All Hail King Julien | |
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Also known as | All Hail King Julien: Exiled (season) |
Genre | |
Created by | Tom McGrath Eric Darnell |
Based on | Characters created by Tom McGrath and Eric Darnell from the DreamWorks Animation feature Madagascar |
Voices of | |
Opening theme | "Who Da King" by Blaze N Vill[1] |
Composer | Frederik Wiedmann |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 5 + Exiled |
No. of episodes | 78 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Mitch Watson Bret Haaland |
Running time | 22 minutes[2] |
Production company | DreamWorks Animation Television |
Original release | |
Network | Netflix |
Release | December 19, 2014 – December 1, 2017 |
All Hail King Julien is an American animated streaming television series that stars King Julien, Maurice, and Mort from DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar franchise and takes place in Madagascar before the events of the first film, making it a prequel.[3] It is the second DreamWorks Animation show to be based on the Madagascar franchise.
The series debuted on December 19, 2014, on Netflix when the first five 22-minute episodes were released.[2] Season 2 was released on October 16, 2015.[4] Season 3 was released on June 17, 2016,[5] Season 4 was released on November 11, 2016,[6] while next season, subtitled Exiled, was released on May 12, 2017. The fifth and final season was released on December 1, 2017. The series is currently showing reruns on Universal Kids in the United States. The show was removed from Netflix globally in November 2023.[7]
Premise
When King Julien XII (also known as Uncle King Julien), a very strict and cowardly ring-tailed lemur, is foretold to be eaten by fossa (spelled and pronounced as "foosa"), he abdicates his throne in favor of his nephew, who becomes King Julien XIII, a fun, notorious party animal, who now has an entire kingdom of lemurs to lead on his own. While Uncle King Julien is gone, the new King Julien gets into various troubles in the company of his adviser Maurice, his head of security Clover the crowned lemur, and his biggest fan Mort. All the while, his devious uncle returns and tries to get rid of his nephew to reclaim the throne. Aside from Uncle King Julien and the fossa, Julien deals with other threats like the mad fanaloka Karl and Clover's twin sister Crimson.
At the end of the fourth season, King Julien is dethroned and forced into exile by King Koto and his army but successfully defeats Koto and regains his kingdom in the next season, subtitled Exiled. The fifth and final season takes place after Koto's demise; villains such as Karl and Uncle King Julien decide to give up their evil ways and start a new life. This all leads up to the arrival of Alex on Madagascar (setting the stage of the first film) just as Clover leaves with her husband, Sage Moondancer, on their honeymoon.
Episodes
Short films
All Hail King Julien: New Year's Eve Countdown (2017)
All Hail King Julien: New Year's Eve Countdown is a three-minute computer-animated film about celebrating New Year on Madagascar.[8]
All Hail King Julien: Happy Birthday to You (2017)
All Hail King Julien: Happy Birthday to You is a one-minute computer-animated special, which could be used for the birthday of Julien's fan.[9]
Cast
- Danny Jacobs as:
- King Julien XIII,[2] a Ring-tailed lemur and the king of the lemurs.
- Pancho, a crowned lemur.
- Andy Richter as:
- Mort,[2] a small Goodman's mouse lemur who loves and constantly annoys King Julien.
- Ted, a nervous golden bamboo lemur.
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Maurice,[2] an Aye-aye and Julien's Royal advisor.
- India de Beaufort as:
- Clover,[2] a Crowned lemur who is Julien's bodyguard and Captain of the Ring Tail Guard who later married Sage Moondancer and became Queen of the mountain lemurs.
- Crimson, a Crowned lemur who's Clover's sister who used to work for Uncle King Julien after King Julien XIII dumped her on their wedding day. She later betrayed Uncle King Julien to help her sister stop Julien's uncle from having both Clover and Julien killed by Vigman Wilderbeast. In the series finale, Crimson and Clover made amends after Crimson admitted that she was jealous of her because, despite being her parents' favorite, Clover was the one they were most proud of.
- Henry Winkler as King Julien XII,[2] the former lemur king and King Julien XIII's maternal uncle who constantly tries to assassinate his nephew.
- Dwight Schultz as Karl, a fanaloka who also tried to kill Julien.
- David Krumholtz as Timo, a tenrec who invents things for King Julien.[10]
- Betsy Sodaro as Xixi, a toucan who loves attention.[11]
- Sarah Thyre as:
- Dorothy, a mongoose lemur and Ted's wife.
- Becca, a white-headed brown lemur.
- Debra Wilson as:
- Masikura, a psychic chameleon.[11]
- Mary Ann, a fossa who dated Horst.
- Tammy, a common brown lemur.
- Grey DeLisle as Pam Simonsworthington, a ring-tailed mongoose.
- Diedrich Bader as Abner, a Sanford's brown lemur.
- David Koechner as Rob McTodd, a Coquerel's sifaka and King Julien's old friend.
- Kether Donohue as Brosalind, an aye-aye and Maurice's sister.
- Jeff Bennett as:
- Sage Moondancer, a dull indri.[2]
- Willie, a red-fronted lemur who previously appeared in the original Madagascar film.
- Hector, a black and white ruffed lemur who hates everybody and everything.
- Horst, a blue-eyed black lemur who used to date Mary Ann.
- Dr. S, a king cobra and mad scientist/unlicensed doctor who practices “OUT OF A CAVE!”.
- Stanislav, a Russian-speaking space chimpanzee.
- Maurice LaMarche as King Koto, the tyrannical leader of the indris and Sage's evil brother who is the main antagonist of the 'Exiled' season.
Production
The series was announced in March 2014 as part of an agreement between Netflix and DreamWorks Animation, under which the studio will develop more than 300 hours of exclusive programming for the service.[12] The series is based on the characters from Madagascar, but is a prequel, set prior to the events of the film series.[13] Danny Jacobs, Andy Richter and Kevin Michael Richardson reprised their roles from previous Madagascar media, while Henry Winkler, India de Beaufort and Betsy Sodaro joined the cast.[14]
Reception
Critical response
The series has garnered favorable reviews, receiving critical acclaim particularly for its cultural relevance. Additionally, Jacobs and the rest of the cast were praised for their voice acting in the series.
After the initial release of the first five episodes, Robert Lloyd of Los Angeles Times wrote in his review that the series "succeeds on matters of style, script, timing and performance, not the number of individual hairs rendered in a patch of fur. And Julien delivers on all the important accounts."[15]
Accolades
Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2015 | Daytime Emmy Awards[16][17] | Outstanding Children's Animated Program | Bret Haaland, Mitch Watson, Randy Dormans, Nicholas Filippi, Chris Neuhahn and Katie Ely | Won |
Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | Danny Jacobs (as King Julien) | Won | ||
Outstanding Casting for an Animated Series or Special | Ania O'Hare | Won — tied with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | ||
Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program | Christo Stamboliev | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Original Song — Main Title and Promo | Will Fuller and Alex Geringas (for "Who's da King") | Nominated | ||
2016 | Daytime Emmy Awards[18][19] | Outstanding Children's Animated Program | Bret Haaland, Mitch Watson, Randy Dormans, Chris Neuhahn and Katie Ely | Nominated |
Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | Danny Jacobs (as King Julien) | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program | Mitch Watson, Michael Ryan, Sharon Flynn, Sonam Shekhawat and Elliott Owen | Won | ||
Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program | Stephen Heneveld, Christo Stamboliev, James Wootton and Collette Sunderman | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Sound Editing – Animation | Devon Bowman, Chris Gresham, Andrew Ing, DJ Lynch, Peter Munters, Lawrence Reyes, Ian Nyeste, Mishelle Fordham, Aran Tanchum and Vincent Guisetti | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Sound Mixing – Animation | Devon Bowman, Vicki Lemar, Aran Tanchum, Ian Nyeste and DJ Lynch | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Original Song | Frederik Wiedmann and Mitch Watson (for "True Bromance") | Won | ||
2017 | Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement, Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | King Julien Superstar! | Nominated |
2018 | Daytime Emmy Awards[20][21] | Outstanding Special Class Animated Program | Bret Haaland, Mitch Watson and Chris Belcher (All Hail King Julien: Exiled) | Nominated |
Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | Andy Richter (as Mort, Grammy Mort, and Smart Mort) (in All Hail King Julien: Exiled) | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program | Mitch Watson, Benjamin Lapides, Elliott Owen, Michael Ryan (All Hail King Julien) | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Sound Editing – Animation | Devon G. Bowman, Ian Nyeste, Alfredo Douglas, Chris Gresham, DJ Lynch, Lawrence Reyes, Jonathan Abelardo, Mark Mercado, Mishelle Fordham, Alfredo Douglas, Aran Tanchum and Vincent Guisetti (All Hail King Julien) | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Sound Editing – Animation | Devon G. Bowman, Ian Nyeste, Alfredo Douglas, Chris Gresham, DJ Lynch, Lawrence Reyes, Jonathan Abelardo, Mark Mercado, Mishelle Fordham, Alfredo Douglas, Aran Tanchum and Vincent Guisetti (All Hail King Julien: Exiled) | Won | ||
Outstanding Sound Mixing – Animation | DJ Lynch, Ian Nyeste, Aran Tanchum, Mark Mercado, Jon Abelardo (All Hail King Julien) | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Sound Mixing – Animation | DJ Lynch, Ian Nyeste, Aran Tanchum, Mark Mercado, Jon Abelardo (All Hail King Julien: Exiled) | Won |
See also
References
- ↑ "Who's da King (All Hail King Julien Theme) – Single". iTunes. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DreamWorks Animation (November 3, 2014). "The Wildest Party Ever Hits the Jungle When the Netflix Original Series ALL HAIL KING JULIEN Debuts Dec. 19" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
- ↑ "King Julien". DreamWorks. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
- ↑ Liu, Ed (October 15, 2015). "CLIP: "All Hail King Julien"'s Return to Netflix on October 16, 2015". ToonZone. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- ↑ Diaz, Eric (June 16, 2016). "DreamWorks' All Hail King Julien Pays Tribute to Two Peaks". Nerdist. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
- ↑ "Netflix's New Releases Coming in November 2016". The Hollywood Reporter. October 21, 2016. Archived from the original on November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ Moore, Kasey (2023-11-15). "Netflix Original Series 'All Hail King Julien' Leaving in November 2023". What's on Netflix. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ↑ "All Hail King Julien: New Year's Eve Countdown | Netflix Official Site". www.netflix.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-05. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ↑ "All Hail King Julien: Happy Birthday to You! | Netflix". www.netflix.com. Archived from the original on 2021-09-04. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
- ↑ Evry, May (April 4, 2015). "Interview: David Krumholtz Gets Animated in All Hail King Julien and Sausage Party". ComingSoon.net. Archived from the original on August 18, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- 1 2 "Wild Voices" (PDF). MPRM. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ Spangler, Todd (March 13, 2014). "Netflix to Add Three Original Series from DreamWorks Animation, Sets Debut for New 'Turbo FAST' Episodes". Variety. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
- ↑ "DreamWorks Animation's All Hail King Julien Debuts on Netflix in December". ComingSoon.net. March 13, 2014. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ↑ Spangler, Todd (November 3, 2014). "Netflix to Stagger Rollout of 'All Hail King Julien' Series from DreamWorks Animation". Variety. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
- ↑ Lloyd, Robert (December 20, 2014). "Review: 'All Hail King Julien' lets the 'Madagascar' rave begin". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
- ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (April 1, 2015). "2015 Daytime Emmy Nominations Announced". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
- ↑ Amidi, Amid (April 25, 2015). "Daytime Emmy Awards Hail King Julien". Cartoon Brew. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
- ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (March 25, 2016). "DWA Netflix Series Dominate Daytime Emmy Animation Noms". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
- ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (May 2, 2016). "'Tumble Leaf' Leads Animated Daytime Emmy Creative Winners". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on October 7, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
- ↑ "THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES NOMINATIONS FOR THE 45TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY® AWARDS" (PDF). Emmy Awards Official Site. March 21, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
- ↑ "2018 Daytime Emmy winners: Full list of Creative Arts Awards winners and nominees" (PDF). April 27, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
External links
- Official website
- All Hail King Julien at IMDb
- All Hail King Julien: Exiled at IMDb
- All Hail King Julien on Netflix
- All Hail King Julien: Exiled on Netflix