The sixth season of the British-American
animated television sitcom ''
The Amazing World of Gumball
''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is an animated sitcom created by Ben Bocquelet for Cartoon Network. The series concerns the lives of 12-year-old Gumball Watterson, an anthropomorphic blue cat, and adoptive goldfish brother Darwin, who attend ...
'', created by
Ben Bocquelet, premiered on
Cartoon Network in the
United States
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on January 5, 2018, and was produced by
Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe
Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe Ltd. (HBSE, formerly Great Marlborough Productions and previously known as Cartoon Network Studios Europe and Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe) is a British animation studio based in London and owned by the ...
. The series focuses on the misadventures of Gumball Watterson, a blue 12-year-old cat, along with his adopted brother, Darwin, a goldfish. Together, they cause mischief among their family, as well as with the wide array of students at Elmore Junior High, where they attend
middle school
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. Unlike the previous seasons of the show, this season has 44 episodes,
making it the longest season of the series.
Development
Production
On June 22, 2016,
Cartoon Network renewed the series for a sixth season.
This is the final season where Donielle T. Hansley Jr. voices Darwin. He voices Darwin until Christian J. Simon takes the role in "The Anybody" onward when Darwin clears his throat.
This is
Shane Rimmer (voice of Louie) and
Gillian Hanna
Gillian Hanna (20 June 1944 – 18 August 2019) was an Irish stage, film, TV and voice actress. She founded the feminisMonstrous Regiment Theatre Companyabout which she wrote a book that was published in 1991.
Early life
Hanna graduated with a ...
's (voice of Betty) final acting roles before their deaths on March 29, 2019, and August 18, 2019, respectively.
The writers for the season were
Ben Bocquelet, James Hamilton, Joe Markham, Joe Parham, Jon Purkis, Tobi Wilson, Jack Bernhardt, Andrew Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Tom Neenan,
Cariad Lloyd, Tom Neenan, Jess Ransom, Mic Graves,
Jess Ransom, Eddie Robson, Natasha Hodgson, Gemma Arrowsmith,
Sophie Duker
Sophie Duker (born 1989/1990) is a British stand-up comedian and writer.
Early life
Duker was born in London to first-generation immigrants from West Africa. Her mother is from Cameroon and her father is from Ghana. She studied French and Engli ...
, Lucien Young, Tony Hull, Richard Overall, and Paul Rice. The storyboard artists for the season were Adrian Maganza, Chloé Nicolay, Richard Méril, Wandrille Maunoury, Max Loubaresse, Bianca Ansems, Zhihuang Dong, Ben Marsaud, and Oliver Hamilton.
The sixth season production began on July 13, 2017, and ended on October 24, 2018.
On October 7, 2018, series creator Ben Bocquelet retweeted a tweet with an article saying that the sixth season may be the final season,
but the author of that article made a follow-up article clarifying that there could still be more seasons.
Episodes
Notes
References
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2018 American animated television seasons
2018 British television seasons
2019 American animated television seasons
2019 British television seasons
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