Disney's Ariel coming soon this summer to Disney Junior

[DodgerGirl]

Debuting in Summer 2024 Disney Junior will launch a new The Little Mermaid cartoon series called Disney's Ariel and features a younger Ariel who looks to be seven or eight who learns interesting lessons from her Aunt Ursula and her seven sisters. I was surprised that there was gonna be another The Little Mermaid cartoon series and I hope it's a smart hit after the success of the live-action The Little Mermaid but the one thing I find surprising is that this new younger Ariel is possibly based on Halle Bailey's Ariel but she looks so cute. Will you think Disney's Ariel will be a hit when it debuts on Disney Junior this summer?

 

[DodgerGirl]

I think with this new Ariel cartoon coming this summer I think Disney Junior has a new way of introducing fans to The Little Mermaid and I think this cartoon will be a marketable hit because as we saw with Alice's Wonderland Bakery which features the granddaughter of Alice In Wonderland taking classic Disney movies and making younger versions of Disney characters seems to be a big draw for Disney Junior. But I think the Ariel series will be strong when it debuts in the summer

 

[DodgerGirl]

I got to see the first episode of Disney Junior's Ariel series and I can say this cartoon is really cute and it looks amazing. But there are some things I found odd with this cartoon. For one thing Ursula is quite different and she has turned nice and wonderful unlike the evil version in the movie. Second why does Ariel have two sisters but like in the live-action version they have different names and I found that surprising. Finally it appears in this version that young Ariel is obsessed with music and has a band and I think Disney wanted to make this Ariel like Vampirina had a band too. But whoever replaced Samuel Wright as Sebastian made Sebastian very annoying and doesn't even sound like Sebastian in the movie. But Ariel's theme song is very cute and you can see a lot of Caribbean/Reggae styles in the songs. But I can say Ariel will be as big as Sofia The First and Elena Of Avalor for Disney Junior

 

[tinkerhon]

My guess is that since it’s a Disney Jr show, they did want to make Ursula that menacing .. you know your target audience. As far as Samuel Wright.. he passed away in 2021, and was replaced by Daveed Diggs in the live-action “Mermaid” remake.

 

[DodgerGirl]

What I think Disney Junior hopes that Ariel will be a strong hit and introduce young fans to Ariel and The Little Mermaid and already merchandise has begun being put out next month to honor the series which tells me that Ariel has received rave reviews among critics