Reception
Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders was reported to be "struggling with a 0.6 national Nielsen rating among girls 2-11" in 1995 and Bohbot hoped heavy promotion of the merchandise products would raise awareness of the show. Nevertheless, it was the most popular of the first-run cartoon series in the 1995 edition of Bohbot's Amazin' Adventures II weekend syndicated package. According to Daily Herald, it was "the number one syndicated television show in the U.S. among girls 6 to 11" in 1996. Starla became "a huge hit" in France. First broadcast there in April 1996, it reached the top of France 3's ratings in children’s time slots with a 77.6 percent market share average, proving "that action, knights and fantastic stories work very well with boys, too."
The Buffalo News compared the "underwhelming" Princess Gwenevere to the "overhyped" Sailor Moon. Video Librarian wrote: "A cross between She-Ra: Princess of Power and the saccharine My Little Pony, the Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders series is standard Saturday morning cartoon fodder." On the other hand, the book King Arthur in America stated that the show, "with its strong female heroine, is interesting in part because it is designed primarily for girls." Billboard wrote, "There are life lessons to be learned along the way, and the program in general promotes brains over brawn."
According to Arthurian Literature, "the series appeals to young girls and teaches them the values of friendship." However, according to Arthurian Legends on Film and Television, "Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders combines all the worst elements of minimalist cartooning, modern commercialism and vacuous storytelling with a tiny portion of Arthurian legend."
In 2009, Topless Robot ranked Princess Gwenevere as fifth on the list of "most ridiculous adaptations of Arthurian legend". In 2010, a Ms. magazine blogger tongue-in-cheek called the series "so sexist and racist" for having "the powerful female figure demonized as evil and the main character blond and blue-eyed." In 2012, The Escapist wrote: "Back in my day, men were men (or X-Men, more accurately), and little women watched, I don't know, Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders, or something," and Obscurus Lupa from That Guy with the Glasses said she "feakin' loved" the show when she was a kid.
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