Hayop Ka!

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Hayop Ka!
Hayop Ka!.jpg
Promotional release poster
Directed byAvid Liongoren
Written by
  • Manny Angeles
  • Paulle Olivenza
Produced by
Starring
Music byLen Calvo
Production
companies
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • October 29, 2020 (2020-10-29)
Running time
73 minutes
CountriesPhilippines
United States
Languages
  • Filipino
  • English

Hayop Ka! (lit. 'You Are an Animal!', a profanity meaning "you animal!" in English), also known as Hayop Ka! (You animal!),[1] Hayop Ka! The Nimfa Dimaano Story,[2] and You Animal!,[3] is a 2020 adult animated romantic comedy film directed by Avid Liongoren.[4] It features a voice cast topbilled by Angelica Panganiban, Robin Padilla, and Sam Milby. Panganiban voices Nimfa, an anthropomorphic feline who works as a perfume salesperson and whose boyfriend, a mongrel named Roger (Padilla), is employed as a janitor. When Nimfa meets Iñigo (Milby), a wealthy dog with a career as a high-profile entrepreneur, she finds herself in the middle of a love triangle.[1][2][5]

Produced by Rocketsheep Studio and Spring Films, the film was released on October 29, 2020 on Netflix in select territories.[4][6][7]

Hayop Ka! was announced as an official selection for main competition at the 2021 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. CNN Philippines and director Avid, announced that film's sequel is in development, naming it Hayop Ka Din.[8]

Plot[]

In Manila, a feline named Nimfa Dimaano visits Manghuhula, an octopus fortune teller who divines that Nimfa will fall in love with two men at the same time. Nimfa works as a perfume salesperson at a mall department store, and is dating a muscular mongrel named Roger Europeo, who is a janitor. That night, Nimfa and Roger eat stew at a kiosk that they frequently visit. Roger casually proposes marriage to Nifma and she declines, noting their lack of money. He suggests that Nimfa, who pays for their rent, stop paying for her sister Linda's school tuition, but she refuses, saying that she does not want her sister to be a dropout like she was.

While selling perfume at work one day, Nimfa is approached by Iñigo Villanueva, a wealthy dog with a career as a high-profile entrepreneur. Nimfa helps Iñigo pick out a luxury perfume to give to his mother as a gift for her birthday. Iñigo suggests that he and Nimfa go out on a date, and gives her his business card. After work, Nimfa finds herself irritated by Roger, and rejects his sexual advances that night. At Iñigo's mother's birthday dinner, Iñigo gives her the present, which she unwraps to find a cheap cologne. Realizing that Nimfa gave him the wrong item, Iñigo finds Nimfa on social media and messages her about the mistake. They arrange to meet and have the cologne returned, and after doing so, Iñigo drives Nimfa home.

For their anniversary, Roger takes Nimfa to the stew kiosk. Nimfa ignores her meal, instead texting flirtatiously with Iñigo; the attention she gives to her phone causes Roger to feel suspicious. Later, Iñigo visits Nimfa at her job to pick up the correct perfume. He is accompanied by a female poodle named Marie, which makes Nimfa jealous. The next day, Iñigo brings Nimfa to a lavish seaside property in Batangas, wanting her to be his secretary for the day. When he insists that she spend the night, Nimfa calls her friend, a rabbit named Jhermelyn, and asks her to tell Roger that she is staying with her that night. After dinner, Nimfa walks in on Iñigo showering, and the two decide to have sex.

The following day, Iñigo flies with Nimfa back to Manila in a helicopter. They visit Iñigo's mother and give her the correct perfume, and Iñigo drives Nimfa back home. Roger angrily confronts Nimfa for cheating on him, as Jhermelyn told him that Nimfa was not with her the previous night. Nimfa kicks Roger out of the house. The day after, Nimfa arranges to meet Iñigo at the high-rise building where he works. Roger appears and pummels Iñigo's car, believing Iñigo to be inside it. In reality, Iñigo's valet, a frog named Jerry, was the only one in the vehicle. Roger is placed in a prison cell, and Nimfa arranges for him to be released. She then visits Jerry, who was brought to a hospital.

Nimfa travels to the countryside for an unannounced visit with her sister Linda and their mother. There, she discovers that Linda has not been going to school at all, and is instead raising a baby with her partner Ramil. Upset at both the lies and the fact that her sister followed her path, Nimfa abandons her family and returns to Batangas with Iñigo. Feeling nauseous the next morning, Nimfa checks in at a hospital and learns that she is nine weeks pregnant. Having only been with Iñigo for three weeks, she realizes that Roger is the baby's father. She visits Jhermelyn and is stunned to discover that Jhermelyn is now dating Roger. After calling a radio show to talk about her problems, Nimfa visits Iñigo's building. Upon seeing him making out with Marie, she and her get into a fierce fight which Nimfa wins. When Iñigo suggests they both can share him, she promptly rejects and mercilessly knocks him out of a window.

After leaving the building, a recovered Jerry sees Nimfa and takes her to the stew kiosk for a meal. Some time later, Nimfa gives birth to her child, and opens up her own sari-sari store.

Voice cast[]

Production[]

According to Liongoren, Hayop Ka! was first conceptualized after the production of the film Saving Sally, serving as its "thematic opposite."[6] He also said that it took three years to produce Hayop Ka!, and described it as "light and comical".[6][11] Avid Liongoren, the director of the animation, stated the hope for creating a "Filipino style when it comes to cartoons" and noted that the Philippines has a huge animation industry "that does work for foreign projects."[12] He also hoped it encourages "more local productions" and work for Pinoy animators.

Release[]

On September 21, 2020, Netflix announced that the film is set to be released on October 29.[4]

In 2021, Hayop Ka! was announced as an official selection to the Annecy International Animated Film Festival[13]

Reception[]

Pre-release[]

In September 2020, Hayop Ka! garnered a mixed reception from netizens.[14] Some demanded that Netflix recast Robin Padilla, who voices Roger in the film, due to Padilla's support of Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte;[14] however, others urged the general public to support the film by watching it for the sake of the Filipino animators and filmmakers behind the project.[15]

Post-release[]

Reviewer Oggs Cruz, called Hayop Ka! a "thing of beauty" with vibrant colors, good comic timing, and romance.[16]

Awards[]

Hayop Ka! was nominated for a Ursa Major Award in the Best Motion Picture category.[17][18] The Ursa Major awards are given in the field of furry fandom works and are the main awards in the field of anthropomorphism.[19][20]

References[]

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  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference https://www.annecy.org/programme/index:film-20210493 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  17. ^ "Voting". Ursa Major Awards. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  18. ^ dronon (March 14, 2020). "Voting opens for the 2020 Ursa Major Awards". FurteanTimes.com/Flayrah. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
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