Created by Megan Nicole Dong, and starring Kimiko Glenn, Megan Hilty, and Parvesh Cheena, “Centaurworld” is an American animated fantasy-adventure comedy television series, the first season of which is set to make its debut on Friday, July 30, 2021, on Netflix.
Centaurworld follows a warhorse who is transported from her embattled world to a strange land inhabited by silly, singing centaurs of all species, shapes, and sizes. Desperate to return home, she befriends a group of these magical creatures and embarks on a journey that will test her more than any battle she’s ever faced before.
At the Annecy International Animation Film Festival today, Dong called Centaurworld “an action-adventure fish-out-of-water story” and a “road trip musical fantasy” with some sci-fi.
Her inspiration for the story came from growing up Asian American in Southern California under “a lot of pressure academically.” As a high school freshman, a scheduling snafu landed her in show choir class and “changed a lot of things in my life in a positive way.”
She hopes people “experience just the joy of” and its “positive message about overcoming trauma, finding friends and finding a family.”
WHERE CAN I WATCH “CENTAURWORLD”?
Exclusively available for streaming only on Netflix.