'My Brother the Minotaur' Is a Visually Stunning Animated Series
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The Apple TV series leans into the natural splendor of its wild,
rustic setting, with a painterliness that recalls Celtic and
medieval traditions.

Given his acne, nightmares and surges of aggression, Lorcan
might seem like any other kid grappling with puberty. But Lorcan
is also a Minotaur - a Greek mythological creature with the head
of a bull and the body of a man - living among humans on the
fictional island Bryony, off the coast of Ireland. This is the
fish-out-of-water setup of Apple TV's charming new animated
series "My Brother the Minotaur," debuting on Friday.

Produced by Dog Ears and the Irish animation studio Cartoon
Saloon, which made "The Secret of Kells," the series follows the
12-year-old Lorcan (voiced by Ely Solan), who was adopted as a
baby by the McCreadys, a loving, tight-knit, multigenerational
family. That family consists of Lorcan's inquisitive younger
brother, Charlie (Billy Jenkins); his parents, Clara (Orla
Fitzgerald) and Archie (Blake Harrison); and his grandparents,
Olivia (Anna Healy) and George (Brian Cox), who belong to the
Elders, a group tasked with protecting the island's secrets,
including a gateway between our world and the Other Side.

Trailer (9 April - 1min, 1sec)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4hVTUcHk8g>

When the series begins, Lorcan is deep in the throes of a
nightmare - pursued by a man-sized rabbit with glowing eyes. This
is a Pooka (Paul Kaye), a shape-shifting demon from Irish
mythology, who soon appears on the island to wreak all manner of
mischief.

Meanwhile, Charlie, a budding detective, has linked his brother's
dreams to the lunar cycle, and he recruits his friends Dana
(Billie Boullet) and Harper (Luciana Akpobaro) to help uncover
their origins. The gang's dynamic is familiar - the resourceful
Dana unearths clues while the brash Harper leads the charge - but
it fits neatly inside the show's larger preoccupation with chosen
bonds. Nipping at their heels is Mr. Craignelder (played with oily
charm by Michael Sheen), a hotel proprietor who tries to turn the
islanders against Lorcan, whose presence on Bryony they had all
agreed to keep secret, effectively closing off the island to
tourism.

Like other Cartoon Saloon productions, "My Brother the Minotaur"
is visually stunning, leaning into the natural splendor of its
wild, rustic setting with a painterliness that recalls traditional
Celtic art and illuminated medieval manuscripts. In an early
bicycle chase through the woods, layers of shadow and trees unfurl
beneath the light of a full moon, glowing in beautiful shades of
green, blue and gray.

Despite its fantastical premise, "My Brother the Minotaur" is
grounded in earthbound concerns - what it means to belong, how to
reconcile dueling identities, whether the love of the family that
chose you can replace that of the one that let you go.



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