Stitch & Ai

Stitch & Ai
A promotional poster for Stitch & Ai.
Genre	Action Animation Science fantasy Comedy
Written by	Marc Handler
Directed by	Marc Handler (voices)
Voices of	Richard Epcar
Composer(s)	Michael Tavera
Country of origin	China
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer(s)	Marc Handler
Producer(s)	Anhui Xinhua Media Panimation Hwakai Media
Running time	22 minutes
Release
Original network	CCTV-1, CCTV-14
Original release	March 27, 2017

Stitch & Ai (Chinese: 安玲與史迪奇; pinyin: Ān líng yǔ shǐ dí qí) is a Chinese animated spin-off of Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise and the successor to the Stitch! anime series. The show features a Chinese girl named Ai in place of Yuna, and is set in the Huangshan Mountains of China. The series follows the events of Lilo & Stitch (and its subsequent sequels) but before the events of the Stitch! anime.

The series has various flashbacks to key scenes in the franchise which appear in episodes 1, 2, and 13. The flashbacks consist of closely re-animated sequences, copying the originals to the best of their ability. Flashback scenes include:

In co-ordinance with this, there are occasional cameos from previous characters of the Lilo & Stitch franchise, including Captain Gantu, the Grand Councilwoman, Cobra Bubbles, and the Ice Cream Man.

The TV series is produced by Anhui Xinhua Media and Panimation Hwakai Media and began broadcast on CCTV-14 on March 27, 2017. Unlike Stitch!, this series was originally produced in English in co-operation with American animators and then dubbed into its local language. An international broadcast has yet to be announced.