for my own good.

[@Inhales_Xbox_controller]

My biggest problem with this era of Ninjago is how it tries way to much to separate itself from previous seasons. Also it just doesn't do a good job at concluding the show. I hope dragons rising will turn out better.

[@Crusty783]

This era is really weird because it simultaneously tried to separate itself from previous seasons by being a new beginning for fans to jump onto but also tried to be a direct continuation of the OG show rather than going all the way with the soft reboot like Dragons Rising did, putting it in a position where it failed to do either.

[@Inhales_Xbox_controller]

@@Crusty783 very well said 💯

[@Green_Ninja-fm7hs]

Except for crystalized tho

[@Mark24688]

Season 11: a lot of problems with fillers, passing, and the tone itself Season 12: this whole season is filler. No kidding. Season 13: Cole's arc is pretty good, but I really don't like upplies, munces, geckles and the way Lloyd, and Jaya's relationshipa were handled Island: too short to be something special to me Season 14: good story for Nya. And good story by itself. But I don't like how steriotypical Maya was. Season 15: everything until "Brave but Foolish" is pretty decent-good. But the last 8 episodes had completely ruined passing and poor writing. And I can forgive many things, but not Oni Lloyd

[@DavidGarcia-sk8yq]

What I think of this series Season 1 *Fire Chapter: A little weird but it's ok *Ice Chapter: I mean it's alrigh like... Season 2 *Prime Empire: That's Why he's the goat DA GOAT!!!! *Master of the Mountain: I gotta told you It perfect PERFECT!!!!! down to the last minute detalle Season 3 *The Island: That's very good I like this *Seabound: I gotta told you It perfect PERFECT!!!!! down to the last minute detalle Season 4: It's the biggest puede of dogs**t I've ever seen

[@Thehalfbrainedbean]

Its not the worst era to me tbh (it is the weakest tho) But the title do make it sound like its the worst ninjago had to offer ngl

[@Crusty783]

I think it's the worst of Ninjago's eras but still good

[@darthyoda4934]

Only good seasons in this era are s13, s15 and that last half of s11

[@Storytellerivan]

Honestly if it wasn’t for covid island would’ve been a really good season

[@lbricks7631]

Come on, using the word "worst" in a title is so view-driven. Wildbrain era is probably the weakest, but calling it the worst makes it sound objectively bad, which is an opinion I do not hold.

[@Crusty783]

I think it is the worst by virtue of the others doing almost everything better than it. None of these videos are objective statements, and are representative of my own opinions

[@lbricks7631]

@@Crusty783 Yeah you're right, I'm not saying you're lying, just speaking emotively to increase views. But hey, I'd rather you'd get more views than less.

[@barelyhere7200]

Season 11: sucks (sorry Crusty) Season 12: boring and the most forgettable season of the entire show. Also the season being called a Jay season is a complete joke. The season has nothing to do with him until the last five minutes Season 13: decent but super overrated The island: the most boring Ninjago content ever made. People give Day of the departed a lot of shit, but at least that’s memorable Season 14: incredible. Seabound is the best season of the entire show imo Season 15: it is literally one of the worst things I have ever seen. It is God awful Besides Seabound, everything about this era is either terrible or meh

[@daxmoney5011]

I fell off of Ninjago HEAVY after Skybound because at the time I hated Jay and was his biggest D1 Hater but after going on Netflix and watching the Oni Trilogy they COOKED.

[@oni-Kira]

After season 8 I lost hope in ninjago

[@Nacil_54]

It really would have benefitted from having 22 minutes episodes, and less writers too...

[@Crusty783]

Yeah the format really kneecapped the pacing of this era.

[@Ajeanbaptiste-i6d]

@@Crusty783make that 48 minutes longer

[@pepsicannot]

I think blaming the 11 minute format feels like am excuse argument to me, and I wouldn’t go as far as to say the WildBrain era is worst. Because or one or two season that was like bad doesn’t mean the era is entirely bad. I atually had found memories with the era as its which I started watching Ninjago, granted some season are not good like Crystalized but I wouldn’t go as to say the entire era is bad. Maybe not as good as others.

[@RobloxFilmsAndAnimations]

Whyd they change to wilbrain

[@Green_Ninja-fm7hs]

They wanted something different

[@zenaairaleroh]

Ninjago Crystalized 🤝 Dragon Ball Super Misrepresenting characters and disregarding previous installments, having good concepts and bad execution. Also having banger osts.

[@Yiddish294]

I truly don’t even think it’s bad until crystalized tbh. Most of its on the same quality as the earlier parts of the show S1-S3. I understand that if it’s the weakest by default it’s the worst but that seems very reactionary and disingenuous

[@williamschultz6405]

Worst part dragons rising did nothing to fix what happened in the worst season final instead they pretended it never happened lazy

[@Forged_royale]

Personally i kinda view season 11 - crystalized as a big setup to dragons rising

[@andreadrabik635]

To me, “Seasons 1 through 8”, are the only good seasons.

[@Crusty783]

8 through 10 is right there

[@n00b1x]

(Didn't watch yet) For me seasons 8-10 were the worst era for characters. Edit 1: fr, 11 minutes has no time to give climate. I remember watching seabound, getting excited... and episode is over. WHAT?

[@sekousoumahoro3900]

Can someone reply to this comment about the characters’ flanderizations? Please?

[@folklore9062]

Comeon season 13,14 were really good And btw I have na unpopular opinion S12 is my least favourite

[@Twisty_]

i fuk with the 11min eps but half the time idk what is happening😂

[@Crusty783]

😭mood the action and shit is really cool alot of the time. honestly thats the best way to enjoy crystalized lol

[@superjumpbros64]

Mhm, not as good feeling as the original, revival, and oni

[@Janbed4827]

I still prefer it to the revival era

[@Crusty783]

valid!

[@bms2374]

So basically the worst is the remake of the og show

[@benfranklin2024]

Yeah,this is definitely the worst era of ninjago

[@DAVLIK12]

I Think that they could have made the seasons much better. The last original animation is Hands of Time. I Think that the ninjago movie ruined the animations

[@Crusty783]

I dont think Lloyd having green eyes made a noticable impact on the quality of the show.

[@thawkade]

Hands of Time's animation sucked 50% of the time, the other half still didn't come close to the peaks prior. The animation got much better for both studios after the movie anyway.

[@Sugarcoda]

Thank god for dragons rising

[@Ajeanbaptiste-i6d]

I have not watched it but I think I will watch it

[@acronixwoodentrains3058]

My Ranking of the WildBrain Season is 1 Season 14 SeaBound 10/10 2 Season 13 Master of the Mountain 10/10 3 Season 15 Crystallized 8/10 4 The Island Special 9/10 And 5 Season 11 Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu 8/10 But I Definitely Agree That the WildBrain Seasons Era is Definitely the Weakest of the Series 6/10 for me😢😔

[@AlixxZ11]

The worst thing about this era: 1. 11 minutes 🤦‍♂️ 2.kai’s character🤦‍♂️

[@ChickenTablet96]

kai was good in this era. season 11 gave kai an underrated character arc

[@paulgilbert5278]

Kai got sidelined hard in these seasons. Sad really

[@Crusty783]

i think kai was underwhelming but i think theres worse things in this era than him

[@AlixxZ11]

@@Crusty783 my favourite ninja is kai i was very disappointed because of his charein that era,he is not the worse ofcourse but as a main character in the show he was😥

[@ClicheProductions]

damn right it is

[@BvelociraptorProductions]

At least it was a return to form for the series. The Oni trilogy was a mixed bag for me. It had its moments, but anything interesting done in Sons of Garmadon was instantly undone in Hunted. The dark tone was hard to take seriously, and the fanbase severely overrated s8 and s9, calling them "Peak works of fiction" when that's such a ridiculous statement given that fiction has existed since ancient times. So i think while it had flaws, s11 was enjoyable. s12 i used to hate, but it's not the worst thing in the world, and s13 is a masterpiece. The story and pacing was significantly better than what had been released the past couple of years, and the island was fun but nothing to write home about. Seabound was actually very good. I used to criticize the season a lot, but i think it was still better than the entire Oni trilogy. It had dark and mature scenes while still feeling like Ninjago. And Crystalized is overhated. Part 2 was where you could see its weaknesses, but part 1 ties with s13 for best wildbrain content. And don't forget about the world building. Every single season until crystalized had some new location that was explored. The keepers, the munce and geckles, and the merlopoans, as well as prime empire inhabitants, were all interesting species, and they all made the seasons feel special. And also this season branched out to new locations. While they had the first realm, it was only interesting because of the lore. There wasn't much else going on. It was just blank land, mostly. The never realm, prime empire, shintaro, the lightning island, and merlopia were all more interesting than the previous format in the wilfilm era. Dragons Rising proves that the wildbrain era was good for world building, because it showcased every species introduced then except for the keepers. I also liked how the island, despite how short it was, gave us context going into Seabound. Kinda like how the Hobbit gave backstory to Lord of the Rings. So overall, i think while not perfect, this era is certainly more in line with ninjago than the Oni trilogy, and while thanks to the movie, and disappearance of the old writers, ninjago will probably never feel like it once did but that doesn't need to happen. Dragons Rising is an improvement over the other post movie seaaons, and once it finds its footing it could be looked at as better than the other three eras.

[@N_I_G_H_T--343]

This makes me agree so much

[@dankcraft7386]

well said

[@Crusty783]

ty! :)

[@dankcraft7386]

@@Crusty783 Youre welcome! There were some good moments but it really was controversial, s11 being hands down one of the weakest imo

[@GZSpeedrunOFFICAL]

Blinded by nostalgia I see.

[@ChickenTablet96]

??

[@TheSpark205]

Nah that is the best era and old is not good

[@mosshead2.0]

no hate but how can you talk sooo much