

On September 6, 2016, Bocquelet announced the series would end after season 6 he reaffirmed his position on Twitter in October 2018. Although it is a children's series, Gumball also comments on topics that are often considered serious or mature, including philosophy, marriage, cyberbullying, political intolerance, mental illness, and the human condition. The series has received critical acclaim and since developed a cult following, with particular praises for its extensive references to popular and Internet culture, sarcasm, subtle innuendos, and dark humor. Gumball is often noted for its intentional stylistic disunity, with characters designed, filmed, and animated using various styles and techniques, oftentimes within the same scene (stylized traditional animation, puppetry, CGI, stop motion, Flash animation, live-action, etc.). The show was produced by Cartoon Network Studios Europe, in association with Boulder Media (Ireland season 1) and Studio Soi (Germany seasons 2–6). After Bocquelet pitched The Amazing World of Gumball to the network, Turner Broadcasting executive Daniel Lennard green-lit the production of the series. They often find themselves in various shenanigans around the city, during which they interact with fellow family members-younger sister Anais, mother Nicole, and father Richard- and an extended supporting cast of characters.īocquelet based several of the series' characters on rejected characters from his previous commercial work while making its premise a mixture of "family shows and school shows", which Cartoon Network was heavily interested in. The series concerns the lives of 12-year-old Gumball Watterson, an anthropomorphic blue cat, and adoptive goldfish brother Darwin, who attend middle school in the fictional city of Elmore, California. The Amazing World of Gumball (simply known as TAWOG or Gumball) is a British-American animated sitcom created by Ben Bocquelet for Cartoon Network. Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe.
