Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts "Up on top, on my own, A human girl, so far from home, The flowers are big, And the bees are weird, It's dangerous, just like I feared, On the surface worl—AAH! STAY AWAY!" Genre: Action Adventure Science Fantasy Comedy-drama Running Time: 24 minutes (Season 1) 23 minutes (Season 2 and 3) Country: United States Release Date: January 14-October 12, 2020 Network(s): Netflix Created by: Radford Sechrist Distributed by: NBCUniversal Television Distribution Netflix Starring: Karen Fukuhara Sydney Mikayla Coy Stewart Deon Cole Dee Bradley Baker Sterling K. Brown Dan Stevens Jee Young Han Amy Landecker Seasons: 3 Episodes: 30

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts is an animated television series created by Radford Sechrist, adapted from his 2015 webcomic Kipo. The series is produced by American company DreamWorks Animation Television and animated by South Korean studio Mir.

Plot

Kipo, a sheltered girl, gets a crash course in survival when a mutant attack sends her to the surface, far from the safety of her underground home.

Why It Rocks

1. Beautiful animation, from the same studio that brought us Voltron: Legendary Defender, and The Legend of Korra.
2. Geometric character designs that call to mind anime.
3. Decent writing.
4. Well-crafted story arc.
5. Lots of world-building and lore. The universe of the world is very expansive and has a lot of mystery surrounding it.
6. Nicely written characters, such as Wolf, who has a tragic backstory. The characters work off each other well and their interpersonal relationships are examined in great detail.
7. Threatening villains.
8. Stunning soundtrack. The soundtrack is very memorable and combines pop with hip-hop.

Bad Qualities

1. It can be boring sometimes.
2. The show only lasted for ten months in a year, despite having three seasons, making the entire series short-lived.
3. Because pretty much all the humans were reached, Kipo never learned that you just can't redeem everyone, which is a problem as this is a lesson society's parents deliberately not want their children learning.

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