Director: Jean Gabriel Guerra, Jonathan Meléndez
Honesty literally powers the hero in Captain Avispa, an animated family adventure from the Dominican Republic co-directed by Jean Gabriel Guerra and Jonathan Meléndez. In the city of Avispatropolis, the title character's strength depends entirely on telling the truth — the moment he lies, his powers disappear.
What is Captain Avispa about?
Captain Avispa has built a reputation as Avispatropolis's most reliable protector, someone whose word is as strong as his fists. That reliability comes with a catch: his abilities only work as long as he stays completely honest, and he allows himself to bend that rule only when doing so serves a genuinely noble purpose. Around him orbits a wide cast of friends and rivals, each pulled from the same songwriting tradition that shaped the character, giving the city's ongoing battles between good and evil a musical undercurrent.
Cast & crew
The voice cast leans heavily on musicians, including Luis Fonsi, Joy Huerta and Juanes alongside José Guillermo Cortines, Amelia Vega, Karen Martínez, Adalgisa Pantaleón and Roger Zayas-Bazán. Co-directors Jean Gabriel Guerra and Jonathan Meléndez shape the film around that musical pedigree, keeping the tone upbeat even as the plot leans on its hero's central moral rule.
Context & significance
Captain Avispa comes out of a Dominican animation tradition that draws directly on the region's music scene rather than importing an existing comic-book template, and its 88-minute runtime keeps the story focused on one clear rule: power tied to truth. That premise gives the film a simple moral core that plays well for family audiences without turning preachy.
Where & how to watch
Captain Avispa streams on K-Time with Persian-dubbed audio, giving Farsi-speaking families a way to follow the story without needing subtitles. Reading this page requires nothing at all, and watching the film itself only takes a free K-Time account login.