A couple of years back, my sis took me to spend a night or two at her place. On the way, she asked me to play a YouTube video of the song "Baby Shark" on my iPhone. When I asked her where she heard the song, she told me she heard of it at a school program.
Upon seeing that YouTube video, I thought it was just another video of a song aimed at children. This was until I heard the news about the video generating more than a billion views. The song went as far to spawn merchandise, and even a TV show which I am reviewing here.
The Nickelodeon show featuring the Baby Shark character was announced about a year ago. After that, screenshots of the show began appearing in ads in the Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels. Some time after that, short music videos started showing at around Halloween. This time, the first episode of the series, which is a Christmas special, is aired. As to what I can say about the show, I find it a mixed bag.
Unlike most animated shows today which are in CGI, Baby Shark's Big Show looks like it's in traditional animation. To be honest, I'm fine with traditional animation as that type of cartoon was something I grew up with. Another pleasant aspect is that all five sharks mentioned in the hit song are shown already in the first episode. But if there's anything that gets me kinda unimpressed, it's in the voice, particularly that of the title character. True, Baby Shark sounds pretty expressive, but he sounds more like an adolescent girl than a lad, therefore I'm not sure this output fits his character.
While I appreciate the cute look of the show and Baby Shark himself, I can't say that I feel the same way about how the title character sounds. With that said, I recommend this series only to die-hard Baby Shark fans.
