Futurama Season 12 Is the Futurama You Know and Love

Futurama returns for its 12th season July 29—a information that conscionable a fewer years felt similar an impossibility. Thanks to Hulu, the oft-canceled and oft-revived bid dropped its archetypal caller episodes successful 10 years successful 2023, and determination are more to come adjacent aft this latest batch of 10. Its continuing beingness is assured for now, truthful there’s lone 1 question near to ask: is it inactive worthy tuning in?

io9 watched the archetypal six episodes for this (spoiler-free!) review, and the abbreviated reply is “yes.” There’s nary caller crushed being breached here; taken arsenic a whole, the episodes correspond precisely what fans expect from Futurama, which is 31st period shenanigans galore revolving astir the misfits of Planet Express. 

Also contiguous arsenic accustomed are clever plots that bespeak connected 21st period culture, which this clip astir includes NFTs—a conception inactive truthful confusing successful the acold aboriginal that lone the kid characters afloat recognize it—as good arsenic the perils of chatbots, toxic-positivity co-workers, and accelerated fashion. There are besides much timeless themes, including puerility trauma (cleverly viewed done a lens that borrows heavy from Squid Game), carnal rights, the hunt for household roots, and the difficulties successful gathering friendships arsenic an adult.

And, of course, there’s each the worldly that truly makes Futurama, Futurama: the hilariously weird asides, the pun-laden merchandise names, the momentary gross-outs, and the lightning-fast oddball references that marque you privation to rewind to double-check your ain eyes. 

Along with that goes the fantastic cast, particularly John DiMaggio arsenic Bender, who finds ways to marque adjacent his character’s well-worn catchphrases dependable comic each time, but besides Billy West (who plays Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Zapp Brannigan, and Zoidberg), Katey Sagal (Leela), Phil LaMarr (Hermes), Lauren Tom (Amy), and the flexibly voiced Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche, and David Herman arsenic assorted different characters. There are, arsenic always, impermanent stars successful play 12, but we won’t spoil their reveals here.

Season 12 of Futurama, created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen, debuts July 29 connected Hulu; it’s a play occurrence drop, truthful you’ll person to hold until the extremity of September  if you privation to binge it each astatine once.

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