All of the action in this anime is watching dinosaurs fight, which I know sounds great, but the animation for these dinosaurs is so bad that they look like they're made of plastic and aren't even hurting each other. Furthermore, a lot of the dinosaurs in the show look alike i.e. some I can only tell apart because one's a different color than the other, I know all of the dinosaurs in the anime are based on actual dinosaurs but that shouldn't be an excuse. However, one thing that does give the anime a little variety is how there are different moves the dinosaurs can use i.e. some can shoot lighting and others can breathe fire.
As for the story; the anime, at least season 1, is extremely episodical and every episode follows the same formula. The D-Team gets an alert that a new dinosaur card has appeared, they go to where the card is which can be anywhere on Earth, they fight the Alpha Gang who also want the card, the D-Team wins and walks away with the new card. However, the episodes do have some connection to each other. The grand question that kind of drags through the anime is "where did the cards come from" and of course it's one of those plot devices where you don't get an answer until the end of the anime.
Season 2 is divided into about 5-episode long story arcs. I actually like Season 1 better than 2 because in Season 2 I feel like the story arcs just drag on way too much while at least in Season 1 every episode is self-contained. However, in Season 2 the plot gets a lot more complex which is good.
As for the characters; the main characters, Max, Rex, and Zoey, have nothing unique about them! They're everything you're expecting; they're kind hearted, brave, selfless, and all they want to do is protect the dinosaurs. What I hate about them most is how the plot for a lot of episodes revolves around these little-kid problems they have i.e. in one episode Zoey didn't like the guy her older sister was dating and in another Rex's dinosaur partner Ace is afraid of water. My favorite characters are definitely the Alpha Gang. They remind me so much of Team Rocket from Pokemon; the Alpha Gang are some of the most incompetent villains ever! In every episode they always either get electrocuted, blown up, set on fire, or are victims of some kind of horrible accident and they never get the dinosaur card! I just love watching them fail over and over again! Also, I love how eccentric Max, Rex, and Zoey's parents are, ironically they don't get much screen time.
Overall: Only watch this anime if you're a little kid and you love dinosaurs because this isn't a short anime that you can knock out in a few hours, it takes a while to go through every episode. Honestly, I'm glad I'm finally done with this anime, but I'm happy I pushed through to the end because the ending was very satisfying. My advice to anyone looking at this anime is to just watch Pokemon, it's way better and there's a lot of similarities.
