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  • Yeah, the cartoon was awesome! Just found out now on iTunes. Def' going to watch there. Thanks for posting the vid!

  • i JUST read the book...AND NOW I FIND OUT THERE'S A CARTOON?!?!? awesome...

  • whenever I read the books, this is how I imagine them looking. To think of them as regular bats, while also speaking, and having such emotion, just feels really weird to me.

  • 2012 still one of the favs god love the books and the show

  • OMG my memories just went into overdrive! I used to be like, ADDICTED to this show :P I wouldn't even eat my breakfast at the table, just go into the family room to watch it XDD

  • I read all the books about a kajillion times... and I loved them and the show is just cute.

  • NOSTALGIA BURNS SO GOOD!!!!!

  • I dunno why people are complaining, I like the animation. It's creative and makes them look much different to the cliche bats that are normally seen in the main stream public. I expected something different yet the same when it came from a book to a TV series. Sure it's not perfect but nothing ever is, not even the original books...

    The only complaint I have is that Shade does not look like a runt, at all. But at least in the story the characters actually act like he is appropriately.

  • can someone plz tell me is luna chinooks daughter because i didnt read darkwing yet

  • Who da bat?

  • ahhh the light it burns

  • chinook's a fail. he's to confident. chinook vs goth. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm goth with a flick

  • I think it may, but i'm not sure, be that Chinook is supposed to be pronounced the sames you would a helicopter. I hear a lot of Shinook... I'm not sure but it's a thought.

  • It seems that fan animations are far better than actual shows. Disney would do a marvelous job on a movie for Silverwing visually, however, they will most likely change the story. But as we know, Disney does a pretty good job on that as well.

    Animal Logic are the ones who made Guardians of Ga'Hoole, but there was too many flaws in the storyline, but those can be excused for the beautiful animation. The point is, it's easier to draw a movie than to write one.

  • Childhood...Memories...TOO...S­TRONG...

    I remember seeing this show as a kid...

    Also, who could possibly hate Shade with a hairstyle like THAT?!

  • LOOL that's even bigger than you said last time...

  • dvd now in usa ?

  • son is spelled wrong -_-

  • @MewZew No it isn't.

  • @DurasDrum um yeah it is. the way its spelled here, "son" means like "that boy is my son" kind of thing. its supposed to be spelled "sun" as in "look theres the sun" x.x

  • @MewZew I think its some meaning. I think they did it on purpose.

  • i personally think how they drew the bats is ingenious for it's truly a stunning design

  • Hmm... not as good as the books, but honestly I really like this show. :)

  • I remember watching this at 1 in the morning! (shh... my parents never knew I woke up at that time on school days ;D)

  • IAH LOVE THE SILVERWING SERIES!!! 

  • Chilla orudn and see the sun. hhmmm

  • this was produced by a canadian company and is based of the first book.

  • BTW how has THIS NOT been rule 34'd?

  • This looks NOTHING like I had imagined Shade and the others...

    Hate Disney...I hate these Cartoons so much.

  • @Mekrokan this aint disney

  • @kurlobe It is'nt? I saw somewhere that it was...weird.

  • @Mekrokan Who said it was disney ?

  • @123sexe Did you REALLY just go through ALL those comments just to reply to mine?

  • Bardel, the makers of this cartoon, are in the process of developing an electronic game for Silverwing and want to ask fans which platform would be best to launch the game on. iPad? iPhone? Facebook? Any ideas?

  • I'm really nostaglic right now! I mean, I know a lot of people didn't like this cartoon since it was nothing like the book, and I agree, but I remember staying up late when I was seven just to watch this show because I liked it so much. I'll never forget this cartoon.

  • I like Shade's voice actor. Other than that....

  • They make Goth look like a freaking Disney villian....Absoluotly retarded! Why did they give them hair??? Did Kenneth Oppel even agree to this??

  • jeeze.. chinook wasn't THAT much of an asshole.. this is gay

  • Voice Acting Is... Poorly Done.

  • i love it and gust to add shade is so hot

  • I kinda like it, I mean its not awesome and it changes from the story sometimes, but its pretty good. I was so sad when Shade died in Firewing...

  • i like it a lot

  • Oh my god. Gripe gripe gripe, whine whine whine.

    Hey, guys, guess what? Books don't actually translate well into movies or cartoons or real life series. That's because elements that work in a book don't work in a movie/cartoon, and vice versa. That's why things get changed, including character design. The bats in the books can't see color, but we humans can, so the aesthetics have to be changed for us.

    Not to mention they basically had to turn three books into a movie into a cartoon.

  • @GayLPer Movies yes, but for a tv series I disagree. For a tv series they should be given all the time they need in order to create a finished product.

  • @yoshimickster

    ...This was a movie first, and then adapted into a TV series when that idea was cancelled.

  • @GayLPer they used only the first. 

  • @GayLPer dude there's only one series based of only the first book, there is also is no silverwing movie and there is 4 books in the series, get your facts straight before commenting.

  • @KrazyLuke360

    You might want to take your own advice. Or actually read my post, that would be great.

    They originally planned for this, the very cartoon you're watching, to be a movie. But due to budget, they had to split it into what amounts to a cartoon miniseries.

  • I admit, it's cool but the pics that I had in my head for this series was really not like this, lol. I guess I'll try to draw some fanart for Firewing. No why'd Shade have to die?!

  • this use to be on tv.. i dislike the whole "bats with blue/blonde" hair thing.. also...since when are bats PURPLE? ....we're reading the book in class so i wanted to check this out...already its.... VERY CARTOONY lol

  • owls don't come out in the day thought and one other thing shade doesn't find out about his dad until his mom come to save him

  • i think they spelled "sun" rong......

  • did disney make a show for darkwing?

  • Well, the books were awesome lets see how the cartoon is. :)

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  • @Thearmyofoneman

    Meh, it was decent, the books were better, I agree.

  • @Masterpivot292 finally someone agrees 

  • Ga'Hoole got turned into a beautiful motion picture by Village Roadshow Pictures and Animal Logic; but I give most of the credit to Animal Logic since they did the effects.

    Now what needs to be done by Animal Logic: Silverwing, Warriors, and the latest by Kathryn Lasky who did Ga'Hoole, Wolves of the Beyond. MY LIFE WOULD BE ETERNALLY COMPLETE, OMFGILES! </3

  • Aghghgh, the totally radical 90s speech is killing me. >>

    That's it, I'll have to make my own version. They actually looked like bats in my head, and owls didn't screech like eagles.

    (Props for uploading the series though, Runningstar, no offense to you!)

  • why isnt there a sunwing cartoon

  • Huh... Owls... don't usually come out during the day... not usually... >.>

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  • LOL "A Glimpse of the Son" shouldnt it be "Sun"?

  • @T00NLiNk73 Yeah, it's wordplay. 'Cause you're getting a glimpse of the son, who is Shade but when you hear it and sounds like 'sun' it has the double-effect. I don't think I explained it well, but the title is more clever than I made it seem. XD

  • THIS IS HORRIBLE! i hope if they ever make a movie or show on any other silverwing books, theres no blond- or colored hair on the bats >:O n they're supposed to be wimpy, shade is supposed to be a runt!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Damn dude, This intro looks like a pokemon battle!

  • I've heard Shnook's voice SOMEWHERE before! Where where where?!

  • Lol...I remember when this first came out and I really wanted to see it XD

    Sadly, because of my lackage of cable, I couldn't :P

    I'm digging the bats hair though...its colour coded!!! XD

  • This video is so much like the book! I like it!

  • This show was done in one of the studio here in the philippines. hehehe

    I'm Proud to be part of it.

  • why is one of the bats purple?

  • You know what... This inspires me. To someday make a full lenth feature big budget film on silverwing... Just to show the world what Silverwing REALLY IS, and nokt this cartoony thing...

    

  • Um...isn't it supposed to be SUN not SON? Jeez...they need to learn proper grammar. Of course I haven't finished watching it yet so maybe they did that on purpose, but it REALLY bothers me at the moment.

  • there was a book called nightwing, is it the same?

  • @96vicki

    What the hell is nightwing?

  • @igotbored44 i donß´t know what the english name from is, but the german was nachtflügel, and translated is this nightwing. yet it know its the story vefore silverwing.

  • @96vicki

    Oh. You mean Darkwing? It was a prequal to the series.

  • @igotbored44 oh ok.

  • i just got the season set why didnt i watch this before

  • Why do the owls have huge feet? Aren't they supposed...nevermind

  • I hope that if Erin Hunter ever agrees to have the warriors or the seekers series turned into a movie/Tv show that she doesn't get these guys to animate it.

    I've never seen such F***ed up anatomy.

  • Oh man... Now next time I read the books, I'm going to keep picturing Shayde with a yellow mohawk...

  • why does shade have yellow and blue fur >_>

  • i HATE the way they look.. the books r better

  • spelt *sun* wrong, or is that really the title?

  • I've read the books and I think they are great. The story of the bat shade, at the beginning , it doesn't really interested me but when I've started to read, I can't lay back the books. But now, when I've seen the series, I noticed, that the bats aren't very...beautiful. When I read the book first time, I've a clearly prospect, how Shade is and Marina and the others, but I think, the series aren't same great like the books.

  • the bats look weird, Shade's suposed to be black with silver streaks, not a platinum blond. the whole anatomy of a bat was chucked out. they look like humans with wings, they stand like humans, move their arms like humans, the only thing that's not human is the face, but if I saw just the face I would have thought dog the olny

    thing bat like to me is the ears

    The owl looks ok though

  • @benvolieo You do know that bats are color blind so they see everything in black and white.

  • @BlackAce1229 yes I'm aware, but humans like myself who can see colour enjoy seeing the bats as they were described in the book. black and silver, not gray/ blond or blue or...pink..? Why is Freida pink !!!

  • @benvolieo

    Why is throbb fat!?

  • Should i actually read the books before watching this?

  • @lizzie543 No, you should read the books and NOT watch this

  • @lizzie543 And I don't even like reading, its like one of the only 4 books I could stand to read the whole way through

  • I don't think Disney would do a GREAT job with Silverwing, you guys...

    Most of the needed violence would be cut, there would be too much lightheartedness in it, you know? Adding also, you know how most Disney sequels can be. Sunwing and Firewing would be a BUST.

    Now, those people who did Ga'Hoole. I'd like to see a Silverwing flick from THEM.

  • @BatKnowItAll It seems like we did a backstep in animation. While we have gotten a bit better, we also seem to have wussed out too. Not that Disney wouldn't be able to keep the violence in but they could at least try to make the show good with a deep tone.

  • @BatKnowItAll but i saw this on disney 4 years ago and it was gold.

  • @BatKnowItAll They already had this on Disney. There was a period of time that they had a lineup of action cartoons where the lineup was called Jetix and this was the last show that they played at like 5:30 in the morning. I remember getting up at that time and watching it.

  • @BatKnowItAll

    yeah me to, and i know alot about bats to, mostly vampyrum

  • @BatKnowItAll

    Your so right my friend, Animal logic should do a silverwing movie and it would be GREAT!!!

  • @BatKnowItAll Looking back on my comment I totally agree with you. Idk about the violence factor since I've seen decent violence in old disney movies but I doubt they'd want to put too much money into it and probaly wouldn't make it as good as it could be. Either that or they go and change every aspect of the book and turn it into complete garbage. I really don't want to go through another last airbender scenario. I lie to you not that was the worst movie I've ever seen in my life. Waste of $20.

  • @BatKnowItAll other way around for me. Ide like to see these guys do the ga'hoole movie

  • 5:30 sumbo owl

  • I thought Shade was black.... ><

  • The owl is creepy O.o but other than that good vid :P do u read the warriors series 2?

  • The owl is creepy O.o but other than that good vid :P

  • im 23 and a couple years ago i used to watch this every morning before work or after work, depending on which shift i had. I miss it almost as much as i miss the 80s and 90s cartoons.

  • i remember watching this and owning the first book i checked today if i had it but i couldnt find it

  • ok lets straiten this out (sorry for my english) i have read silverwing, sunwing, and im still reading firewing. shade is not blue he is BLACK if you look on the cover of silver wing you can see that.Marina is not orange she is gray or lightblack you can also see that on the cover of silver wing. there are no trader gay pussyfucking fag elder that is on the ows side. there is NOT a huge battle of bears, wolfs, and owls.YES the owl leader does have a son that helps.

  • they should make a movie about this like guardians of gahool

  • The insect you see here is called a Tiger Moth. It has the unique ability to send out a radar signal of its own, confusing any bat's echolocation into registering multiple moths.

  • awesome but i like the book better:)

  • This was way better when I was nine.

    I prefer the book nowadays. (So much better.)

    Anyways, thanks for the upload.

  • @N0FruitJuice well as for i like watching the episodes more then reading but i will give the books a read if I can find them

  • Was that an owl? It sound strange.

    By the way never read the book but heard that its great; going to buy one someday if I found one.

  • For some reasons when the revolt happened and the wolves and Goth and Throb were trying to take over i kind of liked it, usually i dont like the villan(s) but goth is just to cool

  • this is terrible. the books are the best action/animal/mmystery books I've read. My favorite books ever! Oppel didnt describe any of the creatures like this. The book isnt childish, its actual more for mid teens and up. plus they dont talk like this, look like this, or talk 'gangsa' like this. Read the books!

  • I'd like to see a silverwing movie great books

  • why the hell r they blue and yellow? and their voices r annoying.

  • People should read the book, not just watch the episodes.

  • lol I love how they all have different coloured hair :P

  • silverwing!!! yay!!!!!

  • i wonder if the book is kind of epic.maybe a game woulde be just as epic.

  • @stewuyx99 What would you possibly do in the game?

    Unless you make it Oregon Trail-esque.

  • wow nice

  • Why did they turn all the characters into furries?

    Is drawing a normal bat without blonde hair too difficult?

  • @MasterSubLink lol, i know right

  • @MasterSubLink The characters look like furry fan art drawn by a 10-year-old.

  • @MasterSubLink Ugh, I know. Why can't ANY animated series based off a book be drawn realistically?!

  • @SuperDappleleaf Dude, I was being sarcastic.

  • @MasterSubLink Oh. XD

    It's kinda hard to tell over the internet, though.

  • @MasterSubLink Oh. XD

    It's kinda hard to tell over the internet, though.

  • @MasterSubLink you seem to act like thats a problem, i dont see anything wrong with turning them into furries, they still are bats

  • @BlazeFox50 lol i wrote that comment a year ago when I had no idea what a furry was and I didn't appreciate any cartoon art style that isn't the normal american cartoon style. So I am sorry I made an idoit comment a year ago.

  • @MasterSubLink

    Apperently yes.

  • Books = :)

    This = WTF

  • thnx for the vid plz don't take them off -- they're awsome

  • I loooooove the books, but why is it a cartoon/anime now?????? ö_Ö

    Anyways, it's great, but Shade is too big...he's supposed to be SMALL and he's just a few inches smaller than Chinook -_-

  • Shades dad is alive just 2 let u know if u dont know

  • i think its funny how these books have a lot to do with the supernatural, especially in firewing with the underworld, Goth coming back to life, and the bat gods but in his new book darkwing there is none of that

  • THEY MADE A CARTOON SERIES OF THE BOOKS!!!! GOD DAMN IT!!!!

    I may be naive and stupid but I was hoping to make a movie out of it one day... :( This series may be really good but I haven't seen much of it yet but this was some what of my vision of what I would have done.

  • @DripinYelaMadnz Hopefully people will become wise and make cg animated/realistic movies out of book series like Silverwing, Redwall, Watership Down, y'know? I think they will, and hopefull soon.

  • @sonicfan5715 they made a watership down movie dude! and it was pretty good! and yes I agree that they should do something similar to what you are saying

  • @DripinYelaMadnz The old animated movie of Watership down was good, but I mean a cg/3D/realistic version, when the rabbits look like real rabbits, and such, y'know?

  • @sonicfan5715 yeah that would be a cool idea! XD

  • @sonicfan5715 they already look like real rabbits o___o it isnt gonna get any better than watership down yu know. the original series was brilliant, but then they made a 2nd one and made blackberry a female, rofl. maybe the same producers as this? this just sucks tho. it's like a cartoon network series or something

  • i saw the whole series and in the book goth breaks a owls neck but in this he just bumps him, and in the book shade says to chinook "no bat could kill a owl, there to big." then he met goth...

  • Why...why did they have to give the bats hairdos? I mean...*sigh* Yes, I agree. They should make a movie (and maybe keep the orginal dark flavor of the books)

  • Hey i know this show my teacher read this to us so sadd!!

  • i read these when i was 9, all i remember is that they were fricken good ass books, dont know what i would think of them now that im 19

  • OMG Shade is such a whiner. Bwa haha.

    "SHAAAAAAAAAAAADE?"

    "Yes Marina?"

    "Did you kill Goth for, like, the fifth time yet?"

    "Er.... fourth...."

    "Go GET EM', WIMP!"

    "uh.. ah.. okay??"

    Marina so pwns Shade. Shade pwns.... er. nvermnd. ^.^

  • It's not the end- there's also "DarkWing". I read them all when I was SEVEN.

    -Cough- Idiots.

  • What the hell? The book was so much better. What is with Shade's hair?

  • Ok, this is weird, I like the book better.

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  • Chinook's has a cute voice !

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  • not as good as te book -.-

  • Im reading the book of this in school

  • This is an awesome show =D

  • Its annoying when they change so much of the story.

  • @Degari1994, yeah :-(, but what'd you expec? it's called adaptation, and marketing.

  • dusk was the the first bat

  • Wait a second...

    His father was big enough to take out an owl?

    ... GOTH?! MURK?! THROBB?! I knew it!

    Well, damn, I guess since Goth seemed to father Shade in the books... someone had to be blood relative to those guys...

  • Jeeeeesus.

    They took out the part of Shade that I liked... I liked Shade because he was a complete and utter jackass. He was a know-it-all, he wouldn't rest until he was right, he was a showoff... and he was a GOOD CHARACTER.

    Dying inside....

  • @ZovestaDark

    Shit, I know. He wasn't a COMPLETE jackass, not nearly as much of a twat as Chinook, but I liked know-it-all Shade better then I'll-say-what-I-think-and-then­-pussy-out-when-you-don't-like­-it Shade :C

  • But he was still a jackass. I thought he was more of one than Chinook at times. =V

    Oh aye.

  • In Sunwing he was an ass until he got dumped in the rainforest :U

  • Because that's how Shade rolls.

    Also, survival of the fittest. >_> He knows he ain't fit, that's why he was trying to survive.

    Before rainforest: "Chinook, you totally suck. I'm going to go SULK now."

    In rainforest: "Chinook, I had a sudden realization of your awesomeness. And by that, I mean protect me."

  • Oh my goodness, you have no clue how hard I laughed at that :D But it's true, he's all

    "Chinook! Protect me!" or

    "Orestes! Protect me!" or maybe

    "Marina! Protect me!"

    Then by Firewing he's magically all badass but still whiny, none the less

  • Bwaha! I'm just wondering how he pulled out a total badass death rather than a more realistic one. "Hey, Goth, no need to get all upset... would you really hurt me? Your child? Ehe..." I can't be the only one that saw Goth's creepy parental vibes.

    You just know that Marina's the man in the relationship.

    "Hoooney. Did you get the insects?"

    "I'll get it later."

    "You should get it now."

    "LATER."

    "I'm just saying, we'd be more prepared in case of an eme-"

    "FINE. GOD. I'M GETTING THEM."

    "Love you."