Justice League/Justice League Unlimited

Haven’t watched this series in a while, but it really was excellent. A great collection of stories and characters, the animated DCU really was the best.

Salzmank

I think it's a fantastic series.

One thing I appreciated about JLU specifically was that it gave lesser-known superheroes the spotlight and a good deal of character depth. The focus was not always on the big shots like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern etc. but instead often on smaller characters like Huntress, Black Canary, The Question, Green Arrow, Supergirl, and many more. Even my boy Booster Gold got an episode.

Obviously, not everybody got this treatment-- the DC roster is massive-- and for most of them, it was just a cameo or some fighting in the background; but even in that respect they managed to do a lot with a little and make it feel like a real league with a diverse cast of personalities. Even if they only had a spoken line of dialogue in one episode, you'd see them in the background for a couple of seconds in another episode and think "Oh yeah, I remember them! They're cool." That's not that easy to accomplish considering how many superheroes were running around in that show. Same goes for the villains

And even doing all of that, they didn't skip out on the big shots. The interactions between the main six were always great and it's easily my favorite portrayal of Superman in media. 

It also had a great sense of humor, the art style lent itself to some good action scenes, and as you said it was surprisingly mature and I'd add intelligently written. It's tough to pick favorite episodes because I've forgotten some episode titles and haven't seen the show for years now but there are a few that stand out in memory:

• The episode where Flash encounters his villains and there's a sort of dysfunctional camaraderie between all of them and the Flash.
• Double Date (the episode where Huntress and Question team up against Black Canary and Green Lantern).
• The Great Brain Robbery because it's funny watching the Flash pretend to be Lex Luthor.
• The episode where Black Canary and Huntress are forced / mind-controlled into underground pit fights and end up going up against Vixen, Hawkgirl, and most terrifyingly, Wonder Woman. I like this one because it has some of the best fight choreography in the entire series.
• The episode where the general mutates himself into a monster because he considers the Justice League a threat to humanity and fights C-listers. Not only because it's great seeing what makes these heroes part of the Justice League, but also because there's a hilarious anti-climax where the general gets chided by an old lady for wrecking the city and he stops and thinks and responds "You got me. I've become everything I hate." in complete deadpan and leaves.
• The episode with the Royal Flush Gang where Batman ends up on a swing and sits with a "villain" who is about to die and consoles her. It's a great Batman moment.

I could go on. Great series all around. I don't often give out 10s but it's one in my book.

Brilliant shows, i have it on DVD.


But i do prefer Justice League over Justice League Unlimited.

100% agreed. The characters, the animation, action, and stories were all of the highest quality.