Everything We Know About the Cuphead Netflix Show
The 2017 release of Cuphead was a much-welcomed breath of fresh air for the gaming landscape. Amid a changing gaming industry, Cuphead stood as a unique affirmation of the continued existence of creativity and innovation.
It is no secret then, given the acclaim and positive reception that Cuphead received, that further adaptations to different media would follow the game's release. With Netflix releasing Season One of The Cuphead Show! on February 18, the show has remained relatively faithful to its source material, while some aspects depart from it quite significantly.
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Gameplay aside, it is undoubtedly the whimsical and vintage art style of Cuphead that set the game apart from competitors and provided it with such charm and character. The difficult Studio HDMR run-and-gun title was entirely inspired by the 1930s «rubber hose» animation style of cartoons from the golden age of American animation, providing an innate nostalgic juxtaposition to the fresh and unique elements of gameplay which inspired some of the games industry.
Perhaps the most impressive element in the choice to use this particular art style is the faithfulness in which it was adopted. Animators for Cuphead illustrated every frame of gameplay by hand, in the same fashion that animators of the original style had to do all those years ago. This impressive aspect of art direction further compounds how all-in the development team was in adopting this specific style, and how integral it is to the theme and tone of the game's entire ethos.
Being a faithful adaptation of the game, The Cuphead Show! retains the games setting, taking place in the Inkwell Isles, with a variety of
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