Netflix will produce a new Cuphead animated series
Don’t deal with the Devil…instead, deal with Netflix.
We’ll soon be gettingThe Cuphead Show, an original animated series based on the shoot-’em-up video game Cuphead by independent video game developer StudioMDHR.
The series will beproduced by streaming company Netflixand will feature animation styles reminiscent of the 30s. The show will star the impulsive Cuphead and hiscatuiousbrother Mughead in their misadventures roaming the Inkwell Isles.
Coming to you in full color and cine-sound, it’s…The Cuphead Show! Witness the wondrous Inkwell Isles as you’ve never seen them before in an original series inspired by classic animation styles of the 1930s. Now in production by the talented team at@NetflixAnimation!pic.twitter.com/4xA59eVLra
Netflix’s own in-house animation team will be doing the hand-drawn art for the show, according to aninterview by IGN. But it won’t be on paper — instead, it will be hand-drawn digitally.
Cuphead has sold over 4 million copies worldwide and has won plenty of awards, including one for animation. It’s also taken the Xbox One’s Game of the Year award. The game’s soundtrack, which features three hours of original jazz, early big-band, and ragtime, has also scored a BAFTA Games music award.
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