I Finally Saw Hilda! | Full Series Breakdown & Review 

What's funny is I remember Hilda being a cozy show! Maybe I remember the warm, fuzzy feelings it left me rather than the actual content. Something about this show is so comforting, but I can't describe it.

I stand by the “Hilda is cozy” statement! I sipped a hot cocoa and munched on potato pancakes while watching the children almost die. Would recommend 10/10

I know Hilda has its share of creepy moments but I can't fathom it not being cozy. Just the art style and the vibe is so warm and nice.

This series was fantastic, and I wish it got so much more attention than it did. The characters, animation, and especially story were so good. Thank you Bill for checking it out.

I cannot describe the feeling I had of watching the first two episodes of Hilda at the point in my life where I was gearing up to move away from home for the first time. Watching Hilda and her mom lose their home but knowing they'd be alright? Tears every single time. This show is so unbelievably special to me, and in that way I guess I can understand why people would call it "cozy"

Hilda is a winter show, it's got hot chocolate but also blizzards

When I first seen him, Hilda dad reminded me of that guy from Gravity Falls that keep shouting "Get em!" and got very hot and bothered each time Manly Stan appeared. And I could not unsee it.

I think...people got into the habit of calling it cozy...because the art style seems very cozy. Even though the plot & themes get dark or heavy, the art is still base-line this rough, but oh so soft looking stuff, with the pencil-like dithering in the line-art & the roundness in the main casts' designs. The style enhances the cozy moments, lending them staying power in the mind, I think. Also the fact that, from what I remember, a lot of the episodes end in a cozy moment. Especially in the early season[s]. But it's been a bit since I watched. XD Being left with a final, cozy, scene, would influence how one remembers even a harsher episode I think.... I should rewatch the show. Cozy or not, it's still a very good show. X3 Thank-you for the content! I enjoyed the video a lot! 0w0

hilda's color palette was the reason it was peoples comfort show, and the story is really good in my opinion, im really gonna miss it

23:35 I think it's important to point out that the bells don't just make the Trolls angry or irritated they cause them so much distress and pain that it brings the one in the first episode to tears. This shoe does a lot of great allergories and metaphors and i feel like the trolls are a great allergory for being autistic. They are sensitive to specific sounds (like the sound of bells) and they are disliked because they are different than humans plus they even have the changeling thing in the film where Hilda is replaced with a troll baby. It seems to be a common idea in the autistic community that theres a connection between autistic children and the folklore of changelings. Perhaps when people used to think their babies were replaced by changelings in the past it was really just their baby being autistic and their traits starting to show.

I would just like to say that the monster design of the fairy isle god demon thing with the cloak is genuinely one of my favorite creatures on television. Just... the suffocating feeling of being in the presence of something so far beyond human comprehension, that scene with it during the grandparents' flashback genuinely felt like being in the presence of a god. Not a caring god, an apathetic god. The scream it releases at its prey feels like just a peek at its true power and influence. It felt so real in a way that absolutely terrified me. Phenominal stuff.

I dont cry a lot over shows, but this one... this one's an exception. Absolutely amazing, are the perfect words to describe it.

Mate, ive cried twice watching this video, I was generally waiting for you review of this. Its a adorable show that explores colonisation, bias written history, the environment etc one of the best stories ive seen in a long time. Never stop! I love hearing your opinions ❤

Damn I didnt register the time travel episode is next to the deer fox. No wonder I remember crying for an hour while watching Hilda one night.

I think there was some really good foreshadowing that the hooded figures were family. We first see the aunt in a hood when she's checking the charms around the fairy mound, which sets up a visual indication she might somehow be connected to the hooded figures. When Hilda thinks she sees her dad, it's a person wearing a hood. And when the mom is saving Hilda during the camping episode, she looks like a hooded figure from behind the webbing.

One thing i love about the show is just how adaptable the art style is. It's easy enough to remake; yet distinct enough that you can basically make anything in it's art style. [trust me there's a lot of crazy fanart regarding this]

Extremely underrated show

OMG BILL YOU SHOULD TOTALLY WATCH AND REVIEW THE HAZBIN HOTEL TV SHOW I THINK YOUD LOVE THE MUSIC

algo boost i really loved this. your being able to talk about what more you'd wanted from the show, while not expressly criticizing it, was a really honest and kind way to go about your review. being able to express your problems with what you saw, while still making it clear that those things weren't what the show was about your ability to accurately re-create an episode-by-episode feeling of analysis, like we were watching it with you even while having a script and being able to dissect your thoughts under a more neutral setting was fantastic. your emotion towards the important plot beats still so clearly came through, even while you keep it towards analyzing rather than, like... liveblogging? i hope that made sense you gave me a new appreciation for a lot of the beats in the show, while still being able to make me laugh and entertain me without just recapping. you added something to the experience of the show, and in doing so, made me feel like i was watching it again for the first time. for that, i earnestly thank you you've been a favorite creator of mine for a while, but i havent commented on your videos as much as i shouldve. your videos are emotionally honest and genuinely compelling, and always show me an angle to the properties ive enjoyed that i hadnt considered before. you're entertaining but thought-provoking, and you bring a sincerity to my experience on youtube that i find very, very rarely. thank you so much for making these videos. you're an artist

i just finsihed season three and hopped onto the hilda tumblr to see what people thought and found your video! i absolutely adore this show and the themes that it doesn't shy away from - in a lot of ways I see it as a step up sister show to bluey, where the characters get thought some really quite deep and meaningful life lessons through super digestible and enjoyable episodes that often times your don't quite notice the themes you're being taught. i also found that I agreed with loads of your points. I adored season three and didn't even realise it was coming out until it was releaced, i decided to go back and rewatch everything befiore i watched season three (as i hadnt watched it since i first binged the show during lockdown in 2020) and boy am i glad that i did. the story beats, themes and character developemnt that we see are some of the best and most well written ive seen in 'childrens' television in a long time. season three was amazing but i found that i agree with you with the suggestion that season three should have been a movie and the movie should have become the season 3 but only with the material we had been given, the toften storyline should have been put all together into a film and the other season three epsiodes and the mountain king should have been made into the first half. allowing for the other epsisodes more time to fully develop before they need to go away from trollberg for a while , which then sets up the movie a bit better. if only we had the extra six episodes!!! also i found that, although the dad was the catalyst for the second half of the toften storyline, was he really a necessary character to add to an already pretty large ensemble ?- i think to fix the lack of alfer and tontu in season three, they should have maybe been taken instead (maybe with an extra character like frida)? because the only reason he got taken there was becuase the grandparents saw that he was in danger and wanted to help, which they could have easily been rewritten to be in danger from some sort of creature during an adventure. this would also help give frida more screen time and a chance to rewrite spells and try fairy magic in a way to further her character development too. great reveiw dude ive subscribed :)

Just to explain Frida and David’s place in the movie- the original graphic novel for the Mountain King didn’t include them. They were part of the story and world but the book only focused on Hilda and Johannas story. So that kinda explains why David and Fridas part in the movie feels a little tacked on and not explored to it’s fullest.

31:30 Yes, the movie was planned to release after Season 2 even before Season 2 started. So that cliffhanger was fine. The showrunners knew this wouldn't be the end.

Yes, I made it to the end, and I really like your interpretation about fairy island being a metaphor for the afterlife, it makes sense. And it makes the finale even more metal than it already was...

Thank you for reviewing this show. This was the best of the 2010s, and I love this show because of its animation and its art style, and the atmosphere is cozy and warm.

Me and my whole family loved Hilda, I can't wait to watch your take on it

I love things that are cosy and creepy at the same time.

Oh I was one of the people that said Hilda was warm and fuzzy I’m sorry! I guess the loving each other and accepting all living beings even when things get tough made me feel all warm inside but was also very bittersweet.

Yes!!! Oh man you gonna love it I am sure. It is such a cosy cartoon!

one of my favorite things about season 3 is david and frida’s outfit changes. i love how frida’s outfit now has kaiza’s color scheme, as well as her hair being down symbolizing how she’s become less rigid since the beginning of the series, and david now having a blue shirt could possibly show how he’s taken on some of hilda’s traits like bravery :D i also adore the sweater that hilda wears sometimes that’s a mini version of her moms, its such i good detail i love it so much (also im pretty sure that the reason why frida’s arc seems a bit underdeveloped is because in the original graphic novel series she’s only a side character but i could be wrong)

I love Johanna and how they handled her character. I cannot imagine how much stress she goes through just by being Hilda's mom (because of all the crazy shit that happens around her). She's protective and concerned for good reason. The final season made me SOOOB. 30:15 OHMYGOD BILL PLEASE-

i really appreciate your ability to articulate a lot of what i think and feel but have a hard time saying. looking at media the way you do is interesting to me, but that inability to articulate has always been a barrier, so this is really nice!

Overly Sarcastic Productions has done vids on Celtic folklore and fairytales that have similar vibes to Hilda’s folkloric inspirations. In the vid about Pwyll, Prince of Dyved, Red talks about how the fae king Arawn rules part of Annwyn, and Arawn is kind of a king of the afterlife as well. A lot of Celtic myth conflates the afterlife and ghosts with the magical realm of the fae, like how the Morrigan isn’t just a Scottish war goddess but the Phantom Queen, she’s got associations with ghosts and stuff.

55:39 Just wanted to point out that Frida made that beam spell... thing on the fly, so to me, this is more her than the magic saving the day.

This isn't my first comment to a Hilda video but, Hilda is the most wonderful and flawless show to have ever existed on television. I had so many thoughts about this cartoon and after watching the 3rd season, I couldn't stop thinking about reviving this show for another. It has truly amazing episodes and stories as the lovable blue haired girl goes throughout her adventures of the world. I also love all the characters such as Johanna, Twig, Raven, and others where they help Hilda through her struggles to uncover mysteries. Like I said before, I'd really want Hilda to continue on her adventures a with another season but unfortunately this show comes to a close. Still revivals are possible but only if the creators will allow it.

I LOVE THIS SHOW! the art style is so good!

Hey! I know you've covered his music in the past, Wilbur Soot has recently released a new Album called Mammalian Sighing Reflex!

I'm so glad to see you covering Hilda!! This is such a comfort to know you watched it, being one of my favorite creators!

Omg you’re finally reviewing Hilda!!! I love that show! Have you thought about doing a Percy Jackson show review once season 1 is done, cause it’s pretty up your alley!

Great video!! 💕 I think you would love Kid Cosmic!!! It’s right up your street and I would adore hearing your thoughts on it! 🎀

I am so glad you are back, I love watching your content!

So glad you watched this and happy you are back!

To me it feels cozy just because of the art style and a lot of the music in it. The characters look soft, and the colors are not super saturated. Any of the landscapes in the show would easily be on the background on a lofi, or lofi fantasy fantasy playlist. I grew up watching courage the cowardly dog, and billy and mandy, so I guess the darker aspects of the show didn't really strike me too hard.

When I first noticed it was Johanna as a kid I thought it was going to be some sort of time travel thing and Hilda would save her and then Johanna would name Hilda after the mysterious girl that saved her

Great video as always! I love Hilda, I'm always bummed it was released as a streaming binge-type show because I feel that probably diminished the hype and talk around the show. Also, agreed, there is no way this is a cozy show lmao

hilda's dad reminds me of scott pilgrim in a way. like scott isn't malicious or bad he just kinda sucks.

I literally just finished watching this show yesterday and now it's one of my favourite shows! Thanks for reviewing it

Finally!!! I feel like I’ve been asking forever. I will be watching later❤️

I absolutely agree with every single thing you said. I watched this show from the beginning with my then 6yo old son. It is 100% not cozy and yet, my son will still watch all of it to fall asleep to on the weekends 😂. Love love love this show. Would never say no to more Hilda. Would love those lost 6 episodes. Thanks for doing this video!

i haven't watched s3 yet but I feel in love with this show when i watched it while apartment sitting for my sister in Sept 2022 (I also watched s1 of Dead End Paranormal Park and a few other things that week), Hilda's Mum is the best, love Johanna!

Hilda is a confort show for me, because reminds me of a good period of my life, and I've the show for that. Loved the video, as always ♡

Made it to the end!! I really loved this video, hearing you talk about one of my favourite shows in such detail was v fun!! It made me almost nostalgic for watching season 1 for the first time when it came out :)

Ok 1, I had no idea that 6 eps were missing from the 3rd season but it makes a lot of sense, it definitely felt rushed and I hope the studio will be allowed to release them for the public someday. And 2, was anyone else disappointed by the fairies? At first I thought the mushroom squid creatures were the fairies and i was SO hyped up bc i have never seen fairies depicted that way before, only to be disillusioned when they say those things are basically security. And then we finally see a fairy AND.......it just a person with pointy ears and can fly 😑 the elder fairy was so cool but the fact they really built up the fairies through the whole season, the fact the elder fairy is the last of its kind and not an entire realm of weird looking, powerful creatures was just a huge let down.

Poor Bellringer guy even got his blue streak removed once Hilda's actual dad came on screen. It honestly feels like they dropped him because of the implications if he had been Hilda's dad. Her not recognizing him at all implies he NEVER visited her or knew she even existed. He was clearly surprised to see Johanna when she came to get Hilda, so THERE had to be something the writers intended to happen at one point. Because of this, the introduction of Hilda's dad in this season feels like a retcon and a plot device for Johanna to get stuck in the fairy mound, even though without his involvement, Johanna could've been kidnapped by her parents to save her instead (and her parents would've kept avoiding her there, thinking Hilda might be able to save her.) What else can I say but feel like his existence is underutilized in this season, and maybe that is because of the episode cuts. Then, besides the whole dad thing, there is Tofoten and the fairy mound. I absolutely LOVE what they introduce, where the depopulating town capitalizes in the only thing it has going for it, which also happens to be part of the reason why there are so little people left there. At least, it is implied so... Since they spend so little time exploring the world of the fairy mound, you don't really get that "ah ha!" moment. The fairy mound is clearly some, symbiotic parasite, that provides safety to its inhabitants while also feasting on them, and the fairies capitalized on it and drove every other creature away to conquer it, since there are creatures outside that have evolved to eat fairies, although most have probably starved to extinction by now. But what I don't really get is the finer details of the the past and the current situation of the fairies. For example, is that one tree in that one episode a place fairies made eons ago, because it has humanoid hands and drawing all over it? Did fairies use the tree to escape fairy eating monsters or the kidnappings of the fairy mound? Did all fairies decide to live in the fairy mound or were most of them kidnapped to sustain the symbiotic parasite? Is a direct off-spring of a fairy cursed by the fairy mound, so it can make a deal with the off-spring or its parents to take them away for sustenance, or is it something that happens only to human-fairy off-spring by default? Did the town of Tofoten have tons of fairy-human pairs and children taken by the fairy mound, which is why some people are more paranoid than others? Like the old man maybe had his parents taken away, and that was supposed to also have a resolution of some kind. There are human-eared people in the fairy mound, so that is certainly the case isn't it? Is the fairy mound a place that supports complacency, which causes the fairies to not populate it and also leads the mound to its self-fulfilling suffering, which is why the device to take fairies exists? I love Hilda and can live with some of the unanswered questions, but I feel like some stuff should have been adressed since there clearly are some cut conclusions to the dying Town of Tofoten, and the whole dad thing feels so underutilized, again most likely due to the season being cut in half. I love the messages and themes of familial and friendship bonds, and the 3rd season is still good, but just... Underutilized at some parts.

It is so fascinating to learn that episodes were cut from season 3. In retrospect it makes sense but when I watched season 3 I was so satisfied with it and got so much closure that as much as I would love for there to be more I am pretty happy with what we got. I think Hilda like gravity falls perfectly encapsulates what E for everyone looks like when done well.

Hilda was awesome! I did find it a little cozy, but its cozy like that magic house cozy. If you haven't done it yet, id love to see you do a review on Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous, i think youd like it.

I love listening to you get so animated about these TV shows 🥰

I really hope we get more Hilda, it's probably my favourite show or a close tie with atla

Trever can be seen in the bird parade in the finale

Just finished watching the show! My favorite over-arching concept was that of the heroism of adults behaving like adults. For all the adults in the show, it's a constant effort to listen, remain calm, acknowledge reality, and make concessions, and it's clearly their responsibility to do so. When Hilda or her friends fail to do any of that, it's justified because they're children, and it's extraordinary when they succeed. On the other hand, it's just comforting when the adults succeed at those things.

I find it interesting that the original book series ended with The Mountain King and everything in season 3 was show original.

Hilda is a fantastic cozy show, not in terms of always being cozy but in the sense that you always feel that at the end of everything it's all going to end up well. As for a show that you might enjoy and would be cool to see you cover: "Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir"

YESSS BILL IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!

This is my favourite show I’m so sad it ended

This series felt so very Norwegian that is confused me each time I looked at the info pages and it was an English series/movie. Seriously, everything about it from the accents, to the stories that just slammed me back to listening to tales from my grandparents when we went to visit in Norway.

1:55 its cozy like a fairytale, a very old fairytale

Amazing review. Really wished the show got more attention.

not sure if you still do trying to stan videos for music artists but im BEGGING for you to listen to the music of La Dispute, they’re pretty underrated but they are SO GOOD and actual lyrical geniuses. id recommend King Park, The Last Lost Continent, New Storms For Older Lovers (my personal favorite ), I see everything, and Andria. Hope you see this bc i absolutely love your reactions to everything💞💞

So based on this, i guess Bill doesn't think over the garden wall is a cozy show? But i what i find cozy about Hilda is no matter how bad things get, i always felt that Hilda would have a safe space to turn with her mom and friends.

Yess I always figured you’d love Hilda it seems right up your alley!

Hilda was animated in Canada! :D I have the great pleasure of being friends with some of the fantastic folk who worked on it. We can have those apologies on your desk with an appropriate amount of maple syrup as soon as possible. Canadians; polite in person, DEVASTATING in animation.

Aaah, Bill! Bro, I love him so much, he's so fun!😊

Hilda will always have a special place in my heart as a city girl who loves fantasy, it made me feel so seen

Good sir, I would like to politely request you to watch Blue Eye Samurai. It's totally cozy and not at all visceral or emotional at all :)

Wish we could've seen some of your live reactions!

I love hilda! also i know it's been a while and you are probably very busy with life stuff, but if you could do a trying to stan "chappell Roan" it would mean so much to me! it was my birthday recently and it feels so weird being far from home. her music has helped me a lot and I think it would resonate with you as well!

I made it to the end! All the love, fellow Bill.

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! I love this show so much and I’m so happy you reacted to it

‘I did I nit sign the paper work to see cozy’ lmao you really too adorable

This show is criminally underrated but I know it will find its audience someday. A show that good can’t stay unknown forever. It’s just that it will be too late.

YESSSS!!! I've been waiting for this for the LONGEST time! I'm so glad you watched it :') While this show does...get dark and deal with a lot...I'd still say it's cozy. Cozy-ish. I think that comes from just...the way it's animated and colored maybe? It's just...SO pleasing to the eye. And I just really fucking love it haha. Another show that I'd really love for you to watch is Good Omens. It has 2 seasons out currently, and the third (and final) season is going to start filming...sometime...soon haha. But it would at least be a show that you could start knowing that...we're getting an ending! It's a fantastic show, and I won't lie...it's not cozy lol. It definitely will...kinda fuck you up, but I swear it's so worth. It's fun and silly and...it's great. Angels and demons and the antichrist and armageddon and...trying to stop the world from ending. I think you'd really get into it. The two main characters are an angel and demon and their relationship throughout history starting all the way back in the Garden of Eden. I don't wanna give too much away, but it's fucking great. Based on a book by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, but not necessary to read before watching the show. But y'know...if you're into reading...it's DEFINITELY a good one. I'd just...really love if you checked it out. I'd love to hear your thoughts/opinions

Put this on for my kids one day, and ended up binging it on my own right once they went to bed 😂

i would really like to see your thoughts on hazbin hotel. i know its not PGish lol but it really speaks to me, plus its a musical so thats always great!

Silent Hil..da is definitely a pro-move. Didn’t even recognize the similarities until big brain Bill walked in. 😂 Jokes aside, happy you wanted and enjoyed this beautiful show for all that it is. The graphic novels/comics do answer a lot of your questions but I won’t get into it in case you decide to pick them up on your own. As a big fan of the novels, I loved seeing the characters play out on screen and subtle changes and updates that were made. I was sad to see season 3 shortened but happy with what we got and that we got to see the mother daughter bond as I feel that with my own mother. Having been through a lot of stuff together, including divorce and a terrible biological dad relationship. This show hits home strongly for me and holds a special place in my animation and story loving heart.

Aw hell yeah! (Also If you want a cozy show watch the 90's Moomin anime)

I could have SWORN Bill already saw hilda! It just seems like a very ThirdBill show

I think I recommend this in a comment after watching the first two episodes and I distinctly remember describing it as cozy so that's my B

Oh my gosh Bill's laugh at the start is so heartwarming!! The jokes are fire, the video is fire, everything is awesome Bill!! You knocked it out of the park as always :) PS I'm a millennial I hope I'm using "fire" right, I mean "lit" "Awesome" "kool" as the hip kids would say

Here's my two cents for anyone interested. The thing about Hilda is that it has a beautiful artstyle and colour palette, like eternal autumn! But the real cozy factor for me was that I grew up with these mytholigical stories being told when surrounded by the woods. The fae circles and rules, stone giants, nisse etc. I grew up with these woods being essentially filled with magic! Of course they had their scary versions told, but they were more like your average warnings for kids to stay safe when in the woods, and respectful of nature. Besides! Hilda has plenty of down-time scenes that are so charming you can't help but to associate it with cups of tea, warm blankets and small picturesque towns. The bordering on horror elements are those myths taken to their most interesting extreme, or drawing on very creative writing that is just inspired by these myths to make an amazing story! So yeah...cozy. With horror.

I really like how much the show is about learning and caring about others. ❤ Plus the show look gorgeous

Great video! I haven't really watched a non reaction video from you before.

Would be super cool if Hilda's dad ends up in a relationship with bearded bell man, that way they can BOTH be Hilda's dad

7:39, *angry birds launch sound*

im not sure if an action show is something of your taste but i'd LOVE if you could gave a peek to Ben 10 kinda old show (early 2000s) action-comedy show about a kid travelling with his grandpa and cousin, learning to master those new powers he got from space and unravelling the misteries around it, around their journey and even his own family its a very good ride and recently got a bit viral from a lot of people discovering or RE-discovering it as well ^^

Hilda is a series that I will be recommending until my dying days.

30:16 OH MY GOD you did not just do that lmao XD

WAIT WE GOT A SEASON 3

Its the music and color scheme

Welcome to the Cult of Hilda

You should do trying to stan the songs of hazbin hotel

I made it to the end! I haven't watched Hilda but now I think I'll give it a go!