Ward intends the show's world to have a certain physical logic instead of 'cartoony slapstick'-even though magic exists in the story, the show's writers try to create an internal consistency in how the characters interact with the world. Executive producer Fred Seibert compares the show's animation style to that of Felix the Cat and the Max Fleischer cartoons but says its world is also equally inspired by Dungeons and Dragons and video games. Then he tried some subversive humor, inspired by series like The Simpsons and Pee-wee's Playhouse. He tries to include 'beautiful' moments like those in Hayao Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro. Series creator Pendleton Ward has stated that the artistic style is influenced by his time at CalArts and later working as a storyboard artist on The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. 'The Enchiridion!' would become the first produced episode, but ' Slumber Party Panic,' which was aired on April 5, 2010, is considered the first episode. Pendleton Ward (with help from Patrick McHale and Adam Muto) then pitched the show to Cartoon Network with an early storyboard for ' The Enchiridion!,' showing that the premise could be expanded from a seven minute short into a full series while maintaining the elements that made it successful: funny catchphrases and dances, an awkward kiss moment with the princess, and an 'Abe Lincoln moment.' ( Enchiridion storyboard 1.0) Cartoon Network green-lit the first season in September 2008, aiming to premiere it by Christmas 2009, although this was later pushed to 2010.

The series' last episode was aired on September 3, 2018, concluding Adventure Time with a total of 10 seasons and 283 episodes.Īccording to a Frederator blog post, Adventure Time was first pitched as a series to Nicktoons Network, which airs most of Frederator, but they passed on it twice. This series is rated TV-PG, with a few re-rated episodes. In 2010, Cartoon Network picked up the series and it premiered with 'sneak peeks' on March 11th and 18th of 2010, followed by the official series premiere on April 5, 2010. The series is about a boy named Finn and his magical shape-shifting dog named Jake, who encounter many strange adventures in the Land of Ooo. The show was based on an original animated short titled 'Adventure Time,' which aired on Frederator's Random! Cartoons show and won an Annie Award for the Best Animated Short Subject of 2009-2014!. Production website Adventure Time (formerly known as Adventure Time with Finn and Jake) was an American animated television series created by Pendleton Ward and produced by Frederator Studios.

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