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Ever since the pilot episode first aired on YouTube, I was already very interested on this Vivziepop (Vivienne Medrano) creation. When I found out about Vivzie's work, it was something new and inventive than the usual adult-oriented comedy shows that air on TV.

Enter Blitzo (the O is silent), who opens an assassination business called Immediate Murder Professionals (or I. M. P.) for demons and the damned who were wronged in life on Earth. With the assistance of his fellow imps Moxxie, Millie, and hellhound Loona, they take on one target after another to please their clients.

With a talented voice cast featuring the likes of Brandon Rogers, Richard Horvitz (of Invader Zim fame), and Erica Lindbeck, there's bound to be frequent crude and sexual content their characters entail along with so much bloody violence and vulgar language to boot. Although the crew of IMP try to get the job done in their assassination work, it doesn't come without some humorous setbacks. Not to mention that some episodes tend to go deep in character development as well as story.

Judging by the unique characters, designs, and adult humor, I see the formula this way:

Panty & Stocking + Invader Zim + South Park = Helluva Boss

Though definitely not for little kids - despite some of the studio's early work being kid-friendly - Vivziepop is really expanding on this world she has created and I can tell there's no stopping her.

"Helluva Boss" is a great show for what it is. It is completely free to watch on YouTube and has animation on par and even better than most modern adult animations. The characters are all very easy to like, despite most of them being horrible people. It is a fun and original show that I feel deserves more acknowledgement. The only minor complaint I have is the somewhat formulaic episode structure and the long waiting period between the episodes. Otherwise it is a great show deserving of praise.

Firsto off, I want to say that it is impressive that this series is entirely independent considering the quality of animation, voice acting, desings, and overall quality. I fully support this series and will continue watching it while valuing the effort behind its production. With that said, I think theres a lot that could be improved, mainly a lot of the jokes and the tone. The series is mostly episodical and tries to be funny at all times, and while some times they do achive this, its not the rule. There are some episodes and some scenes were there are some jokes that just feel out of place and not on time, while also depending a lot in swearing, blood, absurdity and shock. And Im all for it, its just that at one point it gets very repetitive and unfunny. Its the same with the violence and blood. Im perfectly fine with that and there is some very good implementation of these elements in some episodes, but just as the jokes, the fact that its very continuos makes it tiring, repetitive and it makes them to lose their impressiveness. Still a good and overall funny show, but that could be much better.

The animation is probably the best I've ever seen from a cartoon, and it makes it even more interesting because it's independent, this is a great recommend watch. The animation industry has been going through so much these days. You have the news that the MCU is overworking, they're animators. Do you have the news that the owl house is getting cancelled. And the fact that animation is struggling so much means that we should at least give props to the independent animation because they are making animations that would've never been made if they were under a TV network and I generally want you all to support shows like.

Helluva boss is amazing, the humorist Brandon Rogers bring the show a way funnier tone than Hazbin Hotel. Anyone looking for a episodic series with great characters and funny jokes, I would give a watch. However it's only a pilot we are hoping for more!

Helluva Boss is the type of show every adult animation should aspire to be. It doesn't rely on cheap laughs and shock humor like Family Guy and South Park. The writing goes into humor mixed with extensive backstories, lore, and character development. Far different from many adult cartoons.

The voice acting is just amazing. Broadway stars like Alex Brightman, Barrett Wilbert Weed, and Bryce Pinkham, mixed with VA veterans like Cristina Vee, Erica Lindbeck, and Richard Horvitz is a recipe for success. Seriously I couldn't tell that Octavia was voiced by Barrett.

And the animation flows like water it's that good. All of this was done by independent animators who got their careers started through Youtube. Yes I'm serious, this show was done by independent animators no big studios were involved in making this at all.

Everything is just so well done I'm surprised that this is just a youtube show. It's really that good.

Helluva Boss is an amazing show, and worth a watch. The voice actors are great, and the animation fits their line deliveries perfectly. I think I prefer Helluva Boss over Hazbin Hotel, simply because you spend more time with the characters, and really learn about them. Some jokes don't land, but those are immediately overshadowed by the good ones, and despite being a dark comedy series, there's definetly some wholesome scenes. All the episodes are currently on youtube for free, so there's no reason to not watch this show.

I really enjoy this show. Everything is great, the story, the animation, the voice acting, the dialog. I was thoroughly entertained.

I'd even buy the box set if it ever came out on DVD, an I rarely ever buy DVDs.

My spouse loves this show, but it's really not my cup of tea.

Creative world-building, but the shows attempts to strike a range of emotions with its audience through music, humor, emotion, action. It can often be a hit-or-miss.

The plot feels a bit scattered with each episode contributing little to an overall plot. I don't see much character development & don't feel connected to the characters.

The humor isn't too clever and seems to heavily rely on comments being as vulgar/sexual as possible. Which becomes predictable and lackluster within a few episodes.

Ultimately, I think it's worth checking out the 1st episode. But there's no need to keep watching if it doesn't capture your interest from there.

I went into this with somewhat low expectations, yet it still blew me away. Great voicing, animation, music, and writing, this probably is one of the best pilots iv seen in years.

When the pilot for Helluva Boss came out in 2019 I was pretty excited for the future of this show. Now in late 2021 we have 2 episodes of Helluva Boss season 1 out and they're pretty good.

The animation in the episodes is outstanding! You can tell that passion was put into every single frame of this show. There are some shots where the character goes off model for a couple of frames and the character are slightly different heights but those are mostly nitpicks.

The writing is decent, there is a major plot hole in the first episode which wasn't a good look on the show but it sorta improves itself with episodes 2. I was wishing they would build up the relationship with Stolas and his daughter more so the payoff could be even better but overall episodes 1 and 2 and enjoyable episodes and are the decent start for the show.

I wish the best of luck to VivziePop and her team in the future.

Helluva Boss is a clear example that good animation and stellar voice acting can easily be eclipsed by awful writing and a lack of direction.

Now, I don't have anything against juvenile humor, but it needs to have the right context in order to be funny. This isn't the case, however, because the characters just randomly drop sex jokes and vulgar language without any subtlety nor sensibility whatsoever. As if the writers thought swearing = funny.

What is arguably worse: The series has pretty much discarded its own original premise for a half-assed love story that, most likely, will stay under the rug for the foreseeable future.

Just to give you an idea, if you compare the pilot with the last episode (at the time of this review S2 EP6) you will find little to no connection between the two, except maybe for Blitzø.

I'm already in love with this show! I can't get enough from it.

Helluva boss was pretty hilarious short which in my opinion could work as a full series. Even though this is only a pilot the characters are great and the jokes are funny. I just they can turn this into a series.

A little warning all though it is animated this is not for young children.

I LOVE Helluva Boss. Literally could rant on about how funny & entertaining I find it, despite only having two episodes out. Both of them are free, and you can watch them on YouTube at no cost. I'm only 13 but I really like it- just give it a shot if you aren't a christian mother.

We didn't expect an animation this detailed from Vivziepop since Hazbin Hotel was released literally a few days before. This hit us by surprise. It is only a pilot, but it is amazing.

All of the main characters were likeable and I found the humor hit better with me from this show than Hazbin's humour did. I would probably say I ended up enjoying this a little more than Hazbin Hotel. I would recommend you check this out if you like dark humour. Stolas and Loona were two characters which make me chuckle uncontrollably, and Moxxie and Millie's relationship is so sweet! Definitely a pilot I would love to see be turned into a show!

I used to follow vivziepop back in the day during the zoophobia era, she was one of the first internet creators that inspired me to become an artist, so please don't think this review is coming out of pure spite.

Very talented folks worked on this show, just wish it wasn't held back by its writing and tone.

Heck, if the world was different and vivziepop hadn't been Like That I'd totally enjoy it, it's not something I'd become and active fan of, but I'd enjoy it!

It's got a great production value, like, it looks great, and the humour is genuinely good at times. But surprisingly it's NOT the dumb edgy jokes that stick with me.

Those edgy jokes in question are less subversive and groundbreaking and instead just give the series a weird tonal dissonance.

However, it has less of those than hazbin hotel, which I can at least appreciate.

The writing itself is very solid! The relationships between the main characters are decently well established and expanded upon very well. So it's extra weird that they fall back upon these jokes that boil down to 'X male character calls a woman a b**** and that's the joke'.

I'm sure some folks would chock that up to 'establishing that the characters are demons and it's normal for them to be mean' and that's chill! I get that. But when kids are kinning Blitzo Helluva Boss on tumblr dot com, my eyebrow is naturally raised.

The fact that it's tone is so 'children's show', but it's subject matter is so adult, it just naturally draws in edgy teens... despite it being advertised as a show for mature audiences... Teens aren't a mature audience lmaoo, and maybe it would be worth examining Why your show attracts the wrong audience and altering its tone, instead of just slapping the mature audiences label on it and sending it out into the world for whomstever.

I know some folks have the opinion that artists don't need to change/obscure their mature content for kids on the internet. But Helluva Boss is a whole damn show!! Not some rando's explicit FNAF fanfic.

And I don't think, despite what her political opinions might be now, that vivziepop and her team are thoughtful enough to curate a message that won't be at least a little damaging for those teens.

I just wish Vivienne would take some responsibility and acknowledge that her audience IS mostly teens.

I was exposed to some crazy stuff as a kid, and it didn't Destroy me mentally, but i'm still at least able to realise that doing the same stuff those people did to me for a new generation is kinda messed up! At least a bit.

Overall, this show feels like it's a kids show trapped in an adult swim show's body, and that viewing experience is an awkward one.

If you like this show you're not evil. If you work on this show you're not evil. If you're Vivienne Medrano you're not evil. I'm glad you were able to find a nice community and make friends through it!

Please just examine what you're saying and putting out into the internet before doing so. Just be nice to each other.

Helluva Boss was crackling with potential from the first moment I watched it. The humour and style of art with how easily it introduced characters grabbed me immediately. Also how can you not start singing along to the opening tune.

I am now waiting patiently for every single episode that is released for this show. Especially as I am entirely invested into the whole storyline.

This kind of story and quality of work far surpasses much of todays shows that are being put out by bigger companies. So I say long live the independent artists. The new ideas and the fascinating potential for stories should inspire others to follow in Vivziepops footsteps.

What has enraptured me throughout is how it never feels out of place with its quick changes. It's song numbers and shooting between different characters and perspectives.

All whilst building extremely diverse characters and never forgetting to utilise humour, tug at the audiences emotions or leave us with a sense of gratification from what happens.

It is a beautiful thing to find something like this and see it actually grow into a massive and popular series. Better yet is it being accessible via YouTube giving everyone an opportunity to enjoy this over and over again.

It's so good that I would happily purchase a set of the entire series on physical media one day if the series ever comes to a close.

Helluva Boss, an animated web series created by Vivienne Medrano, delivers a devilishly hilarious and irreverent experience that takes viewers on a wild ride through the underworld. With its clever writing, colorful characters, and catchy musical numbers, the series offers a refreshing and entertaining take on the afterlife. While it excels in its humor and animation, it sometimes falls short in terms of narrative depth and character development.

One of the standout aspects of Helluva Boss is its wickedly funny writing. The series embraces a dark and irreverent sense of humor, with sharp and witty dialogue that keeps viewers consistently entertained. The clever wordplay, snappy comebacks, and unexpected twists contribute to the comedic momentum of the show, leaving audiences eagerly awaiting each punchline.

Moreover, Helluva Boss boasts vibrant and visually appealing animation. The character designs are unique and memorable, with fluid and expressive movements that enhance the comedic timing. The attention to detail in the background art and visual gags adds depth to the world-building, creating a visually captivating underworld filled with quirky and intriguing creatures.

Additionally, the musical numbers featured in Helluva Boss are catchy and well-executed. The show seamlessly integrates song and dance sequences into the narrative, adding an extra layer of entertainment. The musical performances not only showcase the talent of the voice actors but also contribute to the overall charm and fun of the series.

However, Helluva Boss sometimes lacks narrative depth and character development. The episodic format of the show, while conducive to standalone comedic adventures, limits the opportunities for deeper exploration of the characters and their motivations. While the main cast possesses distinct personalities, they often remain somewhat one-dimensional, with limited growth or arcs throughout the series. This prevents viewers from fully connecting with them on an emotional level.

Furthermore, some episodes of Helluva Boss may feel rushed or underdeveloped, with certain storylines lacking the necessary time to fully unfold or resolve. This can lead to moments that feel abrupt or unsatisfying, detracting from the overall viewing experience.

In conclusion, Helluva Boss offers a wickedly funny and visually appealing animated series that embraces its irreverent humor and distinct style. The clever writing, colorful animation, and catchy musical numbers make it an enjoyable watch for fans of dark comedy. However, the series could benefit from deeper narrative exploration and more substantial character development to create a more immersive and emotionally engaging experience. For those seeking a lighthearted and irreverent animated series with plenty of laughs, Helluva Boss delivers devilish entertainment.

I absolutely love this series! Vivienne is an absolutely amazing creator, and her two newest works of beauty: Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel, are absolutely amazing. I'd recommend supporting Vivienne any way you can and I'd recommend WATCHING THIS SERIES!!! All my support and love goes out to you and your series, Miss Medrano! I hope to see much more of this! 10/10!

I'll be honest with you, I never saw Hazbin Hotel before. So I didn't know what to expect with Helluva Boss. I was pleasantly surprised with Helluva Boss. The pacing is good, the voice acting was on-point, and the story was well written. And can I just say, that it's also very funny? I was watching this and I was like, "Holy shit this is one of the funniest comedies I've seen this year". Honestly if you haven't seen Helluva Boss before, do yourself a favor and check it out, I don't think you will be disappointed.

I love the comedy and the sadness of the show because it makes you feel for the characters and understand the character the villains are pretty good but I have a favorite villain in the show in episode 5 if you like hazbin Hotel you're going to like this show.