Stitch & Ai

Stitch & Ai (安玲与史迪奇 "An Ling and Stitch") is a television series spin-off of Lilo & Stitch produced for Chinese audiences that premiered on March 27, 2017 on CCTV-1 and CCTV-14. It is the Lilo & Stitch franchise's third TV series, after the Western-animated Lilo & Stitch: The Series and the anime Stitch!
The series was produced in English before being dubbed in Mandarin for Chinese broadcast, as the show was produced with the assistance of American animators, including those who previously worked on Lilo & Stitch: The Series. The original English version began airing on Disney Channel Asia on February 5, 2018. On December 1, 2018, it was given a digital release in Western countries on the DisneyNow website and app, with the exception of the ninth episode "The Phoenix", although it has been removed from the service as of June 2019.
==Premise==
Stitch & Ai follows the events of Lilo & Stitch (and its subsequent film and television sequels up to and including Leroy & Stitch). This series sees Stitch separated from Lilo after being captured by a gang of aliens who had hoped to utilize Jumba's research and use Stitch in their space war with another race of aliens. When Stitch escapes, he ends up re-entering Earth's atmosphere over China and lands in the Huangshan Mountains where he befriends a young girl named Wang Ai Ling and becomes part of her family. However, the Galactic Federation sends Jumba and Pleakley to keep a watch on Stitch and his Chinese family. They are concerned with a hidden function that Jumba secretly programmed in Stitch. This function, which causes Stitch to metamorphosis into a giant beast to fully carryout his destructive programming which can be triggered in a large city—which could be unleashed into the Galaxy if the warring factions figure out how to manipulate Stitch into activating his hidden programming.
==Cast==
*Ben Diskin - Stitch
*Erika Mendez - Wang Ai Ling
*Laura Post - Wang Jiejie, Wang Daiyu, Grand Councilwoman (uncredited)
*Jess Winfield - Jumba Jookiba
*Lucien Dodge - Pleakley, Qian Dahu, Sage, Platypus
*Cherami Leigh and Xanthe Huynh - Meiying
*Richard Epcar - Wombat, Mr. Ding, Cobra Bubbles (uncredited), Captain Gantu (uncredited)
*Kyle Hebert - additional voices
*Bobby Thong - additional voices
*Sarah Anne Williams - additional voices
*Deborah Crane - additional voices
*Jacob Craner - additional voices
* - additional voices
==Episode list==
# 	Title 	Airdate
(China)	Airdate
(DC Asia)
1 	"Hello - Goodbye" 	March 27, 2017	February 5, 2018
2 	"Teacher's Pet" 	March 28, 2017	February 6, 2018
3 	"Gotcha!" 	March 28, 2017	February 7, 2018
4 	"The Scroll" 	March 29, 2017	February 8, 2018
5 	"Spirals" 	March 29, 2017	February 12, 2018
6 	"The Lock" 	March 30, 2017	February 13, 2018
7 	"Dragon Parade" 	March 30, 2017	February 14, 2018
8 	"Tell the World" 	March 31, 2017	February 15, 2018
9 	"The Phoenix" 	March 31, 2017	February 20, 2018
10	"Dream On" 	April 5, 2017 	February 21, 2018
11	"Nuo Opera" (a.k.a. "Creatures")	April 5, 2017 	February 22, 2018
12	"Brothers" 	April 6, 2017 	February 26, 2018
13	"Monstrosity" 	April 6, 2017 	February 27, 2018
==Help from Disney==
Though Stitch & Ai is made in China, Panimation Hwakai Media gets a lot of help from Disney. The actual number of non-Chinese employees may be more, to fit the definition of "made in China" in China and enter the Chinese market better. An example is that in the Chinese version, directors are two Chinese people instead of Tony Craig.
;Victor Cook
:Victor Cook, one of the directors of Lilo & Stitch: The Series, came to China to help Panimation Hwakai Media in making Stitch & Ai episode 8. Drinking tea in China, Victor Cook draws some inspiration for this episode.流程流程流程！重要的事情说三遍！—— Victor Cook
Victor Cook in China 1.jpg
Victor Cook in China 2.jpg
Victor Cook in China 3.jpg|Fieldwork in Anhui, China
Victor Cook in China 4.jpg|Drinking tea in China
Stitch & Ai episode 8 helped by Victor Cook 1.jpg|Tea performance in episode 8
Stitch & Ai episode 8 helped by Victor Cook 2.jpg
Stitch & Ai episode 8 helped by Victor Cook 3.jpg
;Greg Guler
:In March 2013, Panimation Hwakai Media invited Greg Guler to come to China to finalize the characters' appearance design and make key scenes that help understand the story.造型设计师Greg Guler — 给角色赋予生命
Greg Guler is working in Panimation Hwakai Media.jpg|Greg Guler is working in Panimation Hwakai Media
Greg Guler is teaching in Panimation Hwakai Media.jpg|Greg Guler is teaching in Panimation Hwakai Media
Greg Guler's Stitch & Ai design 1.jpg|Greg Guler's design 1
Greg Guler's Stitch & Ai design 2.jpg|Greg Guler's design 2
Greg Guler's Stitch & Ai design 3.jpg|Greg Guler's design 3
Greg Guler's Stitch & Ai design 4.jpg|Greg Guler's design 4
Greg Guler's Stitch & Ai design 5.jpg|Greg Guler's design 5
Greg Guler's Stitch & Ai design 6.jpg|Greg Guler's design 6
;Aluir Amancio
:In 2014, Aluir Amancio joined in the project of Stitch & Ai. His storyboard not only retains the style and tone of the classic animation, but also incorporates Chinese elements.挑战观众的视觉想象力—故事板艺术家Aluir
Aluir Amancio's Stitch & Ai storyboard 1.jpg|Amancio's Storyboard 1
Aluir Amancio's Stitch & Ai storyboard 2.jpg|Amancio's Storyboard 2
Aluir Amancio's Stitch & Ai storyboard 3.jpg|Amancio's Storyboard 3
Aluir Amancio's Stitch & Ai storyboard 4.jpg|Amancio's Storyboard 4
Aluir Amancio's Stitch & Ai storyboard 5.jpg|Amancio's Storyboard 5
;Peter Lonsdale
:Film editor Peter Lonsdale work for the project of Stitch & Ai for a long time as well.缅怀动画剪辑师——Peter Lonsdale
Stitch & Ai executive producer Wang Gang and editor Peter Lonsdale.jpg|Executive producer Wang Gang (left) and editor Peter Lonsdale (right)
;Tony Craig
:Tony, as creative partner and CAO of Panimation Hwakai Media, directed Stitch & Ai.米老鼠和史迪奇信手拈来 迪士尼导演的三十年动画人生 But his name doesn't appear in the Chinese version.
Tony Craig in China working on Stitch & Ai.jpg|Working on Stitch & Ai in China
Tony Craig's manuscript of Stitch & Ai.jpg|Tony's manuscript
;Michael Tavera
:Michael response the music of Stitch & Ai. He likes to use dizi, guzheng, erhu and drum for Stitch & Ai, which makes the music sound more like Chinese style.银河护卫队VS星际宝贝？火星撞地球？
==Trivia==
*Jumba creates new experiments, though they are all specific creatures from Chinese myth. In this series, Jumba creates two cliff dragons that mate and breed. This marks the first time that creatures of Jumba's creation produce offspring.
**Unless viewers consider the English dub of Stitch! where we meet two children of Sprout, named Sproutlings.
*This is the first Lilo & Stitch TV series where none of the first 625 experiments appear, and the first one in which neither Gantu nor Dr. Hämsterviel are main characters, though Gantu does have a speaking role in the series.
*Various scenes from previous installments in the franchise appear in flashbacks, including:
**"Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" from Lilo & Stitch
**Jumba's trial from Lilo & Stitch
**Stitch's escape from Lilo & Stitch
**Stitch's creation from Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
**The Origin of Stitch
*Ben Diskin and Jess Winfield reprise their roles as Stitch and Jumba respectively from the English dub of the Stitch! anime. Much like the Stitch! anime, none of the original voice actors from the original American Lilo & Stitch continuity reprise their roles in this show.
*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.
*Plans for a potential season two was discussed by the production team, but Disney did not approve of a second season.
*As early as August 2015, Panimation Hwakai Media released two artworks but did not mention more information. We cannot even recognize it's related to Stitch.华恺漫谈创世纪宣言
Earliest artworks of Stitch & Ai released in 2015 by Panimation Hwakai Media 1.jpg
Earliest artworks of Stitch & Ai released in 2015 by Panimation Hwakai Media 2.jpg
*In May 2012, after more than two years of hard negotiations, the project of Stitch & Ai was finally settled by Panimation Hwakai Media. In early September that year, major staffs came to Huangshan Mountain for fieldwork. Many scenery and people they met during the fieldwork appear in the final cartoon.项目采风——寻觅画卷之旅寻找女主角—我们的“徽姑娘”
Stitch & Ai origin of Ai 2.jpg|The origin of Ai
Stitch & Ai origin of the old monk.jpg|The origin of the Sage
==Video==
Stitch & Ai (Chinese Lilo and Stitch Spinoff) Trailer
==Gallery==
Stitch & Ai - Poster with title characters.jpg|Promotional poster with the title characters
Stitch & Ai - Characters poster.jpg|Horizontal variant of the same poster featuring Stitch, Ai, and the whole gang
Stitch & Ai - Spirals poster.jpg|Stitch and Ai on dragons who are seen in the episode "Spirals"
Stitch & Ai promotion.jpg
Stitch & Ai - Stitch's destructive form depicted on promo poster.jpg|Poster featuring Stitch's newly-revealed destruction form
DisneyNow Stitch & Ai header.jpg|Header that was used on DisneyNow
Stitch & Ai English title card.png|English title card
Stitch & Ai Chinese title card.png|Chinese title card; the English title/logo also appears in smaller text 
Stitch & Ai title characters.jpg|Official artwork of the titular characters
Stitch & Ai - Stitch with Chinese lantern.jpg|Poster of a sketch of Stitch holding a Chinese lantern
Stitch & Ai spacecraft.jpg|Drawings of spacecraft seen in Stitch & Ai
Stitch & Ai spacecraft interior shot.jpg|Interior shot of one of the spacecraft
Stitch & Ai - Stitch sitting sketch.jpg|A sketch of Stitch sitting made for Stitch & Ai
Stitch & Ai - yellow Stitch.jpg|A yellow colored Stitch in production artwork for Stitch & Ai
Stitch & Ai - Ai's house.png|Ai's house as depicted in the end credits
Stitch & Ai - Ai's house poster.jpg
Stitch & Ai Poster 1.jpg
Stitch & Ai Poster 2.jpg
Stitch & Ai Poster 3.jpg
Stitch & Ai Poster Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival.jpg|
Stitch & Ai Poster Chinese Daxue.jpg|
Stitch & Ai Poster Chinese Laba Festival.jpg|
Stitch & Ai Poster Chinese New Year.jpg|
Stitch & Ai Poster Chinese Dragon Boat Festival.jpg|
==Artworks of Huangshan Mountain==
Stitch & Ai Artwork Huangshan Mountain Sea of clouds.jpg|
Stitch & Ai Artwork Huangshan Mountain Jiyubei.jpg|Jiyubei (the name of a peak in Huangshan Mountain)
Stitch & Ai Artwork Huangshan Mountain Stone Monkey.jpg|Stone Monkey (a famous scenery in Huangshan Mountain)
Stitch & Ai Artwork Huangshan Mountain Huangshan Pine.jpg|
Stitch & Ai Artwork Huangshan Mountain Mountains Around.jpg|Mountains Around
Stitch & Ai Artwork Huangshan Mountain Hui Style Architecture.jpg|
Stitch & Ai Artwork Huangshan Mountain 1.jpg
Stitch & Ai Artwork Huangshan Mountain 2.jpg
Stitch & Ai Artwork Huangshan Mountain 3.jpg
Stitch & Ai Artwork Huangshan Mountain 4.jpg
==Screenshots==
Scratch yelling.png|Scratch
Scratch revealed.png
Profile - Scratch.png
Qi Lin.png
Male dragon.png
Female dragon.png
Dragon egg.png
The egg hatches.png
Baby dragon.png
Stitch & Ai - The Lock - Dim Long on Jumba's shoulder.png|Dim Long, a creature Jumba creates in a beta-test
Xiezhi 2.0.png|Xiezhi
Fenghuang.png|The Fenghuang, or Chinese Phoenix
Creature1.png
Creature3.png
Creature4.png
Creature5.png
Creature6.png
Mo (dreameater).png|A dream-eater
Stitch & Ai - Dream On - Mo family.png
Creature2.png
Creature7.png
Nian.png
Creature8.png
Jumba's Legendary Creatures 2.png
Jumba's Legendary Creatures 3.png
Jumba's Legendary Creatures 4.png
Jumba's Legendary Creatures 5.png
Jumba's Legendary Creatures 6.png
Jumba's Legendary Creatures 7.png
Jumba's Legendary Creatures 8.png
==References==
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Category:Stitch & Ai
Category:Animated series
Category:Spin-offs
Category:Disney shows