Not just for children, it's for everyone

harrycrumble

Back in 2004, a british animated show called Peppa Pig premiered. Forward to 2018, and we have this Australian series, which is called Bluey.

Peppa Pig however, suffers from poorly-written episodes, bland animation and unlikable and whiny characters. Worst of all, it actually effects the behaviour on children because they love it so much, like they would cry like George Pig over the simpliest things.

Bluey however, is nothing like that. The animation is really great for a flash series and is nicely detailed without being too bland. The characters are very loveable and fun, and best of all? It's not annoying and what the characters do is actually fun to watch. In fact, it doesn't appeal to kids, it appeals to adults, too. I'm 19 years old and I enjoy seeing what Bluey and her family do. Yep, I said that right, Bluey is female, so it's neat having a role-model who is likeable, unlike Peppa.

The plots are your usual slice-of-life type material with morals, from having Bandit (the Dad) pretending to be a robot, to Bluey and Bingo running a pretend hospital, to even Bluey pretending to be a grown-up at the Supermarket.

Both Peppa and Bluey do share one thing, good voice acting, except this show does it a whole lot better. The Australian accents are nice to hear, and it's great that BBC Studios kept them in when the series started to air internationally.

The only bad thing (at least in the UK) is that it airs on Disney Junior, which is typically on the highest packs on TV providers like Sky and Virgin Media, so many kids won't be able to see how amazing this show really is. If BBC Studios put it on CBeebies, then it would be able to reach a wider audience and it could rival shows like Bing Bunny or Hey Duggee in terms of popularity, but since this show will be on Disney  as well, I see no sign of that happening.

Overall, this show is great. If you like family shows and have young kids, this is well worth watching.

score 9/10

harrycrumble 9 January 2020

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw5394506/