Smiling Friends
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Smiling Friends is an adult animated television series created by Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack for Cartoon Network's night-time programming block Adult Swim, which revolves around the surreal misadventures of a small company and its four employees dedicated to spreading happiness.
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Theme music composer | Chris O'Neill[2] |
Ending theme | "Brown Smile" (composed by Chris O'Neill) |
Composer | Brendan Caulfield |
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Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
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Running time | 11 minutes |
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Network | Adult Swim |
Release | January 10, 2022 (2022-01-10)[3] ā present |
Smiling Friends utilizes a variety of different styles and techniques to bring its characters to life. This includes but is not limited to stylized traditional animation, CGI, rotoscoping, stop motion, and live-action.
The pilot episode aired April 1, 2020, unannounced as part of Adult Swim's annual April Fools' Day event alongside the premiere of Cusack's other series, YOLO. On May 19, 2021, Adult Swim ordered a full season that was initially set to premiere in late 2021.[4] A panel dedicated to the series was held during the Adult Swim Festival on November 12, 2021, where co-creator Zach Hadel mentioned the show will premiere "within a few months", pushing the release schedule ahead to 2022.[5] The first season contains nine episodes, including the pilot and an 11-minute special.[6][7][8] The first season eventually premiered on January 10, 2022, with Adult Swim airing all episodes of the season, except for the special, in one night despite initial plans for a weekly release.[9][3][lower-alpha 1]
The series received critical acclaim, and was renewed for a second season on February 9, 2022;[10] the season premiere aired on April 1, 2024,[11] with the rest of the season beginning to air on May 13.[12][13]