| Dawn of the Croods | |
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| Genre | Animated sitcom Adventure |
| Based on | Characters created byJohn Cleese,Kirk DeMicco andChris Sanders |
| Developed by | Brendan Hay |
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| Theme music composer | John Van Tongeren |
| Composers | Gabriel Mann Rebecca Kneubuhl |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (89 segments)(list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer | Brendan Hay[1] |
| Running time | 23 minutes[2] |
| Production company | DreamWorks Animation Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Netflix |
| Release | December 24, 2015 (2015-12-24) – July 7, 2017 (2017-07-07) |
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Dawn of the Croods is an American 2D-animated television sitcom series that is produced byDreamWorks Animation. The series is based on the 2013 animated filmThe Croods, taking place before the events of the film.[3] It premiered on December 24, 2015, onNetflix.[1] The second season premiered on August 26, 2016, third season on April 7, 2017, and fourth and final season on July 7, 2017.[4][5][6]Sam Riegel was the voice director for the first two seasons, andBrendan Hay replaced him for the last two.[7][8] It also aired onFamily Channel andFamily Chrgd in Canada.
The adventures of the series takes place before the events ofthe film, with Eep and the family having new friends, and facing off against new enemy creatures.
| Season | Segments | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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| 1 | 17 | 13 | December 24, 2015 (2015-12-24) | ||
| 2 | 24 | 13 | August 26, 2016 (2016-08-26) | ||
| 3 | 24 | 13 | April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07) | ||
| 4 | 24 | 13 | July 7, 2017 (2017-07-07) | ||
On July 9, 2017, executive producer Hay replied onTwitter to a question about whether the fourth season would be the last season, saying that it "most likely" would be.[11]
In contrast to the computer-animated film, the series is 2D-animated. The series' creators wanted to make it more "cartoonish", but found doing "squash and stretch" in CG too expensive for television.[12] Different animation technique also helped the series to stand out from the feature film, which was concurrently shown on Netflix.[12] The first three episodes were animated inToon Boom Harmony by Vancouver'sBardel Entertainment.[13][12] DreamWorks soon found that Harmony was not the best fit for animating scenes that contained multiple characters at once.[12] The rest of the episodes were traditionally hand-drawn by South Korean studios:EMation, NE4U, andDong Woo Animation.[12]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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| 2016 | Annie Award[14] | Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Jonathan Pyun, Aaron Spurgeon, Baptiste Lucas, Margaret Wuller and Ethan Becker (for "Garden of Eaten") | Nominated |
| Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Grey Griffin (for Lerk) | Nominated | ||
| Laraine Newman (for Amber) | Nominated |
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