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Time - Season 2
Others in the cast of Time season 1 included Siobhan Finneran (Happy Valley), Sue Johnston (The Royle Family), Hannah Walters (This Is England), David Calder (The World Is Not Enough), Nadine Marshall (Small Axe), Michael Socha (This Is England) and Aneurin Barnard (Dunkirk).
The second season of Adventure Time, an American animated television series created by Pendleton Ward, premiered on Cartoon Network on October 11, 2010 and concluded on May 2, 2011, and was produced by Frederator Studios and Cartoon Network Studios. The season follows the adventures of Finn, a human boy, and his best friend and adoptive brother Jake, a dog with magical powers to change shape and size at will. Finn and Jake live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo, where they interact with the other main characters of the show: Princess Bubblegum, The Ice King, Marceline the Vampire Queen, Lumpy Space Princess, and BMO.
After the first, the second season of Adventure Time was quickly ordered by Cartoon Network. However, the beginning of the series debuted under production constraints, and "It Came from the Nightosphere" aired after just barely being finished. The season was storyboarded and written by Adam Muto, Rebecca Sugar, Kent Osborne, Somvilay Xayaphone, Cole Sanchez, Benton Connor, Jesse Moynihan, Ako Castuera, and Tom Herpich.
The first episode of the season, "It Came from the Nightosphere" was watched by 2.001 million viewers; this marked a decrease in viewers watching Cartoon Network when compared to the previous season's debut, although it marked an increase when compared to the last season's finale. The season ended with the episode "Heat Signature" on May 9, 2011. It was viewed by 1.975 million viewers, which marked an increase from the first-season finale. The season was initially supposed to end with the cliffhanger two-parter "Mortal Folly"/"Mortal Recoil." Still, due to a scheduling error, "Heat Signature" was the last episode to air for the season. In 2011, Adventure Time was nominated for an Annie Award, and the episode "It Came from the Nightosphere" was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-format Animated Program. Neither the series nor the episode won, however. Several compilation DVDs that contained episodes from the season were released after the season finished airing. The complete season set was released on June 4, 2013, on DVD and Blu-ray.
The season follows the adventures of Finn the Human, a human boy, and his best friend Jake, a dog with magical powers to change shape and grow and shrink at will. Finn and Jake live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo, wherein they interact with the other major characters, including Princess Bubblegum, The Ice King, Marceline the Vampire Queen, Lumpy Space Princess, and BMO. Common storylines revolve around: Finn and Jake discovering strange creatures, battling the Ice King, and battling monsters to help others. Various other episodes deal with Finn attempting to understand his attraction towards Bubblegum.[1] Two of the season's final episodes, "Mortal Folly"/"Mortal Recoil", expand the mythology of the show by introducing the Lich (voiced by Ron Perlman), who would become the show's main antagonist.[2]
After Adventure Time debuted on April 5, 2010, with "Slumber Party Panic" and "Trouble in Lumpy Space", the series was quickly renewed for a second season of 26 eleven-minute segments.[3][4] Around August 2010, the writing for the second season was finished, and the production staff had started to receive bits of animation from the show's overseas animation staff. The first episode to enter into production was "Loyalty to the King", based on its production code. However, it was later temporarily shelved, and aired as the season's third episode.[5] The third episode produced, "It Came from the Nightosphere", was instead chosen to open the season. When the network announced the start of season two, the episode was not finished. On the official Frederator site, contributor Eric Homan noted that he would "prefer [that the series] stock up on a few episodes before jumping into season two, but it ain't my network".[6] The episode was the first episode storyboarded by Rebecca Sugar. During the network pitch of the episode, Ward beatboxed and Sugar played ukulele and the two performed "The Fry Song". Sugar later called the experience "super terrifying", although the network did green-light the episode.[7]
This season's episodes were produced in a process similar to those of the previous season. Each episode was outlined in two-to-three pages that contained the necessary plot information.[8] These outlines were then handed to storyboard artists, who created full storyboards.[9] Design and coloring were done at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, California, and animation was handled overseas in South Korea by Rough Draft Korea and Saerom Animation.[10][11][12] The exception to this is the sixteenth episode, "Guardians of Sunshine", which features roughly 5 minutes of 3-D animation that emulates the style of 8-bit video games.[13] For these segments, the series asked animator Ke Jiang for assistance; he single-handedly "modeled, rigged and animated" the sequence.[14] The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack creator Thurop Van Orman was brought in to work on the season as supervising producer and outline writer when his show entered a hiatus, but left shortly after Flapjack wrapped up production in order to concentrate on other projects.
The season's first episode, "It Came from the Nightosphere" was largely well received by critics. Tyler Foster of DVD Talk called it "a pretty decent example of all the notes the show can hit."[36] He was particularly pleased with the way "the rift between Marceline and her dad is handled with a nice seriousness that fits right in alongside absurd gags about penguins".[36] He also noted that "any episode that includes a song is a plus in my book."[36] It was also called the "real highlight" of the eponymous DVD release by Charles Webb of MTV Geek.[37] IGN writer Matt Fowler later referred to the episode as a "classic".[38] The episode was later nominated for a 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-format Animated Program, although it did not win.[39]
The series was a candidate for the "Best and Worst of 2010", a list compiled by the Bucks County Courier Times; the series was under the "Best Animated TV Show" category.[40] Patrick Broadnax of the Huntsville Examiner named the series one of "The Most Underrated Shows on Television".[41] He argued that, in its second season, the show was "shining as one of [Cartoon Network's] best decisions ever."[41] He praised the spirit of the series, noting that it was reminiscent of the "charm that 90's cartoon held so gracefully".[41] He concluded that the show was "goofy, colorful fun that should be able to put a smile on anyone's face."[41] Tyler Foster of DVD Talk wrote that the season release was "highly recommended". He praised that the season was able to "explor[e] and [expand] on everything that" was set up in the first season of the show.[42] He specifically praised "Power Animal, "Death in Bloom", "Crystals Have Power", and "Her Parents" as the best episodes from the set. Foster was slightly critical of the visual presentation, noting that some aliasing was present, but felt that the commentaries were an added bonus.[42]
The show itself was nominated for an Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production for Children. However, the series did not win.[43] The episode "It Came from the Nightosphere" was nominated for a 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-format Animated Program, although the episode did not win.[39]
Warner Home Video released multiple DVD volumes, such as My Two Favorite People, It Came from the Nightosphere, Jake vs. Me-Mow, Fionna and Cake, The Suitor, Princess Day, and The Enchiridion which contain episodes from the second season.[64][65][66][67][68][69][70] All DVD releases can be purchased on the Cartoon Network Shop, and the individual episodes can be downloaded from both the iTunes Store and Amazon.com.[71][72][73]
Judkins warned fans not to expect the second season anytime soon in an interview with Dragonmount. "I can say that there's some truth [to rumors The Wheel of Time Season 2 will premiere in early 2023]," he said. "In that, I do believe Season 2 will be premiering in 2023. I think 'early' -- there's still a lot of work that we've got to do on the show in [post-production], VFX, all of that. So I would not expect it in early 2023, but you can expect it in 2023." Judkins added that media coverage of The Wheel of Time Season 2's progress was often wildly off base, noting that some outlets had reported episodes as wrapped that hadn't even started filming yet.
In the same interview, Judkins noted that the Wheel of Time Season 2 will combine plot points from the next two volumes in Robert Jordan's series of fantasy novels, The Great Hunt and The Dragon Reborn. Judkins explained that this decision was made to avoid having the second and third seasons culminate in similar showdowns between Rand al'Thor (Josha Stradowski) and Ishamael (Fares Fares). He went on to say that author Brandon Sanderson, who completed the final three Wheel of Time books after Jordan died in 2007, agreed that this was the right call. Judkins also assured fans that Season 2 will end with the narrative on track to adapt the fourth Wheel of Time novel, The Shadow Rising. 041b061a72