After watching this clip, a flurry of words come to mind: Bizarre. Dark. Psychadelic. Funny. Off-the-wall. Those are just a few of the adjectives which describe "SuperJail!", an American cartoon created by Christy Karacas and Stephen Warbrick in 2007 (it premiered on Adult Swim in September 2008).
The show takes place in SuperJail, a super-maximum prison located on a volcano within a volcano. The jail exists in its own reality with unique properties of time and space that are controlled by the Warden, who resembles a perverse, sadistic Willy Wonka. According to the accountant in the show, SuperJail houses more than 70,000 inmates.
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This show is simply bonkers, as the clip above illustrates. I love how the creators throw the entire kitchen sink into their episodes, coming up with the most creative fatalities and battles. The animation style - with all of its intricacies, creativity, and yet simplicity - is dope by itself. But at the end of the day SuperJail! is all about its graphic violence and gore. Yet for me, the gore - even though it is abundant - isn't excessive because it's presented in such creative ways that I want to see what they are going to come up with next.
Here is a quote from creator Steve Warbrick which sheds light on the show's crazy, over-the-top style: "I always like shows that when you finished watching you forget where you started - you don't even remember. Super Jail! is like that. By the time that you're done you're not quite sure what you've saw but you wanna see it again just to pick up anything you missed."
[I love the Dracula foot soldiers and the part at the end where Jericho (the accountant) snipes the woman running away with her baby. Haha.. simply genius!]
You can watch more episodes of SuperJail! free at Hulu.
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