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jessicadicicco610 Since: Oct, 2018 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#1: Jun 13th 2021 at 10:17:47 AM

There's an upcoming Netflix show called Centaurworld. Here's an article about the series.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-orders-centaurworld-animated-series-1235591/?__twitter_impression=true

There's no second article yet concerning this clip, but we have a voice cast for the series. Further comments say the series is animated by Mercury Filmworks and will come out July 30.

https://mobile.twitter.com/sketchshark/status/1404109923974221829

Edit: We have the names of the characters.

https://mobile.twitter.com/sketchshark/status/1404149509072986113

Kimiko Glenn as Horse

Megan Hilty as Wammawink

Jessie Mueller as Rider

Josh Radnor as Durpleton

Parvesh Cheena as Zulius

Chris Diamantopoulos is CHED

Megan Nicole Dong as Glendale

Edited by jessicadicicco610 on Jun 13th 2021 at 12:18:45 PM

WackyPancake from My computer. Since: May, 2011
#2: Jun 13th 2021 at 10:21:39 AM

[MOD EDIT: Please don't make remarks like that.]

Those character designs are interesting. I guess this could be cute, though.

Edited by Berrenta on Jun 15th 2021 at 5:37:12 AM

"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."
Snicka Since: Jun, 2011
#3: Jun 13th 2021 at 10:54:02 AM

From the clip, I wasn't sure if it's supposed to be for kids (and the cuteness is intentional) or for adults (and the cuteness is satirical). But the article says it's the former.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#4: Jun 13th 2021 at 11:45:58 AM

For those saving a click, the cast is:

  • Kimiko Glenn (Lena DeSpell, Peni Parker, Bridgette) as the normal horse
  • Megan Hilty as the pink llama-centaur
  • Josh Radnor as the man-giraffe centaur
  • Parvesh Cheena
  • Chris Diamantopolous
  • Jessie Mueller
  • Megan Nicole Dong (the creator herself) as super-thin-necked centaur

Snicka Since: Jun, 2011
#5: Jun 13th 2021 at 12:08:42 PM

[up]I suspect the super-thin-necked centaur is a gazelle (or possibly a gerenuk). There's also a zebra-centaur and some kind of bird-centaur (I guess).

jessicadicicco610 Since: Oct, 2018 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#6: Jun 13th 2021 at 12:18:18 PM

We have the names of the characters.

https://mobile.twitter.com/sketchshark/status/1404149509072986113

Kimiko Glenn as Horse

Megan Hilty as Wammawink

Jessie Mueller as Rider

Josh Radnor as Durpleton

Parvesh Cheena as Zulius

Chris Diamantopoulos is CHED

Megan Nicole Dong as Glendale

jessicadicicco610 Since: Oct, 2018 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#8: Jun 14th 2021 at 8:08:13 AM

[up] There's black goop, what looks like a horse skull, and an authoritarian sounding lady lecturing someone (maybe Rider's mom?). Sounds like when poop hits the fan, it will hit harder than hard…

WackyPancake from My computer. Since: May, 2011
#9: Jun 14th 2021 at 9:56:14 AM

The tone in this is all over the place and I'm really not sure which kind of audience it's aiming for.

"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."
JWR Black, nerdy, and loving it! Since: Jun, 2019
Black, nerdy, and loving it!
#10: Jun 14th 2021 at 10:00:29 AM

Meghan Mc Carthy is working on this. I've been a fan of her work since Foster's so I'm willing to give this show a chance.

Theriocephalus Amateur Veteran from gimme a map and a moment and I can tell you Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#11: Jun 14th 2021 at 2:10:42 PM

Horse and Rider. Descriptive names.

Gotta say, "a gritty fantasy story's main character's horse is isekaid into a Sugar Bowl and must find his way back to save the world" isn't something I'd have thought of, but I'm intrigued.

emeriin Since: Jan, 2001
#12: Jun 17th 2021 at 1:06:11 PM

Sounds fun! Adventure Time-ish, but with enough promise to be its own thing.

Sunchet Since: Oct, 2010
#13: Jun 17th 2021 at 1:23:28 PM

Funny. After so many shows like Adventure Time, Star Vs Forces Of Evil or Steven Universe - crazy, colorful fun, but there is something darker under the surface - we're getting shows that tell you that stuff under the surface exists from the get-go.

Partly it makes sense because the horse is supposed to be from Serious World so there is no hiding and also I can respect that because it gets tiresome when a new show comes out and is bad or at least unapologetically silly and fans keep saying "keep watching, I'm sure plot kick in any minute now".

Also, interesting that Horse lacks Tertiary Sexual Characteristics. It happens sometimes in cartoons (Tuba from Infinity Train comes to mind) but rarely with the main character. But it works since Horse is from the more realistic world so it helps her stand out.

Actually, I'm surprised no one thought of so many different centaur species. I think I saw a zebra centaur before but a giraffe centaur? That's new.

Snicka Since: Jun, 2011
#14: Jun 17th 2021 at 1:59:23 PM

Honestly, when first watching the trailer, I was surprised to hear Kimiko Glen's voice coming out of the horse, because I expected a male voice. A bad bias, I know - I'm just used to the cartoon conventions of gender-coding.

The show seems to treat every part-animal-part-human creature a "centaur". The trailer showed not just ungulate-based centaurs (zebra, giraffe, gazelle, llama) but also bird- and even whale-centaurs (yeah, I know whales are technically ungulates).

Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#15: Jun 17th 2021 at 2:34:23 PM

[up] In fairness the design proportions given to the horse are ones usually given to male horses in animation. Plus, I think (bout not quite sure) female horses are generally slimmer and less robust than males in real life.

Snicka Since: Jun, 2011
#17: Jul 14th 2021 at 8:47:13 AM

Kimiko Glenn is also voicing one of the new ponies in the G5 My Little Pony movie, so she has multiple horse-related roles this year.

jessicadicicco610 Since: Oct, 2018 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#18: Jul 26th 2021 at 9:04:33 AM

Now this is a surprise. The first episode of Centaurworld was put onto You Tube 4 days before its Netflix debut. Granted, Ridley Jones had 2 episodes that were put on You Tube before its official July 13 debut, but this was unexpected.

Edited by jessicadicicco610 on Jul 26th 2021 at 2:36:51 AM

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#19: Jul 26th 2021 at 2:34:49 PM

I kinda like it. I wasn't sure what to make of the show based on the concept alone, but seeing how things are executed in this first episode? I'm sold. Looking forward to the rest of the season.

DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
The Ultimate Lifeform
#20: Jul 26th 2021 at 4:35:50 PM

The first episode looks really solid, IMO. I'm looking forward to the rest of the season.

When we're done, there won't be anything left.
theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#22: Jul 28th 2021 at 1:23:28 PM

Watched the first episode on You Tube. Kinda don't like the rest of the herd so far, but Horse is a fun character. I like her design, too. Animation style is very fluid.

Although I do admit I kinda wanna see what's happening back in Horse's own world.

burninganimefan357 Since: Oct, 2012
#23: Jul 28th 2021 at 7:32:42 PM

[up] Yeah the Centaur's are kinda one-note at the moment but I think that's done deliberately to show how stuck they are doing the same stuff every day and night.

Hopefully the following episodes will expand on them properly.

Shokew ... Is With Those Who Fight For Dominance from Searching for New Places to Liberate Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
... Is With Those Who Fight For Dominance
#24: Jul 28th 2021 at 9:05:45 PM

[up], [up][up] I, too, hope these Centaurs Horse is stuck with get some serious as F*** character development, because to have them come off this one-dimensional, as well as obnoxious, is not a good sign for me.

Having them sing too much is only bonus points against them, musical show or not. Only Horse so far has come up with an actually good song, which was at the end of this first episode, so that gives me some hope things can get better. We shall see.

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jessicadicicco610 Since: Oct, 2018 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#25: Jul 29th 2021 at 6:09:26 AM

Here's a video about the characters.


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