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80-462: During its short-lived run, the series was nominated for an Annie Award three times. Merchandise based on the series has also been produced, such as video games, home media releases, toys, and clothing. Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi follows the adventures of two best friends: the peppy, optimistic, cheerful, girly girl Ami Onuki (voiced by Janice Kawaye ); and the cynical, sarcastic, grumpy tomboy Yumi Yoshimura (voiced by Grey DeLisle ). Both are based on

160-643: A command center, and a variety of training facilities on an island just offshore from the West Coast metropolis of Jump City. The team deals with all manner of criminal activity and threats to the city, while dealing with their own struggles with adolescence, their mutual friendships, and their limitations. The first season focuses on the Teen Titans' introduction to the mysterious supervillain Slade ( Ron Perlman ), who seeks to turn Robin into his apprentice. The second season

240-475: A crossover film with Teen Titans Go! was released, titled Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans . It features the first appearance of the original series characters after 13 years. The series was first shown on Boomerang from February 2, 2009, replacing the Super Friends until October 31, 2010. It returned to Boomerang's line-up on October 3, 2011, and left the schedule again on January 4, 2015. Teen Titans

320-460: A fight with the comic incarnation of the Titans. Red X is later included in the mainstream comic publications through the two-issue teaser comic Future State Teen Titans and its follow-up series Teen Titans Academy . Early into the series' run, Executive Producer and Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. Animation Vice President Sam Register responded to criticism regarding the style of the show with

400-413: A sinister land developer who tries to tear down beloved places for his own selfish needs; the evil Talent Suckers (voiced by Nathan Carlson and Corey Burton ), a vampire rock trio from Transylvania ; and Atchan (voiced by Rob Paulsen ), a caricature of Atsushi (lead singer of the punk band New Rote'ka) who speaks in third-person and thinks he is a superhero. The animated Puffy AmiYumi travel all over

480-463: A statement slightly contradicting Murakami's statement about wanting Robin to "be cool" with his metal-tipped boots: Justice League is awesome and Samurai Jack is awesome and we buy a lot of anime shows that are great, but those shows really are directed more towards the nine to fourteen age group, and the six and seven and eight-year-olds were not gelling with the Justice League and some of

560-422: Is an American animated superhero television series created by Glen Murakami and developed by Murakami, David Slack and Sam Register . Based on DC Comics 's superhero team Teen Titans , it was produced by Warner Bros. Animation , and DC Comics (for season 5). The show premiered on Cartoon Network on July 19, 2003; its first two seasons also aired on Kids' WB . Initially, only four seasons were planned, but

640-485: Is an adaptation of "The Judas Contract" storyline where new hero Terra ( Ashley Johnson ) joins the team while secretly plotting against them with Slade. The third season depicts Cyborg's conflict with the evil organization H.I.V.E. and their leader Brother Blood ( John DiMaggio ), prompting Cyborg to form the superhero team Titans East with Aqualad ( Wil Wheaton ), Speedy ( Mike Erwin ), Bumblebee ( T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh ), and Más y Menos ( Freddy Rodriguez ). In

720-414: Is based primarily on stories by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez from the 1980s, featuring characters, storylines, and concepts introduced during the run, and incorporating a similar group of members. The five main members of the eponymous team in the series are Robin ( Scott Menville ), the intelligent and capable leader of the Teen Titans; Starfire ( Hynden Walch ), a quirky, curious alien princess from

800-535: Is centered on a specific Titan on the team. Starfire is the only individual member who was part of the original roster to not have a season focused on her. Unlike most other superhero television series, the Teen Titans characters maintain their superhero identities at all times, with any hints at the concept of an alter ego or secret identity rarely explored. It was really important to me that little kids watching it could identify with characters. And I thought that

880-656: Is currently inaccessible. There are two video games released by D3Publisher of America (D3PA) based on the show: Annie Award The Annie Awards are accolades which the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association , ASIFA-Hollywood , has presented each year since 1972 to recognize excellence in animation shown in American cinema and television. Originally designed to celebrate lifetime or career contributions to animation,

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960-531: The Young Justice team appear. Much like the DC Animated Universe (as well as X-Men: Evolution and Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends ), the series has affected the comics that initially inspired it, including: Beast Boy adopting the series' purple and black outfit during DC's " 52 " storyline and later appearing with the pointed ears and fanged teeth originated by the series, future Cyborg having

1040-605: The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature . Many felt that the vote had been rigged: DreamWorks at the time gave each of their employees a free membership to ASIFA-Hollywood, which in turn conferred voting rights. (For most film awards, voting rights cannot be bought but must be conferred by one's peers.) As a result, Walt Disney Studios decided to cease submissions and support for the 2010 Annie Awards from their two animated film divisions, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar. Due to Disney's complaints, ASIFA-Hollywood changed

1120-764: The Walt Disney Animation Japan animated production, the Marvel Productions animated series, the Studio Ghibli animated production, and the Rankin/Bass animated series. Other inspirations included old MGM and Warner Bros. cartoons, as well as Hanna-Barbera and Mirisch / UA cartoons, UPA shorts, and the works of Jay Ward . Some of the show's crew members included various writers from Nickelodeon 's CatDog , including Steven Banks , Kit Boyce and Robert Lamoreaux. Sam Register originally pitched

1200-460: The 1995 hiatus of Batman: The Animated Series , which was retooled in 1997 as The New Batman Adventures . According to Rob Hoegee, this had been suggested by Sam Register after he and David Slack had left the show, leaving Glen Murakami and Amy Wolfram to develop a proposal for a new show that would have expanded the team with all the new characters introduced in Season 5. However, when they had sent

1280-610: The ASIFA board. Catmull said, "We believe there is an issue with the way the Annies are judged, and have been seeking a mutually agreeable solution with the board. Although some initial steps have been taken, the board informed us that no further changes would be made to address our concerns." ASIFA-Hollywood did not agree to this demand. Disney and Pixar rejoined the Annie Awards in 2011, with no formal announcement. Ironically, earlier that year,

1360-466: The Annie Award nominees for Best Short Subject included two Walt Disney cartoons, a Pixar short, and two independent films: Picnic Pictures' The Chestnut Tree , and Don Hertzfeldt 's short Everything Will Be OK . Official rules for the Annie Awards state that voting members must view all nominated achievements in their entirety before casting their ballot for a winner. Members are directed to view

1440-894: The Annie Awards had a near-exact replay of the 2009 results, with DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon sweeping all the major Annie Awards over Pixar's Toy Story 3 , which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and also received a nomination for Best Picture . The following nominees (motion pictures and direct-to-video films) received multiple nominations: The following winners (motion pictures and direct-to-video films) received multiple awards: The following nominees (TV shows, specials, and special presentations) received multiple wins and nominations: The following winners (TV shows, specials, and special presentations) received multiple awards: Teen Titans (TV series) Teen Titans

1520-685: The Flash in Justice League Unlimited ; both characters are the Wally West incarnations. The follow-up series, Teen Titans Go! , has featured several appearances by Batman , but they have all been non-speaking appearances. Both Batman and Alfred Pennyworth appear in DC Nation's New Teen Titans "Red X Unmasked". In the season 2 episode of Teen Titans Go! , "Let's Get Serious", Aqualad (voiced by Khary Payton ), Superboy , and Miss Martian of

1600-569: The Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi , but with different appearances and exaggerated personalities. They travel around the world on their customized tour bus along with their well-intentioned yet greedy manager Kaz Harada (voiced by Keone Young ). From rocking out at a concert to hanging out in their hometown of Tokyo , the duo take the world by storm with their musical talent, trend-setting style, and humor, dishing out lessons in J-pop justice and establishing

1680-497: The Japanese band Puffy AmiYumi . The title theme used in the regions where the show was broadcast varied; some would play only one version, while Japan - and the English language video editions - would use both, according to the respective episode's plot theme: the English lyrics for more serious stories, the Japanese version for more comedic tones. The first-season episode "Mad Mod" also featured another song by Puffy AmiYumi, "K2G". In

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1760-677: The Legion of Doom , Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Cosmic Clash , Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Gotham City Breakout along with Cipes, Walch, and Menville (although he played the Damian Wayne Robin), Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash , and Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman – Rage of Atlantis . He has also reprised his role as Cyborg on Justice League Action . Several character details from Teen Titans , like Raven's standard incantation Azarath Metrion Zinthos and Beast Boy's super-werewolf form from

1840-514: The Midas touch and was accompanied by an ever changing roster of superpowered suiters as well as a posse of robot girls, and see the return of fan favorites from the original series, such as Mad Mod (in a story titled "The Mad Mods"), Control Freak ("The Battle of the Geeks"), and Soto ("Planet Soto"). Series artist, Brianne Drouhard, has also stated doing visual development on a character that wasn't mentioned in

1920-620: The Teen Titans. It is written by Thomas Krajewski and Jennifer Muro, illustrated by Gretel Lusky. The comic focuses on Ashley Rayburn putting her powers to the test in order to be put on the team with the rest of the main cast. Bandai released a line of action figures based on the Teen Titans animated series. The line included 1.5 inch "Comic Book Hero" mini figures, 3.5 inch action figures (including "Teen Titans Launch Tower Playset", "Teen Titans Command Center", "Battling Machines", "T-Vehicles", "T-Sub Deluxe Vehicles"), 5 inch action figures, 6.5 inch plush Super-D Toys, and 10 inch figures. Amongst

2000-496: The Titans from both shows, titled Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans . The film premiered at San Diego Comic-Con on July 21, followed by a digital release on September 24 and a DVD and Blu-ray release on October 15. The events of the film take place during the fifth season of Teen Titans Go! . The series was revisited as a series of shorts in 2012 for the DC Nation programming block on Cartoon Network. Dubbed New Teen Titans ,

2080-403: The Titans...You'll meet them some day". The character Speedy , who first appeared in the episode "Winner Take All", later appeared in Justice League Unlimited with the same costume design and voice actor ( Mike Erwin ) as the Teen Titans incarnation (though he is older in appearance). Kid Flash was voiced by Michael Rosenbaum in his appearances in the show, who was the same actor who voiced

2160-556: The award has been given to individual works since 1992. Membership in ASIFA-Hollywood is divided into three main categories: General Member (for professionals), Patron (for enthusiasts of animation), and Student Member. Members in each category pay a fee to belong to the branch. Selected professional members of the branch are permitted to vote to decide the awards. The 48th and 49th Annie Awards ceremonies were held virtually on April 16, 2021, and March 12, 2022, respectively, due to

2240-450: The ballot; however, Everything Will Be OK was again not included: this time, the online ballot only played a portion of this film's 17-minute running time to voters, abruptly cutting out in the middle of a scene. ASIFA again took several days to repair the ballot, but this time allowed voting to continue. By the time the ballot officially closed on February 1, Everything Will Be OK was only available to voters for less than 24 hours of

2320-559: The channel, until Register officially became the president of Cartoon Network Studios on August 28, 2020. The show had been acknowledged and referenced several times, even outside of Cartoon Network themselves. These also come in the form of parodies, albeit rare. Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi premiered in the United States on Cartoon Network on November 19, 2004. After ending on June 27, 2006, the show continued to rerun until December 22, 2006, where it aired in reruns and occasionally as one of

2400-493: The characters included in the line were the main members of the Teen Titans, Titans East, and various allies and villains. Teen Titans is a video game released on October 16, 2005 for the Game Boy Advance . It was the first video game adaptation based on the animated television series. The plot of the game followed Brother Blood having stolen copies of the Titans' DNA to create a clone army. Playable characters featured

2480-483: The characters. How can I keep all the characters really iconic and really clean. The secret identity of Robin , an alias assumed by multiple characters in the comics, is never explicitly revealed in the series. However, several hints are provided to suggest he is Dick Grayson , the original Robin and founding member of the Teen Titans: The Teen Titans Go! episode "Permanent Record" would satirize

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2560-450: The creature and repair the rift. According to series artist Derrick J. Wyatt, this would have tied back to the original show, and the unnamed creature from the series finale, "Things Change". A mid-credits scene from Teen Titans Go! To the Movies featured the 2003 Titans' return, in which Robin states they've "found a way back". In 2019, Warner Bros. released a crossover film featuring

2640-533: The duo, who have been immensely popular in Japan since making their debut, and is the second television show to be based on the band after Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Puffy , which aired in Japan from 1997 to 2002. The group now has its own U.S. albums, including a 2004 companion album to this program, and was known to viewers of Cartoon Network in the U.S. for performing the theme to the Teen Titans animated series. During production of

2720-573: The entire 18-day voting period. Even though ASIFA apologized to Hertzfeldt, they took no further action and carried on with the event, awarding the prize to the Pixar short, Your Friend the Rat . (Hertzfeldt would eventually win the award for his 2015 Oscar-nominated short film World of Tomorrow .) In 2009, DreamWorks Animation 's Kung Fu Panda swept the Annie Awards in a surprise upset over Pixar 's WALL-E , which won no Annie Awards but did go on to win

2800-561: The episode "The Beast Within", were incorporated into the animated film Justice League vs. Teen Titans . Teen Titans has never been established to be a part of the larger DC Animated Universe or The Batman animated series. Series producer Bruce Timm said the series would not cross over with Justice League Unlimited . Despite this, the series was alluded to in the Static Shock episode "Hard as Nails", where Static asked Batman where Robin was, to which Batman responded, "With

2880-531: The feature-length film Trouble in Tokyo , a literal translation of the Japanese song, whose actual lyrics differ greatly from its English counterpart, is performed for comedic effect. In mid-November 2005, TitansTower.com reported that prospects for a sixth season were looking extremely unlikely, and fans were urged to express their support for the show to Cartoon Network . Several days after this initial posting, word came that Cartoon Network had officially terminated

2960-588: The few non- Cartoon Cartoons to air in reruns on The Cartoon Cartoon Show before being removed from the network's schedule. Since Cartoon Network is available worldwide, the show has been dubbed into multiple languages and aired on Cartoon Network worldwide. In Canada, the series premiered on YTV on September 5, 2005. In Japan, the show began airing on Cartoon Network in English with Japanese subtitles in 2005. A dubbed version began airing on TV Tokyo 's Oha Suta block on October 6, 2005, and started to air on January 8, 2006, on Cartoon Network Japan . In Germany,

3040-401: The first to be honored by the first Annie Awards for creating Betty Boop , bringing Popeye , and Olive Oyl to the animated screen, and for inventing the technique of rotoscoping . According to Foray, her husband Hobart Donavan suggested that the awards be called "Annie", because they are presented for excellence in animation. The first trophy for the Annie Award trophy was presented in

3120-572: The following week, the show became the network's top-rated hit for kids 6–11. It also increased Cartoon Network's audience among that age group by 49% over the previous year. The series has been nominated three times for the Annie Award . In March 2022, the entire series was made available on HBO Max in Latin America. An additional web page was made available in North America as well; however, it

3200-586: The fourth season, Raven finds herself unwillingly involved in a plot that threatens the existence of the world when her demon father Trigon ( Kevin Michael Richardson ) seeks to enslave the Earth. For the fifth season, the Teen Titans join forces with numerous other heroes to combat the Brotherhood of Evil , Beast Boy's longtime adversaries, and their army of villains. Each season contains a distinct story arc that

3280-517: The idea of Puffy AmiYumi having their own television series on Cartoon Network , and afterwards, Renegade Animation developed a test short on April 22, 2003, in hopes of making the channel greenlight the show's production. Renegade Animation originally, at first, created other Cartoon Network pilots before Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi ; two of which feature Captain Sturdy ; one in 2001, entitled "Back in Action", and

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3360-449: The international language of "cool" along the way. Secondary characters include: Jang-Keng (voiced by Grey DeLisle) and Tekirai (voiced by Janice Kawaye), the duo's pet cats who enjoy tormenting Kaz; Harmony (voiced by Sandy Fox ), a six-year-old girl who is the self-proclaimed "Number One Fan" of Puffy AmiYumi and (later) Kaz and constantly stalks them; Eldwin Blair (voiced by Nathan Carlson),

3440-436: The last episode, Warner Bros. Animation released a feature film titled Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo . The film premiered at San Diego Comic-Con and was shown on Cartoon Network first on September 15, 2006, before airing on Kids' WB on September 16, and finally releasing on DVD on February 6, 2007. As early as August 2006, there were reports that Teen Titans may undergo a re-branding, with producer Glen Murakami citing

3520-416: The latter, the former acknowledges "Starfire" as the English translation of her name in the season 5 episode "Go!" and her native name, Koriand'r, is used in the season 3 episode "Betrothed". The comic versions of these characters, however, also use the civilian aliases Kory Anders and Rachel Roth, which are not used on the show. The policy of not mentioning the characters' secret identities would be broken in

3600-520: The main cast, Robin, Raven, Beast Boy, Starfire, and Cyborg. A console version of the game and a sequel titled Teen Titans 2 was released in 2006. On July 21, 2019, the DC animated film Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans features the main cast of Teen Titans along with the one of Teen Titans Go! in a crossover where both versions must fight villains from their respective worlds. The DC animated film Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three

3680-411: The main characters. During its run, the series was nominated for three Annie Awards and one Motion Picture Sound Editors Award. Spin-off media included comics, DVD releases, video games, music albums, and collectible toys. In 2013, the show spawned a spin-off, titled Teen Titans Go! , which received a theatrical film that was released on July 27, 2018, titled Teen Titans Go! To the Movies . In 2019,

3760-526: The minute you start giving them secret identities then kids couldn't project themselves onto the characters anymore. And that was important to me. I know it's kind of important to have secret identities and stuff like that but we wanted everything to be really, really, iconic. Like, "Oh, there's the robot guy . There's the alien girl . There's the witch girl . There's the shape-changing boy . There's the…" We just wanted it really clean like that. We wanted it like old Star Trek . We just wanted it simple… …And

3840-399: The more of the fanboy shows... The main mission was making a good superhero show for kids. Now if the fanboys happen to like the Teen Titans also, that's great, but that was not our mission. However, while the series' creators initially stated that younger children were the intended audience for the series, Teen Titans Go! writer J. Torres notes that the progression and deeper themes of

3920-432: The mystery of Robin's identity by explicitly giving his name as "Robin v.3: Tim Drake " (the third Robin), with "Dick Grayson" and " Jason Todd " (the second Robin) being written over. Subsequent episodes, however, establish him as Dick Grayson through vague flashbacks to his boyhood at Haley Circus. In the comics, Starfire and Raven are the real names of their respective characters. While the show does not specify this with

4000-403: The nominated films on a secure website. When the online ballot launched on January 15, the two independent films were not included for voters to judge. ASIFA acknowledged this error over a week later, at which point all the votes were reportedly thrown out and the balloting system was reset. Voters were instructed to return and re-vote the category. "The Chestnut Tree" was now uploaded properly to

4080-407: The other in 2003, entitled "The Originals", but they were ultimately rejected, and Renegade Animation then started working on Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi starting with its pilot on April 22, 2003. The pilot was not broadcast, but was initially successful, and got the green-light from Cartoon Network. Finally, it was shown in non-full version as a preview on Cartoon Network DVDs and VHS tapes. The entire pilot

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4160-466: The pitch in, it was ultimately declined. According to reports, the new show would have been titled New Teen Titans , and rather than focusing on the original five, would have featured a rotating cast, like Justice League Unlimited , working from 5 separate headquarters linked together by a communications system designed by Cyborg. Some of these proposed teamups included: The show was slated to introduce new villains, notably one named "Athena" who had

4240-493: The planet Tamaran; Cyborg ( Khary Payton ), a half-human/half-robot cyborg who is known for his strength and technological prowess; Raven ( Tara Strong ), a stoic girl from the parallel world Azarath who draws upon dark energy and psionic abilities; and Beast Boy ( Greg Cipes ), a good-natured joker who can transform into various animals. They are situated in Titans Tower , a large T-shaped building featuring living quarters,

4320-629: The popularity of the series led to Cartoon Network ordering a fifth season. The final half-hour episode of the show, "Things Change", aired on January 16, 2006; it was later followed by a TV movie, Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo , that premiered on September 15 the same year, serving as the series finale . A 15-minute episode titled "The Lost Episode" was released as part of an online promotional campaign by Post Consumer Brands in January 2005. Teen Titans became one of Cartoon Network's most popular series, renowned for its humor, storylines, and banter between

4400-406: The rear cabin of the bus while traveling. Occasionally, the rear door has been opened to receive packages delivered by a boy on a scooter. During the first season, the show included live-action clips of the real Ami and Yumi making childish commentary (in English and non-subtitled Japanese) at the beginning and end of each episode. They only performed short clips at the beginning of the show during

4480-474: The reporting. Murakami also expressed interest in using Phobia , Mister Twister , and Ravager . The pitch documents included information on a holiday episode, as well as a plot line in which Herald would unknowingly create a rift in "DIMENSION X", allowing a microscopic, freeloading creature to travel with them to Earth. The creature multiplies exponentially, and in the end the New Teen Titans must battle

4560-418: The respective countries), and many episodes feature one or more of the duo's songs playing in the background, along with music by Andy Sturmer . Though the characters speak English, the script intersperses their vernacular with Japanese speech, especially when the characters react to events that they find to be surprising. Calling out "Tasukete!" instead of "Help!" is commonly used. According to Register,

4640-489: The rules on voting for individual achievement categories, making those categories only available to professionals within those categories. ASIFA-Hollywood head Antran Manoogian also said that Annie voters would in the future have to be approved by a committee and non-professionals would now be ineligible to vote. That was not enough for Disney president Ed Catmull, who had called for an advisory committee of relevant executives representing each studio to recommend rule changes to

4720-572: The same armor pattern of his animated counterpart in the Titans Tomorrow storyline, Raven adapting her animated counterpart's costume design in the " One Year Later " storyline, the characters Más Y Menos making appearances in 52 and the Final Crisis limited series, the character Joto was renamed "Hotspot" during 52 to match his cartoon counterpart, and the villain Cinderblock appearing in

4800-744: The same, but not significantly related in terms of story to both the Teen Titans series and the New Teen Titans shorts. The series premiered on April 23, 2013. Richardson, Payton, Strong, Cipes, and Walch reprised their respective character roles as Trigon, Cyborg, Raven, Beast Boy, Starfire, and Blackfire in DC Super Hero Girls . Payton reprised his role as Cyborg in Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered , Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League , Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Attack of

4880-449: The season 5 premiere "Homecoming" when Elasti-Girl refers to Beast Boy by his real name, Garfield. Cyborg's real name in the comics, Victor Stone, is referenced in the season 3 premiere "Deception" when he uses "Stone" as an undercover alias, although the series does not identify this as his real name. The series is known for featuring both an English and Japanese version of its title theme song, created by Andy Sturmer and performed by

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4960-446: The second and third seasons. Starting with the second season, the duo was sometimes shown holding title cards introducing the cartoon segments. At the end of the episode "Sitcomi Yumi", Ami and Yumi watched television and saw the animated Kaz with the real Ami and Yumi. All of the live-action clips were produced by Freegate, Ltd. The real PUFFY performs the cartoon's theme song (which is also in Japanese, German, Spanish, and Portuguese in

5040-599: The second award ceremony, to Walter Lantz , the founder of Walter Lantz Productions and creator of Woody Woodpecker . Made of wood and plastic, it was shaped like a zoetrope . The next year, Tom Woodward designed the trophy now presented. As of 2022, 37 categories are presented including for film and television productions. Production Individual achievement in Film Individual achievement in Television, Broadcast and Video Game Juried awards In 2008,

5120-448: The series, DeLisle learned some Japanese from Kawaye and Young, both of whom speak the language fluently. The cartoon was one of the few cartoons at the time produced entirely in the United States, with a number of characters designed by famed Canadian artist Lynne Naylor , who also designed characters for other Cartoon Network shows, including Samurai Jack , Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends , and The Powerpuff Girls , which got

5200-422: The shorts began airing on September 11. The shorts featured the Titans in chibi form, with the principal cast members of the original series returning. Ciro Nieli , one of the show's directors, would go on to create Disney's Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! , another superhero action show with a large anime influence, but premiered in 2004 on Jetix , and featured Beast Boy's voice actor Greg Cipes as

5280-599: The show aired on Cartoon Network Germany with all episodes. It premiered in 2005 on the Cartoon Network's block of Kabel eins . The show stopped airing there after two seasons in 2006. The reason was that Cartoon Network Germany launched and most of the shows moved there. In Poland, the show aired on Cartoon Network Poland from 2005 to 2006. In Australia, the show premiered on April 3, 2005. It stopped airing on Cartoon Network Australia in November 2008. The third season

5360-446: The show is "modern, in its retro, Asian-tinged way -- in other words, right in line with the Cartoon Network aesthetic -- but nothing new", and called it "bright and loud and sensational". Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi debuted on Cartoon Network on November 19, 2004, at 7:30 PM ET/PT with two half-hour episodes. The show charted double-digit increases with Girls 6–11 in ratings and delivery for Cartoon Network's Fridays programming block. During

5440-510: The show nominated for the coveted Annie Award. The pilot used a combination of Macromedia Flash and traditional cel animation . Each program was 30 minutes long (with commercials) and featured three seven-minute segments. The visual style of the show is anime-influenced . The show takes inspiration from various works animated in Japan, such as Pokémon , Digimon , the Sunbow Productions animated series based on Hasbro properties,

5520-450: The show widened the appeal to a much broader audience: ... [The show] started out skewed a lot younger... but along the way, I think the producers discovered it was reaching a wider audience. ... [the show] got into some darker story lines, and they introduced a lot more characters, so they expanded on it, and they let the show evolve with the audience. In 2009, Teen Titans was named the 83rd best animated series by IGN . TVLine lists

5600-401: The show. According to Wil Wheaton , the actor who provided the voice of Aqualad, the series was terminated by new Warner Bros. Animation executives, who made the decision not to renew the series based on its sixth season pitch. Wheaton's story was contradicted by series story editor Rob Hoegee, who stated that the decision came from Cartoon Network, not WB, and that the crew was informed during

5680-409: The target audience of the show is children from 6 to 11 years old. However, it also has a cult following of teen and adult fans of the real-life Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura who make up the Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi . Register, who was a fan of the band, wished to spread its fame to other parts of the world and thus created the series. The series features the adventures of animated versions of

5760-401: The television series. While the comic's stories stand independently, its issues were done so as not to contradict events established in the animated series' episodes. Often, Teen Titans Go! also referenced episodes of the show, as well as expanding on parts of the series. On July 10, 2024, DC Comics published a comic book series named Primer: Clashing Colors that features this iteration of

5840-412: The theme song from the series among the best animated series themes of all time. From 2004 to 2008, DC Comics published a comic book series based on Teen Titans called Teen Titans Go! . The series was written by J. Torres and Todd Nauck , Larry Stucker was the regular illustrator. The series focuses on Robin , Raven , Starfire , Beast Boy , and Cyborg who are the main cast members of

5920-535: The then ongoing COVID-19 pandemic . In 1972, June Foray first conceived the idea of awards for excellence in the field of animation. With the approval of ASIFA-Hollywood president Nick Bosustow, an Annie Award ceremony was organized. The first ceremony was held at the banquet room of Sportsmen's Lodge in Ventura Boulevard in Studio City, Los Angeles, California . Max Fleischer and Dave Fleischer were

6000-427: The voice of Chiro, the show's main protagonist. Sam Register , producer of the series, also made his own show in 2004 with Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi on Cartoon Network, which was based on the pop duo who did the theme song, and also had an anime influence, but was created more to be a slapstick comedy in the veins of Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry . Teen Titans Go! was announced as a spin-off, with many voices

6080-399: The whole "Who's Robin?" controversy is really kind of interesting to me. My big concern is just trying to make Robin cool. And just really set Robin apart from Batman. So if it seems like I'm avoiding the question, I sort of am. Because I don't think it's really important. My concern is how do I make Robin a really strong lead character without all that other stuff. And I feel that way about all

6160-413: The world in their tour bus. While appearing the same size as a regular bus on the outside, it appears to have enough internal space to house the girls' rooms (including full-sized beds), Kaz's room, their equipment, televisions, and computers, among other things. In the episode "Domo", Kaz refers to an upstairs area. It also seems capable of running on autopilot, as Kaz, Ami, and Yumi are sometimes sitting in

6240-409: The writing phase of season five that there were no plans for a sixth season. The show's producer David Slack indicated that he was given different reasons for the show's cancellation; either the ratings dropped after the "scary" season 4, or Mattel wanted the show dead because Bandai had the show's toy deal. Cartoon Network announced that Mattel had become its "master toy licensee" in 2006. After

6320-542: Was found by series' director, Darrell Van Citters , and was uploaded to Vimeo on April 5, 2018. The series was officially announced at Cartoon Network's upfront on February 26, 2004. It was originally planned to premiere in December 2004, but was later moved up to November 19. On October 2, 2006, the show's crew announced on their blog that Cartoon Network had cancelled Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi after three seasons and 39 episodes due to management shakeup, leading Sam Register to leave

6400-626: Was never shown there. From August to November 2009, the Australian channel 9Go! showed the last season instead and was abandoned in January 2010. As of December 2023, the show airs on Tooncast at 2:30am and 2:30pm respectively. While the show has had a limited release on DVD in America, the entire series was released on HBO Max in the Latin America area. The release includes both the Spanish and original English tracks. The Los Angeles Times wrote that

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