Bee and Puppycat is an utterly fantastic independent animated show that, simply put, does not have the audience that its quality deserves.
The plot of the show follows a small cast of characters in various small adventures on temp jobs to get the cash they need to pay rent, buy food, and generally just survive another day of adulthood, but where the stories may make you think that the show is a simple 'plot of the day' type cartoon the characters, symbolism, and animation along with the voice acting and direction are all top notch for a cartoon, independent or big budget.
The animation of the show goes through some artistic changes as the episodes progress, showing the time difference that would happen between episodes (the first season lasted three years) but remained beautiful in a way that only hand drawn animation can. You can tell in each frame of animation that love and care was put into them, there are no shots that are done by cutting corners and that is something to hold in very high regard.
The characters are also a joy to watch. Bee is someone that any young viewer can relate to. She is naturally caring but lazy, goofy but determined, a fun person while holding onto her problems just under the surface of her character. Puppycat is a great foil to this as he slowly becomes more open to Bee and caring of her but is much different to her. Puppycat is brash and rude and wears his emotions on his shoulder. This makes for some great banter between the two (despite puppycat never speaking a word of English in the entire series)
I really cannot recommend this series enough. If you enjoyed cartoons like Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, and Adventure Time then this may just be the show to steal your heart. It's currently free to stream on VRV on Iphones so please, go support it.
