Adult animation
Animation aimed at adults
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| April 16 2025 | Third season of Smiling Friends set to debut on Adult Swim. |
| 2025 | The series was nominated for Best Original Anime at the 9th Crunchyroll Anime Awards. |
| 2025 | Upcoming projects include A Minecraft Movie, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, The Bad Guys 2, and In Your Dreams |
| 2025 | Rick and Morty received a nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Casting at the Artios Awards for Animated Program for Television, with Robert McGee, Ruth Lambert, and Sara Jane Sherman recognized for their casting work. |
| March 28 2025 |
Common Side Effects
Series was renewed for a second season.
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| March 28 2025 |
Common Side Effects
Common Side Effects was renewed for a second season by Adult Swim.
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| March 2025 | Solar Opposites was confirmed to end with the sixth season. |
| March 10 2025 | Glitch collaborated with ZAMination to help produce their Minecraft-inspired animations. |
| 2025 | Eighth season is scheduled to be released. |
| 2025 | Planned release of the second season of Smiling Friends on DVD and Blu-ray |
| March 2 2025 |
Common Side Effects
Series began encore broadcast on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block.
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| March 1 2025 | Made its television debut on HBO. |
| February 28 2025 | Began streaming on Max streaming platform. |
| 2025 | Producing season 14 of King of the Hill |
| 2025 | The series was nominated for Best TV/Media – Limited Series at the Annie Awards |
| 2025 | Glitch Productions will premiere 'Knights of Guinevere', a 2D animated series created by Dana Terrace, John Bailey Owen, and Zach Marcus, in partnership with Studio Meala. |
| 2025 | Glitch Productions plans to release 'The Gaslight District', created by Nick Szopko. |
| February 18 2025 | Blu-ray release, featuring featurettes about the film's production. |
| February 2025 | A spin-off series titled 'My Adventures with Green Lantern' was announced, set in the same timeline as 'My Adventures with Superman'. The series will focus on Jessica Cruz becoming a Green Lantern and exploring an ancient conflict between the Green Lantern Corps and its enemies. |
| February 5 2025 | Burnie Burns announced he acquired the Rooster Teeth brand and some of its remaining intellectual property through his company Box Canyon Productions, with plans to return some Rooster Teeth productions and reimagine his first film, The Schedule. |
| February 2 2025 |
Common Side Effects
Common Side Effects officially premiered on Adult Swim, launching its first season on Cartoon Network's late-night animation block.
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| January 17 2025 | Glitch announced their first 2D animated series, Knights of Guinevere, in collaboration with The Owl House alumni Dana Terrace, John Bailey Owen, and Zach Marcus. |
| January 17 2025 | Glitch announces their first 2D animated series 'Knights of Guinevere' in collaboration with The Owl House alumni, tentatively scheduled for 2025. |
| January 1 2025 | Family Guy returns to Adult Swim after previously leaving in September 2021, with a three-day marathon to celebrate its return. |
| 2024 | Ninja Kamui was nominated for Best Anime Series at the 4th Astra TV Awards. |
| 2024 | Planned films include Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Red One |
| 2024 | The film was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation at the Golden Reel Awards, recognizing the sound editing work of a team of 10 professionals including Brent Burge, Martin Kwok, Matt Stutter, and others. |
| 2024 |
Futurama
Ariel Ladensohn was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award in the Animation category for the episode 'I Know What You Did Next Xmas'
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| 2024 | Series renewal announced through the twelfth season. |
| 2024 | Collider ranked Moral Orel at number 11 in their list of best Adult Swim series, praising its dark comedic approach and critical exploration of Protestant culture and religious fundamentalism. |
| 2024 | A repress of the 'Something About Us' vinyl single was released on Record Store Day. |
| 2024 | The series was nominated for Best Animated Television Series or Special at the Saturn Awards |
| 2024 | Second season of the animated superhero television series 'My Adventures with Superman' aired, continuing the adventures of the animated Superman storyline. |
| 2024 | The series was nominated for Animated Program at the Women's Image Awards |
| 2024 | The series was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Family Programming at the TCA Awards |
| 2024 | Alice Lee was nominated for Actress in an Animated Program at the Women's Image Awards |
| 2024 | Blur Studio is set to contribute to multiple Sonic-related projects including Knuckles, Secret Level, and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 |
| 2024 | Blur Studio set to create cinematic trailer for upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 |
| December 2024 | Soundtrack album featuring Stephen Gallagher's score is scheduled for release. |
| December 27 2024 | Digital platform release, 14 days after US theatrical debut. |
| December 13 2024 | Film released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures. |
| December 12 2024 | The AI-upscaled remaster received a global theatrical rollout in over 1500 venues. |
| December 5 2024 | Film released theatrically in international markets by Warner Bros. Pictures. |
| December 3 2024 | Film premiered at Leicester Square, London. |
| December 3 2024 | The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim premiered. |
| November 23 2024 | The series aired on Cartoon Network in Japan. |
| November 15 2024 | 'The Rider' is digitally released by WaterTower Music, accompanied by an official music video. |
| October 2024 | More film footage was shown during a panel at New York Comic Con, moderated by Stephen Colbert. The panel featured the film's creators and cast, and a motion poster inspired by the film's artwork was released online. |
| October 2024 | Animation work for The War of the Rohirrim was completed by late October. |
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Glitch Productions, 20th Television Animation, Ninja Kamui, Futurama, Moral Orel, Rooster Teeth, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Rick and Morty, Adult Swim, Common Side Effects, My Adventures with Superman, Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, Smiling Friends, Solar Opposites, Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, Blur Studio & The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.