Ceazar Chan

Australian poster, with the show's classification rating and Ceazar is in it, but sadly Pepper and Bluey aren't in this shot

### Directed by

Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (main title; Season 1)
Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (main title; Season 2-present)
Darin McGowan (main title; Zoey's Birthday (Pilot)
Craig McCracken (main title; The Audition (Pilot))

### Created by

Joe Brumm
Kyra Kupetsky
Ryan Murphy
Brad Falchuk
Jesse Armstrong (*The Leak-Up / The One Where Andrew Hates CBS*)
Travis Braun (*Hide and Seek*)

**Pilot:** Mitch Schauer
JG Quintel

### Running time

44 minutes (two 22 minute segments)
66 minutes (three 22 minute segments)

24 minutes (*Zoey's Birthday (Pilot)/The Audition (Pilot)*)
66 minutes (*The Ceazar Chan Halloween Special*)
84 minutes (*The TUFF Puppy Strikes Back*)

## Release

### Release date

unaired (*Zoey's Birthday (Pilot)*)
9th June 2019 - present (*Ceazar Chan*)

***Ceazar Chan*** is an Argentine-French-Italian-Australian-American adult animated teen crossover fantasy action coming of age comedy-drama television series created, written and executive produced by Joe Brumm.

It is co-created, co-written and co-executive produced by Kyra Kupetsky, Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. It was first premiered on June 9th, 2019, on Zing, Showtime and ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).

It is owned by the JackRewind Broadcast Company (JRBC) / Annapurna Television / Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).

It was developed by Vivienne Medrano, Dave Cooper and Adele Lim from the entire run.

The show is produced by Megan Ellison, Janet Dimon, Dane Boedigheimer, Kristin Harms, Ian Brennan and Kevin Falls.

It was associate produced by Sofia Coppola, Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

It is based on the pilot "Zoey's Birthday/The Audition" created by Mitch Schauer and JG Quintel and its original concept by Kupetsky, herself.

## Characters

### Heroes

* Ceazar Alexander Chan (voiced by Wang Leehom in seasons 1-3, replaced by Conor MacNeill in seasons 4-present; Josh Johnson in the pilot), a 15-year-old American teenager who is being nicely to his friends, his anime-like girl (who is his best friend) and hangs out at his school. He is the only *HUMAN* living in the town. He is also the narrator of his own series. He has the bending power of fire.
* Pepper "Pep" (voiced by Sandra Oh; Deedee Magno Hall in the pilot), an anime-like girl who is best friends with Ceazar, Bluey and others but she sometimes hang out with her friends, watch anime, drawing characters and talk about their friendships. She is inspired by Meisje Zulio, storyboard artist and writer/co-writer of the series.
* Eric Medina (voiced by Matthew Macfadyen), a grown-up man who is a creator of *Mallables* and helps Ceazar and his friends on their adventures and mishaps, joining the main cast in the Season 1 segment episode "Roll the Camera". He is best friends with Ceazar and Pepper.
* Arturo (voiced by Kellen Goff), a red bunny who loves to create videos but causing a lot of mishaps after he moved there in the Season 1 segment episode "Tad Moon Rising" before joining the main cast in the series. He is also best friends with Ceazar and Pepper.
* Kiff (voiced by Julianna Margulies), a brown optimistic squirrel who serves as Ceazar's assistant in the series before joining the main cast in the Season 5 segment episode "Days of Line and Poses". She is also best friends with Ceazar and Pepper.
* Quinn Bandicoot (voiced by Jamie Lynn Spears), a bandicoot who is Ceazar's assistant in the fourth season but has the bending power of earth in the fifth season and serves him as his friend.
* Zoey McCullen (pronounced 'Zoey McMullen' wrong; voiced by Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld in seasons 1-5, Nichole Sakura in seasons 6-present), a good girl/bad troublemaking girl who deals with social issues like first love and getting involved in true crime.
### The Heeler Family

* Bluey Christine Heeler (voiced by Dakota Fanning; Adrienne DeFaria in the pilot), a young anthropomorphic Blue Heeler pup who becomes best friends with Ceazar but she is best friends with Pepper and her other friends. She also has the energy to bully her bullies and seeks his best friend's vengeance.
* Bingo Heeler (voiced by Nicki Rapp), a crazy young Red Heeler pup who joins Bluey's side and helps her make the games.
* Bandit Heeler / Dad (voiced by Dave McCormack), a archaeologist-kind of boy and father of Bluey but some episodes he divorced his wife in the series (mainly because they are not related to each other though yet). He is best friends with Ceazar and Pepper.
* Chilli Heeler / Mum (voiced by Melanie Zanetti), a airport security-kind of girl and mother of Bluey but some episodes she divorced her husband in the series (mainly because they are not related to each other though yet). She is best friends with Ceazar and Pepper.
* Brandy Cattle (voiced by Alicia Silverstone), an older sister of Chilli who takes some of her life serious and talks about her marriage problems as a therapist. But although, she sometimes falls in love with Chippy and tries getting her to get him, but fails in every single episode. She is also best friends with Ceazar and Pepper.
### The Chikn Nuggit Crew

* Chikn Nuggit (voiced by Moira Kelly in seasons 1-5, Lauren Ash in seasons 6-present), a shapeshifting dragon who loves everything in her own way. In the episode For All Debts Public And Private, she accidentally switches her name to the yellow pup and even though she doesn't exist at all. Quinta Brunson plays as her true form.
	+ Evil Chikn Nuggit (voiced by Margaret Qualley), a evil form of her who likes to murder people like a serial killer. Before playing that character, Qualley appears in the miniseries *Fosse/Verdon* (two months before the show was premiered).
* Slushi (voiced by Janel Moloney), a neat freak blue fox who is similar to her own style and also loves watching romcom films and then directs her own movies more than anime and not go to conventions. In the original concept of the series before it even started, she used to love anime films and go to conventions only with her friends or on her own.
* Fwench Fwy (voiced by Stockard Channing), a tomboy name-trading yellow pup who befriends with Ceazar and she is good at directing/creating short videos all the time, but also has mishaps every single episode. Her concept is a dragon and has they/them in pronouns.
* Cheezborger "Chee" (voiced by Kristen Schaal), a female calico cat who wears a cheeseburger hat all the time and deals with her social issues like loss. Due to her bad luck, she thinks her friends might become unlucky and sometimes cursed.
* Iscream (voiced by David Cross), a white bunny who summons demons in his life and loves any girls whatever he likes. His concept has they/them in pronouns. Dylan McDermott plays as his true form.
* Sody Pop (voiced by Thomas Middleditch), a red panda who is good at drawing but he also gets even dumber than the students. Due to his physics, he makes a lot of potions that make more stupid than ever and loves his mother Sassparilla.
* Sassparilla (voiced by Ann Dowd in seasons 1-5, Rachel House in seasons 6-present), a mother of Sody Pop who loves him and makes chaos around in the school, even making students faint with her magic potion.
* Cofi (voiced by Krysten Ritter), a gothic [same as Maz Scare-ah, her best friend] sheep/wolf who likes to scare people most of the time and hangs out with her friends. Due to her scary look, she sometimes transform into a werewolf when she sees a full moon and joins a pack of real werewolves in every single episode.
### Supporting Characters

* Hawt Saus/Rocko (voiced by Daley Pearson), two characters.
* Kirby/Mordecai (voiced by JG Quintel), two characters.
* Andrew/Rigby (voiced by William Salyers), two characters.
* Nich/Jugi (voiced by Hasanai Jarrett), two characters.
* Timmy (voiced by Matthew Gumley), a purple hat and magenta shirted boy who invents things and loves to invent everything in his own way.
* Luiguy (voiced by Mick Molloy), a green shirted and red hat boy who likes his brother-in-law and gets anyone and anything out of his way.
*More coming soon!*

### Villains

* Fox King (voiced by Christopher Gaze), the lead member and controller of V.I.L.L.A.I.N.A.R.C.H. who controls the villains in earlier episodes. Soon, he joins as the new boss since Orobas' death in the Season 4 finale "Pun-titled Christmas Episode".
* Orobas / "The Demon Boss" (voiced by David Lopez), the boss of the series who owns V.I.L.L.A.I.N.A.R.C.H. and tries to keep his life out of control, but when he feels annoyed, he likes to release demons from his cage. In the earlier episodes, it is revealed that the Fox King is actually controlling him until his death.
* Bezel (voiced by Julian Gant), the main antagonist of the series who is a former friend of Fwench Fwy, which he hypnotizes people into time, chaos and mishaps. He is the most evil leader of V.I.L.L.A.I.N.A.R.C.H. and also had a plan to rule the world with his henchman. *[Fun fact: Gant also plays Max, a talking crocodile that happens to be Ceazar's friend, along with his second friend James.]*
* Theo (voiced by Jordan "Jordy" Ranft), a red shirted and crazy haired boy who is a former leader of the group and a henchman of Bezel, meaning helping him rule the world. He is the current member of V.I.L.L.A.I.N.A.R.C.H.
* Aphmau (voiced by Jessica "Jess" Bravura), a mean / unruly bully and a prankster who likes to bully and pranks people, especially Ceazar and his best friend Bluey. She is also the member of V.I.L.L.A.I.N.A.R.C.H.
*More coming soon!*

### Additional Voices (credited as *Also Starring*)

\* = appeared in three, or more episodes
\*\*\* = appeared in one episode

Lead additional voices provided by:

* Andre Robinson
* Zeno Robinson
* Emily Eiden
* Shane Sweet
* Emma Tate
* Katie Crown
* Courtney Peldon
* Giles New
* Kari Wahlgren
Many episodes feature background characters with voices provided by:

* Justin Michael
* Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld
* Justin Anselmi
* Erica Schroeder
* Abe Goldfarb
* H.D. Quinn
* Laurie Hymes
* Samantha Cooper\* (seasons 1-3)/\*\*\* (seasons 4-present)
* Ryan Nicolls
* Samara Naeymi
* Cristina Pitter
* Serra Hirsch
* Kyra Kupetsky
* Vivian Nweze
* Nathaniel Charpentier (accidentally credited as "Nathaniel Carphentier")
* Carolina Reynoso
* Cristina Vee
* Dawn M. Bennett
* Nick Butera\*
* Elisabeth Riley
* Kellen Goff\*
* Bahia Watson
* Kevin Duhaney
* Jeremy Harris
* Tal Shulman
* Tianna Macduff Gibson\*
* Charlie George
* Miranda Montague
* Jo Wyatt\*\*\*
* Bailey Pepper
* Maria Darling
* Daniel Anthony\*
* Kyle Stanger
* Eleanor Webster
* Miklos Perlus
* Christian Potenza
* Denise Oliver
* Stephanie Anne Mills\*
* Tony Daniels
* Ron Pardo\*
* Vincent Tong
* Gavin Langelo
* Katrina Salisbury
* Shannon Chan-Kent
* Lauren Jackson
* Devyn Dalton
* Ashleigh Ball\*\*\*
* Sam Vincent
* Peter New
* Kyle Rideout
* Tabitha St. Germain
* Kira Tozer\*
* Nicole Oliver
* Joshua Musah
* Soliana Berhe
* Aden Yarbrough Fedor
* Meisje Zulio
* Fereshteh Vahabi
* Willie Howard
* Lucy Heavens (Season 7 Episode 1a)
* Nic Smal (Season 7 Episode 1a)
* Shoshana Sperling (Season 7 Episode 1b)
Tyler Chapman (season 1) and Seth MacFarlane (seasons 2-present) serves as voice directors for the series.

## Trivia

### Production

* The episodes and the main title in this show are animated by JackRewind Animation Studios *[which is a combination between Toon Boom Animation Studios (s2), Rough Draft Studios in Glendale, California, Ludo Studio in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and Blue Zoo Animation Studio in London, England]*.
* The show was inspired by *Boston Public* and *The Simpsons* for its kind of humor, according to David E. Kelley.
	+ It is also inspired to young adult novels like Anna Todd's *After*, Christina Lauren's *Autoboyography*, John Green's *Looking For Alaska* and Karen Thompson Walker's *The Dreamers*.
* The show inspires teen movies like *The Edge of Seventeen*, *Clueless*, *The DUFF*, *Thirteen*, *Jawbreaker* and *Rebel Without a Cause*.
* According to Film School Rejects, it was put on the lists: "The Most Anticipated Shows of 2019" in #7 and "The 50 Best TV Shows of the Decades" in #33.
	+ But it is listed in #15 on "Best TV on 2019: The top 18 shows of 2019".
* This is similar to HBO's *Euphoria* with the teen drama genre, Disney Channel's *Zoey McMullen* with the funny humor and Cartoon Network's *Regular Show* with the art style/crossover humor. *[Note: Euphoria, Zoey McMullen and Regular Show are both combined before making this show.]*
	+ It is also similar to HBO's *Game Of Thrones* because of the fantasy style in the series.
* The screenplay for the show was based on Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber's script from *The Fault In Our Stars*.
* It was executive produced by three people in the series and two for the third season, but later four in the fourth season.
* The show was used to be a miniseries with the pilot episode, but then it changed to a full-length series.
	+ Because Kupetsky, the co-creator and co-writer of *Ceazar Chan*, stated that it would be a limited release out of this show back in Comic Con 2018.
* The title cards are inspired by *Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese*, Cartoon Network's *Adventure Time* and Nickelodeon's *Rise of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*.
* This is the first time the premiere for *Ceazar Chan* was in June of 2019 after the schedule fight between Ryan Murphy and animatic editor Trevor Jordan [which he is later fired after four seasons of the series].
	+ But in 2022, he is fired to work with other projects.
* San Maria, Maine is a mix of Salem, Oregon, Queensland, Australia and London, England.
*More coming soon!*

## Broadcast

*Ceazar Chan* premiered on JackRewind in the United States / 9Go! in Australia on 9th June 2019.

On 10th June 2019, Pluto TV added it to the platform until it was removed in 20th August 2021.

But then on 10th September 2021, HBO Max added it to the platform until it was removed in 31st October 2022.

On 1st November 2022, Hulu added it to the platform until *Ceazar Chan* was confirmed to be removed from it in 9th September 2023 and also Netflix will add it to the platform for next year's schedule. As for Amazon Prime Video, it will be added to 2024's schedule after Netflix's removal.

But later, Hulu and Netflix decides to keep it for their 2023-2024 schedule.