Rayman: The Animated Show! (series)

Rayman: The Animated Show! is an american hand-drawn comedy action adventure series created by Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken for Amazon Prime Video. The series tells the adventures of Rayman, Globox and Barbara through the Dream Forest and other places. The series is developed by Dave Wasson, Alex Hirsch, Matt Braly and Rebecca Sugar.
The series' first episode premiered August 23, 2024 on Prime Video and ended in 2027 with 6 seasons and a 1-hour finale named The Rise of Ray.
== Synopsis ==
The strange, amazing and marvelous adventures of Rayman, Globox and Barbara through the islands, forests and lands.
== Cast and Characters ==
==== Main ====
*Zeno Robinson as Rayman
* Bill Fagerbakke as Globox
* Cathy Cavadini as Barbara
==== Recurring ====
*Yuri Lowenthal as The Grand Minimus
*Rodger Bumpass as Goth Teensy
*Tom Kenny as Disco Ray
*Carolyn Lawrence as Elysia
*Lacey Chabert as Aurora
*Cameron Diaz as Twila
*Vanessa Marshall as Estelia
*Alanna Ubach as Selena
*Angela Bryant as Ursula
*Kelly Hu as Emma
*Elisa Gabrielli as Olympia
*Kath Soucie as Sibylla 
*Phill LaMarr as Sir Rayelot
*Jeremy Shada as Teensy Ray
*Jason Schwartzman as Ray Vaas
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*Peter MacNicol as Red Globox
*Tom Kenny as Plumber Ray
*Austin Hargrave as GlobTeen
*Eric Vesbit as Splinter Ray
*Greg Cipes as Far Glob
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*Thomas F. Wilson as Teensy Queen
*Andrew Kishino as Raybox
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*Crispin Freeman as Glombrox
*Max Mittelman as Deensy Wizard
*Kaiji Tang as Raymesis
*Keith David as Teensy Hermit
*John DiMaggio as Raymolk
*Bejamin Diskin as Ninja Teensy
*Max Burkholder as Globolk
*Robbie Daymond as Flaming Teensy
*Thom Adcox as Poglox
*Steve Blum as The First King
*Matt Wayne as Rayomz
== Episodes ==
List of Rayman: The Animated Show! (series) episodes
== Production ==
==== Creation ====
After the sucess of The Cuphead Show!, Prime Video got Rayman to be a theatrical adaption named The Rayman Movie, But, they thinked that this would not work and cancelled the project, some weeks later, Prime Video contracted Genndy Tartakovsky, Genndy created a pitch pilot for a special screening only for main producers and the animation supervisor, and it did well, the staff/crew loved the animation style as smooth and clean.
==== Animation ====
In January 17, 2020, the first animation test started with some shots and the animation, Genndy on the 3rd week, pleased to Prime Video contract his friend Craig McCracken, and as they seen that really Genndy needed a partner to help him, Craig McCracken was later contracted to animate the loading segments, that consists of segments with characters dancing for 10 seconds to transit for the next scene, so, In 18 March, 2020, the animation was done.
==== Cast ====
Prime Video organized two teams, characters of Rayman Origins, and voices, In 30 May, 2020, the cast was done.
==== Writing ====
Van Partible (creator of Johnny Bravo) and C.H. Greenblatt (creator of Chowder) were later contracted and charged to write the scripts of 3 special episodes only available on Amazon to rent to see if the audience were big to them continue as the writers and the series have more episodes, and people liked, so them continued as writers for the whole series and it was green-lit to have more episodes. In September 10, the writing were done.
==== Soundtrack ====
In Mid-2019, The Tender Box offered to make the soundtrack of one of their upcoming shows, they're were contracted and in early-2020, the soundtrack was done.
==== Promotion ====
In the San Diego Comic-Con 2019, a teaser trailer for the series were released announcing that was to release March 23, 2020, but due to the very worked animation, was delayed to September 17, 2020.
==== Release ====
In September 17, when the season 1 was fully completed, and released on Prime Video and it made sucess on the whole world making it have more 5 seasons and a 1 hour finale to end it. Genndy Tartakosvky in a enterview telled that "The series is not cancelled, is it concluded and now we know what happened" explaining that is not cancelled.
== Trivia ==
* The series its a "revival" of the 1999 poor CG animated TV series, technically.