Maya and the Three

I stumbled upon this show on my kid's channel and I soon found myself pleading with my kids to watch it together! 🤣 Of course there's the stunning Meso American design envisioned by Jorge Gutierrez but by the 2nd of 9 episodes i knew it was an entirely different kind of animation - tragic backstories of outcasts, important characters that die, and emotional moments that are given space to land that I found myself tearing up multiple times. The story considers power from not only individuals, or even families, but communities.

I'm Mexican-Cuban American and the GOURGEUS representation in this show is just beautiful. The visuals are some of the best I've seen from Netflix. The story is incredibly charming. And the character designs are one for the books.

This is one of the best animated cinematic events ever! The story is epic. The artistry is unparalleled. I love that it creatively celebrated Mexican and Latin American culture with such vividness and imagination. I loved that all of the female characters were powerful and the storyline didn't center on them trying to find a prince. They were bravely saving the world. The magic, mysticism, folklore and grandeur in the story will make this last for generations. I'm just blown away by the beautiful graphics and heartwarming storyline. I hope they are already booking the creator, Gutierrez, for more fantastic adventure series. Everyone must see this show... maybe see it two or three times! I hope it hits number one on Netflix immediately. I'm surprised there isn't more merchandise out in celebration of this show... yet. Well done. Amazing work of art!

My kids and I saw it in English and we loved it, but me being Mexican I wanted to watch it with my brother and his kids in Spanish. The dubbing in Spanish was terrible! The characters do not sound Mexican at all! The accents are from other Latin countries (not all) and that was disappointing.

But the art was super fun (we love the book of life) and the story was entertaining. The music not so much I wish they included some pre Hispanic melodies.

Brilliant animation & beautiful modelling on the likes of clay modelling. Colourful characters, literally too. Beautiful music. The story though is nothing spectacular. It was just above ordinary apart from a heart touching emotional climax.