Dawn of the Croods

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Dawn of the Croods
Dawn of the Croods poster.jpg
Official release poster
Genre Comedy
Adventure
Based onCharacters created
by John Cleese, Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders
Developed by Brendan Hay
Voices of
Theme music composer John Van Tongeren
ComposersGabriel Mann
Rebecca Kneubuhl
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes52 (89 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerBrendan Hay [1]
Running time23 minutes [2]
Production company DreamWorks Animation Television
Original release
Network Netflix
ReleaseDecember 24, 2015 (2015-12-24) –
July 7, 2017 (2017-07-07)
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Dawn of the Croods is an American 2D-animated 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] The second season premiered on August 26, 2016, third season on April 7, 2017, and fourth and final season on July 7, 2017. [4] [5] [6] Sam Riegel was the voice director for the first two seasons, and Brendan Hay replaced him for the last two. [7] [8] It also aired on Family Channel and Family Chrgd in Canada.

Contents

Plot

The adventures of the series takes place before the film, with Eep and the family having new friends, and facing off against new enemy creatures.

Cast

Additional voices

Episodes

SeasonSegmentsEpisodesOriginally released
1 1713December 24, 2015 (2015-12-24)
2 2413August 26, 2016 (2016-08-26)
3 2413April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07)
4 2413July 7, 2017 (2017-07-07)

On July 9, 2017, executive producer Hay replied on Twitter to a question about whether fourth season would be the last season, saying that it "most likely" would be. [11]

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. [12] Different animation technique also helped the series to stand out from the feature film, which was concurrently shown on Netflix. [12] The first three episodes were animated in Toon Boom Harmony by Vancouver's Bardel Entertainment. [13] [12] DreamWorks soon found that Harmony was not the best fit for animating scenes that contained multiple characters at once. [12] The rest of the episodes were traditionally hand-drawn by South Korean studios: EMation, NE4U, and Dong Woo Animation. [12]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNomineeResult
2016 Annie Award [14] Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast ProductionJonathan Pyun, Aaron Spurgeon, Baptiste Lucas, Margaret Wuller and Ethan Becker (for "Garden of Eaten")Nominated
Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast ProductionGrey Griffin (for Lerk)Nominated
Laraine Newman (for Amber)Nominated

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