Amphibia

Amphibia is a Disney Channel series, created by Matt Braly. The series premiered on June 17, 2019 though it received an early preview on June 14, 2019 on DisneyNOW and YouTube.

Plot
The show tells the story of Anne Boonchuy, a self-centered 13-year-old who is magically transported to the fictitious world of Amphibia, a rural marshland full of frog-people. With the help of an excitable young frog named Sprig Planter, Anne will transform into a hero and discover the first true friendship of her life.

Main

 * Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
 * Justin Felbinger as Sprig Plantar
 * Bill Farmer as Hopediah (Hop Pop) Plantar
 * Amanda Leighton as Polly Plantar

Recurring

 * Anna Akana as Sasha Waybright
 * Haley Tju as Marcy Wu
 * Stephen Root as Mayor Toadstool
 * Jack McBrayer as Toadie
 * Kristen Johnston as Braddock (season 1)
 * April Winchell as Fens and Braddock (season 2)
 * Matt Jones as Percy
 * Darin De Paul as Bog
 * Matt Braly as Chuck and Frobo
 * Fred Tatasciore as Soggy Joe
 * Kevin McDonald as Albus Duckweed
 * James Patrick Stuart as One-Eyed Wally
 * Troy Baker as Captain Grime
 * Laila Berzins as Sadie Croaker
 * Brian Maillard as Leopold Loggle
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as Mr. Flour
 * Jill Bartlett as Maddie Flour
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Bessie
 * Kaitlyn Robrock as Felicia Sundew
 * Katie Crown as Ivy Sundew
 * Mona Marshall as Sylvia Sundew
 * John DiMaggio as Stumpy
 * Michelle Dockery as Lady Olivia
 * Keith David as King Andrias
 * Marlow Barkley as Rosemary Flour
 * Mia Allan as Lavender Flour
 * Ella Allan as Ginger Flour
 * Zehra Fazal as General Yunan

Guest stars

 * Tony Hale as Apothecary Gary and Lloyd
 * Chris Sullivan as Gunther and Teddy
 * Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir as talent judges
 * Diedrich Bader as Frog Jordan
 * Paul Eiding as Monroe
 * Keith Silverstein as Barry
 * Kermit the Frog (Matt Vogel) as Crumpet the Frog
 * Jenifer Lewis as Mama Hasselback
 * Alex Hirsch as The Curator and Frog Soos
 * George Takei as Mr. Littlepot
 * Kristen Schaal as Bella the Bellhop
 * Hugh Bonneville as Wigbert
 * Tress MacNeille as Doris
 * Susan Egan as Renee Frodgers
 * Misty Lee as Priscilla "the Killa" Paddock
 * Romi Dames as Pearl Paddock
 * Flula Borg as Professor Herringbone
 * Whoopi Goldberg as Mother Olm
 * RuPaul as Mr. X
 * Kate Micucci as Terri
 * Brad Garrett as Robert Otto
 * Cassie Glow as Molly Jo
 * Anika Noni Rose as Dr. Jan
 * Archie Yates as Jojo Potato
 * Wallace Shawn as Humphrey Westwood
 * Wayne Knight as Ned
 * Jason Ritter as Barrel
 * Dana Davis as Jess
 * Melissa Villaseñor as Ally
 * Cree Summer as Dr. Frakes

Production
Amphibia was created by Matt Braly, previously a storyboard artist on Gravity Falls and later a director on both Gravity Falls and Big City Greens. According to his Twitter account, he had been working on the series for almost two years before being greenlit.[1] The show was based on Braly's childhood trips to Bangkok, Thailand.

James Turner, a British illustrator most well known for his work on the Pokémon series of games (having created several Pokémon designs and worked as the art director for Pokémon Sword and Shield), provided artwork during the initial stages of the project.

On February 23, 2018, Amphibia was greenlit by Disney Channel alongside The Owl House.[2]

On March 27, 2019, it was revealed that Brenda Song would return to Disney as the voice of Anne Boonchuy.[3]

On May 15, 2019, Disney Channel renewed Amphibia for a second season ahead of its premiere.[4][5]

Rough Draft Korea, SMIP, and Saerom each provide animation, and takes about nine months for each episode to be complete.

On June 23, 2020, the show was renewed for a third season ahead of its second season premiere.

Trivia

 * This is the first time Brenda Song had starred in a Disney Channel production since the ending of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody sequel, The Suite Life on Deck in 2011.
 * Coincidentally, Song guest starred in Miles from Tomorrowland, another show that Justin Felbinger appeared, voicing Felbinger's character Miles Callisto's aunt, Frida Liang.
 * Amphibia is one of the few non-action cartoons to have a human character animated with five fingers. The anthropomorphic amphibians having four fingers makes sense since real-life amphibians have four digits on their hands.
 * The episode title cards depict a wood carving in darkness lit up with the title superimposed over it. This is an actual wood carving that is photographed and reused every episode.