For years, animation fans have clamored online for new, original works to fall in love with alongside cherished, already established IP. After this summer’s KPop Demon Hunters provided a successful (and ongoing) bit of originality , that momentum continues with Knights of Guinevere , whose pilot premiered this past weekend on YouTube.
Created by Dana Terrace, Zach Marcus, and John Bailey Owen, the creator and key writers on Disney’s The Owl House , Guinevere feels at once like its own distinct, freaky thing while also being informed by the trio’s previous (and truncated) collaboration. That’s made clear right away at the start, where a young girl named Olivia Park is working on an android in a dark room. When her father, Orville, beckons her over, Oli