We were joined on the Popternative show by Ali Wong (Beef) and Echo Wu to discuss the new animated series, Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld, premiering December 5 on Netflix.
Created by Echo Wu, the series follows Jentry Chau (voiced by Ali Wong), a Chinese-American teen living in a small Texas town, who finds out a demon king is hunting her for the supernatural powers she’s been working her whole life to repress. With the help of her weapons expert great-aunt and a millennia-old jiangshi (Chinese hopping vampire), Jentry must now fight an entire underworld’s worth of monsters while balancing the horrors of high school.
Echo and Ali both serve as Executive Producers in addition to Aron Eli Coleite (Locke & Key). The voice cast also includes Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live), Lori Tan Chinn (Orange Is the New Black), Lucy Liu (Elementary), Jimmy O. Yang (Interior Chinatown), Sheng Wang (Fresh off the Boat), singer–songwriter Woosung Kim, and A.J. Beckles (Tokyo Revengers). Rising K-Pop group, KATSEYE sings the main theme song for the series, titled “Flame.”
In our interview, Ali and Echo discuss their collaborative approach in bringing Echo’s vision for Jentry Chau to the screen. Watch the conversation below.
Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld streams on Netflix December 5.
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