Marvel: Hit Monkey Is Marvel's More Mature Approach

When it comes to Marvel and their properties, they’ve geared most of their work towards a more family-friendly approach. With their latest show, Hit Monkey they show they can be fun for more than just the young audience. If you’re looking for an animated series with a more adult approach, then this one is made for you.

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After an unnamed political assassin was sentenced to death, he escaped into the mountains only to be found by a group of monkeys that had helped heal him by dragging him to the local hot springs. As he was focusing his practice on the old ways of killing without a gun, the one monkey who had not initially trusted him learned from watching him and soon became just as skilled as the assassin himself. The monkey became violent toward his own and was banished until he witnessed another evil group of assassins gun down man he had learned from and the village of his fellow monkeys. From that point on, he swore he would avenge their deaths. From that point on, the legend of the Hit-Monkey was born.

Based on the comic book of the same name (2010), the show Hit Monkey is exactly what anyone looking for a super violent animated show about a monkey assassin wants. The voice actors are a cast most viewers will recognize but won’t recognize right away. With Ted Lasso star Jason Sudeikis, X-men alumni Olivia Munn, and Star Trek’s George Takei it should be enough to sway viewers to Hulu right there.

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HIt monkey is the perfect show for anyone looking outside of superheroes for their content despite still being a Marvel property. There is plenty of blood and violent deaths and almost no caped heroes flying around. Hit Monkey looks more like a show made for Adult Swim on Cartoon Network than a Marvel show with plenty of swearing, it’s probably best you don’t watch it with a younger audience.

HIt Monkey is clearly the answer to DC’s more adult content like Doom Patrol and the animated Harley Quinn. Along with M.O.D.O.K, both shows are bringing new audiences to Marvel’s more obscure comic roots. Marvel could continue to roll out hero after hero but eventually, audiences would get bored. It’s good they dug a bit deeper and made something out of the ordinary. As of Nov. 17th, all 10 episodes are available with a Hulu subscription.