Hits all the popular highlights of Australian culture in a funny aproachable way, but doesn't venture outside it's snake-riddled backyard.
The visuals stand out, and are a real breath of fresh air, although still its not as good as the unqiue and original youtube shorts, and that comes across throughout the entire project.
They started with a really unqiue concept - and had modern edgy original cartoon shorts, and then watered it down for a more aproachable audience, which made it loose it's spark.
And as the episodes continue, the plot kinda just drags, and isn't actually that interesting, and doesn't really critique society in any meanful way.
It could have been a turning point for a great year of Australian Animation, from a rising artist that seems to hold much promise, but you get the feeling that it all got lost in the corporate bureaucracy of trying to make an approachable hit.
If this ever gets a second season, they should move Koala Man to the big city, and have more sharp and edgy critiques of Australian culture, that usually gets neglected by typical depections of Australia in media.
Sad fact that rural towns are kinda boring, which reflects in the show.
The visuals stand out, and are a real breath of fresh air, although still its not as good as the unqiue and original youtube shorts, and that comes across throughout the entire project.
They started with a really unqiue concept - and had modern edgy original cartoon shorts, and then watered it down for a more aproachable audience, which made it loose it's spark.
And as the episodes continue, the plot kinda just drags, and isn't actually that interesting, and doesn't really critique society in any meanful way.
It could have been a turning point for a great year of Australian Animation, from a rising artist that seems to hold much promise, but you get the feeling that it all got lost in the corporate bureaucracy of trying to make an approachable hit.
If this ever gets a second season, they should move Koala Man to the big city, and have more sharp and edgy critiques of Australian culture, that usually gets neglected by typical depections of Australia in media.
Sad fact that rural towns are kinda boring, which reflects in the show.