Eon Kid: Season One, Volume One contains the first five episodes of the series and shows how Marty, a young scavenger, finds the Fist of Eon and becomes The Eon Kid. The first episode, "The Legendary Fist" introduces Marty, his robotic dog, Buttons, and Ally, a young girl who has escaped a place called The Iron Tower, whose inhabitants are searching for The General's parts. When Marty and Buttons go to save Ally from pursuing robots, the trio fall into a cave where Marty discovers a mechanical fist that latches onto his arm, and at times, seems to have a mind of its own.
In "The Heir to the Fist," Marty, Ally and Buttons make their way to Marty's home where his dad sees the young man's new mechanical glove and realizes that Marty's destiny is about to be realized. This episode is a mix of Marty fighting off a new wave of robotic assailants who are after Ally, while his father has flashbacks to when Marty was a child. It turns out that his father isn't actually his father, at least not by blood. When a group of robots attacked his family home, Marty's real father sent him away with the man who raised him so that he would be safe. Before this episode ends, Marty will not only take out some robotic goons with his powerful glove, but he will also transform into The Eon Kid for the first time.
"The Journey Begins" has Charlie (Marty's adoptive father) sending the trio off to Crystal City (which is over 1000 miles across the desert), so that Marty can realize his destiny. The trip quickly takes a few bad turns when wanted posters of Ally, Marty and Buttons start appearing all over the place. We also get our first glimpse of a robot hit man named Steeljaw Jack, who is summoned by The Iron Tower to find Ally. Meanwhile, Marty and his friends run into a biker gang who decide to have a little fun with the trio. Marty's powerful glove doesn't seem to be as responsive as it was before, so when a trucker-robot steps in to save them, they are all grateful and hop into the driver's truck in hopes of getting to Crystal City.
When Marty realizes that the driver, a prize fighter robot named George, has a copy of their wanted poster, he begins to get worried. But those worries are unfounded when he doesn't turn the trio in to the Iron Tower robots that pull them over. Marty, Ally, Buttons quickly make friends with George, but then Mr. Flowers (the junk dealer that knows Marty and wants the reward) shows up to take him and his friends into custody. Thankfully, George had time to show Marty how to fight smart, and not just throw punches wildly. Under the tutelage of a pinned-down George, Marty is able to best Mr. Flower's biggest robot and send him and his goons running.
"Ally's Secret" finishes off the volume by looking at a few more characters. For instance, the guardian of the Eon Family, Gaff, makes his way to the family's secret training ground in order to unlock it and prepare it for Marty's return, and Steeljaw Jack begins his search for Ally while other robot minions under The General's charge continue on with their secret plans. This is the first episode where Marty starts to realize that Ally isn't just another girl since she seems to know that trouble is imminent.
Eon Kid looks like it has a lot of potential. The show doesn't take long to get into the action, but the setup seems a bit formulaic at times. The CG animation is really good and shows just how far we've come from Reboot and Transformers: Beast Wars, but the lip synching really bothered me. It took a little while to get over the issue, but there were many times when it felt worse than many cartoon anime or other CG series I've watched.
