Amphibia (series)

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***Amphibia*** is an American animated series created by Matt Braly. The series premiered on June 14, 2019 on DisneyNOW and YouTube and on June 17, 2019 on Disney Channel.

On May 15, 2019, ahead of the series premiere, Disney Channel renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on July 11, 2020.

On June 23, 2020, the series was renewed for a third season, ahead of the second season premiere. On Reddit, Matt stated that *Amphibia* would have three acts, which means that the third season will be the final season of the show.

The series ended on May 14, 2022, with the three-part conclusion of "The Beginning of the End", "All In", and "The Hardest Thing".

## Premise

> *Amphibia* chronicles the adventures of 13-year-old Anne Boonchuy, who is magically transported to the fantastical world of Amphibia, a rural marshland full of frog-people. There she meets an excitable young frog named Sprig Plantar, his unpredictable sister Polly and overprotective grandpa Hop Pop. With Sprig's help, Anne will transform into a hero and discover the first true friendship of her life.
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## Production information

Braly conceived the idea for the series as production on *Gravity Falls* was wrapping up around 2014 and 2015. By early 2015, he was already doing the first concept drawings of the main characters. The series was already in development with its pilot by 2016, while the first season was greenlit for began production in April 2017.

On February 23, 2018, Disney Channel greenlit the series, alongside *The Owl House*. According to Matt Braly on a tweet, the development for Amphibia had taken "almost two years" before it was picked up in February 2018. On Twitter, many of the production crew announced their involvement in the series.

On March 27, 2019, it was announced that Brenda Song would star in the series as the voice of Anne Boonchuy. In April 2019, Justin Felbinger was announced as the voice of Sprig Plantar. On May 15, 2019, the series was renewed for a second season ahead of its premiere, along with the announcement of Bill Farmer and Amanda Leighton being casting as the voices of Hop Pop Plantar and Polly Plantar respectively.

The series was renewed for a third season on June 23, 2020, ahead of the second season premiere. The season was later confirmed by many crew members as the last for the series. On May 3, 2022, Matt Braly announced on Twitter that the production of the third season and the series overall had ended, with the final episode being delivered to the network.

## Cast

### Main cast

* Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
* Justin Felbinger as Sprig Plantar
* Bill Farmer as Hop Pop Plantar
* Amanda Leighton as Polly Plantar
* Anna Akana as Sasha Waybright
* Troy Baker as Captain Grime
* Haley Tju as Marcy Wu
* Keith David as King Andrias

### Supporting cast

* On Braly as Mrs. Boonchuy
* Brian Sounalath as Mr. Boonchuy
* Zehra Fazal as General Yunan
* Michelle Dockery as Lady Olivia
* Stephen Root as Mayor Toadstool
* Jack McBrayer as Toadie
* Kristen Johnston/April Winchell as Braddock
* Matt Jones as Percy
* Katie Crown as Ivy Sundew
* Jill Bartlett as Maddie Flour
* Kaitlyn Robrock as Felicia Sundew
* Laila Berzins as Sadie Croaker
* James Patrick Stuart as Wally Ribbiton
* John DiMaggio as Stumpy
* Fred Tatasciore as Soggy Joe

### Recurring/Guest-starring cast

* Tony Hale as Apothecary Gary, Lloyd
* Chris Sullivan as Gunther, Teddy
* Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir as Talent Judges
* Diedrich Bader as Frog Jordan
* Kevin McDonald as Albus Duckweed
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Mr. Flour
* Jenifer Lewis as Mama Hasselback
* Kristen Schaal as Bella
* Wayne Knight as Ned
* Anika Noni Rose as Dr. Jan
* Melissa Villaseñor as Ally
* Dana Davis as Jess
* RuPaul as Mr. X
* Cassie Glow as Molly Jo
* Brad Garrett as Robert Otto
* Wallace Shawn as Humphrey Westwood
* Kate Micucci as Terri
* Cree Summer as Dr. Frakes

## Crew

### Producers

* Matt Braly - Series creator, executive producer, writer, storyboard artist
* Jack Ferraiolo - Co-producer, writer, story editor

### Directors

* Joe Johnston - Director, storyboard artist
* Jenn Strickland - Director, storyboard artist
* Kyler Spears - Director, storyboard artist
* Derek Kirk Kim - Director, storyboard artist
* Bert Youn - Director
* Roxann Cole - Director
* Ian Worrel - Art director
* Jacob Streilein - Art director
* Philip Vose - Art director, location designer, background painter
* Amy Huang - Art director, color designer
* Sun Jae Lee - Art director, lead location designer
* Doug Thoms - Storyboard director/artist/revisionist, Timing director
* Aaron Drown - Casting director
* Jennifer Trujillo - Casting director
* Eden Riegel - Voice director
* Ivan Sayon - Technical director
* Scott Carpenter - Technical director
* Ivan Sayon - Technical director
* Christina Halstead - Technical director
* Scott Rossman - Technical director
* Scott Carpenter - Technical director
* Erik Girndt - Technical director
* Heather Kahler - Technical director
* Vesela Stamenova - Technical director
* Robert King - Technical director
* Helen Roh - Lead timing director
* Jungja Wolf - Timing director
* Herb Moore - Timing director
* Dave Lyman - Timing director
* Eric Bryan - Timing director
* Sherie Pollack - Timing director
* Kimson Albert - Timing director
* Don Judge - Timing director

### Writers

* Adam Colás - Writer
* Michele Cavin - Writer
* Jenava Mie - Writer
* Gloria Shen - Writer
* Todd McClintock - Writer, production coordinator

### Animators

* Silver Paul - Storyboard artist/revisionist
* Nate Maurer - Storyboard artist/revisionist
* Andrew Applegate - Storyboard artist
* Eleisiya Arocha - Storyboard artist
* Cassie Zwart - Storyboard artist
* Eddie West - Storyboard artist
* Inbal Breda - Storyboard artist
* Kervin Faria - Storyboard artist
* Danny Ducker - Storyboard artist
* Alex Swanson - Storyboard artist/revisionist
* Hannah Ayoubi - Storyboard artist
* Cheyenne Curtis - Storyboard artist
* Aaron Austin - Storyboard artist
* Steve Wolfhard - Storyboard artist/revisionist
* Anna O'Brian - Storyboard artist
* Alexandria Kwan - Storyboard artist
* Kim Roberson - Storyboard artist, supervising director
* Rachel Paek - Storyboard artist/revisionist
* Paul H. Brown - Storyboard artist/revisionist
* Anna Lencioni - Storyboard artist/revisionist
* Yonatan Tal - Storyboard artist
* Caitlin Rose Boyle - Storyboard revisionist
* Mike Sobieski - Storyboard revisionist
* Rhya Voskuil - Storyboard revisionist
* Joe Sparrow - Lead character designer
* Brandon Wu - Lead character designer
* Catharina Sukiman - Character/prop designer
* Sarah Craig - Character designer
* Charlie Nagelhout - Character designer
* Joey McCormick - Location designer
* Faith Schaffer - Location designer
* Britney Thoreson - Location designer
* Alex De La Fuente - Location designer
* Elle Michalka - Location designer
* Limei Z. Hshieh - Location design
* Kate Wong - Prop designer
* Bryan Bae - Prop designer
* Kyle Capps - Prop designer
* David Lee - Prop designer
* Joe McGrory - Prop designer
* Khari Cephas - Prop designer
* Jessica Vaillant - Prop designer
* Megan Willoughby - Prop designer
* Tim Allen - Prop desginer
* Aaron Painter - Prop designer
* Andy Gonsalves - Prop designer
* Patrick Bryson - Background painter
* Charles Hilton - Background painter
* Gina Garavalia - Background painter
* Peggy Shi - Background painter
* Alexander Duckworth - Background painter
* Casey Stone-Pirrie - Background painter
* Wendy Park - Background painter
* Andy Garner-Flexner - Color designer
* Marcos Cohen - Color designer
* Emily M. Cole - Color designer
* D.J. Kirkland-DeJesus - Color designer
* Shawn Responts - Color designer, digital coordinator
* Jaison Duell Wilson - Color designer

### Editors

* Andrew Sorcini - Film/animatic editor
* Ryan Burkhard - Animatic editor
* Yoonah Yim - Animatic editor
* Julie Ann Lau - Animatic editor
* David Vasquez - Assistant editor
* Jennifer Calbi - Animatic editor
* Jhoanne Reyes - Animatic editor
* Shawn LeMonnier - Animatic editor
* John Royer - Animatic editor
* Mark Bollinger - Assistant editor
* Louis Russell - Assistant editor
* Jenny Jordan - Assistant editor
* Huy Luong - Assistant editor
* Peter Truss - Assistant editor

### Sound

* Sam Busekrus - Sound editor
* Mark Stephan Kondracki - Supervising dialogue mixer/engineer/editor
* Kate Finan - Supervising sound editor
* Carol Ma - Foley editor
* Natalia Saavedra Brychcy - Sound effects editor
* Xinyue Yu - Dialogue editor
* Eric Freeman - Re-recording mixer
* Jordan King - Original dialogue mixer, dialogue engineer
* Mak Kellerman - Sound effects editor
* Zanne Hanna - Assistant sound editor
* Brad Meyer - Supervising/lead sound editor
* Hilary Jiawen Long - Original/supervising dialogue mixer
* Dave Peter Whitelock - Sound
* Jim Harrison - Track reader
* Steve Frend - Dialogue engineer
* Johnathan Lopez - Dialogue editor
* Brandon J. Perry - Recording engineer
* James N. Harrison - Track reader
* Katie Jackson - Sound effects editor
* Danny Reeves ADR recordist
* Henry Willard - Voiceover recording engineer (for Archie Yates)
* Paul McGrath - ADR mixer (uncredited)

### Misc

* Kameron J. Moore - Digital coordinator
* Brandon Swofford - Digital coordinator
* Jenna Kim - Production associate/coordinator
* Ally Tai - Production associate
* Priscila Santos - Production associate
* Mable Truong - Production associate
* Todd P. Stevenson - Production associate/coordinator
* Treasure Rawson - Post-production coordinator
* Annushka Almendros - Production coordinator
* Allysa Molder - Production coordinator
* Dakota Gerard - Production coordinator
* Wendy Guin - Production manager
* Vahe Haytaian - Technical assistant
* Sahasak Kemasith - Production secretary
* Robin Budd - Supervising director
* Ron Earhart - Production control
* Fawn Testa - Production control
* Brandon Swofford - Digital coordinator
* Dawn Connors - Script coordinator
* Leona Beckert - Script coordinator
* Denise Kress - Script coordinator

### Oversea animation studios

* Rough Draft Korea
* Saerom Animation
* Sunmin Image Pictures

## Episodes

The episodes are usually split into two 11-minute segments. The first season finale "Reunion" is the first full-length episode of the series. Full-length episodes of the series are split into 21x7 parts.

Rough Draft Korea, Sunmin Image Pictures, and Saerom Animation each provides animation for the episodes, and it takes about nine months for each episode to be complete.

## Videos

Disney Channel Animation Celebration Panel 2019 Fan Fest Disney ChannelCelica Gray - Welcome to Amphibia (From "Amphibia")Sneak Peek Amphibia Disney ChannelTrailer 🎥 Amphibia Disney ChannelTheme Song Amphibia Disney ChannelTeaser Amphibia Disney ChannelBrenda Song on Anne Boonchuy Amphibia Disney ChannelBrenda Song Through the Years Amphibia Disney ChannelAmphibia Premiere Episode ClipAmphibia- Anne is back! - Comic-Con 2021 Exclusive - Disney Channel
## Trivia

* *Amphibia* is an official sister show to *The Owl House* and was originally scheduled to air alongside it in 2019, before the latter was delayed to 2020.
* The show was originally titled "Amphibiland" but it had to be changed due to legal issues.
* "Grubhog Day" was the very first episode of *Amphibia*, written and boarded in production of the entire series.
* According to Matt Braly, the series was intended to contain many fantasy elements (as shown in the pilot), but those were toned down for the series in response to the success of the Nickelodeon series *The Loud House*.
* Anne, Sprig, Polly and Hop Pop are the only characters officially registered with the United States Copyright Office, with their respective registration numbers being `VAu001361181`, `VAu001361182`, `VAu00136117` and `VAu001361180`.
* Four episodes ("Prison Break", "Toadcatcher", "Barrel's Warhammer" and "The Core & The King") do not feature the main characters (five, if Marcy's hallucination in "Olivia & Yunan" is excluded).
	+ Interestingly, these episodes are all the second segments of their respective episodes.
* Many references have been made to *Amphibia* in popular culture, many of which are from its sister series *The Owl House*.
* After the premiere of the series' finale on May 14, 2022, regular reruns of the series left Disney Channel one week later with a final rerun of "Mother of Olms"/"Grime's Pupil". Although Disney Channel would later only air reruns during special occasions, the series continued to regularly air on Disney XD until it left its programming schedule on July 28, 2023 with a final rerun of "Swamp and Sensibility"/"Wax Museum", after which it would seldom air on that channel as well. The series remains available on transactional video on demand services and Disney+.

## See also

* Fourth wall
* Timeline
* *Disney All-Star Racers*
* *Disney Bounce*
* *Amphibia* Main Title Theme
* Anne's Theme (credits theme)
* Sasha's Theme
* Marcy's Theme
* Category:Leitmotifs
* Sasha Theme Song Takeover
* Marcy Theme Song Takeover
* *Amphibia* and *The Owl House* crossover panel

## External links

* Amphibia on Disney Wiki
* Amphibia (series) on Wikipedia
* Amphibia (series) on IMDb

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Animated Comedy *Amphibia* Gets Early Season 2 Order at Disney Channel". The Hollywood Reporter (May 15, 2019).
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Disney Channel Renews ‘Amphibia’ For Season 3; Kermit The Frog, Jenifer Lewis, George Takei And More To Guest Star On Season 2". Deadline (June 23, 2020).
3. ↑ Braly, Matt (August 22, 2020). "I'm Matt Braly, creator and executive producer of Amphibia - Ask me anything!!!" (Reddit AMA post). “Spoilers, but this is a 3 act story and we are in the 2nd act.”
4. ↑ "Matt Braly on Bringing Thai American Representation to Disney Channel's "Amphibia"". *CAAM* (June 13, 2019).
5. ↑ Braly, Matt [@Radrappy] (August 1, 2022). "Cleaning an old hard drive - these drawings are from early 2015" (Tweet). *Twitter*.
6. ↑ Jack Ferraiolo [@jackferraiolo] (May 10, 2022). "This is the very first email I received from @Radrappy about #amphibia. Not info about the show, or criticism about my writing as I flailed about, trying to figure out his world (and often missing the mark). It was considerate and supportive and lovely, because that's who he is." (Tweet). *Twitter*.
7. ↑ Braly, Matt [@Radrappy] (April 13, 2021). Exactly 4 years ago today we got our S1 greenlight for #amphibia. These shows take a long time to make. (Tweet). *Twitter*. Archived from the original on 2022-06-21.
8. ↑ "Disney TV Animation Will Produce 2 New Series: ‘Amphibia’ and ‘The Owl House’". Cartoon Brew (February 23, 2018).
9. ↑ Braly, Matt [@Radrappy] (Jun 28, 2021). "Amphibia is a labor of love that was in development for ALMOST TWO YEARS! Development can be a crazy roller coaster of ups and downs and I wouldn't be here without the love and support of so many wonderful people." (Tweet). *Twitter*. Archived from the original on 2021-08-12.
10. ↑ "Brenda Song Returns to Disney Channel in Animated Series *Amphibia*". Deadline (March 27, 2019).
11. ↑ Braly, Matt [@Radrappy] (May 3, 2022). Announcement of series' production ending (Tweet). *Twitter*. Archived from the original on 2022-05-04. “We just now have delivered the final episode of #amphibia - it is ready for air.”
12. ↑ https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/the-perfect-leap-matt-bralys-amphibia-hops-to-disney-channel/
13. ↑ ディズニー・チャンネル公式
 [@disneychanneljp] (Aug 27, 2019). "9月1日（日）新番組登場！
なぜか突然カエルの世界にワープした少女、アンの摩訶不思議な冒険。

「ふしぎの国 アンフィビア」
毎週日曜午前11時30分から　#ディズニーチャンネル　で！
詳しくは→ http://bit.ly/2Ht8f4f" (Tweet) (Japanese). *Twitter*. Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. “New program will be released on September 1st (Sunday)!
A mysterious adventure of Anne, a girl who suddenly warped into the world of frogs.
"Amphibia, the Land of Wonders"
Every Sunday at 11:30 am on #Disney Channel!
For more information → http://bit.ly/2Ht8f4f”
14. ↑ https://youtu.be/pZAHFYkyBJQ
15. ↑ Unknown SparkN (August 1, 2019). Disney's Amphibia Hindi Promo | Disney Channel India (Video) (Hindi). *YouTube*. Unknown SparkN YouTube channel. Archived from the original on 2022-04-12.
16. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSXxh5ImfHM
17. ↑ https://nowplayer.now.com/ondemand/detail?id=S201909200093284&type=series
18. ↑ https://disney.com.tw/amphibia
19. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCu3ftivJFo
20. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlkKGe3H-OI
21. ↑ Disney Channel MAG [@DCMagOff] (Sep 20, 2019). "La série d’animation #Amphibia avec la belle Brenda Song (@BrendaSong) en VO arrive à partir de ce lundi 21 octobre prochain sur @DisneyChannelFR!!" (Tweet) (French). *Twitter*. Archived from the original on 2019-09-20. “The #Amphibia animated series starring the beautiful Brenda Song (@BrendaSong) in her original version arrives next Monday, October 21 on @DisneyChannelEN!!”
22. ↑ https://www.yeloplay.be/tv/amphibia-nl/disney-vl/21-oktober-2019/16-52
23. ↑ https://tv.disney.es/ver/anfibilandia-en-disney-xd-599fddedf0f32ebd6b4f2a72
24. ↑ https://youtu.be/9bmfuVc0sPg
25. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXHq8FEGapM
26. ↑ https://port.hu/cikk/gyerek/jon-a-bekaland/article-63596
27. ↑ Płazowyż on Polish Wikipedia
28. ↑ "Cufo TV • ponedjeljak, 10. siječnja 2022. • TvProfil".
29. ↑ Disney Television Animation (March 3, 2021). "Disney TVA's twitter" (Tweet).
30. ↑ Braly, Matt (March 17, 2021). "Matt Braly's twitter" (Tweet).
31. ↑ "NAMIC Vision Awards".
32. ↑ Braly, Matt (June 28, 2021). "Matt Braly's twitter" (Tweet).
33. ↑ Deadline (June 28, 2021). "Daytime Emmy Awards".
34. ↑ "Disney Animation Promo's twitter" (Tweet). *Twitter* (December 21, 2021).
35. ↑ Braly, Matt (March 12, 2022). "Matt Braly's twitter".
36. ↑ "Disney Animation Promo's twitter" (Tweet). *Twitter* (January 19, 2022).
37. ↑ Pederson, Erik (January 17, 2023). "Annie Awards Nominations". *Deadline*. Retrieved on 2023-01-18.
38. ↑ GLAAD (January 18, 2023). "34th GLAAD Media Awards Nominees". Retrieved on 2023-01-20.
39. ↑ Braly, Matt [@Radrappy] (Feb 24, 2018). "I am utterly delighted to be sister shows with @DanaTerrace and The Owl House. I was a big fan before we worked together and an even bigger fan afterwards. This has been an incredible day and I’m so happy we got to share it!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2023-04-14 – via X (formerly Twitter).
40. ↑ Braly, Matt (August 22, 2020). "I'm Matt Braly, creator and executive producer of Amphibia - Ask me anything!!!" (Reddit AMA post). “The name was taken by a graphic novel I believe? It was legal.”
41. ↑ Braly, Matt [@Radrappy] (Feb 2, 2021). "HAPPY GRUB-I mean GROUNDHOG DAY! Grubhog Day was actually the ✨VERY first✨ episode of #amphibia written and boarded in production. It was what we call a "banked board." Seeing this clip brings back all sorts of very happy memories. @justinfelbinger sounds so young!" (Tweet). *Twitter*. Archived from the original on 2021-02-02.
42. ↑ Braly, Matt (August 22, 2020). I'm Matt Braly, creator and executive producer of Amphibia - Ask me anything!!! (Post) (English). *Reddit*. u/Matt\_Braly. Archived from the original on 2021-10-21. Retrieved on 2022-03-14. “3. The pilot really deserves its own discussion but the only thing I miss is how grimey and mystical that version of Amphibia seemed. In development, I got explicit notes that the studio was no longer interested in adventure or magic so we tried to tilt away from that stuff a bit. Or at least...saved it for later :)”
43. ↑ MovieFan222 (August 22, 2020). I'm Matt Braly, creator and executive producer of Amphibia - Ask me anything!!! (Post) (English). *Reddit*. u/Krusty901. Archived from the original on 2021-10-19. Retrieved on 2022-03-13. “3.) Maybe Disney was worried it would be too similar to Owl House.”
44. ↑ Braly, Matt (August 22, 2020). I'm Matt Braly, creator and executive producer of Amphibia - Ask me anything!!! (Post) (English). *Reddit*. u/Matt\_Braly. Archived from the original on 2022-03-13. Retrieved on 2022-03-13. “OH hadn't even been pitched to Disney when we were dealing with this note. It had more to do with Loud House being successful ironically.”
45. ↑ Disney Schedule Archive [@DisneySchedules] (May 15, 2022). "Reruns of #Amphibia won't stick around much longer, they'll leave Disney Channel's lineup after Saturday, May 21. Catch full episodes over on Disney XD, and streaming on DisneyNOW and on Disney+." (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. Retrieved 2022-05-31 – via X (formerly Twitter).
46. ↑ Disney Schedule Archive [@DisneySchedules] (Jul 23, 2023). "Disney XD's schedule for 7/24-7/30.

New to XD episodes of Moon Girl, Hailey's On It!, Beyblade Burst, and Yu-Gi-Oh! continue." (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2023-08-15. Retrieved 2023-08-16 – via X (formerly Twitter).
47. ↑ Disney Schedule Archive [@DisneySchedules] (Aug 4, 2023). "Forgot to mention this but Amphibia is off the Disney XD schedule now. Don't know if it'll return. Full series is streaming on Disney+." (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2023-08-15. Retrieved 2023-08-16 – via X (formerly Twitter).