Disenchantment - Season 1 (2018)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2018
	Creators: Matt Groening, Josh Weinstein
	Actors (voices): Abbi Jacobson, Eric André, Nat Faxon
	Country: USA
	Genre: Comedy, Animation, Fantasy
	Conditions of visioning: August 2018, VOD, 10" tablet screen
Synopsis: The medieval misadventures of a hard-drinking princess, her feisty elf, and her personal demon.
Review: After the parody of the modern American 80's family with The Simpsons and a crazy future in Futurama, Matt Groening takes us this time to a Fantasy past. One can recognize his creation style in the drawings and the humor, also in the fact that if the three main characters have original voices, the five following ones can be recognized from characters in Futurama. This first season (obviously open to a second one that is in production) starts by the obvious introduction of characters and Universe, continues with episode that seem to be independent from one another (like a stand-alone series), but that in fact converge towards a continuous story, something new compared to Groening's previous creations. Another surprise to me what that the last two episodes take a more serious tone, almost sad and dramatic, of course intertwined with some comedy but still. The Animation looks good and both foreground and background are very detailed which makes the series look serious and not flat. The characters are all a bit goofy which makes in the end a happy mix. So I easily watched the ten episodes, but didn't really laugh like I would have expected. Maybe this kind of humor is now outdated, and doesn't work anymore like it used to. Maybe it is OK because it is just the first season and the series still has time to find its marks (hard to appreciate the first season of The Simpsons for example), if it is given time in the current very competitive market for TV-series. A nice addition to the world of animated TV-series, but not one that I can watch compulsively like, again, Futurama.
Rating: 5 /10