Yitzhak

Yitzhak is an Australian adult animated drama-comedy series created by Michael Cusack and Tony Ayres. It was first broadcast on for 7mate on 7 July 2026. The series follow Yitzhak and his accompany Everette, two demons from another dimension, who went through a portal that led to Earth to escape a sacrificing for Yitzhak and end up the fictional cul-de-sac called Basement Avenue, in the rural town of Quilpie as they navigate the way through the social and personal issues on Earth. Some overriding themes as well as issues include the focus on identity and belonging.
== Premise ==
Yitzchak is an 80-year-old juvenile demon from another dimension, raised in a tribe of demons who sacrified the youngest member every century to appease the deity they worship. Upon being chosen to be sacrificed, Yitzchak and another demon called Everette, quickly escaped their tribe and eventually the dimension through a portal that lead to Earth and end up the fictional cul-de-sac called Basement Avenue, in the rural town of Quilpie. Yitzchak took a liking to humans and Earth animals and resided in Basement Ave. where he was adopted by the residents there. To avoid any exposure to the other residents of Quilpie, Yitzchak often hides away but after the season 1 finale, the other residents accept him. Two months later, after Yitzchak and Everette set in, they started to encounter a variety of demons from the dimension started to capture Yitzchak in intentions bring him back. They are primarily sent by Lord Tenebris, who is also the leader of the evil tribe in exchange of having his powers and becoming the next leader, though some are simply evildoers and likely not capturing him for the prize, resulting in many misadventures and preventing do harm to the small town or possibly even Australia. Over time, Yitzchak started to become friends with more humans, who might help with his soultion and becoming allies with previous demons and evildoers. 
== Cast and Characters ==
=== Main ===
* Yitzchak (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee) - An 80-year-old juvenile demon from another dimension. Yitzchak is a kind-hearted and friendly demon in contrast with the other ones back in his dimension, though he can somewhat be a coward (likely due to what happened) and a little clumsy at times. He generally curious about Earth and human culture such as food and Technolgy but did took a liking to humans and Earth animals. His favorite hobby is video gaming while his food is meat pies. 'Birthday Eclipse.' reveals that Yitzchak ages on every blood moon eclipse. 
* Everette (voiced by Sarah Snook) - An adolescent demon of 130 years old who was bullied by other young demons for her deformed fangs and undersized horns. She acts as a big sister figure towards Yitzchak, following him into to the portal to Earth to accompany him and living alongside him in Basement Ave. She is normally friendly and kind but tends to have a bad-tempered to anyone who hurts Yitzchak and sometimes can be cynical as well as sassy. 
** Razor is her pet companion who was a wild magpie, before getting tamed by Everette, when she witnesses a tree where his nest was, getting chopped down by some greedy loggers.
* Gene Comerford II (voiced by Frank Woodley) - One of Basement Avenue residents and a intelligent British professor at Quilpie State College who is also born with a few birth defects including malocclusion (crooked teeth), a scarred head, a legally blind left eye, and premature hair loss due to his mother was infected with German measles while pregnant. An episode reveal that Gene was raised in a very poor family in rural England and he earned a scholarship and attended a university in London, graduating with a major in anthropology and minor in archaeology. He tries to dedicate his science work to improving the lives of the people living there. He often Charlie science teacher.
** Sullivan - A young spider monkey whose is Gene smart and pretty curious close animal companion parents. After his parents were killed by poachers, Gene found him during his trip to the Amazon Rainforest before, but he was robbed of his expensive equipment by mercenaries, resulting in expulsion. Other than Gene, he is best friends with Razor, and he often acts as an assistant to Gene's research and science experiments.
* Charlotte "Charlie" Chub (Voiced by Heidi Arena) - A sweet and bubbly, yet sensitive 16-year-old Basement Avenue resident who attends 14-year-old Quilpie State College student where she is bullied and has no friends due to being overweight, something she was stricken with as a result of emotional eating. She lives in Basement Ave, with her single father who works throughout most of the day as an FIFO worker miner, so mostly interacts with the folks that live in the cul-de-sac, who help her remain happy and cheerful despite the bullying she suffers. She has a crush on Larry, but too afraid to admit it.
** Junior - Charlie's beloved pet pitbull, who was orginally trained as a guard dog and was abused by his previous owners. He eventually escaped and was caught by animal control where he was thrown into a shelter. Charlie adopted him to protect herself from bullies, and they quickly became loving companions. Junior has an intestinal disorder, which causes him to defecate more than normal. He friends with Razor, but rivals with Sullivan.
* Lawrence "Larry" Loki (voiced by Ved Rao) - A Autistic 14-year-old high school St Finbarr's School Quilpie Biracial (since he has Indian immigrant mother and a white-Australian Catholic father) student and Charlie's best friend, although the two attend separate schools. He is very intelligent and geeky, and enjoys typical geek culture such as DnD, Harry Potty, and Star Wars, and also loves science. He also gets bullied for his nerdy personality, Hindu background, and unfortunate moles on his head), but tries his best to ignore the bullies and stay chipper, encouraging Chub to do the same. He mostly hyperactive, cutesy, and cheerful who is also mischievious and a prankster.
* Duke Flynn (voiced by Michael Cusack) - A slightly intellectually challenged and dimwitted young man, and only had one job in his life which was in a factory, however an accident while trying to work one of the machines resulted in him losing an eye. As a result, he was deemed unfit to work a job and lives with his mother. Duke has poor social skills, is very immature for his age, and has no sense of personal hygeine, which often turns off a lot of people outside Basement Ave. Regardless, he's a very loving, gentle nice guy who just wants to make friends, which he does so through the rest of the townfolks. He has a huge facination with bugs and keeps a jar of pet flies, which often freaks other sout.
* Daniel "Dan" Owen (voiced by Rupert Degas) - An 25-year-old Bisexual snarky, serious and no-nonsense male atheist. He's the strongest in Basement Ave and has a very short temper He's fairly popular and nice enough to everyone else, though if anyone is being rude, he won't take any of that crap. An episode reveal that he was raised in a fundamental Christian household but end up getting kicked out and disowned after his hedonistic lifestyle as a teen and has a tense crime record of attempt robbery and addiction (though he currently in rehab) Although he doesn’t have a house, rather living in a van with his personal campsite set next to it in the outback of the neighborhood (he’s fine with it though, it’s better than being on the streets, and he does enjoy the nature) and works for the local music store as a cashier.
* Mai Inukai (voiced by Renee Lim) - An mysterious and shy but intelligent and sapient Japanese woman, who often wears a mask and is Dan current girlfriend. She doesn't speak English very well, so she communicates mostly through sign language and has haemolacria, a condition that causes her to cry blood, so wears red dresses because they don't stain as easily from it. An episode reveals that she was nude model in the Japanese porn industry. There, she suffered constant abuse and pressure to stay skinny for her work. As a result, she ended up with anorexia, which left her hosptialized, but got fortinately rehabilitated and left the job shortly aftewards, but not without emotional scars and shame from it all, constantly hiding her face with a mask and wearing very modest clothes that cover her whole body. 
* Mrs. Willow (voiced by Roxanne McDonald) - An widowed mother with Aboriginal Australian ancestry. She often trying her hardest to raise three kids after her husband died from an drunk-driving accident. She grew up in a very rough area in Brisbane and took up self-taught martial arts and kickboxing for self-defense. She now works as a police officer, and is very protective and motherly towards everyone in Basement Avenue. She sorts of acts like a bodyguard to Yitzchak. Her full name is Athena Willow.
* Mr. Mawe (voiced by Jemaine Clement) - An grouchy but hard-working man who lives in Basement Avenue. He is almost always in a bad mood and act like a jerk at times, though he's not all bad and can occasionally be kind. He just doesn't like to show it that much. He often lonely and non-sociable but did find a friend in Gene. He has a burn scar on his forehead as a result of a fire-related accident during his forestry management career (but now retired and out-of-shape as a result) He has a younger brother and a niece and nephew as well as raised in a farm.