Apple & Onion

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Apple & Onion
Apple & Onion logo.svg
Genre
Created byGeorge Gendi
Voices of
Theme music composer
  • George Gendi
  • Matt Layzell
  • Paul Fraser
Opening theme"Apple & Onion"
by Richard Ayoade and George Gendi
ComposerPaul Fraser
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes76 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Brent Tanner
  • Ryan Slater
  • Michael Gendi
Editors
  • Tom Browngardt
  • Rob Getzschman
  • Matt Steinauer
Production company Cartoon Network Studios
Original release
Network Cartoon Network
ReleaseFebruary 23, 2018 (2018-02-23) 
December 7, 2021 (2021-12-07)

Apple & Onion is an American animated television series created by George Gendi for Cartoon Network. Produced by Cartoon Network Studios, the series premiered on February 23, 2018, and aired a total of 76 episodes over two seasons, broadcasting its final episode on December 7, 2021. It focuses on its titular characters, an anthropomorphic apple and spring onion, who have a childlike view of the world, and their adventures in a predominantly food item-inhabited settlement.

Contents

Characters

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
Pilot May 14, 2016 (2016-05-14)
1 4010February 23, 2018 (2018-02-23)March 23, 2018 (2018-03-23)
30November 2, 2019 (2019-11-02)July 20, 2020 (2020-07-20) [1]
2 36July 21, 2020 (2020-07-21)December 7, 2021 (2021-12-07)
Shorts 8February 11, 2018 (2018-02-11)April 7, 2018 (2018-04-07)

Production

Development

Gendi first pitched the idea of the series to Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe whilst working on The Amazing World of Gumball in London, a series that he produced. Upon arriving in Burbank, Gendi approached Cartoon Network Studios with the concept, who greenlit the production of a pilot. The resulting short was selected to be screened alongside another Cartoon Network pilot, Welcome to My Life, at the Annecy Festival in 2015, before eventually being released online in May 2016.[ citation needed ]

The short was picked up for a limited series in March 2017 which premiered on February 23, 2018. On May 20, 2019, the series was picked up for a second season. [2] [3]

Broadcast

Apple & Onion premiered on Cartoon Network UK on August 27, 2018. [4] The show premiered on Cartoon Network Africa on September 29, 2018. [5] In India, it premiered on 2018 on Cartoon Network India.

In the French dub, Apple and Onion themselves are voiced by French rappers Florian and Olivio Ordoñez of the group Bigflo & Oli. [6] [7]

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