Made a little spoiler free slideshow about why I think more people should check out Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld. If you like mythology, supernatural coming of age stories, family secrets, demons, and cool animation, this show deserves more love. Reblogs are appreciated so more people can find it
Made a little spoiler free slideshow about why I think more people should check out Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld. If you like mythology, supernatural coming of age stories, family secrets, demons, and cool animation, this show deserves more love. Reblogs are appreciated so more people can find it
A Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld presentation panel is happening at LightBox Expo 2026, along with a character design demo from one of the show’s artists. I’m really happy to see the show still getting attention in animation spaces, especially since so many fans are still hoping for more.
No extra details yet, but definitely keep an eye on this.
Starting June 21, 2026 and lasting through September 27, a unique exhibition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival will give attendees the opportunity to discover a sneak peak at LAIKA's upcoming Wildwood, featuring the Pittock Mansion, The General (pictured), and never-before seen puppets and sets!
I’m hosting a weekly watch party from June 29–August 17, and everyone’s welcome to join in whenever they can. Each week, we’ll watch a couple episodes, post our thoughts, scream about favorite scenes, make memes/edits, and keep the fandom energy alive. No pressure to be there every single week even reblogging this or telling another fan helps spread the word. If you’ve been wanting an excuse to rewatch Jentry Chau, get someone new into it, or just talk about how cool this show is, this is it. Come hang out with us and help keep the fire burning
Okay, so I recently finished watching “Jentry Chau vs the Underworld” and got a little hyperfixation about it, but I see that not many people are talking about this cartoon.
And since I don't have a chance to do any fan art for the time being, I'll at least do a little bit of writing.
A small disclaimer: This is not a super specific theory, but more of a loose thinking and musing about additional storylines, because I think these characters and the story had much more potential than was tapped, or they were given to tap.
I know I'm probably reading too much into things, but let's just be delusional for 5 minutes. You know… for fun.
I guess I don't need to say there are spoilers?
So, what if the plan for Kit's character was a bit different beforehand, or if we have some hint of what will happen to him next?
It's just that, I admit, I feel that his plot could have been handled better, more deeply (like many things in general), and I can't shake the feeling that there is a certain inconsistency that scratches at the back of my head - which is the bird motif.
1. The theme of a bird with 1 wing from another post
Link to the post.
When I saw this post, some way into the early episodes, I began to pay more attention.
It is about a mythical Chinese creature in the form of a bird with one eye and one wing, which has to unite with another bird in order to fly. The author of the post draws attention to this sense of incompleteness, of lacking something, which Kit has in regard to the lack of a soul.
The creature's other name is Jian, and it is also described as a good omen, a symbol of protection, a messenger between the divine and mortal realms.
2. His design
Link to the post on IG
One of the character designers shared concept art of Kit, in which he has a medallion signed as using this very creature's theme. In the end, Kit appears to have a plain pink necklace.
However, the wing motif remains on his shirt.
In the shirtless art, we see a scar (which didn't make it into the series either), but it's on the same side as the missing wing would have been. Also, the design on the shirt.
Maybe the plan was to rewrite the Jian myth, where he didn't just have one wing, but lost it?
2 Kit's character in the intro
And while the design thing can be explained by the fact that it was an old concept that didn't make it into the final version, why were some of the wing motifs left, like his shirt (but about that in a moment).
The main question is, why was it left in the intro in such a literal way? Just for aesthetic reasons? Didn't they want to show what kind of demon he is right away? Why are his eyes purple when he has white ones in the show? On the other hand, Michael's eyes when he has visions are identical to those in the episodes?
In the post, the artist mentions that the theme of the one-winged bird is a tragic story, and yet Kit is a tragic character in a way, and that he looks so dramatic in the intro... But doesn't it seem a little off to you? I mean, as much as possible... it might have been the only reason to use such a motif, but all in all, why would one demon have the attributes of another demon/mythical creature?
4. The feather theme of the woman in the vision
As I mentioned, there are still the feather/wing motifs.
In episode 6, in the visions that Cheng haunts Kit with, there is a woman who first turns into dark feathers, and then has a medallion that might resemble a stylized wing.
They say everything in animation is intentional, so why?
5. Torn pages from the bestiary
This is probably the least solid guess, nevertheless....
It seems that most demons in the bestiary have 2 pages dedicated to them. (Even probably Ed considering that the one on the page next to him is his picture).
However, the Painted skin demon only has one page, and the next pages are torn out. I know that this could just be a hint as to the further plot of the episode, and the whole scene was just to show Jentry the missing pages. But if I remember correctly, they weren't addressed anymore in the plot (like a lot of things in general but well).
The point is that why would the pages torn out of BESTIARIUS contain anything about Jentry's powers if they originated from the Yellow Emperor and, as Gugu suggested, are worthy of a god. I would assume that the power that some mythical emperor might have possessed would rather have come from the Gods, which is why the demons fear it so much, or the Mogui who crave it so deeply, since such power is not available to Diju beings.
So what if these pages are a continuation of the Painted Skin Demon chapter. What if he wasn't always like this? Maybe there is a further (earlier) part of the legend? What if they combined two of the myths together? Like the Fallen Good Omen, for example, that's why he loves people so much and wants to be among them again.
Although in the scene at the end of the episode his chapter is already on another page, not next to the torn out pages....
6. Potential rebirth/return to the former form/getting his soul back from Diju
What if Jentry was right and the soul is not a uniquely human thing. I'm not saying that all demons have a typical soul, because they would probably have already figured it out. But maybe they can develop/ grow one? Or something similar to it. Gugu says they'll give them a funeral... all of them. That means Kit, as well. What if, thanks to this ritual, his soul could pass to the afterlife, or to Diju given that he did however kill some people and generally has things to repent for?
Maybe in a later storyline they could get his soul back, he could be reborn. Or, theorizing about bird motifs, he could return to favor as a good omen.
From other stories, like Journey to the West, we know how often Heaven liked to punish celestial beings (and that's how the one-winged bird is described – a celestial being, not a demon) by turning them into demons, or how often animal-like creatures escaped into the human world and took the forms of demons.
That's pretty much it. I just wanted to point out a few things that I found interesting.
What do you guys think? I haven't written anything like this for years and I feel a bit weird 😅
And please, if you haven't already, watch JCVTU. We need season 2. 💗
With Wildwood set to arrive in theaters on October 23, 2026, LAIKA has partnered with Fathom Entertainment for U.S. theatrical distribution and FilmNation Entertainment for international sales, marking a new phase in the studio’s global release strategy.
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