Care Bears: Unlock the Magic
Care Bears: Unlock the Magic is an animated children's television series and the sixth television series based on the "Care Bears" franchise, following "Care Bears and Cousins". The series follows the adventures of Good Luck, Funshine, Cheer, Grumpy, and Share Bear as they go on a mission to protect the land of the Silver Lining. The series premiered on Boomerang's streaming service on February 1, 2019, the television channel on March 30, 2019, and on Cartoon Network on April 16, 2019. Plot. "Care Bears: Unlock the Magic" follows the adventures of good friends  Good Luck, Funshine, Cheer, Grumpy, and Share Bear, as they embark from their life in Care-A-Lot on a new adventure through the Silver Lining, a strange world neighbored by the Whiffles, who are a group of innocently happy creatures that plant seeds to keep the magical land of Care-A-Lot and the neighboring Silver Lining growing. The Care Bears spread caring and sharing throughout the land as they learn to rely on their friendship, courage, and use a bit of their belly badge power. However, the ego-driven nemesis of the Care Bears, Bluster and his Bad  Crowd, try to stop them from succeeding at their mission, as his goal is to turn the Silver Lining into Blusterland. The Care Bears also retrieve help through the Caring Tower from their friends Bedtime, Tenderheart, and Wish Bear. Dibble the Whiffle accompanies the Care Bears along the way. The Care Bears are sent on the road for the first time in this series, as they explore wonderful and never-before-seen areas that surround Care-A-Lot called the Silver Lining. Due to this, they meet new creatures and employ their powers and wits. Characters. The Bad Crowd. The  Bad Crowd consists of many members, although only four are named. They are led by Bluster to plant the Bad Seeds, and are junior league yes-men toadying up to Bluster and his plans to expand Blusterland. Production. "Care Bears: Unlock the Magic" is co-produced for Boomerang by Cloudco Entertainment and Copernicus Studios. The president of the former, Sean Gorman, has said that "[they] swung for the fences to give the Care Bears the best and most compelling storytelling, animation and broadcaster home." Shorts. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Section::::"Cloudco Shorts" (2019). 20 shorts were produced for the Care Bears YouTube  channel. These are used during the end credits when "Unlock the Magic" is broadcast on Boomerang. Section::::"Care Bears: Unlock the Music". "Care Bears: Unlock the Music" is a series of original music videos uploaded onto the official Care Bears YouTube channel, which uses clips from "Unlock the Magic". The series co-owned and globally distributed by Moonbug Entertainment, a YouTube management company for children. On February 26, 2021, Cloudco released "Care Bears Kids Hits: Vol. 1" on digital download, which contains 10 of the songs featured in "Unlock the Music". On March 12, 2021, Cloudco released another digital download album  featuring the complete first wave of "Unlock the Music" songs. Many of the songs have also been released as singles as well. On May 8, 2021, the second wave of songs from "Unlock the Music" began to be uploaded on the channel. Season 2 will feature 20 brand new songs, with all-new Care Bears featured. Broadcast. Original broadcasters. Care Bears: Unlock the Magic was co-commissioned by Turner and Tiny Pop, and so the series was first broadcast in the United States and the United Kingdom. In the United States, the 10 episodes of "Care Bears: Unlock the Magic  were released to Boomerang's mobile app service on February 1, 2019. A sneak peek release of the first episode was added early to the app on January 28, 2019. The series premiered on the main TV network on March 30, and premiered on Cartoon Network on April 16, 2019. On August 16, 2021, it was announced that the series would air on the Cartoonito block as a weekend programme beginning on September 19, 2021. International. In the United Kingdom, the series premiered on Tiny Pop on April 6, 2019. On September 30, 2019, Cloudco Entertainment announced they had sold 	Care Bears: Unlock the Magic
18002796	the series on to many broadcasters including WildBrain's Family Jr. in Canada. On the same day, Cloudco also announced that Bomanbridge Media would be the content agent for the series in Southeast Asia, with the two selling the show to TVB in Hong Kong and ABS-CBN's Yey! in The Philippines. Later foreign deals that would go into 2020 would include StarzPlay in Arabia, among others. Merchandise. A comic book based on the series was announced by IDW Publishing in March 2019. It was released in July 2019. In May 2019, Toy company Basic Fun! announced they had 	Care Bears: Unlock the Magic
18002797	acquired the master toy rights to the Care Bears franchise, with the toys being based on this series. FiGPiNs were released in March 2020.