Netflix Orders Animated Comedy ‘Long Story Short’ from ‘BoJack Horseman’ Creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg

Raphael Bob-Waksberg, who a decade ago delivered the game-changing series BoJack Horseman, is teaming up with Netflix and Michael Eisner’s The Tornante Company and animation studio ShadowMachine once again for a new adult animated comedy: Long Story Short. The original series, set to launch in 2025, was announced timed to the 10th anniversary of BoJack‘s premiere on August 22, 2014.

“It is legitimately a thrill and an honor to be back doing what I love most: drafting enthusiastic pull quotes for press releases to Hollywood trade publications. Who says you can’t go home again?!” Bob-Waksberg quipped.

Logline: Long Story Short is an animated comedy about a family, over time. It’s about the shared history, the inside jokes, the old wounds. If you’ve ever had a mother, father, sibling, partner, or child, this is the show for you and by the way would it kill you to call them?

Bob-Waksberg will write, showrun and executive produce the series. Noel Bright and Steven A. Cohen (BoJack Horseman, Tuca & Bertie, Undone) will executive produce for Tornante Television. Lisa Hanawalt (BoJack Horseman; creator of Tuca & Bertie) is supervising producer and will design the original art for the series.

ShadowMachine (BoJack Horseman, Tuca & Bertie, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio), is producing out of their L.A. facility. Corey Campodonico and Alex Bulkley will serve as co-executive producers for the studio.

Hailed as one of the best TV shows of all time by outlets including Rolling Stone, Variety and the BBC, BoJack Horseman made history as Netflix’s first original adult animated series when it debuted a decade ago. Praised for its groundbreaking approach to storytelling, satire and emotional depth, the show ran for six seasons (77 episodes), winning four Critics’ Choice Television Awards for Best Animated Series, two Emmy nomination for Outstanding Animated Program and three Writers Guild Awards (out of seven nominations).

Executive produced by Bob-Waksberg, Cohen and Bright, voice stars Will Arnett and Aaron Paul also served as executive producers. BoJack was designed by graphic artist Hanawalt and animated by L.A.-based ShadowMachine. The show was a Tornante Television production brought to life by Michael Eisner’s The Tornante Company, with a voice cast that included Arnett, Paul, Paul F. Tompkins, Amy Sedaris and Alison Brie.