Wakfu (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Although my favorite entertainment medium is Japanese anime, I'm also attracted to other animated shows that show a heavy influence of Japanese anime, from Teen Titans to RWBY to the recent French cartoon Wakfu, which is based upon a videogame franchise. It's now streaming on Netflix (and was apparently on American television some time back) and has an English dub, and a Spanish dub (which I sometimes watch) besides the original French audio. The characters have definitely grown on me, especially Evangeline, the coaxing blonde female elf that every male character goes gaga for, even more so than Princess Amalia herself, who's definitely pretty too but also a "prissy princess", personality wise, while Evangeline ("Eva" for short) is a no nonsense archer & bodyguard. They are members of main character Yugo's traveling party, along with Az, Ruel, and Percedal. Wakfu is basically the in-world term for "magical energy", sort of like the Star Wars "Force" of this fantasy realm. It flows throughout the world and only those specially attuned can summon up and use Wakfu to create magical spells and manipulate matter and energy. Not unlike the Anime Fairy Tail, this world emphasizes the outsized importance of specifically Dragon Magic. Yugo is the Eliatrope brother of little dragon Adamai. In fact, Yugo is the last Eliatrope still living as far as anyone knows.
They oppose the evil Xelor who calls himself "Nox", a being who builds terrifying clockwork automata that wreak havoc upon the countryside. He has ambitions of capturing all the world's Wakfu and remaking the world anew.
It's definitely worth watching. The characters are likeable and engaging.
Heck, I watch it mainly for the Evangeline & Amalia fanservice...no no, it's not THAT anime, e.g. no panty shots, jiggling boobs, etc. It's just these characters are really easy on the eyes is all...
