Jun 18, 2015

Cartoon Network to Launch "We Bare Bears" Series in July

"We Bare Bears." (Click to enlarge.)

Not Yogi Bear. In "We Bare Bears," premiering July 27 on Cartoon Network, a trio of brother bears master selfie techniques and more as they try to find their place in the San Francisco Bay Area. [The show, the latest in its own series developed through Cartoon Network Studios' Global Artists Program, won an Annie Award for storyboarding for "Toy Story of Terror" and has worked on "Cars 2," "Free Birds" and "The Lorax." It was produced by Daniel Chong. Other shows developed through the short program include "Steven Universe," "Clarence," "The Regular Show," and "Uncle Grandpa." [Grizzly (Eric Edelstein), Panda (Bobby Moynihan), and Ice Bear (Dimitri Martin) pile on top of each other when they must leave their three-bedroom cave and explore the surrounding hipster paradise. According to a Cartoon Network press release, the brothers spend most of the show eating at food carts and chasing "Internet fame." They are joined by Nom Nom, a "fame-chasing" panda voiced by Ratatouille's Patton Oswalt, and his best friend Chloe (Charlyne Yee). Chloe is the only human protagonist in a cast full of animals navigating a metropolis surrounded by a netherworld.

There is also Charlie (aka Bigfoot), voiced by Jason Lee. Bigfoot is a character never seen or found in the human world, but the bears can't seem to get rid of him. 'He likes to stay in their homes, taste their stuff, watch their TV, and borrow things without asking. He's like the Kramer character from the show."

"He's a very good friend.

Ironically, the first broadcast of We Bare Bears is on Monday nights. Says Chung, "The joke is that the bears are trying to fit in with human society, but they really aren't." [Technology has become a big part of the bears' world, and while technology can bring us together, it can also make us feel very isolated and create distance between people in many ways," Chong said of Aardman's stop-motion work Chung cites Aardman's stop-motion works as one of his most influential animations. Aardman's stop-motion work is one of his most influential animations.