Dawn of the Croods
Dawn of the Croods | |
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Genre |
Comedy Adventure |
Based on |
Characters created by John Cleese, Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders |
Voices of | |
Theme music composer | John Van Tongeren |
Composer(s) |
Gabriel Mann Rebecca Kneubuhl |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Brendan Hay[1] |
Running time | 23 minutes[2] |
Production company(s) | DreamWorks Animation Television |
Distributor |
Netflix NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
Release | |
Original network | Netflix |
Original release | December 24, 2015 – present |
External links | |
Website |
www |
Dawn of the Croods is an American 2D-animated web television series that is produced by DreamWorks Animation. The series is based on the 2013 animated film The Croods, taking place before the events of the film.[3] It premiered on December 24, 2015, on Netflix.[1] Sam Riegel voice directs this series. Season 2 premiered on August 26, 2016.[4] Season 3 premiered on April 7, 2017.[5] Season 4 premiered on July 7, 2017.[6]
Plot
The adventures of the series takes place before the film, with Eep having new friends, and the rest of the Croods facing new enemy creatures, such as bearowls.
Cast
- Dan Milano as Grug,[1][7] Bud, Womp
- Cree Summer as Ugga, Pat,[1] Clip, Pup Howler
- Stephanie Lemelin as Eep[1][7]
- A.J. Locascio as Thunk,[7] Baitsy, Steve
- Grey Griffin as Sandy, Lerk[7]
- Laraine Newman as Gran, One-Eyed Amber,[8] Mosh, Pram
Additional voices
- Dee Bradley Baker as Bulk, Squawk, Bearowl, Creatures, Moler Bear, Mow, Earl, Old Man Root, Yelp
- Dominic Catrambone as Sulk, Kevin, Fan, Night Mare, Ow the Dentist, Cave Teen, Bag
- Jim Cummings as Little Mantrap
- Ana Gasteyer as Meep[8]
- Thomas Lennon as Crud, Munk
- Chris Parnell as Snoot[8]
Episodes
Season | Segments | Episodes | Originally released | |||
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1 | 17 | 13 | December 24, 2015 | |||
2 | 23 | 13 | August 26, 2016 | |||
3 | 24 | 13 | April 7, 2017 | |||
4 | 24 | 13 | July 7, 2017 |
Production
In contrast to the computer-animated film, the series is 2D-animated. The series' creators wanted to make it more "cartoonish", but found doing "squash and stretch" in CG too expensive for television.[9] Different animation technique also helped the series to stand out from the feature film, which was concurrently shown on Netflix.[9] The first three episodes were animated in Toon Boom Harmony by Vancouver's Bardel Entertainment.[10][9] DreamWorks soon found that Harmony was not the best fit for animating scenes that contained multiple characters at once.[9] The rest of the episodes were traditionally hand-drawn by South Korean studios: EMation, NE4U, and Dong Woo Animation.[9]
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2016 | Annie Award[11] | Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Jonathan Pyun, Aaron Spurgeon, Baptiste Lucas, Margaret Wuller and Ethan Becker (for "Garden of Eaten") | Nominated |
Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Grey Griffin (for Lerk) | Nominated | ||
Laraine Newman (for Amber) | Nominated |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Wolfe, Jennifer (December 8, 2015). "DreamWorks Animation Unveils ‘Dawn of the Croods’ Trailer". Animation World Network. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
- ↑ "Dawn of the Croods (Season 1, Episode 2)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
- ↑ Beck, Jerry (December 23, 2015). "EXCLUSIVE CLIP: Dreamworks/Netflix Animated "Dawn Of The Croods"". Animation Scoop. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ↑ Liu, Ed (August 25, 2016). "Exclusive Images from "Dawn of the Croods" Season 2 Released". ToonZone. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (April 6, 2017). "Clip: ‘Dawn of the Croods’ Season 3 Premieres Friday". Animation Magazine. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
- ↑ Liu, Ed (July 5, 2017). "Exclusive Clip from “Dawn of the Croods” Season 4". ToonZone. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 Cannini, Chuck (December 12, 2015). "Interview: Long Island Native Brendan Hay, Producer of Dawn of the Croods". Long Island Press. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
- 1 2 3 Milligan, Mercedes (December 17, 2015). "Clips: ‘Dawn of the Croods’ Arrives Dec. 24". Animation Magazine. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Thill, Scott (January 6, 2016). "‘Dawn of The Croods’: Brendan Hay Discusses Building A Kinder, Gentler Animated Apocalypse". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
- ↑ Amidi, Amid (December 8, 2015). "Trailer: ‘Dawn of the Croods’ Hand-Drawn Netflix Series". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
- ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 1, 2015). "Annie Awards Noms: 'Inside Out', 'Anomalisa', 'Shaun The Sheep', 'Good Dinosaur' & 'Peanuts ' Up For Best Feature". Deadline. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
External links
- Official website at Netflix
- Official website at DreamWorks TV
- Dawn of the Croods on IMDb