Just watched the latest “Astérix et Obélix: le combat des chefs” on Netflix and it was a lot of fun.
The animation was more artful and beautiful than I expected and there’s some anti-colonial messaging as well as some Avengers references.
If, like me, you grew up on the books you’ll find the 5-episode show satisfying. There’s plenty of adult humour and inside jokes that most young kids won’t notice.
One warning though: there’s lots of flashing (every time they take the magic potion - which is a LOT especially in the first and last episodes).
I had to look away in those scenes. If someone is very sensitive to flashing it’s maybe best to skip it, but you have a split second warning because they swallow the potion before the full screen flashing.
Another pleasant surprise is that the show has a really good soundtrack.
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