#Kataow

[backtoaugust-ts]

I have realized that the perfect form of media must have a delicate balance between absolutely heart wrenching pure emotional devastation and the most ridiculous nonsense you have ever seen in your whole life

[legok9]

Karen Fukuhara in animation:

Karen Fukuhara in live action:

[the-irreverend]

It’s a trope I will NEVER get tired of.

[quietfounder]

Same VA

[someonetooksendnoodles]

i’m such a whore for jaw-dropping, heavily stylized, thematically laden, full of heart animation. will forever be impressed at the stories that are coming from non-disney studios having their moment to shine.

[vuelode-irbis]

I needed a hero, if I only knew that the hero was me.

Kipo fanart because it's been a long time and i miss the show!!

[ID: a digital drawing that features Kipo (Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts) in both her human and mega jaguar forms, floating in the canvas. The mega jaguar is turning her head to look at human Kipo, her glaze is wild; Kipo is very small and faces the jaguar, her face is barely visible. The background has lilac, magenta and pink tones, with cyan, yellow and magenta lines circling both of them. End ID.]

[frogcoven99]

Happy Pride Month! 🥳🏳️‍🌈

[thingscanalwaysgetworse]

Best genre of character is “they’re not tired of being nice, but they deserve to go apeshit”

[italicized-ohs]

You’ll never guess which two hyperfixations are back.

[starry-eyed-psychopomp]

Remember when Steven Universe almost ended over Ruby and Sapphire’s wedding, but when the network understood how popular it was they continued the series for a movie and a spin-off?

And then She-ra was able to capitalize off of that success and get approved to have Adora and Catra kiss and end up together at the end of the series?

And then The Owl House was able to capitalize off of that success and was allowed to have Luz and Amity be canon love interests from season one?

And in the meantime there was show after show featuring queer main and side characters to rave reviews and success?

And we all thought, this is it. The domino effect is working. We’re making progress. And animation was the industry with the most and some of the best queer representation in all of visual media and it was only growing?

And then The Owl House got canceled with nothing to replace it. And Kipo and OK KO and Dead End and every other queer-inclusive show that had popped up in the meantime all ended quickly or were canceled with nothing new to fill their holes.

And now we have nothing left. And the trend that had been escalating for the past 10 years to create a golden age of queer animation has seemingly been shot dead with nothing to show for it.

Remember that?

[climbdraws]

OH PURPLE JAGUAR EYE

OPEN UP AND BE ALIVE

SEE THE WORLD IN VIVD COLOR

THERE’S NO TURNING BACK

[the-irreverend]

You know how you know when an animated film/show is really really good?

When it's smart enough to not redeem a character that's completely beyond redemption (and actually face consequences for their actions).

[memelzebub]

[detentiontrack]

It makes me so sad that no one watches Kipo & the age of wonderbeasts. It’s SUCH a good show. It has unique characters, excellent character development and backstories, a complex plot, canon LGBT rep, a narrative about morality and change and acceptance of others, ANGST, and it’s hilarious. I think it deserves to be as big as toh or amphibia

[vuelode-irbis]

No anchor

[ID: digitally drawn fanart of Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts. It recreates the scene in which Kipo finds out who her mother is and transforms into the mega-jaguar, along with Nael's poem, "The tiger" modified verses in-between the drawings. The first scene is a close-up of Kipo's eyes, she looks worried and tears are forming in her eyes, text below reads "The jaguar". The second image shows the mega-monkey, Kipo's mother, surrounded by Scarlemagne and other's flamingos, trying to fight them, the text below reads "She destroyed her cage". Third scene shows Kipo's eyes again, this time they're pink and her pupils are sharp like a cat's, she's angry and her tears come out, the text says "Yes"; onto the next drawing, she's on the floor on all fours, her arms have turned into the jaguar's and her tail has come out too, the text says "YES" in all caps. In the next scene she has turned into the mega-jaguar, roaring in anger, the text below reads "The jaguar is out". In the last scene, she's running towards the camera, still angry and roaring. End ID]

Inspired by and based on Nael's poem :>

I had this idea for a while, tried to execute it, failed and gave it a second try because Kipo's a very good show and this is one of my favorite scenes ever

Original poem: The tiger

The tiger

He destroyed his cage

Yes

YES

The tiger is out

-- Nael, "The Tiger" from "They're Singing a Song in Their Rocket"