Centaurworld

''Centaurworld'' is an American animated musical comedy streaming television series created by Megan Nicole Dong, with songs by Dong and Dominic Bisignano.
Produced by Sketchshark Productions and Netflix Animation, it premiered on Netflix on July 30, 2021. A second and final season was released on December 7, 2021.

Synopsis

''Centaurworld'' follows a warhorse who is transported from her embattled world to a strange land inhabited by vibrant, singing centaurs of all species, shapes, and sizes.

Cast and characters

Main

* Kimiko Glenn as Horse, a brave warhorse who is separated from her rider and ends up in the magical dimension called Centaurworld.
** Glenn's other voices include a cataur named Madame Jelly, the leaftaur baby, and Horsatia.
* Megan Hilty as Wammawink, a motherly alpaca centaur who lived in Centaur Valley before accompanying Horse on her journey. As a child, she used to reside in the Lost Forest before it was destroyed in a devastating war.
** Hilty's other voices include Shar (one of the Glitter Cats), the leaftaur mom, a catfishtaur, occasional Moletaur backup singing, and the Killer Whaletaur.
** Sophia Lewis voices Baby Wammawink.
* Parvesh Cheena as Zulius, a flamboyant and effeminate zebra-like centaur who has the power to magically shapeshift his mane.
** Cheena also occasionally performs as part of the Moletaur backup singers in songs they're in.
* Chris Diamantopoulos as Ched, a cynical and belligerent finch-like centaur. He harbors a grudge against Horse, but it is revealed that this is because of his trauma related to horsetaurs.
** Diamantopoulos also voices the hyenataur, Pawter, Zimples, Sean-Anemone, the Rutabagataurs (non-singing), Horsatio, the Narwhaltaur, Moletaur backup in Holes: Part 3, the Leaftaur King, a gophertaur, and Guskin.
** Roman Engel voices Young Ched.
* Megan Nicole Dong as Glendale, a neurotic and kleptomaniacal gerenuk-like centaur who can store an infinite amount of objects in a pocket universe hidden in her stomach.
** Dong also voices Kale (one of the Glitter Cats), occasional Moletaur backup singing, and "Figure 2", a young human female who tries to steal some apples from Rider.
** Isabella Russo voices Young Glendale.
* Josh Radnor as Durpleton, a naive and friendly giraffe-like centaur. He is the gentlest of the herd.
** Andy Walken voices Young Durpleton.
* Jessie Mueller as Rider, a human warrior and Horse's best friend tasked with returning a magical artifact to her general to save the world from an invading horde of minotaurs.
** Mueller's other roles are Pliptoria, the Moosetaur (Laroub) and the Walrustaur (LaCroiv), McCarpy, and a female soldier.

Supporting

* Renée Elise Goldsberry as Waterbaby, a hippopotamus-like centaur and one of the shamans in Centaurworld and mentor to Wammawink.
** Goldsberry also voices the medic in "The Ballad of Becky Apples".
* Tony Hale as Durpletoot, the voice given to Durpleton's flatulence after his wish is granted by the Tree Shamans.
** Hale also voices Tony Durpleton, Durpleton's father.
* Carl Faruolo as Gebbrey, a ficus-taur on two legs.
** Faruolo also voices Barnus (a barnacle with a loud voice), a message bird, a worker man, and Henchman 1.
* Lea Salonga as the Mysterious Woman, a human roaming Centaurworld with magical abilities and a history with the Nowhere King and the General.
* First Aid Kit as The Tree Shamans, a pair of wish-granting tree-like centaurs who are two of Centaurworld's shamans.
* Flula Borg as Comfortable Doug, a mole-like centaur.
** Borg also voices a message bird in "The Ballad of Becky Apples".
* Paul F. Tompkins as Horse's tail. After Horse was affected by the magic of Centaurworld, it developed sentience and a penchant for wisecracking.
** Tompkins also voices a human in a flashback with Tail's voice, a Yaktaur and a Trashtaur.
* Santigold as Judge Jacket, a star-nosed mole-like centaur and leader of the mole centaurs. She is one of the shamans in Centaurworld.
* David Johansen as Beartaur, who lives in a cave and makes/collects figurines and dioramas of past battles.
* Fred Armisen as Splendib, a tiger-like centaur.
** Armisen's other roles include a cataur named Bimbam, The Duchess Malangella's psychotic grandson Malandrew, and a message bird in three episodes.
* Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Johnny Teatime, a kitten-like centaur, one of Centaurworld's shamans.
** Akinnuoye-Agbaje also voices Zork Presto.
* Jamie Cullum as Sunfish Merguy, a sunfish-like centaur, also called a merman, who runs a boardwalk amusement park.
* Rosalie Craig as the Whaletaur Shaman, the last shaman of Centaurworld.
* Brian Stokes Mitchell as the Nowhere King, an evil, sadistic, and monstrous creature that created the minotaurs to wage war upon the human world and Centaurworld. Mitchell also voices the Elktaur, a young and idealistic rift technician with an interest in the human world who was motivated by his love for the Mysterious Woman to divide himself into two beings, one being the Nowhere King's original form known as Elk.
* Brian d'Arcy James as The General, the commander of the human forces who is later revealed in the finale to the Elktaur's human side who caused the events that result in his other half becoming the Nowhere King.
* Dee Bradley Baker as Phillip J. "Stabby" Bonecrunch, a lizard-like monster from the human world.
** Baker's other roles include the Muskoxtaur (Kwhass-ón), the puffintaurs, wormtaurs, a gophertaur, some minotaurs, and Baydenbeast.
* Maria Bamford as The Duchess Malangella, a traditional centaur aristocrat.
** Bamford also voices the Duchess' Maître d', and the Opossumtaur.
* Colleen Ballinger as Crandy, a birdtaur influencer
** Ballinger also voices a message bird and the basket woman.
* Scott Hoying as Mouthpiece, a pelican birdtaur who is a devoted fan.
* Grey Griffin as Old Man, another birdtaur fan.
** Griffin also voices Bayden, Hanglydangly, and the lone survivor in "The Ballad of Becky Apples".
* Donna Lynne Champlin as the Prairiedogtaur.
* Wendie Malick as Gurple Durpleton, Durpleton's mother
* Fred Tatasciore as Badgertaur
* Dominic Bisignano as "Figure 1", a young human male that tries to steal some apples from Rider. Bisignano also sings as Sunfish Merguy on the soundtrack album.
* A number of different background singers with semi-prominent choir roles:
** Toby Chu, who also sings for the Rutabagataurs, and the keytaur.
** Randy Crenshaw
** Allie Feder
** Fletcher Sheridan
** Baraka May
** Sarah Mann
** Eric Peterson

Production

The series was first announced in September 2019.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2021)

Season 2 (2021)

Music

Season 1

''Note: The song "Everyday", from the episode "Johnny Teatime's Be Best Competition: A Quest for the Sash", does not appear on the album.''

Season 2

Release

''Centaurworld'' was released on Netflix on July 30, 2021. A trailer debuted at the virtual Annecy International Animation Film Festival event in June 2021. A trailer and release date for the second season was posted on November 9, 2021.

Reception

The first season of ''Centaurworld'' holds a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

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