When you hear the premise of “Entergalactic,” the new animated series coming to Netflix, it might not elicit much excitement. It’s a show about a young guy trying to balance love and success while living in New York City. But, as the trailer for the series shows, “Entergalactic” is much, much more than just a clichéd premise.
“Entergalactic” comes from the minds of Scott Mescudi, aka rapper Kid Cudi, and superstar producer Kenya Barris. The series features incredible animation to help tell a story that seems pretty typical and raises it to something extraordinary. Some scenes look like art, music, and story combined in a trippy way that can only come to fruition through animation.
The series stars the vocal talents of Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi, Jessica Williams, Timothée Chalamet, Ty Dolla $ign, Laura Harrier, Vanessa Hudgens, Christopher Abbott, 070 Shake, Jaden Smith, Keith David, Teyana Taylor, Arturo Castro, and Macaulay Culkin. The series is created by Kid Cudi and Kenya Barris. “Entergalactic” is directed by Fletcher Moules.
“Entergalactic” hits Netflix on September 30. You can watch the trailer below.
Here’s the synopsis:
Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi and Kenya Barris join forces to present the television event ENTERGALACTIC, an original, immersive, animated story about a young artist named Jabari — voiced by Mescudi — as he attempts to balance love and success. Finding the latter brings Jabari a step closer to the former, when moving into his dream apartment introduces him to his new neighbor, photographer it-girl Meadow — voiced by Jessica Williams. An explosion of art, music and fashion, ENTERGALACTIC takes place in the only city that can handle all three: New York.