All Hail King Julien

All Hail King Julien
Genre
Starring
Opening theme "Who's da King" by Blaze N Vill[1]
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 10
Production
Executive producer(s) Mitch Watson
Bret Haaland
Running time 22 minutes[2]
Production company(s) DreamWorks Animation Television
Release
Original channel Netflix
Original airing December 19, 2014 – present
External links
Website

All Hail King Julien is an American computer-animated television series. It stars characters from the DreamWorks Animation animated film Madagascar. It stars the lemur King Julien (Danny Jacobs) from the Madagascar franchise, which takes place in Madagascar, before the events of the first film.[3] The series debuted on December 19, 2014 on Netflix when the first five 22-minute episodes were released.[2]

Plot

The plot of the new Netflix Original Series takes place before Madagascar.

When King Julien XII (also known as Uncle King Julien), a very strict and cowardly ring-tailed lemur who forced the kingdom to be quiet in order to avoid being attacked by fossa (spelled and pronounced as "foosa"), is foretold to be eaten by Masikura, he hands down his kingship to his nephew King Julien XIII, a selfish, notorious party animal, and leaves. While Uncle King Julien is gone the new King Julien gets into various troubles. All the while, his devious uncle tries to get rid of his nephew to reclaim the throne.

Cast

Additional voices

Episodes

The series premiered on December 19, 2014, when were released the first five 22-minute episodes.[2] They were followed by a second batch of five episodes on April 3, 2015.[4]

No. Title[5] Directed by Written by Release date[5]
1"King Me"Christo StambolievBrandon Sawyer & Mitch WatsonDecember 19, 2014
When Uncle King Julien abdicates his throne upon learning of his fate from Masikura, he hands off his crown to Prince Julien. When the Foosa attack, King Julien must rescue them and avoid being eaten by the Foosa.
2"Poll Position"Christo StambolievElliott OwenDecember 19, 2014
King Julien learns from Xixi that 99% of the lemurs love him, so he makes it his mission to find and convert the one "hater" lemur.
3"Enter the Fanaloka"Matt Engstrom & James WoottonMitch WatsonDecember 19, 2014
During King Julien's holiday "Franksgiving" (a holiday dedicated to the Sky God member Frank), the evil fanaloka genius Karl sets out to destroy King Julien. When both Clover and Maurice are captured by Karl and his Madagascar hissing cockroach minion Chauncey, King Julien must save them from his new nemesis.
4"Empty is the Head"Matt Engstrom & James WoottonMark Palmer & Mitch WatsonDecember 19, 2014
Exhausted from settling his subjects' disputes, King Julien replaces himself with a dummy king so he can play hooky by posing as "Banana Guy Mike" which unwittingly starts a rebellion.
5"Return of the Uncle King"Christo StambolievMatt Shire & Mitch WatsonDecember 19, 2014
Set on reclaiming his throne, Uncle King Julien convinces Julien into Fossa territory. Julien creates a disguise and forces Maurice to join him.
6"Eat Pray Shove"April 3, 2015
Clover is forced to take a vacation with Mort and Xixi. While on vacation, she meets the handsome and free-spirited Sage Moondancer. Meanwhile, Ted covers for Clover as King Julien's bodyguard and unknowingly causes the Fossa to take advantage of Clover's vacation to attack King Julien's kingdom.
7"He Blinded Me with Science"Dan Milano & Mitch WatsonApril 3, 2015
Julien's boombox runs out of power when it comes to the ceremonial dance that will have the precipitation god Kevin to bring rain. Julien teams up with Timo, a tenrec scientist enlisted by the king to automate everything in the kingdom after he managed to get Julien's boombox working after it ran out of battery power. The lemurs start to get hooked on science much to the dismay of Masikura.
8"Viva Mort"Elliot OwenApril 3, 2015
After embarrassing Maurice who was doing a dance to the music on Julien's boombox, Julien tries to make up for his transgression. Meanwhile, Mort inadvertently joins Becca and Abner's anti-King Julien group called the Lemur Alliance Liberation Army (or "LALA" for short) that seeks to avenge the "death" of Banana Guy Mike, whom they still don't know it was King Julien.
9"The Really Really Big Lie"April 3, 2015
Julien concocts an elaborate lie, blaming a giant “mega-gecko” for ruining a young lemur’s birthday party.
10"One More Cup"April 3, 2015
Julien finds a bag of coffee beans in the Cove of Wonders and gets the entire lemur community hooked on caffeine.

Production

The series was announced in March 2014 as part of an agreement between Netflix and DreamWorks Animation, under which the studio will develop more than 300 hours of exclusive programming for the service.[6] The series is based on the characters from Madagascar, but is a prequel, set prior to the events of the film series.[7] Danny Jacobs, Henry Winkler, Andy Richter, Kevin Michael Richardson, and India de Beaufort voice the main characters.[8]

Reception

After the initial release of the first five episodes, Robert Lloyd of Los Angeles Times wrote in his review that the series "succeeds on matters of style, script, timing and performance, not the number of individual hairs rendered in a patch of fur. And Julien delivers on all the important accounts."[9]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2015 Daytime Emmy Awards[10][11] Outstanding Children's Animated Program Won
Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program Danny Jacobs (as King Julien) Won
Outstanding Casting for an Animated Series or Special Ania O'Hare Won — tied with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program Christo Stamboliev Nominated
Outstanding Original Song — Main Title and Promo Will Fuller and Alex Geringas (for "Who's da King") Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "Who's da King (All Hail King Julien Theme) - Single". iTunes. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 DreamWorks Animation (November 3, 2014). "The Wildest Party Ever Hits the Jungle When the Netflix Original Series ALL HAIL KING JULIEN Debuts Dec. 19" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ "King Julien". DreamWorks. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
  4. ↑ Neumyer, Scott (April 1, 2015). "Exclusive Clip: Discovering the Secrets of the ‘Magic Juicer’ in Netflix’s Hit Series All Hail King Julien". Parade. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "All Hail King Julien". Netflix. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Netflix to Add Three Original Series from DreamWorks Animation, Sets Debut for New ‘Turbo FAST’ Episodes". Variety. March 13, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  7. ↑ "DreamWorks Animation’s All Hail King Julien Debuts on Netflix in December". ComingSoon.net. March 13, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Netflix to Stagger Rollout of ‘All Hail King Julien’ Series from DreamWorks Animation". Variety. March 13, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  9. ↑ Lloyd, Robert (December 19, 2014). "Review: 'All Hail King Julien' lets the 'Madagascar' rave begin". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  10. ↑ Wolfe, Jennifer (March 31, 2015). "Daytime Emmy Awards Announce 2015 Animation Honorees". Animation World Network. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  11. ↑ Amidi, Amid (April 25, 2015). "Daytime Emmy Awards Hail King Julien". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved April 25, 2015.

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