It feels to me like most of the people who are watching this pilot are young and may not fully understand that none of these characters should be considered role-models. I've seen so much fan-art that seems to praise the characters based on how edgy they are and seem to be missing the point that you aren't supposed to like their personality traits. But I don't think the fans of the show (or possibly even the creators) are aware that they are bad. They are all awful characters in their own way but they need to be awful to be redeemed.
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However, I don't think the audience of the series (mostly tweens) really understands that while the characters are designed to be cute that they themselves are not cute. As an adult, I can understand that drug-addiction and prostitution aren't good things for society so I don't need the show to explain to me why they are bad. The show presents him as "cute and quirky" while also being immature. One of the characters is a drug-addicted porn-star/prostitute. I hate to use the fan-base as a lens to view the series through, but the fan-base of the show seems to view a lot of characters as not "bad" but just quirky. That's all fine, but when the show's basic premise is about redemption then the show also needs to make sure that it knows what "good" is. The demons are in hell so nobody really cares if they are sexist, racist, homophobic, mean, selfish, etc. While the characters are all awful, they are all awful in a quirky and cartoonish way. The premise has a lot of potential for depth and comedy where demons have to fight their inner urges to be terrible yet continue to be awful, but where the issues come in is more about how the show frames the characters. Everyone in hell wants to be a miserable and self-destructive being. The basic idea of the show is actually pretty clever: A demon wants to bring demons to redemption but absolutely nobody in hell (literally) wants to be saved. That being said, the premise of the show does give way to some possible problems if it were expanded upon. Granted, the designs are still really good but it would be nice to see a little more variety. Most of them have popsicle/balloon body proportions with super huge smiles. The character designs themselves are very expressive, with my only issue being that too many of them have a very similar rhythm/flow to their design. The animation itself really sells how extreme and over the top the characters can be and I like subtle design shifts that the characters get when they are mad or not (like when Charlie sometimes looks like a demon, but only for a couple of frames). That being said, I thought it was entertaining for the most part, the characters had very definable personalities and played off of each other pretty well. Something about it screamed that the show would be incredibly juvenile and just be edgy for edgy's sake (I'll get to that later).
I will say, however, I really didn't like the look of it from the trailer and the concept art that I did see. As someone who didn't follow the development of this (other than a few rare occasions where I ran into concept art or fan-art) I had almost no expectations for it. You can tell a lot of sweat tears went into making this pilot and it is probably one of the most professionally looking pilots I have ever seen. I think this pilot deserves an "A" for effort and passion. This was clearly made with true love and passion and I really hope it gets more funding or a network picks it up. All the voice actors/actresses did a superb job and no one slacked off in the slightest.
The music and songs were fantastic too, filled with a lot of energy, helped by the amazing voice cast.
There was a clear emotional center as well at points, so it was nice to see an adult show that wasn't ONLY centered on raunchy comedy. But there were certainly a lot of funny moments in this pilot, in fact I had a massive smile on my face the whole time Alastor was on screen. While it may have relied a little too heavily on swearing at points, the whole concept of it being set in hell kind of acts as leeway for that, along with the cartoony expressions, sexual nature of some of the characters, etc. The characters are likable and very entertaining, my favourite probably being Alastor.
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Not only was the animation beautiful to look at, but the entire thing was so ridiculously absurd and full of life. I've been following this show's development and progress for 2 out of the 4 years it was being made for, and now that it's finally out I can say that it exceeded every expectation I had for it.