The Amazing World of Gumball
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| Created by | Ben Bocquelet |
| Written by | Ben Bocquelet |
| Directed by | Mic Graves Antoine Perez (Season 5–present) |
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United Kingdom United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 186 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 11 minutes |
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Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe Studio SOI Boulder Media Limited (Season 1) Dandelion Studios (Season 1) Great Marlborough Productions Limited (Season 3–5) Imagination Studios |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
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| Original network | Cartoon Network |
| Picture format | 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
| Original release | May 3, 2011 – present |
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The Amazing World of Gumball (also known as Gumball) is a British-produced American children's animated television series created by Ben Bocquelet for Cartoon Network. Produced primarily by Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe, it first aired on May 3, 2011. The series revolves around the life of Gumball Watterson, a 12-year-old cat who attends middle school in the fictional city of Elmore. Accompanied by his adoptive goldfish brother Darwin Watterson, he frequently finds himself involved in various shenanigans around the city, during which he interacts with his other family members—sister Anais and parents Nicole and Richard—and an extended supporting cast of characters.
Bocquelet based several of the series' characters on rejected characters from his previous commercial work and making its premise a mixture of "family shows and school shows", which Cartoon Network was heavily interested in. He pitched The Amazing World of Gumball to the network and Turner Broadcasting executive Daniel Lennard subsequently greenlit production of the series. It is the first series to be produced by Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe, and is currently co-produced with Studio SOI in Germany and Great Marlborough Productions Limited.
One unique feature of the series is its lack of stylistic unity. Characters are designed, filmed, and animated using different styles and techniques (stylised traditional animation, puppetry, CGI, stop motion, Flash animation, live action, etc.)
The series has made multiple stylistic changes throughout its production, specifically in the transition between its first and second seasons. Such changes include character redesigns, an increase in the use of VFX, higher quality animation, and a shift towards a much darker, more satirical comedic style.
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