Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts
Cast & Key People
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Our Review
Cast & Key People
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Our Review
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (2020) is a adventure and children series from Netflix. It has built a run of 30 episodes. It premiered on January 14, 2020. Viewers rate it 7.2 out of 10. It is currently ended. It runs 3 seasons.
What Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Is About
After spending her entire life living in an underground burrow, a young girl named Kipo is thrust into an adventure on the surface of a fantastical post-apocalyptic Earth. She joins a ragtag group of survivors as they embark on a journey through a vibrant wonderland where everything trying to kill them is downright adorable.
What to Expect When You Watch
The format keeps each instalment self-contained enough to drop into, the full run covers 30 episodes, spread across 3 seasons and it leans into its adventure/children roots while leaving room for the quieter character beats.
Performance-wise the series leans on Karen Fukuhara, Sydney Mikayla and Dee Bradley Baker to carry the emotional weight, with the rest of the ensemble filling out the world around them.
Cast and Creative Team
Karen Fukuhara, Sydney Mikayla, Dee Bradley Baker, Coy Stewart, Deon Cole and Sterling K. Brown lead the cast.
Key roles include Karen Fukuhara as Kipo Oak; Sydney Mikayla as Wolf; Dee Bradley Baker as Mandu; Coy Stewart as Benson Mekler; Deon Cole as Dave.
Why It Stands Out
Fans of adventure, children and fantasy have a clear reason to give this one a shot. It sits comfortably alongside Netflix’s other originals, a 7.2/10 audience score puts it in steady company and it commits to its premise instead of hedging between tones.
Released in 2020 and carried by Netflix with the series still ended, it lands hardest with adventure and children viewers.
How Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Compares
If Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts lands for you, the next stops are Avatar: The Last Airbender, Firefly and Game of Thrones, which share its adventure/children lean.
Each of those sits at a different point on the same spectrum, so they make a natural follow-up once you finish the run here.
Where to Stream
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts comes from Netflix. Check your preferred platform for current availability, since regional rights move around.
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On the whole Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts is the kind of series that rewards a patient watch, with Karen Fukuhara and Sydney Mikayla doing the heaviest lifting, a tone that stays true to its adventure/children roots, It has held up since 2020 and so if the premise sounds like your lane, the execution holds up.
The Bottom Line
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts is a safe bet for anyone already inside the adventure and children lane, at 30 episodes it is an easy run to work through, the audience score holds around 7.2/10 and so there is little risk in starting it tonight.
Verdict: 7.2/10. Watch it if you want adventure/children you can settle into.
