Squish (animated series)
Squish is a French animated series created by John Derevlany and produced by Cottonwood Media and Planeta Junior in association with Gulli and Canal J. The series is based on the graphic novels of the same name created by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm. The series had 52 episodes, each of 11 minutes, in its first season and aired on HBO Max in the US. Broadcast. On September 21 2020, HBO Max announced that they picked up the exclusive rights to air the series on their streaming platform in the US. The show premiered on the  platform on 8 January, 2021. The show has also aired on Gulli and Canal J in France. It has also streamed in Canada on Crave and Club illico. The show has also premiered in Belgium on VRT and RTBF. It was shown in Israel on Hop TV and the Gulli international channels in Africa & Russia. The Series airs in Spain on Neox and in Korea on Tooniverse. Production. It is estimated that an average 11-minute episode of Squish costs about $8,500,000 and takes about eight months to make. Plot. The series follows the adventures of Squish, a 12 -year-old amoeba in the town of Small Pond (a town inhabited entirely by unicellular organisms) along with his friends, Pod and Peggy, as they try to navigate school and their everyday lives while learning more about unicellular organisms.