''Kulipari'' is an

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streaming television series created by

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for

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. It is co-produced by

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, The Outlook Company and Telegael Teoranta. Its first season, subtitled ''An Army of Frogs'', was released in September 2016. The show is based on Pryce's novel series ''An Army of Frogs''. ''Kulipari: Heritage'', a four-issue comic book miniseries published by

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, was released from August to November 2016. The series was renewed for a second season called ''Kulipari: Dream Walker'' on March 8, 2017, which was released on November 20, 2018. A graphic novel called ''Kulipari: Warflower'' was purported to be released on January 1, 2019, but it was canceled. Three compilation movies for season 1, ''Kulipari: An Army of Frogs'', ''Kulipari: Mercenaries'' and ''Kulipari: Amphibian's Rise'' have been released on

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and iTunes between 2017 and 2018. On February 28, 2023, it was announced that Hulu will be continuing the series with a newly announced third season titled ''Kulipari: A King Rises'', set to premiere at the end of the year, as well as a CGI film reboot of the first season, set to premiere in 2024. The first two seasons were added to Hulu in February. The first two seasons have also been remastered and include new opening and ending credit sequences.

Plot

The series takes place in the Amphibilands—a hidden village of frogs. For many years the inhabitants of the Amphibilands have lived safely, protected by a magical Veil and an elite group of poison frogs called the Kulipari. The story begins with the frogs of the Amphibilands finding their homeland threatened by an army of scorpions teamed up with the magically powerful Spider Queen. Our hero, Darel, a young frog that has always dreamed of joining the Kulipari despite his lack of poison, finds himself at the front of the battle. With the help of his friends, Darel must overcome his anxieties to embrace his dream of becoming a Kulipari warrior and save all the frogs from extinction.

Characters

Main characters

*Darel - The main protagonist, and an Australian wood frog. Son of Apari and Acala. *Gee - Darel's loyal best friend, he is a fat, gluttonous, awkward Australian wood frog. *Coorah - Another Australian wood frog who is also a friend of Darel, and brief girlfriend of Arabanoo. She has medical skills. *Stinger - A young

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who is identified as being "of Marmoo's bloodline" by Old Jir. *Tharta, Thuma & Tipi - Triplets, children of Apari and Acala and younger siblings of Darel. *Old Jir - An elderly Kulipari

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" ''Triadobatrachus'' is ...

warrior living as a hermit near the village.

Professional Kulipari Frogs

*Burnu - The green, wig-wearing male leader of an elite team of four Kulipari. *Ponto - Yellow male medic of Burnu's team, brother to Dingo. *Dingo - Brown female Archer of Burnu's team, sister to Ponto. *Quoba - The green, hooded female scout of Burnu's team, and Darel's girlfriend. *Wilka - The newest partner of Burnu, a white Kulipari female who was sent on a mission to infiltrate the spider god's fortress. *Koa - A young Kulipari frog who was raised by geckos. He was briefly kidnapped by Darkan.

Villains

*Lord Marmoo - A powerful scorpion warlord who is the main antagonist of the first season and Darel's first biggest nemesis. *Commander Pigo - Marmoo's younger brother and right-hand man. *Spider Queen Jarrah - The queen of the

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s. *Darkan - A giant

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warlord ruling the fortress city of Cardigal. *Nahradhan - The golden-colored "god" of

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s and their strongest Nightcaster, whom Falgha worked with after Season 1. *Daly - A white female spider Nightcaster and Darkan's right-hand woman.

Other characters

*Apari - The late Kulipari and husband of Acala and Darel and the triplets' father (in the books, he is a corroboree frog). *Acala - Darel's mother and widow of Apari. *Arabanoo - A red-eyed tree frog, who initially thinks Darel will never become a Kulipari (in the books, he is a

White-lipped tree frog The white-lipped tree frog (''Nyctimystes infrafrenatus'') is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae. It is the world's largest tree frog (the Cuban tree frog reaches a similar maximum size) and is found in Australia. Other common nam ...

). *Turtle King Sergu - A wise old

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and practitioner of Dreamcasting magic. *Pippi - A young

platypus The platypus (''Ornithorhynchus anatinus''), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypus is the sole living representative or mono ...

girl and a Stargazer student who has visions that help Darel on his quest. She remains and becomes a Dreamcaster of the new settlement in Season 2. *Killara - A green lizard mercenary leader who works for Marmoo with his people. *Skink - A female skink mercenary working for Killara. *Nogo - A large and strong male

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mercenary working for Killara until Killara betrayed him and Skink. *Xava - An mute white male lizard living with in the village Darel founded. *Caz - An elderly male scorpion who is the survivor of the Amphibilands wars. He was later killed by Stinger for poisoning Jir. *Falgha - A female redback spider who is the current leader of the spiders after the fall of Cardigal. *Yabber-A turtle who is the apprentice and star pupil of Turtle King Sergu. ''More characters to be listed''

Cast

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as Darel, Nahradhan *

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as Gee *

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as Coorah *

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as Arabanoo, Apari, Killara, Stinger, Darkan *

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as Lord Marmoo * Charlie Adler as Commander Pigo, Coorah's dad, Bindi, additional voices *

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as Spider Queen Jarrah * Mark Hamill as Old Jir, Ponto (episodes 8–9), Caz *

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as Burnu, Yabber, and Sergu *

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as Dingo, The Stargazer, Fahlga * Cree Summer as Skink, Daly and Scorpicurist * Kevin Michael Richardson as Ponto (episodes 10-present), Nogo, Tharta, Scorpion Warriors *

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as Pippi, The

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as Chief Olba * Amy Margolis as Quoba, Tipi, Akala * Laraine Newman as Koa, Thuma

Episodes

Season 1: An Army of Frogs (2016)

Season 2: Dream Walker (2018)

Accolades

Mark Hamill was nominated for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program at the 46th Daytime Emmy Awards.

References

External links

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