An animated series is a set of animated television works with a common title, usually related to one another. These episodes should typically share the same main heroes, some different secondary characters and a basic theme. Series can have either a finite number of episodes like a miniseries , a definite end, or be open-ended, without a predetermined number of episodes. They can be broadcast on television, shown in movie theatres, released on the internet or direct-to-video . Like other creative works, animated series can be of a wide variety of genres and can also have different target audiences : both males and females, both children and adults .
27-590: Unikitty! (stylized as UniKitty! ) is an American animated television series developed by Ed Skudder and Lynn Wang for Cartoon Network and produced by The Lego Group and Warner Bros. Animation . The series stars the character of the same name from The Lego Movie franchise , in which the series is part of. As the ruler of the Unikingdom, Princess Unikitty has various misadventures in her land with her brother Prince Puppycorn, scientist Dr. Fox, bodyguard Hawkodile, and advisor Richard. They also deal with
54-518: A child-friendly show, shifted its target group to ages 12 and up, resulting in a darker and more mature storyline. Animated film theatrical series include all early animated series: Animated Weekly (1913), The Newlyweds (1913 — 1915), Travelaughs (1913, 1915 — 1918, 1921 — 1923), Doc Yak (1913 — 1915), Colonel Heeza Liar (1913 — 1917, 1922 — 1924), Kapten Grogg [ sv ] (1916 — 1922), Les Aventures des Pieds Nickelés (1917 — 1918),
81-439: A giant robot for the gang to defend the Unikingdom from monsters, but they love it so much that, against all of Richard's advice, they use it for other purposes. However, the robot is too large and too strong to do these things safely, and the citizens start to fear it. When Unikitty notices that her friends are having a stressful day, she believes everyone should be positive like her. With the help of an invention by Dr. Fox called
108-585: A happy serum. The results are disastrous, however, when Richard's sparkle matter starts growing huge and out of control. Master Frown sets out to ruin the gang's snow day , but gets stuck in Puppycorn's snowman (Snow Buttons) so he makes the gang believe that it is alive. When his old foe Eagleator defeats him and takes his shades, Hawkodile sends his friends into "Action Forest" to turn them into fighting machines to take him down. However, Unikitty repeatedly insists on making them hug, not fight. Dr. Fox creates
135-598: A local station of a television network broadcasts an animated series as a part of its own programming, the time-slot will vary by region. All early animated television series, the first being Crusader Rabbit (1950 — 1959), are comic cartoon series. However, later series include sports ( Speed Racer , Captain Tsubasa , Slam Dunk ), action ( Hajime no Ippo , G.I. Joe ), science fiction ( Mobile Suit Gundam , Tenchi Muyo ), drama ( Neon Genesis Evangelion ), adventure ( Dragon Ball ), martial arts ( Baki
162-475: A plan so evil, that Unikitty can't do it alone. She calls on her friends (dressed as Robin ( Dick Grayson and Carrie Kelley ), Nightwing , and Alfred Pennyworth ) to help her in defeating Master Frown and Brock (dressed as Joker and Harley Quinn ) and foiling their plans. Meanwhile, the real Batman demands for his suit to be back, but Unikitty refuses to give up the fun. Part 1 : The gang arrives at Doki Diamond Funland, their favorite amusement park to ride
189-460: A set time period in "segments", including several such shorts. When advertising is taken into account, the cartoon itself may be only 15 — 20 minutes of the half hour, although Netflix and many other streaming companies do not show commercials. There are also series with a very short episodes lasting approximately five minutes; they have recently become more common in Japanese animation . If
216-633: Is an American animator, storyboard artist, director, writer, producer, musician, and voice actor. He is known for being the showrunner and co-executive producer for the Cartoon Network animated series Unikitty! . He is also the creator of the animated web series Dick Figures and the co-director and co-writer of its Kickstarter-funded feature film Dick Figures: The Movie , done with his best friend and former business partner Zack Keller , both of them voicing main characters Red and Blue respectively. Skudder started his college years at
243-736: The Tom and Jerry cartoon short films released in movie theatres from 1940 to 1967, and many others. Direct-to-video animated series include most Japanese original video animations (OVAs). The first OVA series (and also the first overall OVA) was Dallos (1983 — 1985). Almost all hentai (pornographic) anime series are released as OVAs. Animated web series are designed and produced for streaming services . Examples include Happy Tree Friends (1999 — 2023) and Eddsworld (2003 — present). They can also be released on YouTube , such as Asdfmovie , which debuted in 2008. Ed Skudder Edward Daniel Skudder (born May 26, 1986)
270-1007: The COVID-19 pandemic , but it aired in other territories. The series was released on Cartoon Network on October 1, 2017, after The Lego Ninjago Movie was released in theatres on September 22, 2017. It was also released internationally in the United Kingdom and Ireland on March 5, and on Teletoon in Canada on March 17, 2018. It premiered on Cartoon Network channels in Southeast Asia on March 30, in Sub-Saharan Africa on April 9 and in Australia and New Zealand on April 27, 2018. It premiered on France 4 in France on September 3, 2018. In Germany, Cartoon Network aired
297-493: The USC School of Cinematic Arts to study Cinematography and Film/Video Production from 2005 to 2008. Skudder started his career as an animator at the animation studio, 6 Point Harness . While he was working on different projects, he was co-developing a web series for Mondo Media with Zack Keller called Dick Figures . When the first episode was released on YouTube , it was met with massive success and eventually became
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#1732797592451324-407: The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes wrote that "If you didn't like the character, this may not be for you, but also, you may have no soul." A favorable review of the series came from Emily Ashby from Common Sense Media where she notes Unikitty's motivations can inspire good, her friends yield in teamwork and are willing to accept reality whenever everything doesn't go as planned. Upon
351-478: The 1990s, more mature content than those of traditional cartoon series began to appear more widely, extending beyond a primary audience of children. These cartoon series included The Simpsons , South Park , Family Guy , Futurama , The Ren & Stimpy Show , Rocko's Modern Life , Beavis and Butt-Head , King of the Hill , and Duckman . Canadian computer-animated series ReBoot , which began as
378-459: The Grappler ), and other genres. The first animated sitcom was The Flintstones (1960 — 1966), produced by Hanna-Barbera . It was followed by other sitcoms of this studio: Top Cat (1961 — 1962), Jonny Quest (1964 — 1965), The Jetsons (1962 — 1963, 1985, 1987) and Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972 — 1974), an adult-oriented animated series in
405-464: The Happy Horn, (a model of Unikitty's horn that, when placed on someone's head, it gives them the mindset of Unikitty) that becomes a reality, but she soon starts to realize she misses her friends' old personalities. After stumbling upon Batman 's suit after a mix-up at the laundromat, Unikitty decides to take on the persona of Batman, which gives Master Frown a chance to step up his game and hatch
432-473: The P.LO.T. Device due to a lot of excitement and either, over Rick's Evil Clone, and Richard decided to use the Overdrive Switch to make everyone bored out of existence, and cause the world to lose its color. He and Evil Rick went to bring back excitement to restore the world, and Evil Rick fades out from existence for despising Jazz Music, leads to the destruction of the P.L.O.T. Device. The series
459-469: The Unikingdom becomes a volcano when it gets in a very bad mood, so the gang tries to cheer it up by borrowing one of Feebee's most precious flowers, but Feebee herself isn't happy about it and tries to direct the gang in a dangerous path to the volcano. Following up where it started, Dr. Fox reprograms the P.L.O.T. Device just to only generate boring events, but the gang can't help but add drama and excitement to every scenario, but then, Rick keeps on pressing
486-424: The life-changing ride called The Sugar Crash. When Master Frown arrives to get everyone out of the line, Unikitty and the gang try and stop him. Part 2 : Master Frown, Brock, and the gang finally get to ride the ride now that the line is empty. However, when the ride turns into a never-ending nightmare when it keeps going on and on, the gang tries to escape the ride before they're stuck on it forever. A mountain in
513-427: The most viewed web series on the site. Skudder and Keller would subsequently produce 49 additional episodes. Skudder served as a voice actor for Red, Raccoon, and Mr. Dingleberry in the series. Due to its success, Skudder and Keller created a Kickstarter to fund the feature-length film based on the series, Dick Figures: The Movie (the first feature-length animated production by Mondo Media and 6 Point Harness). It
540-811: The release of the "Sparkle Party" DVD, Luke Y. Thompson from Forbes gave a positive review of Unikitty! , stating that the series "has humor for everyone", although its "occasional dark bit of subtext" could go against the taste of some parents for their children. Animated television series Animated television series are presented daily or on certain days of the week during a prescribed time slot , including for example saturday-morning cartoons , prime time cartoons , late night anime , and weekday cartoons ; series broadcast only on weekends. The duration of an episode also varies. Traditionally, they are produced as complete half-hour or nearly half-hour programs; however, many are presented as animated shorts of 10 — 11 minutes, which can be combined for filling
567-595: The series in 2018. Similarly to the US, the episode "Sick Day" has been omitted from airing. The first DVD set of the series was released on August 28, 2018, subtitled "Sparkle Party Season 1, Part 1". The entire first season was released on DVD on May 7, 2019. The first and only sets released in the United States in August 2018, including promotional sets. There are 12 completed blind bag sets. Luke Y. Thompson from
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#1732797592451594-459: The short film, Space Mission: Danger with Wang for the 2015 Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program. In 2017, Skudder was brought in to work with Warner Bros. Animation as a writer, director, and storyboard artist for an episode of Teen Titans Go! , and would later work with The Lego Group with Wang to co-develop the Cartoon Network animated series Unikitty! . They both worked as producers for seasons 1 and 2, then co-executive producers for
621-1046: The style of All in the Family . The Alvin Show from Ross Bagdasarian Sr. and Beany and Cecil from Bob Clampett are also sitcoms. The 1980s and 1990s were a renaissance of the animated children and adult television series. Various broadcast networks and media companies began creating television channels and formats designed specifically for airing cartoon and anime series. Companies that already had these types of formats in place began to revamp their existing models during this time. Most of this animations were American-based or Japanese anime. Listed below are examples of television networks and channels that include animated programs. American British Japanese Canadian Australian Examples of animation-focused networks and channels are listed below; but some of them aired live-action programs occasionally. American South Korean Canadian Japanese During
648-469: The threats of Master Frown from the neighboring Frown Town. After getting a haunted board game from a shopkeeper, Unikitty and the gang (except Richard) get sucked into the game and must try to avoid all obstacles to reach the end and escape, but Hawkodile and Dr. Fox fall victim to the shopkeeper and get left behind. When Unikitty notices that Richard is the only unhappy person in the kingdom and has not produced any sparkle matter, she gets Dr. Fox to create
675-436: The two-part series finale "The Birthday to End All Birthdays". By the time the series ended, Warner Bros. had terminated their film rights with The Lego Group, with Universal Pictures signing a deal as the distributor for future Lego films, though Warner Bros. still owns the rights to the projects in their franchise. However, the episode "Sick Day", was left unaired in the United States due to being unintentionally similar to
702-428: Was announced on May 10, 2017. At the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con , it was confirmed by co-showrunner and co-executive producer Ed Skudder that the series would premiere on Cartoon Network on January 1, 2018. The second season of the series premiered on February 4, 2019, while the third and final season premiered on December 24, 2019. The series ended on August 27, 2020 after three seasons and a total of 104 episodes, with
729-656: Was known for being one of the most popular animated projects being funded through Kickstarter at that time. After Dick Figures ended in 2015, Skudder went on to work for Disney Television Animation 's Pickle and Peanut , as a writer for one episode and as a storyboard artist for two of its episodes. Afterwards, Skudder worked as a creative director in animation at GoldieBlox . In 2015, he co-created two animated web series with Lynn Wang for Spino TV, titled Kicko Puncho Rhino and Power Gloves —both of which premiered on YouTube. After their conclusion, Skudder worked for Nickelodeon where he co-created, co-directed, and co-written
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