It stars Scott Menville, Hynden Walch, Khary Payton, Tara Strong, and Greg Cipes as the voices of the main characters.

The first season also features an overarching storyline focused on the Titans' main villain Slade, a mysterious mastermind who takes an interest in Robin and also the latter's growing obsession towards stopping him at any cost.

Murakami also noted that the process of transforming material from the comics into material suitable for the target audience was similar to what was done with both Batman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond: "We kind of have to take into consideration that were not making this cartoon just for fans of the comic book, the ones who know all the backstory and know all the continuity.

Tara Strong played Raven, a sorceress from Azarath whose powers are triggered and controlled by her emotions.

Starfire, a Tamaranian princess who still struggles to acclimate to Earth customs, was voiced by Hynden Walch.

Actor Dee Bradley Baker provided the voice effects for Cinderblock, a humanoid concrete monster, appearing in two episodes of the season.

[5] The episode "Sisters" featured the voices of David Sobolov and Rino Romano respectively as Cron and Kai, members of the Centauri police who came to Earth to capture Blackfire.

[6] Veteran actor Ron Perlman played Slade, the season's main villain, appearing in six episodes.

Thunder and Lightning are supernatural brothers who use their powers to cause mischief-they would later become allies of the Titans in Season 5.

[12] The episode "Deep Six" featured the vocal talents of Clancy Brown (the voice of Mr.Krabs who portrayed the villain Trident), veteran actor and comedian Dave Coulier (who played Tramm and Captain), and actor and writer Wil Wheaton (who voiced fellow hero Aqualad).

[13] The episode "Mad Mod" featured English actor Malcolm McDowell providing the voice of the titular character.

[14] Matt Levin and James Arnold Taylor provided voices for Cash and Sammy respectively in the episode "Car Trouble".

KJB further added: "Teen Titans, from its after school special style attempts at storytelling to its painfully annoying signature tune, fails to meet even the lowest of expectations for this series".

[22] Los Angeles Daily News writer David Kronke offered a more mixed review, find the dialogue "occasionally witty", but ultimately dismissing the characters "too bratty to have any interest in saving the world or even in cleaning it up a little".

[24] His main criticism, however, was towards the writing, noting that the stories have been "told a thousand times before in previous superhero cartoons".

Filip Vukcevic of IGN awarded the season an 8 out of 10 score, writing: "It's clear that Teen Titans is primarily aimed at children, so you're obviously not going to have anything too mature here.

Cornelius commented that "Teen Titans goes big and broad and bold, to heck with the subtleties, and it actually works.

The writers know how to balance the swift action with the crisp dialogue (Starfire's constant comic mishandling of the language has yet to grow stale), and the stories, while zany and far-fetched, become involving enough to capture the hearts of all ages".

win the initial battle, knocking Robin into a sewer, and later manage to take over Titans Tower.

Feeling left out, Starfire decides to leave the Titans before being kidnapped by drones sent from Centauri to arrest Blackfire for stealing.

The Titans deal with a pair of brothers known as Thunder and Lightning, whose version of having fun is causing chaos in the city.

The duo is approached by a mystic sage, who teaches them how to amplify their powers using an assortment of twigs and leaves.

Beast Boy attempts to break through to Thunder while Robin faces off against the sage, who turns out to be Slade.

The Titans believe Mumbo has kidnapped him, but he has instead been found by a strange machine called Fixit, who doesn't share Cyborg's views of humanity.

A mysterious oceanic villain called Trident appears and starts stealing nuclear waste from ships.

Villain(s): Overload, Cash, Sammy, and Gizmo Warner Home Video first released the first season on DVD into two parts.