Teen Titans season 3

Season three of Teen Titans aired on Cartoon Network from August 28, 2004 to January 22, 2005. The season was produced by DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation, executive produced by Sander Schwartz and produced by Glen Murakami, Bruce Timm and Linda M. Steiner. Staff directors for the series included Christopher Berkeley, Michael Chang, Heather Maxwell and Alex Soto. The episodes for the season were written by a team of writers, which consisted of Adam Beechen, Rick Copp, Richard Elliott, John Esposito, Louis Hirshorn, Rob Hoegee, Greg Klein, Dwayne McDuffie, Thomas Pugsley, Simon Racioppa, Joelle Sellner, David Slack, Marv Wolfman, and Amy Wolfram. Producer Murakami worked with Derrick Wyatt, Brianne Drouhard, and Jon Suzuki on character design while Hakjoon Kang served as the background designer for the series. The season employed a number of storyboard artists, including Eric Canete, Colin Heck, Kalvin Lee, Keo Thongkham, Scooter Tidwell, Alan Wan, and Matt Youngberg. ==Cast and characters==

The five voice actors for the main characters - Scott Menville, Hynden Walch, Greg Cipes, Tara Strong, and Khary Payton - reprise their roles in the third season as Robin, Starfire, Beast Boy, Raven, and Cyborg, respectively. In addition to their roles as Beast Boy and Starfire, Cipes and Walch voice the characters Adonis and Blackfire in the episodes "The Beast Within" and "Betrothed" respectively. Season three introduces a new main villain, Brother Blood, voiced by John DiMaggio. Dee Bradley Baker returns to the series, providing voices for several characters, including Cinderblock in the episode "Haunted"; Glgrdsklechhh in the episode "Betrothed"; Werebeast, Beast Boy's alter ego, in the episode "The Beast Within"; and Silkie in the episode "Can I Keep Him?". Lauren Tom recurs in the season, voicing Gizmo in two episodes and Jinx in the season premiere "Deception". James Hong reprises his role as Professor Chang in the episode "X". Alan Shearman provided the voice of Starfire's legal guardian Galfore in the episode "Betrothed". The episode "Haunted" featured the return of veteran voice actor Ron Perlman in his role as Slade. In the episode "Spellbound", Greg Ellis provides the voice of Malchior, Raven's love interest turned villain. The episode "Revolution" features Malcolm McDowell reprising his role as the villain Mad Mod. In the episode "Can I Keep Him?", musician Henry Rollins reprised his role as Johnny Rancid while Canadian actor Marc Worden played the villain Killer Moth, replacing Thomas Haden Church from the previous season. The episode "Bunny Raven... or... How to Make A Titananimal Disappear" features veteran actor Tom Kenny voicing the villain Mumbo. The two part season finale "Titans East" featured Mike Erwin reprising the role of Speedy and Freddy Rodriguez playing Más y Menos. ==Reception==

The season received generally positive reviews from critics, but has been cited as being inferior to its predecessor. IGN writer Filip Vukcevic gave the season a mixed review, highlighting the season's "insistence on not trying anything new - in terms of storytelling" as a setback: "We really need to be reminded why we should care about these characters, and this team, in fresh, funny ways. Once a show like this has reached its third season it's really got to put in the extra hours; the character-train has got to keep moving forward". Vukcevic also found that the new villain Brother Blood "isn't a particularly interesting or menacing villain". Vukcevic, however, noted the visual gags and the episodes "Revolution" and "Bunny Raven or How to Make a Titananimal Disappear" as highlights of the third season. He ultimately gave the season a 6 out of 10 rating. Mac McEntire of DVD Verdict awarded the third season an 86, praising the writers for exploring the main characters in more depth, particularly with Cyborg and Robin, but was dismissive of the comedic elements featured in the season. John Sinnott, writing for DVD Talk, deemed the third season release as "Highly Recommended". Sinnott noted that the season was not as strong as the previous two, but still "have a lot of action, a good amount of humor, and even a few touching scenes", highlighting the episodes "Haunted" and "Spellbound". In 2004, Matthew Youngberg was nominated at the 32nd Annie Awards for Best Storyboarding in a Television Production for his work on the episode "Haunted". ==Episodes==

The DVD boxset was released on April 10, 2007 in the United States and Canada. It features a series title "Teen Titans: Know Your Foes", featurette which is segmented for each of the series main villains. ==References==