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Revision as of 04:27, 16 April 2021

This article is about the 2019 TV series. For the entire franchise, see DC Super Hero Girls.
DC Super Hero Girls
Promotional poster featuring (from left to right) Zatanna, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Bumblebee, and Batgirl.
Genre
Based on
DC Super Hero Girls
by

Characters
by DC
Developed byLauren Faust
Voices of
Opening theme"Super Life" by Kay Hanley and Michelle Lewis
ComposerMichael Gatt
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
ProducersLeanne Moreau
Lisa Furlong-Jones
EditorsTorien Blackwolf
Michael G. Buck
Running time11-15 minutes
Production companies

Animation Services:
Original release
NetworkCartoon Network
ReleaseMarch 8, 2019 (2019-03-08) –
present (present)
Related
DC Super Hero Girls (2015)

DC Super Hero Girls is an American animated action-adventure television series developed by Lauren Faust and produced by Warner Bros. Animation for Cartoon Network. Based on the web series and franchise of the same name, the series premiered on March 8, 2019, with a one-hour special.[1][2][3]

The series follows the adventures of teenage versions of Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Bumblebee, Supergirl, Green Lantern, and Zatanna who are students at Metropolis High School.

Premise

Main article: List of DC Super Hero Girls characters

The show focuses on six female teenage superheroes with secret identities: Diana Prince / Wonder Woman voiced by Grey Griffin; Barbara "Babs" Gordon / Batgirl voiced by Tara Strong; Kara Danvers / Supergirl voiced by Nicole Sullivan; Zee Zatara / Zatanna voiced by Kari Wahlgren, Jessica Cruz / Green Lantern voiced by Myrna Velasco; and Karen Beecher / Bumblebee voiced by Kimberly Brooks. The six girls meet at Metropolis High School and form a superhero team dubbed the "Super Hero Girls".

The show tells the coming-of-age stories of the Super Hero Girls, deals with their choices and decisions regarding their superhero identities and their secret identities.[4] The show focuses on physical comedy, emotional storylines, and a large gallery of villains.[5]

Episodes

Main article: List of DC Super Hero Girls (TV series) episodes

The new incarnation of DC Super Hero Girls debuted at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con with the theatrical short #TheLateBatsby which screened in theaters before the movie Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.[6] The online "Super Shorts" debuted on January 17, 2019 with #SuperSleeper on YouTube.[7] The TV series debuted with the one-hour special #SweetJustice on March 8, 2019.[8]

SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
Theatrical shortJuly 27, 2018 (2018-07-27)
Shorts52[9]January 17, 2019 (2019-01-17)March 19, 2020 (2020-03-19)
152March 8, 2019 (2019-03-08)December 27, 2020 (2020-12-27)
226June 6, 2021 (2021-06-06)October 24, 2021 (2021-10-24)
Crossovers3December 19, 2020 (2020-12-19)May 28, 2022 (2022-05-28)
DC FanDome shorts2September 12, 2020 (2020-09-12)

Production

Lauren Faust was approached by Warner Bros. to develop DC Super Hero Girls into a television series, after previously working on Super Best Friends Forever.[4] The television iteration of the web series DC Super Hero Girls was announced in May 2017. Tara Strong and Nicole Sullivan reprise their roles as Batgirl and Supergirl respectively from Super Best Friends Forever, while Grey Griffin, who previously voiced Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) from the DC Nation Shorts, reprises her role as Wonder Woman from the web series.[10] A year later, a poster showing the first look of the main characters was released.[1] The series is animated by the Canadian studio Jam Filled Entertainment and AllSpark's Boulder Media from Ireland.

Several of the writers for this series had previously worked on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, another show created and developed by Faust. Also, her series is the second collaboration of Tara Strong and John de Lancie, who respectively voiced Twilight Sparkle and Discord on Friendship Is Magic.

Broadcast

The show premiered on Cartoon Network UK on 6 July 2019.[11] It began airing on CITV in September 2020. All 52 episodes of season 1 are available to watch on Netflix.

Video game

Budge Studios made a DC Super Hero Girls game for Android and iOS devices who was released on July 17, 2020 worldwide on Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The game is called DC Super Hero Girls Blitz and is a collection of microgames with difficulty-increasing-with-speed featuring the main heroines from the show, but some microgames needed to be bought separately each heroine to unlock those microgames. The free edition is a demo with some 2 random heroines as starters. The player can open boxes with stars as points that can be earned in the microgames to decorate the heroines' hideout.

During a Nintendo Direct on February 17, 2021, it was announced that a video game based on the television series, called DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power, would be released on the Nintendo Switch and be published by Nintendo. The game is set to be released on June 4, 2021.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b Milligan, Mercedes (May 21, 2018). "First Look at DC Super Hero Girls Designed by Lauren Faust!". Animation Magazine. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  2. ^ Barr, Calvin (February 15, 2019). "DC Super Hero Girls: Sweet Justice Trailer Previews Cartoon Network Series". Screen Rant.
  3. ^ Boucher, Geoff (February 14, 2019). "DC Super Hero Girls: Trailer Arrives For New Cartoon Network Series From Producer Lauren Faust". Deadline Hollywood.
  4. ^ a b Angie Dahl (August 1, 2018), DC Super Hero Girls Reboot Was Lauren Faust's 'How Could You Say No' Moment, CBR.com
  5. ^ Jee Yee Tan (March 20, 2020), Balancing fun and female power: Catching Up with DC Super Hero Girls Season 2 showrunner Amanda Rynda, DeconRecon
  6. ^ Baltimore Lauren (July 20, 2018), Wonder Woman is Valedictorian and Supergirl is a Rebel: DC Super Hero Girls at SDCC, Bleeding Cool
  7. ^ Ottawa Film Office (January 18, 2019). "Check out #SuperSleeper, the first of 52 #DCSuperHeroGirls shorts animated by #Ottawa's own @JamFilledStudio! ⬇️ #ottawaanimation". Twitter. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  8. ^ Mercedes Milligan (February 25, 2019), Cartoon Network Revs Up the Girl Power in March, Animation Magazine
  9. ^ Ottawa Film Office (January 18, 2019). "Check out #SuperSleeper, the first of 52 #DCSuperHeroGirls shorts animated by #Ottawa's own @JamFilledStudio! ⬇️ #ottawaanimation". Twitter. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  10. ^ Pedersen, Erik (May 23, 2017). "DC Super Hero Girls: Cartoon Network Sets Toon Series For 2018". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  11. ^ News, RegularCapital: WarnerMedia Animation (2019-05-30). "1/ Cartoon Network UK July 2019 Highlights: NEW: DC SUPERHERO GIRLS: Starts Saturday 6th July, airs Weekends at 8.30am. NEW: SUMMER CAMP ISLAND Starts Monday 1st July, airs Weekdays at 5.30pm. NEW: UNIKITTY Starts Monday 1st July, Weekdays at 6.30pm. NEW: BEN 10, Starts Monday". @regulartweetsuk. Retrieved 2019-06-29. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  12. ^ "Nintendo Direct - 2.17.2021".
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