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Excellen post! 2012 is a great series, and it ended up being one of my favorite versions of TMNT (sometimes my very favorite, depending on my mood). It  certainly is sad to no longer have new episodes to look forward to. But, it's never truly gone, because we can always go back and re-watch it from the very beginning. Better to end while it was still good than linger and go downhill.

The animation and voice acting was excellent all the way through. No show is perfect, but the good outweighed the bad for me. As other fans have pointed out, there were plot threads that did not get truly get a resolution (April's mom, Timothy, etc). I actually liked the voice change for Leo, and thought it worked well with his character development and maturity. Suprisingly, Seth Green became one of my favorite Leo actors. As for "Nipplehead"...well,  it turns out we dodged a bullet there *shudders*. For the Tales finale, we instead got to enjoy a hilarious crossover. This was quite appropriate, considering how many fans first got into TMNT through the 1987 series. It really brought back memories, and it was such a treat to have the original voice cast back again.

Many shows get cancelled too early, and the fans never get a satisfying resolution. Fortunately, we got to see this story through to the end with the amazing  Requiem/Owari episodes and the Kavaxas arc (concluding with End Times). Then, we got what pretty much amounts to a bonus anthology season, with extra/optional side stories. Very cool.

As for ROTTMNT, I'll give it a shot. It reminds me of Spongebob in a way. Just some fun, mindless entertainment, which isn't always a bad thing after a rough day. That said, I doubt it will ever come close to the 2012 series in sheer awesomeness :)