The Amazing World of Gumball

The Amazing World of Gumball (sometimes referred to simply as Gumball) is a British animated television series that airs on Cartoon Network. It was created by Ben Bocquelet. On May 3, 2011, a sneak preview of the episode The DVD was shown after the premiere of The Looney Tunes Show. It officially premiered on May 9, 2011, with the episodes The DVD and The Responsible. According to the Cartoon Network website, The Amazing World of Gumball is the one of the most popular shows on the channel, along with Adventure Time, The Looney Tunes Show, and Regular Show.

International Debuts

 * The show aired on November 12, 2011 in the Japanese Cartoon Network.
 * The show aired unofficially on May 3rd in the US Cartoon Network. It aired officially on May 9th. It's also the front runner for the show, meaning that it will air first. And has the most episodes released, probably due to finished post production in the USA.
 * The show also aired on May 2nd in the UK Cartoon Network.
 * The show also premiered in Australia and Southeast Asia on the 1st of October 2011.
 * The show also aired September 4th in Latin Cartoon Network.
 * The show aired officially on September 2nd, 2011 in the Italian Cartoon Network. It also aired as trailer on June 7th, 2011.

Early Concept
There were some posters made in early 2011 (January-March) during the plans, hinting the vast changes between the pilot and these posters, to the finished concept on air today.
 * Anais had whiskers & a love intrest.Amazing-world-of-gumball-characters.jpg
 * Tina was more realistic.
 * Darwin's shading on his legs were brown.
 * Idaho had a lighter color.
 * The logo was in a different color.
 * Miss Simian's classroom looked different.
 * Penny's antlers were brown.
 * The Wattersons' house had eyes.
 * Rob was originally a female.

Episodes
There are currently two seasons planned. You can view the first season here.

Intro
Main Article: Opening Theme

Animation of The Amazing World of Gumball
The first ten episodes or so were animated slightly differently from the later episodes. All the episodes have mixed media, with CG dinosaurs mixed in with claymation balls of clay and 2D flowers and ghosts. However, the animations of the 2D characters became slightly more jerky (Gumball's arm was in the air one frame ago! What's it doing by his side?!) and generally cartoony than the first episode's more lifelike motions. Gumball's body also changes in form slightly, with his fangs rounded and his eyes slightly smaller than before, All of which changed by the first season finale as the animations in the last 2 episodes seemed less jerky and more life-like, along with Gumball's fangs being sharp again and his eyes being bigger. Also, unlike most cartoons, it uses backgrounds from the real world, due to the reason that the creator worked on commercials for the UK before creating the show, learning how to give a realistic feeling to the background.

International Edits
Main article: Censorship of The Amazing World of Gumball

In Other Languages

 * English: The Amazing World of Gumball
 * Japanese: おかしなガムボール (Kikansha Gumball, or Konichiwa Gumballwa,)
 * French: Le Monde Incroyable de Gumball (The Awesome World of Gumball)
 * Mexican Spanish (Espanol): El Increíble Mundo de Gumball (The Incredible World of Gumball)
 * Dutch: De Wonderlijke Wereld van Gumball (The Wonderful World of Gumball)
 * German: Die fantastische Welt von Gumball (The Fantastic World of Gumball)
 * Korean: 검볼 (Gumball)
 * Arabic: عالم غامبول المدهش (The Amazing World of Gumball)
 * Portuguese: O Incrível Mundo de Gumball (The Incredible World of Gumball)
 * Italian: Lo Straordinario Mondo di Gumball (The Awesome World of Gumball)
 * Danish: Gumball's Fantastiske Verden
 * Chinese: 阿甘妙世界
 * European, Castillian Spanish: El Asombroso Mundo de Gumball
 * Bulgarian: Невероятният свят на Гъмбол
 * Polish: Niesamowity świat Gumballa
 * Hungarian: Gumball csodálatos világa
 * Romanian: Uimitoarea lume a lui Gumball
 * Swedish: Gumballs Fantastiska Värld
 * Hebrew: העולם המופלא של גאמבול

Trivia

 * The Amazing World of Gumball was originally titled Gumball only, even before Gumball Watterson was the main character or made.
 * The show took two years to make.
 * The Amazing World of Gumball was named "Cartoon Network UK's first original series", despite it being produced by Dandelion Studios and its world premiere being in Europe.
 * The show was renewed for a second season before it even premiered.
 * It was originally supposed to be an Adult Swim show about reject cartoon characters attending a remedial school.
 * The series changed air dates from Monday to Tuesday to accompany Level Up in America & Europe.
 * It appears that every episode had the word "the" in its name.

Voice Actors

 * Logan Grove as Gumball
 * Kwesi Boakye as Darwin
 * Dan Russel as Richard & Tina
 * Teresa Gallagher (from Thomas, & Mr. Men & Little Miss.) as Nicole & Penny
 * Martin T. Sherman (from Thomas) as Juke
 * Kyla Rae Kowalewski as Anais.
 * Lewis MacLeod as Rocky Mr. Robinson
 * Kerry Shale (from Thomas) as Bobert Principal Brown & Penny's Father
 * Rupert Degas (from Thomas & Bob the Builder) as Idaho, Tobias, Mr. Small, The Robber, Donut Police, Alan & Banana Joe.
 * and More.