Just about sixty seconds of demon-facing and high school angst. That’s what’s on offer in the first teaser for Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld, the upcoming Netflix animated series from creator Echo Wu. In the series, Ali Wong voices Jentry, a teenager who is by no means normal; she’s facing a demon king who would like to relieve her of her powers. And also normal stressors like school and the mystifying challenge of choosing an outfit.
Plus, as Wu tells Tudum, maybe having powers isn’t exactly the best thing to happen to her: “If a teenager had superpowers, I don’t think she would take it very well. I think she would actually hide it. She would think it’s social suicide to have powers in a time of your life where you’re trying to fit in and be cool. It was an interesting dynamic to play with.”
Here’s Netflix’s synopsis:
The series follows Jentry Chau, 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.
Along with Wong (who also executive produces), the series stars the voices of Lori Tan Chinn, Bowen Yang, Lucy Liu, Jimmy O. Yang, Sheng Wang, A.J. Beckles, and Woosung Kim.
The 13 episodes of Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld arrive on Netflix on December 5th.
