I love cartoons. All cartoons. Doesn't matter the age requirements or target audience. I think they are just fun.
Currently, Netflix is running a series called Hilda, based on the graphic novel series by Luke Pearson. I wasn't sure when I was going to get around to this series, but finally, I sat down and viewed the first episode. I was hooked..
Hilda is a young girl who lives in a house in the Wilderness (yes, a capital "W"), with her mother. You know the series has a different spin of the world when this character just walks into the house and makes himself at home.
The Woodman doesn't even pay any attention to the fact that his is rude and self-centered. But he is somehow endearing.
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The Woodman doesn't even pay any attention to the fact that his is rude and self-centered. But he is somehow endearing.
This is just one of the many creatures that inhabit the world of Hilda.
The series follows her life, from the Wilderness to having to move to the neighboring town, which, in its way is a different kind of Wilderness, with its own mystical creatures. Hilda seems to have an affinity with them all. She makes friends with many of them, as well as with a couple of children, Frida and David, who she meets when she joins the Sparrow Scouts. Together, they have adventures and begin to grow up.
The series shows interactions between characters that are more real than most. The children argue, the get mad, they pout, they face their imperfections. They actually have imperfections! The creatures usually inspire not only wonder but often a certain amount of sympathy. Most are not trying to be harmful, though some are.
There is no real violence in the series. No sharp edges. No embarrassing situations. There are spooky scenes and some suspense, but little that will send someone running from the room. It truly is a series for children. And it doesn't talk down to its audience. It has an intelligence that is not always found in television. And it doesn't get preachy.
Hilda is voiced by Bella Ramsey, who was in about ten episodes of Game of Thrones. I believe that, one day, it will be a requirement to have appeared on GoT in order to get a job in television. Like "Peppa Pig", the show is from the UK and your child will begin to talk with a British accent. But it will be more of a Stephen Fry accent, rather than a Spike Milligan accent.
The series won the 2019 Annie for Best Animated Production for Children, Outstanding Character Animation and Outstanding Writing.
Young or old, this series is worth bingeing. There is a second season in production that will be available in 2020.
The series shows interactions between characters that are more real than most. The children argue, the get mad, they pout, they face their imperfections. They actually have imperfections! The creatures usually inspire not only wonder but often a certain amount of sympathy. Most are not trying to be harmful, though some are.
Hilda is voiced by Bella Ramsey, who was in about ten episodes of Game of Thrones. I believe that, one day, it will be a requirement to have appeared on GoT in order to get a job in television. Like "Peppa Pig", the show is from the UK and your child will begin to talk with a British accent. But it will be more of a Stephen Fry accent, rather than a Spike Milligan accent.
The series won the 2019 Annie for Best Animated Production for Children, Outstanding Character Animation and Outstanding Writing.
Young or old, this series is worth bingeing. There is a second season in production that will be available in 2020.
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