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Eyes of Wakanda


Here's the show you probably haven't heard about because now Disney wants to act like they don't want to talk about any of the non-white shows that they have. If that above sentence triggered you in some way, you haven't paying attention how some big companies bury mention of their content to stay off the radar of the current administration. Never mind that the use of the word "woke" is been completely co-opted in the wrong way. 

They also moved up the original release date without any warning. Ryan Coogler is big time now and if you want to make money, you announce his projects. After the next Black Panther movie, if I was him, I'd be done with the Marvel business. You were mutually beneficial to each other for a hot minute, but that time has passed.

My bad, I got on my soap box, but this is my blog and I do what I want! Anyways! Eyes of Wakanda. It's a wonderfully short 4 episode series. It doesn't overstay it's welcome and there is rich, fertile ground for this franchise as a whole. Let's get to my review:

  • I was not a fan of this animation style at first. It had to grow on me.
  • With the above being said, it was very stylized and beautiful.
  • Each episode is self contained, which is always welcomed. I'm a much bigger fan of episodic story telling.
  • My favorite episode was the third one by far. It had a prior version of Iron Fist.
  • The voice acting in each episode was very good. 
  • I can't harp on it enough that I loved the episodic nature. The only through line is, Wakanda has had spies around the world forever in order to protect their secrets. Don't need more than that.
  • Each episode is about 25 minutes, so you could watch it in one sitting if you choose.
There's really not much else I can say, since the series was so short. I highly recommend watching it. Side note, if you like the African nature of this show, I also suggest checking out "Iyanu" on HBO Max. They are completely unrelated, other than it has Africans in it. I'm just using Eyes of Wakanda as a gateway to another black, animated show. I'm nothing if not transparent.

I hope the powers that be give this show more episodes. 

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