Nanites. They have become infused in the bloodstream of every living thing on Earth. Sometimes they lie dormant but on occasion they mutate humans into dangerous monsters known as Evo’s. To stop the Evo’s a government group titled Providence was created (though honestly their a bit rubbish, IMO). When all else fails Providence can rely on their secret weapon, a teenage boy named Rex (voiced by Spy Kids fame Daryl Sabara). What makes Rex so special? Unlike other Evo’s Rex can control the Nanites in his body enabling him to create weapons and transport for himself to help battle the Evo’s. Of course every story must have a villain and that villain is named Van Kleiss (voiced by Troy Baker of Dragon Ball and Bleach fame among other major voice over jobs he‘s taken), an Evo who can partially control his powers and who believes this transformation makes himself and any other Evo that joins him the next evolutionary chain in the human race and far superior to the normal humans (Magneto anyone). With the help of super cool Agent 6 (voiced by Wally Kurth super soap opera guy), Dr. Holiday (voiced by Grey DeLise of The Clone Wars among the hundreds of other major voice over jobs she’s been a part of), Bobo Haha (voiced by John DiMaggio of Futurama fame) a talking chimpanzee with bad habits that wields two laser pistols (one of my other favorite characters), and lastly Noah (voiced by Fred Savage who will all should know in some way or another) Rex battles the Evo's and on occasion his own self doubt. Can Rex stop the Evo’s, save humanity, and a find a girlfriend? Tune in to find out.

Okay so at first glance I didn’t expect a whole lot from this show. The Man of Action team (Duncan Rouleau, Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, and Steven T. Seagle) who put together Ben 10 and who have also worked as Supervising Producers for the new Spider-Man series Ultimate Spider-Man and developed and wrote a sequence of episodes for the Marvel/Disney XD series Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes series haven’t failed me yet. Gen Rex is no exception. Unlike Ben 10 (which carries a G rating) Rex is rated PG and is all the more action for it which makes the stories more intense, leaves leeway for the show to progress in a more suspense filled manner, and really puts things into perspective while not going over board for the kiddies. As Steven Seagle added in a press conference at Emerald City ComiCon in March of this year, “If parents are comfortable with their kids watching the Clone Wars cartoon, then they should be fine with "Generator Rex." Touche.

Story writing is what makes Gen Rex so remarkable. Sure Rex is battling Evo’s every episode but MOA allows the character and the surrounding characters to progress and become fleshed out so well in a way that heightens the show dramatically giving a little piece here and there until by the end of the volume 1 set your invested in the characters as you would be in a live action series and dying to know what comes next. For Rex, who doesn’t quite know who he is due to amnesia, you are along for the ride meeting these side characters who introduce him to a bit of information before being ripped away by Van Kleiss or some other force. Agent 6, basically Rex’s handler, is this awesome double sword wielding character whose all business but who eventually begins to look somewhat like a Father figure to the mostly incarcerated Rex (you’ll see) when he’s not kicking some major butt. Basically the show has everything you could want in an action setting and more and even as much as I loved MOA’s Ben 10 this is a huge step up for the creative team. Seriously even if you don’t have kids this is a show you’d have no qualms about owning and following. I highly recommend. Enjoy.