Just a quick sketch of Jamack bc I wanted to draw him and all the mutes that appear ever since I saw the whole series, y’all need to watch Kipo, it’s great <3
I’ve watched “Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts” episode 3. In this episode, we get to know another race of mutes – timbercats. They are cats (obviously), who makes everything from wood, uses axes and wear checkered-shirts and knitted hats. The funny moment is that cats are still cats – they play with clews and choke on fur. However, they are quite fierce warriors and they capture the main characters (all four of them) and then debate on either eat them or pet them, then, when Kipo puts on a leash on the pet of timbercats’ missing leader, they decide to give them to Scarlemagne (we and Kipo still have no idea who that is), but then Kipo offers them to cook food – she still hopes that they can work together and find the huge monster-mute who destroyed her home and stole timbercats’ scratching tree. Kipo and her friends cook, then timbercats sing an awesome song about their missing leader. The song is just brilliant! Then they are “poisoned” (with fur) and our team flies. In the night, though, Kipo can’t sleep and decides to save the leader of timbercats – she climbs the highest tree (her father taught her climbing in their cages) and finds Yumyan Hammerpaw (that’s his actual name). He climbed this tree while chasing a butterfly (cats are still cats) The animation of the butterfly is so beautiful! And in general, the animation of this scene with this stunning night sky is amazing! Then Kipo brings the leader in his village and now timbercats are her allies.
I’ve watched “Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts” episode 2. In the second episode we got introduced to another one of main characters (at least I hope, this guy will stick around for some time) – a nice, easy-going boy, who lives with a “mute” – an insect, who goes through his ontogenesis (larva, “teenage”, small insect, big insect) very fast. The boy’s called Benson and the insect’s name is Dave. Wolf doesn’t trust them (Spoilers!) and on the one hand, they saved girls from the frogs, on the other hand when their help was declined, they just stole Wolf’s weapon. Though, then they returned it and then frogs caught Benson and Dave. Kipo and Wolf managed to run away, but then Kipo persuaded her companion, that they should save their new acquaintances. So, they let frogs catch them, meet the frog boss and then since they brought some mega-bunny fur with them, a mega-bunny mama came and so, all our character ran away, Dave highjacked/negotiated with a dragonfly, so they flew through the “Skyscraper Ridge” and came to the entrance to the bunker and found nobody there. Kipo believes that her people probably just moved somewhere. Dave ad Benson want to go with her to the Buro and Wolf says that her work – bringing Kipo home – isn’t done, so she’s joining the search again. Benson is a little bit like Baby-driver – he’s searching for the perfect song for important moments and actions scenes.
Time to find a new cartoon series, I decided to start with something short (and hopefully sweet). So, I’ve watched “Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts” episode 1. Heard that it has some good representation, cool visual and soundtrack. Well, I enjoyed it: the plot is pretty simple, some apocalypse (or whatever) happens in 2020 (seems realistic) and now everybody lives underground, only rogues and mutated animals live on the surface. An underground girl (everybody calls her “burrow girl”) ends up there after some earthquake and now tries to find her way back home. She meets a lot of odd animals, including a blue pig “with an extra pair of everything”, a mega bunny and a gang of frogs wearing suits (they are like the mafia). She also meets a girl (certainly younger than Kipo herself) – she’s tough and severe but decides to help Kipo because without her she just won’t survive. I enjoyed this episode, the soundtrack sure is cool and the visual pretty unusual, I hope to get more information about the world a little more in the later episodes.
After a long hiatus, I’ve opened a new online store, with a fresh lineup of prints! The selection includes some of my fav original pieces, plus fanarts of Kipo, FE3H, Naruto and more! Domestic orders $50 or over get free shipping!
Kipo has only been out for a few days but it’s been so amazing getting to see the incredible reaction to it. Here’s an old drawing from 8 months ago that I made for the Kipo crew zine, towards the end of my time on the show.
Wayyyy back in 2017, one of the very first things I did on Kipo was some rough and quick concepts for the clothes that Kipo tries on in episode 1! (I won’t lie, a few of these are pretty much just outfits I have in my closet lol)
I can’t believe it but Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts is finally out on Netflix!!! What a career highlight to get to draw on this special little show! I hope you guys enjoy it~
Idk if I’m following the right people but the internet is deadass silent about Kipo and has been even though it ended.
I’ll still toot this horn of mine but everyone screams about rep and diversity and the noise people make about this show is like hearing a pin drop in an empty room compared to she-ra and BOTH shows are good and I don’t get it.
Reminder that kipo exists and all of their main characters are Black and one of them is gay and has a boyfriend who is Latino
Hi all, correcting myself. Today Rad and Kipo writer Taylor Orci confirmed his full name is Troy Sandoval and that he is half Latinx (mexican)/Half Filipino
Anyways if you’ve been sleeping on this show, now’s a great time to support an animated series full of POC leads.
For anyone curious, the plot of the show is that, in a post apocalyptic Earth where the surface is ruled by large, mutant animals (referred to as “mutes” presumably just a shortened version of ‘mutant’), humans have been forced underground into ‘burrows’.
Kipo Oak is a girl from a burrow, forced out and separated from her home and family, when it’s attacked by a giant mute and now journeying to find her father and Burrow.
This is the main cast:
(From left to right we have Benson, Kipo and Wolf in the back rrow with Mandu and Dave in the front row)
‘But Icy!’ you cry ‘Why is Kipo PINK??’
Why indeed? :3 You’ll just have to watch to find out b/c yes there IS a reason for it and NO I will not spill the deets cause spoilers ;)
ALSO, it is a musical! sort of. It has a lot of songs and they’re really fun
And it spans 3 seasons!
PLEASE watch this show it’s amazing and we have a chance at getting a movie if enough people watch it!!!
Honestly, Kipo is very clearly right up there with She-ra, Steven Universe, Adventure Time, and Gravity Falls, and absolutely deserves the same huge fanbase.
