By all rights, Kemono Friends shouldn’t have worked. It clearly was working on a shoestring budget, was based on a defunct mobile game, and has CG animation that looks like a poor man’s RWBY. But, after a slow first couple of episodes, it really starts to click. Something about the endearing kindness of the Friends contrasted with subtle worldbuilding and dark questions about Japari Park’s past combine into a perfect storm of lighthearted fun and building suspense.
The …
By all rights, Kemono Friends shouldn’t have worked. It clearly was working on a shoestring budget, was based on a defunct mobile game, and has CG animation that looks like a poor man’s RWBY. But, after a slow first couple of episodes, it really starts to click. Something about the endearing kindness of the Friends contrasted with subtle worldbuilding and dark questions about Japari Park’s past combine into a perfect storm of lighthearted fun and building suspense.
The …