David Bridges
Over the previous few months, Scrumptious in Dungeon has been airing over on Netflix. Primarily based on the manga of the identical title by Ryōko Kui, the variation courtesy of Studio Set off (the staff behind Promare and Cyberpunk Edgerunners) has been a extremely good watch, and simply wrapped its first season this previous Thursday. Followers didn’t have to fret in regards to the sequence’ future, as a result of not lengthy after the finale hit, Set off revealed a second season is already within the works, full with a trailer and poster hinting at what to return.
That’s excellent news to listen to, each as a result of it takes stress off viewers’ backs and in addition as a result of Scrumptious in Dungeon is simply actually good. For those who haven’t watched it, the pitch is that this: a gaggle of adventurers inside a large dungeon go about rescuing their good friend who’s been by chance captured by its huge, evil dragon. The twist? They go ground by ground killing after which cooking monsters to eat, primarily as a result of it helps them save what little cash they’ve, and in addition as a result of the chief Laios has at all times wished to, and that is nearly as good a time as any to do it. And with dwarf prepare dinner Senshi spurring him on, the opposite celebration members—elf wizard Marcille, half-foot (assume hobbit) rogue Chilchuck, and eventual catgirl ninja Izutsumi—don’t have any actual selection however to go together with it.
Scrumptious is a present that treats issues largely gentle and breezy, however exhibits its darker facet when it’s good and prepared. There’s a sure Cartoon Community vibe to the entire thing: episodes are titled and run virtually like they might simply be cut up into 11-minute blocks, and the comedy’s largely based mostly across the characters’ quirks and the way all of them react to 1 one other. It’s all extremely charming, additional helped by the enjoyable voice work from the Japanese and English voice forged. The dub model is nothing wanting a delight and makes the sequence with an already wacky premise much more unhinged, largely due to Damian Haas’ Laios and Emily Rudd’s always burdened Marcille.
The present is on monitor to turn into 2024’s mainstream anime hit like Spy x Household and has taken off for Netflix in a giant means. A lot of that may be owed to its weekly launch schedule, which helped construct up a group, ditto its sillier moments going viral and being so weird you couldn’t assist however test it out. It additionally doesn’t harm that it received’t go on perpetually: season one ended at what’s basically the midway level of the manga, which itself runs 97 chapters throughout 14 volumes. So in the event you want one thing to operate as consolation junk meals TV that will get you to chuckle by way of its character banter or the occasional moments of visible slapstick, and eases you in with a pair of extremely catchy opening songs, you may’t go mistaken with Scrumptious in Dungeon.
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