Dawn of the Croods is an American 2D-animated television sitcom series that is produced by DreamWorks Animation. The series is a prequel to the 2013 animated film The Croods. It premiered on December 24, 2015, on Netflix. The second season premiered on August 26, 2016, third season on April 7, 2017, and fourth and final season on July 7, 2017. Sam Riegel was the voice director for the first two seasons, and Brendan Hay replaced him for the last two. It also aired on Family Channel and Family Chrgd in Canada.
Plot The adventures of the series takes place before the events of the film, with Eep and the family having new friends, and facing off against new enemy creatures.
Cast Dan Milano as Grug, Bud, Womp Cree Summer as Ugga, Pat, Clip, Pup Howler Stephanie Lemelin as Eep A.J. LoCascio as Thunk, Baitsy, Steve Grey Griffin as Sandy, Lerk Laraine Newman as Gran, One-Eyed Amber Mosh, Pram
Additional voices Dee Bradley Baker as Bulk Boor, Squawk, Bearowl, Creatures, Moler Bear, Mow, Earl, Old Man Root, Yelp Dominic Catrambone as Sulk Boor, Kevin, Fan, Night Mare, Ow the Dentist, Cave Teen, Bag, Guy Jim Cummings as Little Mantrap Ana Gasteyer as Meep Boor Thomas Lennon as Crud, Munk Chris Parnell as Snoot Boor Chris Sanders as Belt the Sloth
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On July 9, 2017, executive producer Hay replied on Twitter to a question about whether the fourth season would be the last season, saying that it "most likely" would be.
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. Different animation technique also helped the series to stand out from the feature film, which was concurrently shown on Netflix. The first three episodes were animated in Toon Boom Harmony by Vancouver's Bardel Entertainment. DreamWorks soon found that Harmony was not the best fit for animating scenes that contained multiple characters at once. The rest of the episodes were traditionally hand-drawn by South Korean studios: EMation, NE4U, and Dong Woo Animation.
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryNomineeResult 2016 Annie AwardOutstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast ProductionJonathan Pyun, Aaron Spurgeon, Baptiste Lucas, Margaret Wuller and Ethan Becker (for "Garden of Eaten") Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production Grey Griffin (for Lerk) Laraine Newman (for Amber)
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