On paper, an R-rated animated series about a monkey assassin taking on the Yakuza in the world of the Marvel Universe sounds like a 14-year-old’s Mountain Dew-induced fever dream. Shockingly, “Hit-Monkey” is a real thing and is the latest Marvel animated series hitting Hulu, after the successful launch of “M.O.D.O.K.” earlier this year. Unfortunately, the incredibly fun, patently ridiculous premise is buried under a mound of jokes that don’t land, animation that underwhelms, and a plot that will make the viewer wish a primate would sneak up behind them and end this misery. 

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Similar to the film side of things, November is positively bursting with new and returning titles for viewers to immerse themselves in. More than most months, there’s plenty of variety on display here in terms of genres from K-Dramas, to animated absurdism, coming-of-age, slice-of-life stories. But it’s arguably the month of both Marvel (two new series, albeit, one an animated one on Hulu), Jeremy Renner and Taylor Sheridan, the Paramount+ big cheese and creator/writer/director who returns with a new series (“Mayor of Kingstown” that stars Renner who also stars in Marvel’s “Hawkeye“), and his big hit series, “Yellowstone,” beginning its fourth season.

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Did you think a talking tree and gun-toting racoon were weird Marvel characters? Well, how about a Japanese snow monkey that dresses in a suit and becomes a world-class assassin? Yeah, we’re talking about one of the strangest Marvel creations, Hit-Monkey.

As seen in the trailer for Hulu’s new animated Marvel series, “Hit-Monkey,” the deep-dive superhero is literally a monkey who is also a hitman. It’s not just a clever title.

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Following the cancelation of Hulu‘s Marvel shows “The Runaways” and “Helstrom,” and Kevin Feige taking over Marvel TV (shuttering it in favor of a new slate of Marvel Studios-produced shows at Disney+), it’s been thought, well that’s the end of that, right? Lest you forget “M.O.D.O.K.,” and what appears to be one avenue of Marvel that Feige seems ok with Hulu still-running with: R-Rated, adult-oriented Marvel animation.

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