Abominable and the Invisible City | |
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Based on | Characters created by Jill Culton |
Developed by | Katherine Nolfi |
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Theme music composer | George Shaw |
Composer | George Shaw |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 20 |
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Executive producer | Jim Schumann |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company | DreamWorks Animation Television |
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Release | October 5, 2022 – March 29, 2023 |
Abominable and the Invisible City is an American animated television series produced by DreamWorks Animation Television. The series acts as a follow-up to the 2019 film, Abominable on which it was based, which was co-produced by Pearl Studio, and continues Yi's adventures to a mythical world of creatures beyond Everest, a yeti she befriended and joins her along with Jin and Peng to the new world. Chloe Bennett (who also serves as consulting producer for the show), Tenzing Norgay Trainor, and Michelle Wong reprise their respective roles as Yi, Jin, and Mei, while Ethan Loh, Darin De Paul, Alan Cumming, and Karen Huie voice Peng, Everest, Burnish, and Nai Nai, respectively, replacing Albert Tsai, Joseph Izzo, Eddie Izzard, and Tsai Chin from the original film.
The series premiered on October 5, 2022, with 10 episodes on Peacock and Hulu. [1] A second season was released on March 29, 2023. [2]
After the events of the film, Yi, Jin, and Peng know that there's a whole magical world out there and discover that their surroundings are teeming with magical creatures in need of their help. With the help of their old yeti friend Everest, they'll set out on a journey throughout their city and beyond.
Vic Chao, Stephanie Sheh, Caleb Yen, Natalie Chan, Donald Chang, Kara Wang and Harrison Xu provided additional voices.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date |
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1 | 1 | "Everest Returns" | Jim Schumann | Katherine Nolfi | Emmanuel Deligiannis, Amelia Kasten, Ruolin Li and Laurianne Uy | October 5, 2022 |
2 | 2 | "Welcome Home, Everest!" | Ruolin Li | Tiffany Lo & Ethel Lung | Amelia Kasten and Laurianne Uy | October 5, 2022 |
3 | 3 | "Sewer Koi and the Museum Heist" | Kevin Wotton | Katherine Nolfi | Anne Yi, Darwin Tan and Hayden Morris | October 5, 2022 |
4 | 4 | "Peng vs. Peng" | Lianne Hughes | Tiffany Lo & Ethel Lung | Adam Murphy, Ian Young and Quyth Truong | October 5, 2022 |
5 | 5 | "Jin's New Look" | Ruolin Li | Tiffany So & Saba Saghafi | Amelia Kasten and Laurianne Uy | October 5, 2022 |
6 | 6 | "A Cabbage Kinda Day" | Kevin Wotton | Annie Nishida | Anne Yi, Darwin Tan and Hayden Morris | October 5, 2022 |
7 | 7 | "Yeti Supersitious" | Lianne Hughes & Pete Jacobs | Andi Shu Hester | Adam Murphy, Ian Young and Quyth Truong | October 5, 2022 |
8 | 8 | "Toad-al Recall" | Ruolin Li | Kyel White | Amelia Kasten and Laurianne Uy | October 5, 2022 |
9 | 9 | "Chinese Nian Year" | Pete Jacobs | Tiffany Lo & Ethel Lung | Adam Murphy, Ian Young and Quyth Truong | October 5, 2022 |
10 | 10 | Kevin Wotton | Anne Yi, Darwin Tan and Hayden Morris | |||
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date [4] |
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11 | 1 | "Wu You Gonna Call?" | Ruolin Li | Kyel White | Amelia Kasten and Laurianne Uy | March 29, 2023 |
12 | 2 | "The Ditch Sitch" | Kevin Wotton | Elizabeth Chun | Anne Yi, Darwin Tan, Hayden Morris and Mark Sonntag | March 29, 2023 |
13 | 3 | "Tales from the Fox’s Tails" | Pete Jacobs | Tiffany Lo & Ether Lung | Adam Murphy, Ian Young, Quynh Truong and Mark Sonntag | March 29, 2023 |
14 | 4 | "Yi’s LiLi-est Fan" | Ruolin Li | Kyel White | Amelia Kasten and Laurianne Uy | March 29, 2023 |
15 | 5 | "Qilin-mania" | Kevin Wotton | Elizabeth Chun | Anne Yi, Darwin Tan and Hayden Morris | March 29, 2023 |
16 | 6 | "Shack Attack" | Pete Jacobs | Tiffany Lo & Ethel Lung | Adam Murphy, Ian Young, Mark Sonntag and Quynh Truong | March 29, 2023 |
17 | 7 | "We Meat Again" | Ruolin Li | Kyel White | Amelia Kasten and Laurianne Uy | March 29, 2023 |
18 | 8 | "A Hair-ifying Night" | Kevin Wotton | Elizabeth Chun | Anne Yi, Andries Martiz, Darwin Tan and Hayden Morris | March 29, 2023 |
19 | 9 | "Please Hold for the Next Representative" | Pete Jacobs | Tiffany Lo & Ethel Lung | Adam Murphy, Andries Martiz, Darwin Tan and Quynh Truong | March 29, 2023 |
20 | 10 | "Please Hold While We Connect You" | Ruolin Li | Tiffany Lo & Ethel Lung | Amelia Kasten and Laurianne Uy | March 29, 2023 |
On February 11, 2022, it was announced that Peacock had ordered a CG animated series from DreamWorks Animation Television serving as a follow up to the film, titled Abominable and the Invisible City. The series chronicles Yi, Jin and Peng learning more about Everest and the magical creatures of the world. Spirit Riding Free producers Jim Schumann and Katherine Nolfi executive produced the series, Tiffany Lo and Ethel Lung served as story editors, and Bennet and Trainor reprised their roles of Yi and Jin from the film with Alan Cumming replacing Izzard as Burnish. [5] [6] In addition to Bennett respiring her role, she became an consulting producer on the show as well.
To create the creatures featured in the show, Tiffany Lo and Ethel Lung both grew up hearing about the magical creatures, taking stories they'd heard as children and bring these creatures to life the way they've imagined them for years. [7]
Animation services was provided by CGCG from Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous rather than Technicolor Animation Productions.
Outside the United States, it aired on DreamWorks Channel Asia in 2023. The series premiered on PIE Channel in Philippines on September 11, 2023, YTV in Canada, Sky Kids and Sky Showcase in United Kingdom, Rai Gulp in Italy, Clan in Spain, Canal Panda in Portugal, Canal+ Kids in France, La Trois in Belgium, RTS 1 in Switzerland, Super RTL in Germany, e.tv in South Africa in 2023.
The first episode "Everest Returns" won for Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Children at the 50th Annie Awards. [8]
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