This is simply great work
The animation style displayed here is head and shoulders above anything on Newgrounds and should be what every flash artist aspires to. While I understand Mr Phillips is a "pro" so to speak, that doesn't diminish his work. This is why he's a pro, look at the quality.
I find it sad that people leave comments and vote 0 because they are "sick of this at number 1, someone else deserves a shot." That makes no sense, there's no rule saying that a cartoon can't remain at #1. Especially one this well made. I don't believe any one user of newgrounds is supposed to be the arbiter of everyone else's tastes. If you don't like Prowlies, don't watch it. Vote low on style, violence, humor or overall , whatever you think is lacking if you must. It's obvious that the "0" votes are from people being immature, because no matter its faults, this is not a 0 animation.
Finally, I vote as fairly as I can on all animations I see here. I've never voted 0 on the competition, but I've voted 5 on this more than once, because it's visually one of the best animationss I've ever seen and is really as flawless in terms of animation and style as any I've come across. I hope more are on the way.
As others have said, I feel the only improvement that needs be made is a fleshing out of the storyline, some depth added to make Brackenwood live up to its potential.