New 'fever dream' Netflix series is so wild fans question if they are 'hallucinating' whilst watching it

If you want to feel like you've taken a hallucinogenic without actually doing so, apparently you can just head over to Netflix and put on the latest strange show to land on the platform, which makes people feel as though they're in a 'fever dream'.

The mind-boggling animated series, loosely based on a best-selling card game, has had viewers rushing to social media to share their thoughts on it - as well as to confirm that their minds weren't playing tricks on them.

The comedic cartoon only arrived on Netflix last Friday (12 July), but it's already acquired something of a cult following as people just can't believe how absolutely bonkers it is.

It's the brainchild of former Xbox designer Elan Lee and The Oatmeal cartoonist Matthew Inman, who realised their 2015 card game had a lot more potential than they might have first thought.

I'm sure you can see why viewers were left feeling as though they were hallucinating (Netflix)

They've at least got a nine-episode series out of it, which is quite a mean feat if you ask me.

Then again, seen as though both the card game and the show are titled Exploding Kittens, the duo did have a lot to work with when it came down to coming up with a plot for their feline stars.

Brace yourself, as the synopsis for the cartoon reads: "It's the ultimate fight between good and evil when God and his nemesis, the spawn of Satan, are sent to Earth to live with humans - as talking cats."

We did warn you it sounds crackers.

I'm sure this information helps clear up a few things about why so many viewers are feeling like the episodes were a hallucination though, but if not, the trailer certainly will.

Take a look at it here:

Yes, that was 'God' in the form of a cartoon cat - aka Godcat - flipping the bird at 'Devilcat' under a garage door.

I hope you can now understand why so many people were online discussing how they felt as though they were seeing things after tuning into the series.

One X user said: "Is this fever causing me to have vivid hallucinations or did Netflix do an animated comedy based on the Exploding Kittens game, of all things?"

Another wrote: "The Exploding Kittens show on Netflix is so weird so far."

A third added: "The plot feels like a fever dream but it looks fun."

While a fourth added: "The Exploding Kittens show on Netflix is hilariously weird and rather sweet."

Exploding Kittens landed on Netflix on 12 July (Netflix)

Both the show and it's talented cast - Tom Ellis, Sasheer Zamata, Suzy Nakamura, Mark Proksch, Ally Maki, Betsy Sodaro, Tom Kenny, David Gborie and Kenny Yates - have received positive reviews so far, with fans already calling for a second season.

Discussing their transition from games to TV, Lee told Variety that he and Inman were 'actively learning' on the job.

Revealing their strategy, he said: "Let’s start by building a really strong audience, building simple, fast, easy, fun party games, expand that into the world of TV, and then now we can expand that whole IP outwards because now we know what it looks and sounds like."