The video game Cuphead is coming to Netflix as an animated series

Created: 01/19/2022 15:53

By: Sophie Waldner

The Cuphead Show is about the adventures and misadventures of Tassilo and his brother Pottkopp.

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Among gamers, the award-winning video game "Cuphead" is a household name.

Now it has become an animated series on Netflix.

When does it start and what is it about?

Netflix* has once again grabbed a video game and developed a series from it.

Recently, for example, "Arcane" was able to convince the viewers.

And "The Witcher" is also very popular among Netflix subscribers - even if, strictly speaking, it's not a direct adaptation of the games but of the books.

Now the streaming service has snagged the retro game Cuphead and turned it into the animated series The Cuphead Show.

The official trailer for this has now been released – with the start date on Netflix.

The Cuphead Show: Official Trailer (English)

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Netflix: When is The Cuphead Show available?

If you watch the trailer to the end, you will learn that

available to stream on February 18, 2022.

Interested Netflix subscribers don't have to wait long for the animated series.

But what is it actually about?

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The Cuphead Show: What is it about?

The Netflix description states that The Cuphead Show "revolves around the unique misadventures of the lovable,

and his cautious but

." In their surreal home world, the brothers are always looking for new adventures. But that also brings trouble. And so the two have to deal

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Viewers can certainly expect a lot from "The Cuphead Show", after all,

well-known producers were involved in the production of

These include Emmy and Annie award winners Dave Wasson and Cosmo Segurson.

But Cuphead inventors Chad and Jared Moldenhauer and media mogul CJ Kettler are also involved.

The video game of the same name inspired numerous players with its classic sidescroller gameplay and the cartoon design, which is strongly based on cartoons from the 1930s.