

Gumball is Back! New Series Premieres 6 October
Cartoon Network Releases New Opening Title Sequence and International Premiere Date for The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball Cartoon Network has announced the international premiere date for its eagerly awaited original animated series The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball.Produced by Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe, the series will launch on Monday, 6 October across EMEA, Latin America and APAC. In recognition of this announcement, Cartoon Network has also unveiled the vibrant main title sequence, which was designed by acclaimed Jack Sachs – who also created the new logo. Welcoming audiences back to Elmore – a place where the laws of reality are a joke and family life is anything but ordinary – The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball continues the surreal humour and wild storytelling of the multi- award winning The Amazing World of Gumball. Created and executive produced by Ben Bocquelet, this quarter-hour animated comedy series blends an eclectic mix of media styles – including 2D & 3D animation, CGI, puppetry, photorealism and live action – into a wildly imaginative world defined by its vibrant visual style and sharp meta humour. Matt Layzell and Erik Fountain serve as Executive Producers and Series Directors. The Composer for the series is Xav Clarke and Joe Sparrow serves as Art Director. The stellar voice cast includes Alkaio Thiele as Gumball, Hero Hunter as Gumball’s younger brother Darwin, Kinza Syed Khan as younger sister Anais, Teresa Gallagher as his mother Nicole, and Dan Russell as his father Richard, and many more. Ahead of this premiere, Cartoon Network Africa will be celebrating all things Gumball by airing a The Amazing World of Gumball marathon. Starting on Monday, 30 June for three weeks, audiences can rediscover the joy in the dysfunction of the Watterson family – Gumball, the dynamic and optimistic 12-year-old, his right-hand man, younger brother, and conscience, Darwin, the loveable stay-at-home Dad, Richard, the tireless overworked and yet resilient mum Nicole, and little sister and the smartest of the bunch, Anais. The Amazing World of Gumball is famed for its humorous depictions of the imperfect realities of growing up where everything ordinary becomes extraordinary. The animation was created in 2011 when Ben Bocquelet decided to take some rejected characters he had created for commercials and put them together in one series set inside a school! Some of the characters in Elmore are based on Ben Bocquelet’s real family! With self-referential and meta comedic roots from Monday, 30 June @ 8:25 CAT audiences can follow the misadventures of Gumball, Darwin and the other quirky residents of Elmore, including; Gumball and Darwin’s classmates Tina, the scary T Rex, with anger issues; Carrie the Emo dressing depressed ghost, and Banana Joe the class clown who laughs at everyone, their teachers Miss Simian whose been teaching second graders for 300,000 years, and Principal Brown a big furry ‘slug’ in love with Miss Simian. Everything you need to know about The Amazing World of Gumball in Numbers: