Visually great, incredibly cute and emotional, smart, well written and amazingly imaginative. My daughter adores it, after watching it we bought the comic book and it's a constant re-read.
A superbly wholesome show. It makes me smile every episode :yellow_heart:
Hilda is a delight from start to finish. A visual feast for the eyes and filled to the brim with engaging characters and inventive creatures. Empathy powers this show. I remember the moment that sold me on it. The festival Hilda and Johanna, her mother, watch at the end of the third episode. Johanna says, "This is where I would come to watch the parade when I was your age. I know it might not match the view you had up there...”
And Hilda takes her hand and smiles and says it’s much better. She gets to see something that matters to her mom, and another side of her, and Hilda treasures it and the opportunity to cheer her up. Right after Johanna had a commitment to sign the paperwork to see Hilda's elf friend because it matters to Hilda. It’s a mutual support and leaning on each other that you don’t see nearly enough in parental relationships in media (and real life). This sense of understanding carries through the entire show. Hilda loves the wild, Johanna loves the city. Neither are wrong; they meet in the middle because they adore each other and can learn from each other. That same spirit is reflected in the monsters, never monstrous for the sake of it. They're always upset about something, and Hilda's desire to understand and help them is her strength. The world is wide and mysterious and dangerous if not handled carefully. But it's wonderful. So wonderful. So why not try to understand? That heart is what makes Hilda soar, more than anything.
Shout by EdrickBlockedParent2018-10-13T22:36:34Z
It has a great start - an amazing 3 first episodes. I was surprised how adventurous stories it can tell, and how mature it is. I wanted to declare it as a lovechild of Gravity Falls and Over the Garden Wall. Then.. I'm not sure. They realized it's "supposed to be" a show for children? I mean the episodes were not bad of course, they just seem to have lost their maturity and quirkiness. The last few episodes tried to bring this back, very well at first. Also the hints, easter eggs and all the foreshadowing about the finale was well built. Then in the last episode it definitely proved, that it wants to stay a show just for children (I don't mean that offensively). Don't get me wrong, there's nothing bad about that. It's just that after the premise, the first few episodes, I didn't think it would change course that easily. But - sadly for me - it did.