SummaryCharlie (voiced by Erika Henningsen), the princess of Hell opens a hotel where demons can rehabilitate and find a way into Heaven in the adult animated musical comedy created by Vivienne Medrano.
SummaryCharlie (voiced by Erika Henningsen), the princess of Hell opens a hotel where demons can rehabilitate and find a way into Heaven in the adult animated musical comedy created by Vivienne Medrano.
Hazbin Hotel is very queer, raunchy, and fun. The animated comedy is filled with memorable songs, exciting character arcs, and a thrilling story. The episodes will have you on the edge of your seat, while filling your heart with equal parts joy and angst. Even if it doesn’t sound like it’s fit for you, get it a try.
Hazbin Hotel outperformed every expectation I had for the series. It builds wonderfully on the groundwork of the pilot and Helluva Boss, driving a truly unique story about redemption while laying out interwoven mysteries. The cast shines, bringing to life creator Vivienne Medrano’s world in something so special.
A fun, joyous, colorful show, with an interesting cast of characters and the talented voices behind them, Hazbin Hotel is showing a lot of promise that is definitely worth your time.
Its lovably layered characters, grouped with its absurdly catchy songs and focused world-building, may very well catapult this series to success. It's still finding itself, but it's having a ball doing so. And so far, we are too.
Besides the mixed joke quality, the frustrating, disorienting camera can sometimes undercut punchlines from landing or diminish dramatic impact. With all its intricate setup early on, you can feel Medrano's ambitious wings get trimmed by corporate streaming demands that are crucial for the show's story pacing. .... Overall, “Hazbin Hotel” checks in with stellar tunes, a skillful voice cast, and balanced charm to round out its hellish setting. It's a sweet, raunchy time many adults, especially musical theater nuts, will proudly enjoy.
The ambition and inventiveness Medrano brings to the series is commendable. Perhaps in the already greenlit second season, Hazbin will slow down and find its groove—that is, if viewers aren’t too put off by the firehose exposition of the first few episodes.
While there’s some fun to be had with its song-and-dance mode, it’s impossible to ignore how closely Hazbin’s concepts of mature themes and comedy match up with those of a 15-year-old boy.
While “Hazbin Hotel” has the aesthetic accomplishment one would expect of a longtime animator given the chance to realize her vision, it’s less successful in translating the pilot’s big, abstract ideas into a legible world with a cogent tone.
Gorgeously animated, wonderfully world-built, with characters and a story that just keep on getting BETTER as the season unfolds; Hazbin Hotel captures that nostalgic feeling of watching childhood cartoons, just aged up and tailored to an adult audience. It juggles comedy, action, and angst incredibly well, and had me bouncing in my seat with every episode!
It's not a "technically" perfect show; but in those imperfections it IS perfect. I can't think of much other media that reflects the human experience so honestly. I love it so much.
Hazbin Hotel Season 1 shows potential but was clearly a bit rushed given the episodes they could work with. There's bits of gold that are trapped behind a show unable to fully hit emotional beats. Songs are great but can only do so much.
I really wanna like this show a lot more than I do, but the writing is such a mixed bag of nothing and everything all at once and it is just not working for me. This show feels like its rushing to get to the "good stuff" while completely forgetting it needs to build up to that first. Hope with a longer second season and the cast firmly established that they can slow down and develop their story at a more natural pace, because there are a lot of moments here that are great on their own but fall flat because of context. This has all the makings to be something excellent, and I want it to be. Make this score outdated, I beg you.