Futurama (season 6)

The sixth production season of Futurama, an American science fiction animated television series consists of 26 episodes, which were shown for the first time from 24 June 2010 at the American broadcaster Comedy Central. The German dubbed version was broadcast for the first time between October 2011 and June 23, 2012 22 of ProSieben.

With this season Futurama returns to be producing material as television episodes after the previous squadron consisted of four for television fashioned movies. Same time it was first produced for publication on Comedy Central; the seasons one through four were aired on Fox.

For individual episodes of this season, among others, an Emmy and a WGA Award were awarded.

• 3.1 television
• 3.2 home theater

Episodes

But in the end have Fry and Bender each one million "followers", and thus are both winners. Now Mom activated their computer virus and seemingly off the action ( Fry apologizes to Leela ) run virtually all people as mindless slaves toward Mom Store to the new Eye -Phone to buy 2.0.

Then he comes to the earth and makes unexpectedly absolutely nothing and is living a new life, until he is finally persuaded by Leela, to take care of his wife. You choose a fake conquest of the earth by LRRR. His wife comes back, and the earth, represented by Brannigan, capitulated.

In all three episodes, something is missing, to celebrate the festival on its traditional way. At Christmas there are the extinct coniferous trees that can be settle by the seed bank in Norway again. For Benders Robanuka of mineral oil, which may can be found very deep in the earth and for Kwanzaa lacks genuine beeswax for the traditional candles, which can be found in the giant space bees missing.

In contrast to the previously episodic split sequences ( stories of interest I II), this episode is not connected by a main strand. But for the end of the three episodes is similar: the crew, the attempt to procure the missing part of the celebrations, it ...

Production

Formation

Futurama was deposed by his former Fox 2003. Reps on Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, however, were successful, as the series on the home video market sales, so four direct-to- DVD movies were produced the series. When the last, Leela and the Enzyklopoden was completed, the future of the series was uncertain. The films were fashioned in television episodes aired on Comedy Central, the station, which now also reiterated the old episodes. Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, the creator of Futurama had, however, expressed the desire to continue the fabric. They took into consideration other forms, such as a movie. In an interview with CNN Groening said in early 2009 that there were talks with Comedy Central about a sequel:

"We have a great relationship with Comedy Central and we would love to do more episodes for them, but I do not know. [ ... ] We're having discussions and there is some enthusiasm but I can not tell if it's just me. "

"We have a great relationship with Comedy Central and we would love to continue to produce episodes for them, but I do not know. [ ... ] We discuss [ about it ] and there is enthusiasm, but I can not say if only I see it this way. "

In June 2009, Comedy Central announced to have been 26 new episodes of the production company 20th Century Fox commissioned. Futurama is so that after the second television series Family Guy, the series production was resumed because reps had good ratings and the series proved itself on the home video market.

To resume the production budget is being cut. Among other things, the writing staff has been reduced, and the consequences had to be delivered faster. In addition, 20th Century Fox TV negotiated with the main speakers of the series whose salaries are new.

Guest appearances

• Buzz Aldrin Himself in Cold Warriors
• Sergio Aragonés Himself in Velrrrückt after Ndndir
• Dan Castellaneta as the Robot Devil in Ghost - Message from Bender
• David X. Cohen Himself in Velrrrückt after Ndndir
• Coolio as Kwanzaabot in the holiday spectacle
• Chris Elliot as a V- Giny in The Leela feel- Zapp
• Craig Ferguson as Susan Boyle in Attack of the Killer App
• Al Gore Himself in the holiday spectacle
• Matt Groening Himself in Velrrrückt after Ndndir
• Stephen Hawking Himself in reincarnation
• Tom Kenny as Abner Double Deal in Welcome to the Humplings and as Yancy Fry, Jr., Cold Warriors
• Mark Mothersbaugh Himself in Rise of the Mutants
• Patton Oswalt as Large, unsightly monsters in Benderama
• Katee Sackhoff as Grrrl in Velrrrückt after Ndndir
• George Takei Himself in Robot Street Day

Publication

TV

On 24 June 2010 Comedy Central opened the first broadcasts of the season with the episodes rebirth and The Leela feel- Zapp, which he showed in direct succession. As a result, showed up to the twelfth episode - Rebellion of the mutants, the overall 100th episode of the series - a series per week. The 13th episode of the season, the Christmas episode The holiday spectacle, he moved on the 21th November and so in the run up to Christmas.

After the first half of the episodes was shown on Comedy Central Futurama paused for half a year. From 14 July 2011, the station showed the second half of the season, again on a weekly basis. With reincarnation, he completed the first broadcasts of the season from September 8, 2011.

This is the first season, the episodes were released on Comedy Central. Previously, the station had indeed taken over the initial emission of the fifth season; their contents, however, were previously released on DVD. The first four seasons of Futurama had been broadcast by U.S. network Fox between 1999 and 2003.

Home Cinema

According to the two-part Original episodes of the season were also published in two box sets: The first 13 episodes as published as Volume 5 on December 21, 2010 Episodes 14 to 26 are as Volume 6 on 20 December 2011 box sets each with two DVDs. alternatively available with two Blu- ray discs.

The localized for the German -speaking versions of the box set called Season 5 and Season 6

Awards

The Emmy Awards 2012 Maurice LaMarche was The Silence of the terminals with the Emmy for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance honored for his accomplishments as speaker in the episode. This episode was in 2012 nominated for a WGA Award. The Writers Guild of America on the other hand drew from Ken Keeler 2011 for his screenplay for the episode In the body of his friend with the WGA Award in the Animation category. Keeler, who had received the award in 2003 for The Divine Bender ever so prevailed against Patric M. Verrone his colleagues, who had been nominated for the episode Velrrrückt after Ndndir in the same category. In addition, the holiday parade with one Environmental Media Award.