In the third season, Kipo creates the "Human Mute Ultimate Friendship Alliance" (HMUFA) to thwart Dr. Emilia has turned most of Kipo's people over to her cause of reverting mutes back into normal animals so human civilization can rise again. She frees Song from her mind control and defeats Scarlemagne, but meanwhile Dr. These revelations slowly cause Kipo to start to lose control of her abilities, putting her at risk of transforming into a mega jaguar permanently, but she is able to regain control. She also discovers that Scarlemagne was originally an ordinary mandrill named Hugo whom Kipo's parents turned sentient and secretly raised as their son, but grew to hate them after they were forced to abandon him. Emilia, her parents' former employer who now leads a resistance group against mutes. Kipo learns she was experimented with mute DNA by her parents before her birth, turning her into a half-human, half-jaguar hybrid, and that that her mother Song, previously thought to be deceased, is actually the mega monkey who destroyed her burrow, mutated as a side effect from her pregnancy and mind-controlled with Scarlemagne's pheromones by Dr. In the second season, Kipo seeks to rescue her people after they are captured by Scarlemagne. As the five journey along they make many mute allies and enemies, including the tyrant Scarlemagne, a mandrill mute who intends to subjugate humanity with his mind-controlling pheromones and force the other mutes into an utopian empire which he will rule with a human army. During their adventures, Kipo discovers that she has the DNA of a mega jaguar, and can partially transform her body. Together, they set out to find the burrow Lio and the rest of Kipo's community fled to after their first one was destroyed. Traversing through Las Vistas, she meets and befriends Wolf, a cold and hardened girl who has been surviving on her own after her adoptive wolf family turned on her, the upbeat Benson and his insect companion Dave, and the mute pig Mandu. In the first season, Kipo Oak, a thirteen-year-old girl, is separated from her father Lio after their burrow is attacked by a "mega monkey", a colossal, mutated spider monkey. Mutes rose up against their human oppressors, forcing the majority of the human race to live in underground cities called burrows, while civilization has been reduced to a post-apocalyptic wasteland collectively known as "Las Vistas". Sometime by the 23rd century, animals have mutated to become anthropomorphic creatures called "mutes". Season 1 was released on January 14, season 2 on June 12, and season 3 on October 12. The show's three seasons, each ten episodes long, were released in 2020.
The series is particularly notable for its representation of LGBT and characters of color. The series has been critically acclaimed for its design, characterization, music, world-building, voice acting, and diversity. Along the way she befriends human survivors Wolf and Benson, and the mutant animals Dave and Mandu.
The young adult animated series follows a girl named Kipo Oak, who is searching for her father after being forced to flee from her burrow, and must explore the post-apocalyptic surface world ruled by mutated animals to find him. The series is produced by American company DreamWorks Animation Television and animated by South Korean studio Mir. Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts is an animated television series created by Radford Sechrist and developed by Bill Wolkoff, adapted from Rad's 2015 webcomic Kipo.