Steven Universe is an American animated television series created by
Rebecca Sugar for Cartoon Network. It is Cartoon Network's first
animated series to be created solely by a woman. The show tells the
coming-of-age story of a young boy, Steven Universe (Zach Callison),
who lives with the Crystal Gemsâ€"magical, humanoid aliens named
Garnet (Estelle), Amethyst (Michaela Dietz), and Pearl (Deedee Magno
Hall)â€"in the fictional town of Beach City. Steven, who is half-Gem,
has adventures with his friends and helps the Gems protect the world
from their own kind. Its pilot was first shown in May 2013, and the
series ran for five seasons, from November 2013 to January 2019. The
TV film Steven Universe: The Movie was released in September 2019, and
an epilogue limited series, Steven Universe Future, ran from December
2019 to March 2020.The themes of the series include love, family, and
the importance of healthy interpersonal relationships. Sugar based the
lead character on her younger brother Steven, who was an artist for
the series. She developed Steven Universe while she was a writer and
storyboard artist on Adventure Time, which she left when Cartoon
Network commissioned her series for full production. The series is
storyboard-driven; the show's storyboard artists were responsible for
writing the dialogue and creating the action in addition to drawing
the storyboards. Books, comics and video games based on the series
have been released.The series has developed a broad fanbase and has
been critically acclaimed for its design, music, voice acting,
characterization, prominence of LGBTQ themes and science fantasy
worldbuilding. The series won a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Kids
& Family Program in 2019, becoming the first animated series to win
the award. It also received a Peabody Award for Children's & Youth
Programming in 2019. It was nominated for five Emmy Awards and five
Annie Awards.
Rebecca Sugar for Cartoon Network. It is Cartoon Network's first
animated series to be created solely by a woman. The show tells the
coming-of-age story of a young boy, Steven Universe (Zach Callison),
who lives with the Crystal Gemsâ€"magical, humanoid aliens named
Garnet (Estelle), Amethyst (Michaela Dietz), and Pearl (Deedee Magno
Hall)â€"in the fictional town of Beach City. Steven, who is half-Gem,
has adventures with his friends and helps the Gems protect the world
from their own kind. Its pilot was first shown in May 2013, and the
series ran for five seasons, from November 2013 to January 2019. The
TV film Steven Universe: The Movie was released in September 2019, and
an epilogue limited series, Steven Universe Future, ran from December
2019 to March 2020.The themes of the series include love, family, and
the importance of healthy interpersonal relationships. Sugar based the
lead character on her younger brother Steven, who was an artist for
the series. She developed Steven Universe while she was a writer and
storyboard artist on Adventure Time, which she left when Cartoon
Network commissioned her series for full production. The series is
storyboard-driven; the show's storyboard artists were responsible for
writing the dialogue and creating the action in addition to drawing
the storyboards. Books, comics and video games based on the series
have been released.The series has developed a broad fanbase and has
been critically acclaimed for its design, music, voice acting,
characterization, prominence of LGBTQ themes and science fantasy
worldbuilding. The series won a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Kids
& Family Program in 2019, becoming the first animated series to win
the award. It also received a Peabody Award for Children's & Youth
Programming in 2019. It was nominated for five Emmy Awards and five
Annie Awards.
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