The critically acclaimed Max Original adult-animated series Ten Year Old Tom has been renewed for a second season on HBO Max. The S2 order was announced at Rooster Teeth’s RTX festival in Austin, Texas this weekend. The series is created, produced, directed and written by Steve Dildarian (The Life and Times of Tim), who also voice stars as Tom. Byron Bowers (Honey Boy) joins the writing team for S2 and voices the character Nelson.
“Steve Dildarian has always had a unique and charming way of depicting the pain and hilarity of everyday life. We love the sincerity and bewilderment of Tom as he navigates the misguided adults around him daily and we are looking forward to more life lessons and mishaps in Season 2,” said Billy Wee, SVP of Comedy & Animation for HBO Max.
Ten Year Old Tom follows the misadventures of an average kid as he contends with questionable guidance from the well-meaning grownups around him. S1 also starred Todd Glass, Gillian Jacobs, John Malkovich and Edi Patterson, with guest appearances by David Duchovny, Jennifer Coolidge, Natasha Lynonne, Mark Proksch, Tim Robinson and more. The series is exec produced by Dildarian, Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements ( Tomorrow Studios), and Nick Weidenfeld (Work Friends). ShadowMachine will continue producing the animation for S2.
New animated titles are arriving on Hulu this month! Available now, the Annecy-screened film Ginger’s Tale, from the now-defunct Vverh Animation Studio, follows a plucky young heroine who sets out to rescue her kind friend when the magical Stone of Fire brings him wealth at the cost of his goodness, attracting the attention of the kingdom’s evil queen.
On the anime side, catch the complete Season 2 drop of Platinum End on Thursday, July 7. Synopsis: When life becomes too much for Mirai to bear and attempts taking his own life, he’s saved by Nasse, a guardian angel who offers him a chance at becoming the new god. To do so, he must face off against 12 other candidates within 999 days.
Also debuting Thursday will be How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom Season 1 (Eps. 14-26, Dubbed). Synopsis: Suddenly summoned to a fantasy world and betrothed to the princess, Kazuya Souma is crowned the new king. Unlike the royalty before him, he won’t be using swords and magic to rule; will administrative reform really get this kingdom back on track?
And of course, we must remind you to mark your calendars next week for the complete Season 3 premiere for Solar Opposites, the spaced-out sci-fi spoof from Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan that has the insane Earth-dunking comedy you crave. Binge the new season Wednesday, July 13!
Younger auds will want to tune in to Disney+ on Wednesday, July 6 for new episodes of PJ Masks! The immensely popular children’s series launched on Disney Junior (U.S.) in 2015, and has since inspired millions of kids around the world in their superhero dreams.
The PJ Maskas are three kids who don their masks and pajamas at night to become a hero team, to keep rivals and “baddies” from ruining people’s day. Connor becomes Catboy (with cat powers), Amaya becomes Owlette (owl powers) and Greg becomes Gekko (lizard powers). Together, they go into the night to save the day using their unique skills and vehicles. Kids and parents have been motivated by the series’ themes of inclusion and imagination.
New episodes will rev up new vehicle-loving villains Carly and Cartoka; take kids along for a camping trip, a sleepover and a Dragon Dance demo; unleash a pirate robot and more!
Cartoon Network Africa is kicking off a new super fun vacation season phase of its campaign to inspire kids to take care of our planet as Climate Champions (cartoonnetworkclimatechampions.com)! The action begins with an on-air stunt with fun and adventurous, eco-tastic episodes every day from Monday, July 11 to 18 July at 9:40 CAT.
- Laugh along with your favorite cartoon characters from Teen Titans Go!, Craig of the Creek, The Amazing World of Gumball, DC Super Hero Girls, We Baby Bears, Coach Me If You Can and Ben 10 as they tackle environmental issues. From cleaning up the ocean to protecting an ancient tree, our heroes will face many unexpected adventures while learning about climate change.
- CN has partnered with DStv to launch a new mobile game called Grubby Shores that goes live July 11 on DStv’s mobile edutainment game, Island Adventures, available on the MyDStv app. Come along and explore a newly discovered grubby island destroyed by pollution and climate change. The dirty island needs all Cartoon Network Climate Champions to save it! Play, learn and win one of 10 DIY Vegetable Garden kits weekly or an incredible family getaway.
- You can also join the Cartoon Network Climate Champions crew for even more activities, more games and cool tips to help protect our planet during the eco-packed holiday activations at Menlyn Park Shopping Centre (Pretoria) from July 6-10 and Tyger Valley Shopping Centre (Cape Town) July 13-17.
More TV & Streaming Bytes:
- Overseas animation made a splash on the Netflix Top 10 for June 27-July 3, including features Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (No. 9 for Films in English, 4th week in Top 10) and Tadeo Jones 2 (No. 9, Films – Non-English), plus the anime series BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- S1 (No. 8, TV – Non-English).
- Now available as an OVID exclusive streaming premiere, history buffs and fans of beautiful hand-crafted animation won’t want to miss the docuemntary short The Girl with the Rivet Gun, directed by Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly.
- Sky Cinema will be premiering Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank as a Sky Original on July 22.
- Kung Fu Pork Choppers S4 has finally launched in mainland China, following the success of the previous seasons with an OTT rollout across iQIYI, Tencent, Mango TV, Youku and MIGU, as well as broadcasters KAKU and Aniworld TV.
- Paramount+ officially entered the Asian market with a launch in South Korea, on No. 1 K-Content platform TVING as part of its global partnership with CJ ENM.
- VlogBox reports rapid growth for the U.K./India kids’ media shingle Videogyan, which has seen a major boost in viewship following their team-up to create CTV/OTT channels across Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV and Google TV — overcoming some challenges and resulting in revenue increases of 75% and an audience growth of 80%.
