Kappa Mikey

2006

Seasons & Episodes

  • 2
  • 1

6.6| 0h30m| en
Synopsis

Kappa Mikey is an American animated sitcom created by Larry Schwarz, who chose 4Kids Entertainment as the worldwide licensing, marketing and official promotional agent of the series. The show is Nicktoons's first original half-hour series, bought during the same period as other Animation Collective series such as Three Delivery and Speed Racer: The Next Generation, as well as Flash shows from other studios, such as Edgar & Ellen and The Secret Show, though the latter was made from BBC. The series premiered on January 6, 2006, as Nickelodeon aired several reruns and premieres as a promotional movement from August 20, 2006 to January 2007. The series is MTV's first global acquisition, and is currently available on iTunes. Kappa Mikey was marketed as "the first anime to be produced entirely in the United States", according to press releases from MTV, Nicktoons Network, and various other sources, as the term anime in English is generally reserved for animation originally produced for the Japanese market. It uses Japanese animation and culture as inspiration for its concept, rather than being "true" anime. As a matter of fact, the series is a homage/parody of Japanese anime. On February 16, 2008, during their "Music Week", Nicktoons Network aired their first and only original television movie, an hour-long Kappa Mikey musical entitled "Kappa Karaoke". Officially, the episode's title is "The Karaoke Episode".

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Artivels Undescribable Perfection
Stephan Hammond It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Caryl It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.
ultrahornetchaser See, Nickelodeon, this is what you get when you actually TRY to make good shows! Not stupid stuff like The Thundermans! This is a genuinely good cartoon.Back when Nicktoons Network was a thing, this was my favorite show. It was funny, the animation was great, and every character is lovable in their own way.So of COURSE NICKELODEON HAD TO CANCEL IT AND REPLACE IT WITH THAT SPEED RACER GARBAGE.What is wrong with you people? -__-Anyway, back to Kappa Mikey. It's really great. Great like My Life as a Teenage Robot, Corneil and Bernie, and Jimmy Neutron.This is a QUALITY CARTOON. It's appropriate for kids, unlike Breadwinners. It's funny, unlike The Thundermans. And it has awesome characters, unlike EVERY TEEN NICK SHOW EVER.
Rectangular_businessman "Kappa Mikey" is a terrible series, being a painfully unfunny and poorly made series, which reunites the most undesirable aspects of both Japanese and American animation.While the premise had some certain level of interest creating a parallel/contrast between the fiction in the reality, the chances to create a good parody are missed, being used several clichés and annoying stereotypes instead.Most of the humor of this series is dumb and uninspired at best, appealing to several tired and overdone jokes, none of them being remotely funny at least.None of the characters from this series is likable or interesting at least. All of them seem like bland archetypes borrowed from several different series, lacking of any kind of remarkable personality.The animation is horrible. The poorly done combination of two aesthetics (Which are different on the surface, but equally awful) results in something very ugly and unappealing, with a horrible colorization, hideous designs, very limited and basic expressions and limited movements for the main characters."Kappa Mikey" is one of the worst cartoons that I've seen in my life, which fails spectacularly at every single aspect. Personally, I think that other cartoons (Such as "Megas XLR") did a much better job at the moment of make a parody of Japanese and American animation. Also, those cartoons had more likable characters, were better animated and weren't so dumb and annoying as this series.0/10
friend567 It is important how you watch this. "Kappa Mikey" does absolutely not take itself serious but rather wants to take clichés, make fun of them and just make its watchers have a good time. First of all, there's the unique look - with Mikey Simon looking American cartoon flash-animated style living in Japan where everything looks Anime. It has a very special style to it which is incredibly exaggerated and crazy but for that reasons likable.Style is not everything, for sure it's the content that also matters. And here we get a lot of that. All in all, the stories are just like the show looks - mad, quirky and often exaggerated. But all happenings usually come up with parody, irony, sarcasm or any other kind of humour you can think of.I can accept if someone does not like "Kappa Mikey" because it's better watched with enough distance not to take it serious - it's only fun and knows about it.
lil_melon87 I've read the other comments, and the reactions to this show is very black and white. People either love it or hate it. The thing is that the bad reviews confuse me. Some didn't like that one episode with the video game and the pirates. They thought that concept was dumb. Did they expect it to be an intelligent show? Not all shows can be "Frasier" (also a good show). The show is SUPPOSED to be ridiculous! Also, it doesn't stereotype Japan, it stereotypes the ANIMATION! Yeah, sometimes it goes a little overboard with the animation, but if you watch the latter episodes, they do it less often. The animation isn't even really part of the joke, it's the dialogue. It's got funny dialogue! If people can just sit through the show, ignore the annoying bits of animation, and listen to what they're saying, and HOW they're saying, they can find this a truly enjoyable show.