An Amphibia Season One Retrospective: Hopping Through A Hostile World

It has been quite a first season for Amphibia. Disney hasn’t given us an animated Asian lead since American Dragon: Jake Long and the less that is said about it, the better. (I do still like the show, mind, albeit in small doses.) We also get a serious look at a show that reflects our mindset in the late 2010s, and how the world has become scarier.

I needed a few weeks to gather my thoughts. It’s been amazing rewatching the show and catching what I missed before. Disney has kicked it out of the park with their shows, especially one that reminds us of Gravity Falls but is still fun.

Recurring Thoughts On Assimilation

Amphibia is about finding your place in a world that doesn’t want to accept you. While you can change this new space by force, the way Sasha does, it’s better to try and learn how to adapt while adding your ideas and conceptions. Find balance and creation, not destruction. And if you are going to enable destruction, check to make sure that what you obliterate really needs to go, like broken systems and prejudices.