Young children shouldn’t be alarmed by the show, though they might not be that engaged by it either.) In the first episode, they have a grisly adventure involving a grist mill and its frightening owner (nicely voiced by Christopher Lloyd) in the second, they encounter a rural menace that spoofs on “Pumpkinhead.” (The scares are fairly benign. The brothers, Wirt and Greg (voiced by Elijah Wood and Collin Dean), stray into a realm called the Unknown and have to find their way home, with the help of a talkative Disney-style bluebird named Beatrice (Melanie Lynskey). “Over the Garden Wall,” which proceeds in 15-minute episodes (two per night for five straight nights, beginning Monday), is a comic horror odyssey. And the general idiosyncrasy echoes that of a show Mr.
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Fox.” His heroes, two young brothers on a quest, recall the central characters of the anime series “Fullmetal Alchemist.” The slightly sepulchral tone and pace suggest time spent listening to public radio. McHale’s animation style and storytelling impulses appear to range widely: way back to Winsor McCay, the Oz books, “The Wind in the Willows” and Mark Twain, and, more closely in time, to “The Simpsons” and “Fantastic Mr.
Guessing at what has influenced its creator, Patrick McHale, is one of the pleasures of watching it. Cartoon Network’s new 10-episode series, “Over the Garden Wall,” isn’t quite like anything else on television, but it’s a little bit like a lot of things you’ve seen.