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I preferred the Mirage comics over the 1987 TV series by far. I think I might have preferred the franchise remain relatively obscure but still appeal mainly to adults and (at youngest) teenagers. The 2012 TV series at first was clever and subtly acknowledged adults were watching, but now the only adults it seems to acknowledge anymore are manchildren who only know the 1987 TV series. TMNT should have remained for more mature audiences, and should never have been for little kids in the first place. Back in the day, it was considered bizarre and even wildly inappropriate for such a mature and violent comic to be adapted into a cartoon for young children. Considering the inherent extreme violence of ninjutsu, it still could be inappropriate for young children. The kind of show I wished for for years, was an hour-long action drama with more of a TV-14-DLV rating and in the daring spirit of the Mirage comics and Palladium RPG. But because of the abject kiddification of the franchise, we may never see a TV series like that.