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Premiere | April 26, 2022 (YouTube) April 30, 2022 (preview) May 9, 2022 (Cartoon Network) May 10, 2022 (HBO Max) |
Network | Cartoon Network Cartoonito HBO Max |
Seasons | 1 |
Episodes | 26 |
Mecha Builders is an animated Sesame Street spin-off. The series debuted on May 9, 2022 on Cartoon Network's Cartoonito which holds the broadcast television rights, with episodes released the following day on HBO Max for streaming.[1][2] A special preview episode aired on April 30, 2022. A Roblox experience was released two days before.[3]
The series is described as featuring "favorite Sesame Street characters as heroes in a robot-animation style."
The series was first announced in October 2019[4] and production started in May 2020.[5] The animation was produced by Canadian animation studio Guru Studio.[5]
A brief clip of an enlarged Cookie Monster mecha stomping through a city was shown in a Cartoon Network sizzle reel in February 2021 (YouTube). A social media post for New Years 2022 from Sesame Workshop revealed Elmo and Abby Cadabby in the designs used on the series.[6]
Voice Cast[]
- Ryan Dillon: Mecha Elmo
- David Rudman: Mecha Cookie Monster
- Leslie Carrara-Rudolph: Mecha Abby, Mecha Tango
- with Alan Aisenberg, Krystina Alabado, Kaitlin Becker, Chris Cafero, Lilli Cooper, Jorge Cordova, Dave Droxler, Jaba Keh, Ezra Knight, Martin P. Robinson, Chanel Umoh, Matt Vogel
- Voice Director: Holly Gregory
Credits[]
- Developed by Joe Fallon
- Executive Producers: Frank Falcone, Joe Fallon, Olexa Hewryk, Kay Wilson Stallings
- Executive Producer, Sesame Street: Benjamin Lehmann
- Supervisor Creative Producer: Jordan Geary
- Creative Producer: Michael J. Smith
- Supervising Producers: Melanie Grisanti, Alia Nakashima
- Producer: Vanessa Wong
- Associate Producer: Lacey Mason
- Head Writer: Joe Fallon
- Story Editor: Maxwell Nicoll
- SVP of Curriculum and Content: Rosemarie T. Truglio, Ph.D.
- Talent Supervisor: Karyn Leibovich
- Theme Song Music & Lyrics By Bud'da
- Theme Song Performed By Eric Bellinger, Shanice
- Asset Management: Frank Campagna
Sources[]
- โ WarnerMedia launches Cartoonito Preschool Programming Block by Dan Sarto, February 17, 2021
- โ WarnerMedia Kids & Family and Sesame Workshop Expand Content Partnership With New Animated Adventures and Fresh Takes on Family Classics by Sesame Workshop, March 8, 2022
- โ Sesame Street Mecha Builders: The Game - Roblox
- โ Sesame Street Heads to HBO Max with Deal for Five New Seasons by Ethan Anderton, October 3, 2019
- โ 5.0 5.1 Sesame Workshop, Guru Studio Team for Animated Sesame Street Spin-Off by Mercedes Milligan, May 12, 2020
- โ Sesame Workshop Facebook Jan 1, 2022