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Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

Updated Jan 25, 2020 at 02:27PM EST by 3kole5.

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About

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts is an animated series created by Dreamworks Animation. It follows Kipo, a 13-year-old girl searching for her father in a post-apocalyptic urban wasteland. The series has been praised for its plot, characters, and LGBTQ representation.

History

The series is based off the webcomic "Kipo" by Radford Sechrist, who also serves as the show's showrunner.[1] The animated series adaptation was announced on June 13th, 2019[2] (trailer shown below). The series was developed by Bill Wolkoff.



On January 14th, 2020, the first season of the series released on Netflix. The series has ten episodes, each running roughly 24 minutes.

Reception

The show was widely praised upon release. io9[3] praised it as a must-watch based on its music and character design. Collider[4] called it a "classic in the making." io9[5] and Pride[6] both praised the way the show handled the outing of a gay character, noting it was nice that the show handled making a character queer in a casual way.

Online Presence

The show quickly began a fandom online. The show's Facebook page[7] gained 400 likes within 10 days of the show's release. The show's subreddit[8] gained 1,000 subscribers since its December 12th, 2019 creation.

Search Interest

External References

[1] Comics and Cola – 'Kipo,' Rad Sechrist's amazing-looking new webcomic

[2] Comics Beat – KIPO AND THE AGE OF WONDERBEASTS first look from DreamWorks Animation

[3] io9 – Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Is the Latest Animated Marvel You Absolutely Should Watch

[4] Collider – Unlike Any Animated Adventure You’ve Seen

[5] io9 – Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts' Casual Queerness Is Fantastic

[6] Pride – This Cartoon Character Actually Said 'I'm Gay' in a Coming Out Scene

[7] Facebook – Kipo

[8] Reddit – /r/KipoAndTheAgeOfWB

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OurDeerLeader
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there's like one gay character, and it only gets brought-up twice throughout the whole series
yet people act as if it was the only thing it has to offer, despite there being SO much more to the series

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To be fair, the casual mention and inclusion of said characters is probably the best way to go about it and, therefore, the most worthy of mention and celebration as a result, so I sort of see people's reasoning here. Much better to celebrate a well-structured and non-forced gay character than to celebrate any show or series that relies on that and only that with nothing else to offer (and probably doing so just for corporate pandering anyway).

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