{"id":166149,"date":"2022-02-18T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/?p=166149"},"modified":"2024-08-20T22:02:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T22:02:04","slug":"the-cuphead-show-how-the-netflix-animated-series-creates-a-wild-retro-themed-ride-indiewire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/the-cuphead-show-how-the-netflix-animated-series-creates-a-wild-retro-themed-ride-indiewire\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Cuphead Show!\u2019: How the Netflix Animated Series Creates a Wild, Retro-Themed Ride | IndieWire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u2018The Cuphead Show!\u2019: How the Netflix Animated Series Creates a Wild, Retro-Themed Ride<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boasting a vintage 1930s 2D visual style and packed with wacky antics, \u201cThe Cuphead Show!\u201d is the latest addition to\u00a0Netflix\u2019s burgeoning animation slate. The 12-episode series, based on the hugely popular run-and-gun game from Studio MDHR, follows the adventures of brothers Cuphead and Mugman as they hop out of the frying pan and into the fire only to land on their feet ready for more high-octane escapades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reckless and impulsive Cuphead, voiced by Tru Valentino, is tempered somewhat by his cautious and slightly neurotic brother Mugman (Frank Todaro), while Elder Kettle (Joe Hanna) is the patient guardian who ensures order in their snug little cottage on Inkwell Isle. Luke Millington-Drake voices the duo\u2019s nemesis, The Devil, with Wayne Brady pitching in as the voice of the Cab Calloway\u2013styled big band leader King Dice, and Grey Griffin as the noir-inflected Ms. Chalice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now streaming on Netflix, \u201cThe Cuphead Show!\u201d is executive produced by Dave Wasson (\u201cTime Squad\u201d) alongside \u201cCuphead\u201d creators Chad and Jared Moldenhauer. The animation is provided by Lighthouse Studios, the Kilkenny, Ireland-based 2D animation studio co-owned by Mercury Filmworks and Tomm Moore\u2019s Cartoon Saloon (which has the Nora Twomey feature \u201cMy Father\u2019s Dragon\u201d with Netflix this year).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The retro, hand-drawn visuals for which the game is known channel classic Fleischer cartoons and Disney\u2019s \u201cSilly Symphonies,\u201d complete with wobbly, \u201crubber hose\u201d arms and legs and even dancing skeletons. The careful observer will note a bevy of vintage touches, including film grain and other artifacts. (Read full story…<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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