Counterfeit Cat
| Counterfeit Cat | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Comedy Animation Science fiction |
| Created by | Andrew Lavery (characters) |
| Developed by |
Aardman Animations Ben Marsaud Cristina Fiumara |
| Directed by | Ben Marsaud |
| Voices of | |
| Composer(s) |
Alex Greggs Drew Snyder |
| Country of origin |
United Kingdom Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Miles Bullough Jesse Cleverly Andrea Gorfolova Frank Saperstein |
| Producer(s) | Sarah Mattingly |
| Editor(s) | Nikk Fielden Dan Williamson |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
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| Distributor | Tricon Films & Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | |
| Original release | 12 May 2016 (U.K.) – present |
| Website | |
Counterfeit Cat is a British-Canadian animated television series produced by Wildseed Kids for Teletoon and Disney XD. The series first aired on Disney XD in the United Kingdom on May 12, 2016. In the United States, the first episode aired on Disney XD as a sneak preview on May 31, 2016 and officially on June 20, 2016. In Canada, it premiered on November 1, 2016.
The series revolves around the adventures and friendship of Max (Marc Wootton), a lazy housecat, and Gark (Alex Kelly), an alien who disguises himself in a purple knitted cat costume to blend in. Gark crashed his spaceship on Earth, landing in the laundry room of Betty (Kayvan Novak), a klutzy yet kind old woman who is Max's owner. Gark believes that Max is a tiger, the bravest species on Earth, despite Max's cowardice. The two often find themselves in surreal and dangerous situations due to Gark's unstable, bizarre powers, which Max often uses to his own advantage without thinking of the consequences.
On December 3, 2010, Aardman Animations originally started the development for the show for Disney. The series is Aardman's first series to use traditional animation.
The development was in co-production with Wildseed Studios to complete the development for the project together while Atomic Cartoons was hired to serve animation production and Tricon Films & Television committed to distribute the series.
During the development, The series was going to focus on the life of an 9-12-year-old house cat named "Gort". According to an early article. But however, The show's original idea was scrapped due to various difficulties.
The designs for the show were provided by Antoine Birot and Raphael Chabassol based on original designs by Nick Edwards. The series is directed by Ben Marsaud and produced by Sarah Mattingley. The first season consisted with 52 full-length episodes and 9 two-minute shorts.
It is the first ever Disney XD series to be partnered up with Aardman Animations. The company is also known for Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, Chicken Run and as well as Canimals and commonly Rex the Runt.
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