I never heard of the creator or any of her previous work so I went in blind. What I could say is the strong points for this is some of the characters are interesting and I wouldn't mind seeing where their stories go. Not to mention the voice acting isn't to bad either. The plot is original but full of plot holes (which I guess may be cleared up later since this is a pilot after all.) Since I'm a musical fan, I was "interested" when I found out it was a musical; and the singing is alright, I guess. The songs can be sometimes hard to understand. Charlie's song "Inside of every demon is a rainbow" is what I'm referring to. Out of all of this, I have to acknowledge the fact that the animation is stunning at times. I'm no animator, so I have no clue if I'm correct in this category, but some of the imagery is breathtaking.
That also leads into my negatives, which is that the animation can also be very off. Yet again, I'm no animator, but sometimes the animation seems very inconsistent (probably due to many different animators working on it) and the character designs can be very overwhelming. Speaking of characters, I found Angel Dust to be on the annoying side. I think he has potential, but the writers seem to think non-stop sex jokes and swearing is funny. Which also is my problem with the humor. I can't see anyone over the age of 12 laughing at the jokes in this pilot, and it's not like the humor in other films like Dumb and Dumber, it's basically summed up as *enter sex joke here* and everyone is supposed to laugh. Maybe that's just me, but come on.
Overall, it's a miracle that this thing got made. It took over 5 years to get this thing in action and we finally got it on October 28th of 2019. Was it worth it? As I said before, I really can't say because I just now heard of it. But from my perspective I see it as a pilot that has some major problems (as all pilots do) but could be something great. You can definitely tell the blood, sweat, tears, and passion that went into this project, and I respect the creators for that.
That also leads into my negatives, which is that the animation can also be very off. Yet again, I'm no animator, but sometimes the animation seems very inconsistent (probably due to many different animators working on it) and the character designs can be very overwhelming. Speaking of characters, I found Angel Dust to be on the annoying side. I think he has potential, but the writers seem to think non-stop sex jokes and swearing is funny. Which also is my problem with the humor. I can't see anyone over the age of 12 laughing at the jokes in this pilot, and it's not like the humor in other films like Dumb and Dumber, it's basically summed up as *enter sex joke here* and everyone is supposed to laugh. Maybe that's just me, but come on.
Overall, it's a miracle that this thing got made. It took over 5 years to get this thing in action and we finally got it on October 28th of 2019. Was it worth it? As I said before, I really can't say because I just now heard of it. But from my perspective I see it as a pilot that has some major problems (as all pilots do) but could be something great. You can definitely tell the blood, sweat, tears, and passion that went into this project, and I respect the creators for that.