Ever since it debuted earlier this year, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts has become a well-beloved animated series for Netflix. Following Kipo’s adventures in a fantastic post-apocalyptic Earth with a group of survivors, the show has already had two seasons and fans have been clamoring for well. Well, Netflix is about to give it to us but it comes with some bittersweet news as well.
Fans will only have to wait a month since Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts season 3 will be released on Netflix on October 12, 2020. However, this will be the show’s final season. That is an absolute shame we’re only getting more season worth of stories but the description for it does sound incredibly exciting. We’ve got the official word on it from DreamWorks below.
After dethroning Scarlemagne, Kipo and the Brunch Bunch face a more daunting foe: Dr. Emilia, who plots to eliminate mutekind to make the surface “safe” for humans. But Kipo has an optimistic vision of a world where mutes and humans get along with each other. To achieve that dream, she must lean on her friends and rise to a role she may not be ready for.
Dr. Emilia made a big impression in season two and seeing them become the main antagonist of the show is a great twist, showing that humans can be just as ruthless as some of the mutes. Thankfully Kipo and her friends will be there to help and we have no doubt the show will tackle with some big ethical questions, as season two started to dig deeper into. How can they stop Emilia? How far will Kipo have to go? Will she be able to control her powers?
We’ll have to wait until October to find out but the new poster for the season does give us some clues.
The biggest clue of course is the reflection of Kipo’s jaguar form in the water. It looks different from what we’ve seen before and more ominous. Could this be a more powerful form? Will Kipo learn to have even more control over the form? We can’t wait to find out!
DreamWorks stated that there will be ten episodes in this final season so we’ve still got a good chunk of stories before the end of the series. Hopefully we’ll get more of Benson and Troy especially, since they make such a cute couple and more queer representation children’s media is always welcome. We also need more of Oz the Originator and the man behind the voice, Andra Gunter. Kipo’s music has been top notch and more of those fantastic tracks would be a great way to send the show off.