Monday, August 17, 2020

'Glitch Techs' Co-Creator Gives Show Production Status Update

Nickelodeon's long-awaited animated series Glitch Techs finally bowed on Netflix on February, February 21, 2020, with the first 10 episodes now available to watch on the streaming platform.


When Nickelodeon originally picked up the show in 2016, they initially ordered 20 episodes for season one. The series then got picked up for an additional 10 episodes. These 10 episodes were written, storyboarded and designed before Nickelodeon placed on the show on hiatus, so unfortunately never got animated and are sitting inside Nickelodeon’s server.

With Glitch Techs being met with mostly positive reviews, many have been wondering about the future of the series, given that the series was put on hiatus rather abruptly in January 2019. Unfortunately, it doesn't sound like good news at the moment.

Update (8/17) - With Glitch Techs "season 2" hitting Netflix, Milano has further revealed that the unfinished episodes have also been voiced, and just need to be shipped for animation!:


When asked on Twitter if season two of Glitch Techs would pick up its myth storyarc, Dan Milano (Greg the Bunny, Warren the Ape), one of the co-creators of Glitch Techs, confirmed that the show is indeed currently cancelled:

"Right now we are unfortunately cancelled and long gone from Nickelodeon but if the show is brought back we would continue with contained stories that also grow and expand the lore chronologically with a few tenpole eps along the way that fill in the larger story"

Although production on the show is currently in limbo, when asked if there's any chance of the show could be saved, Dan revealed: "yes! get us trending!"

So, you know what to do, Glitch Heads! :) #GlitchTechs #ReleaseTheGlitch #RespectTheTech

Who knows what really happens when a video game starts to glitch? In Glitch Techs, two teens work at a game store as a front for their actual job: Hunting video game monsters who've broken out into the real world for a super secret task force, The Monster Hunters! Nickelodeon's brand-new animated adventure-comedy series follows two newly recruited kids as they battle video game monsters that come to life in the real world.


This brand new animated series features High Five and Miko, two gamers who are recruited into the world of Glitch Techs: kids who battle the video game glitches that enter our world through faulty game consoles!

In the world of Glitch Techs, Hinobi is a huge gaming and tech company that makes massively popular video games consoles. What Hinobi customers do NOT know is that their games sometimes glitch and release dangerous video game creatures into the real world! That’s when the company send the Glitch Techs: a trained support team equipped with an arsenal of fantastic gaming gear designed to capture video game pests and out them back where they belong!

Once a glitch is returned, the Techs must remove any evidence it was there – including the memories of any witnesses! Not only do Glitch Techs fight for the safety of the city, they also work at Hinobi stores, helping customers with tech support and service needs.

Enter Miko and high Five – new recruits who fight glitches and reformat witnesses all before the store closes at 5pm. Talk about a crazy job! Respect the Tech!

Glitch Techs stars Ricardo Hurtado as High Five, Monica Ray as Miko, Luke Youngblood as Mitch, Sandeep Parikh as Haneesh, Zehra Fazal as Zahra, Josh Sussman as Bergy, Eric Lopez as Papi, Dan Milano as BITT and Scott Kreamer as Phil, as well as Scott Kreamer, Betsy Sodaro, Ashly Burch, Greg Nix, Dee Baker, Stephanie Sheh, Jolene Kim, Felicia Day, Cree Summer, Roshon Fegan, Rachael Russakoff, Nolan North and many more. Dee Bradley Baker (Legends of the Hidden Temple, American Dad) and Stephanie Sheh voice Miko's parents, Jane Lynch (iCarly, Glee) will guest star on the series. In addition to voicing some characters, Felicia Day was also a consultant for the series.

Glitch Techs comes from Eric Robles (Fanboy & Chum Chum, The X's, Ni Hao, Kai-Lan) and Dan Milano (Greg the Bunny, Warren the Ape), both hailing from Nickelodeon's Artist Collective, an internal artist-led development program, and is produced at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank, Calif. Nickelodeon has picked-up Glitch Techs for an initial 20-episode first season. A second season was commissioned, however, Nickelodeon halted production half-way through.

On his Twitter co-creator Milano described the influences and inspiration behind the animated show, “Being childhood fans of the paranormal investigation genre, Glitch Techs is absolutely Eric Robles’ and my love letter to Ghostbusters and Men in Black with plenty of X-Files, Buffy, Doctor Who, Star Trek, and dozens of other stuff we and our collabs grew up on.”

Update (4/20) - Eric Robles has revealed that one of the episodes currently sitting on Nickelodeon's servers would feature the return of Nogrog, voiced by Adam Croasdell!:


More Nick: Netflix and Nickelodeon Form Multi-Year Output Deal to Produce Original Animated Films and Series!

Originally published: Saturday, March 14, 2020.

H/T: Anime Superhero Forum /Daikun, SweetShop209.

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