Why The Cuphead Show! Looks So Old
Why does The Cuphead Show! look so old? Despite its release in February 2022, the show has an art style that makes it look like it was made almost a century ago. There’s a good reason for that, however, and it plays into the overall charm and aesthetic of the series.
The Cuphead Show! is a Netflix series based on the Cuphead video game. While the video game was about Cuphead and Mugman having to work as debt collectors for the Devil to save their souls, the Netflix original TV seriesis an episodic romp that gives a different interpretation of the world and characters than what was presented in the game. Season 1 premiered on February 18, 2022, and the series already has two additional seasons in development for future release.
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Despite all of this happening fairly recently, The Cuphead Show! looks like a much older show, thanks to its art and character designs. This is, of course, entirely on purpose. Just like its video game source material, The Cuphead Show! is purposefully making itself look like the product of a bygone era to echo a particular aesthetic and time period. Cuphead achieving this hand-drawn aesthetic was one of its biggest selling points, and while The Cuphead Show! couldn’t imitate things in the same way, the same sort of influences are nonetheless there.
The Cuphead Show! was first announced in July 2019. The Netflix original series is animated by Lighthouse Studios with stop motion provided by Screen Novelties, and the first sneak peek was shown at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2020, with the full trailer released in January 2022. All of this makes it clear that the show is a modern production that has been in development for at
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