Futurama (season 5)

The fifth production season of Futurama, an American science fiction animated television series consists of 16 episodes. It originated from the four Futurama movies Bender 's Big Score, The era of the tentacle, Bender 's Game and Leela and the Enzyklopoden that were split for broadcast as part of the television series in four episodes. In this form they were seen for the first time as of March 23, 2008 the U.S. television channel Comedy Central. Previously, Fox had taken the Original Series. The German dubbed version of the fifth Futurama Season ran for the first time from 19 September 2010 ProSieben.

Episodes

Production

The fifth production season of Futurama marked the comeback of the series after several years break. She had been set in 2003 by the U.S. broadcaster Fox after 72 episodes. However, reps on Cartoon Network and Adult Swim reached stable ratings, available on DVD, the first squadrons sold well. As Comedy Central acquired the broadcast rights to Futurama for the years 2008 to 2013 in October 2005, the station was also assure the option to be able to radiate new Futurama episodes. Finally, it was agreed to continue the series after a suggestion of Futurama creator Matt Groening and David X. Cohen by so-called direct-to- DVD production, ie material that is not published first on television, but directly for the home video market on DVD. These should be fashioned in television episodes and broadcast on Comedy Central. With four DVDs, the resumption of production cost recovery was possible. For part of costs Comedy Central came on, the rest should be taken by the sale of the DVDs again.

After the decision was made for four DVDs, have had to those responsible, especially Groening, Cohen and Ken Keeler, first determine how the action should be divided. Among other formats, an all encompassing plot and four were in action independent films for discussion. Ultimately, four films were made with each completed action; only the first ends with a cliffhanger, which explains the beginning of the second. The design ran in two steps, as Groening explained in an interview in early 2007:

" We're writing them as movies and then we're going to chop them up, reconfigure them, write new material and try to make them work as separate episodes. "

"We will write it as movies and then we will divide them, convert, write new material and try to make them as separate episodes to work. "

In another interview the same year, Cohen made ​​it clear that there would be differences between the movies and the TV versions:

" We're beginning with the four direct-to- DVD feature releases, and then down the road, each of them wants to Appear as an epic four- episode arc on Comedy Central. There are a few things on the DVD did we will not have on the show, and a couple of things on the show did will not be on the DVD, Because it'll be for TV. "

" We begin with the four direct-to- DVD movies, and then, later, each of them will appear as an epic four-part series on Comedy Central. On the DVD there are a few things that we will not have in the mission, and mission of some things that we will not have on the DVD, because it will be for television. "

For the production Groening and Cohen were able to recruit the old rod again: All authors, speakers and the animation team came back. Various celebrities lent figures in the form of guest appearances their voices:

• Al Gore Himself in Bender's Big Score (Part 2) and (Part 4)
• Dan Castellaneta as the Robot Devil in the era of the tentacle (part 4)
• Coolio as Kwanzaabot in Bender's Big Score (Part 4)
• David Cross as Yivo in the era of the tentacle (part 3) and (Part 4)
• Gary Gygax Himself in Bender 's Game (Part 4)
• Mark Hamill as the Chanukah Zombie in Bender's Big Score (Part 4)
• Stephen Hawking Himself in the era of the tentacle (part 2)
• Penn & Teller Herself in Leela and the Enzyklopoden (Part 1)
• Phil Hendrie as Frida Waterfall and Hutch Waterfall in Leela and the Enzyklopoden (Part 1 ) to ( Part 4 )
• Tom Kenny as Yancy Fry, Jr. in Bender's Big Score (Part 2)
• Rich Little Himself in Bender 's Game (Part 1)
• Seth MacFarlane as Mars Vegas Singer in Leela and the Enzyklopoden (Part 1)
• Brittany Murphy as Colleen in the era of the tentacle ( part 1) to ( Part 4 )
• Sarah Silverman as Michelle in Bender's Big Score (Part 2)
• Snoop Dogg Himself in Leela and the Enzyklopoden (Part 4)
• George Takei Himself in Bender 's Game (Part 1)

Publication

As a Direct-to- DVD productions, the four films were initially each on DVD, partly also on Blu -ray releases (see Bender's Big Score, The era of the tentacle, Bender 's Game and Leela and the Enzyklopoden ). Under the title Futurama: The Collected Epics are summarized available in a box set in the DVD regions 2 and 4. A publication of the create for television version cut for the video market is not known.

The for television re-worked version of the films ran for the first time on 23 March 2008 at the program from Comedy Central. He beamed at this day, all four episodes of the first film from a row. Also in the following episodes, he held on to this scheme: The episodes of the era of the tentacle he showed on October 19, 2008, from Bender 's Game on April 26, 2009 and Leela and the Enzyklopoden on 26 April 2009.

The first broadcast of the German dubbed version ProSieben showed between 19 September 2010 and 16 January 2011 stations showed Sunday afternoon shortly after 17 clock an episode of the new season, followed by an older one.