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Tumble Leaf - Wikipedia

  • ️Fri May 23 2014

Tumble Leaf is an American animated series that premiered in 2014 on Amazon Prime Video. It is stop motion for preschool-aged children and it is based on the short film Miro.[2] Created by animator Drew Hodges (Saturday Night Live, Community) and stop-motion studio Bix Pix Entertainment, Tumble Leaf features an anthropomorphic blue fox named Fig and his caterpillar friend Stick (both voiced by child actor Christopher Downs), along with other residents of the island of Tumble Leaf, helping preschoolers learn basic science lessons through playful examples. Additional regular characters include Maple (Brooke Wolloff), Hedge (Zac McDowell), Pine (Addie Zintel), Ginkgo (Alex Trugman), Rutabaga (Jodi Downs), Zucchini (Alan Franzenburg), and Butternut & Squash (Emily Downs). Each episode consists of two 11-minute stories with Fig learning the mechanics of various items discovered in a special room on board the abandoned shipwreck where he resides.

The show was part of the first round of television pilots ordered by Amazon in 2013 for its Amazon Video service, and was officially picked up for its first 13-episode season in May.[3] The show's first six episodes premiered exclusively on the Amazon Video service on May 23, 2014,[4] and the remaining seven episodes of season one premiered on September 5.[5] A re-dubbed German version premiered for Amazon's German Prime customers on August 20 of the same year.[6]

The third season[8] premiered on April 4, 2017 with an Easter special. The remainder of season three premiered on August 14.

Season 4 premiered on July 23, 2018. A Halloween special was released on October 19.[9] The remainder of season four premiered on February 25, 2019. The show was nominated for a Peabody Award.

The series ended after the fourth season.

Year Award Category Recipients Result 2014 Annecy International Animated Film Festival[10] Jury Award for a TV Series Drew Hodges Won 2015 42nd Annie Awards[11] Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children Amazon Studios Won Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production Teresa Drilling, Michael Granberry Nominated Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production Nathan Barr & Lisbeth Scott (composers) Nominated 42nd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards[12] Outstanding Pre-School Children's Animated Program Kelli Bixler, Drew Hodges, Alice Wilder Ed. D., Jodi Downs, Genevieve Ledoux, and Trisha Gum Won Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Michael Granberry (lead animation), Drew Hodges (character design), Jason Kolowski (production design), and Robyn Yannoukos (coloring) Won 2016 43rd Annie Awards[13] Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children Amazon Studios and Bix Pix Entertainment Won 43rd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards[14] Outstanding Pre-School Children's Animated Program Kelli Bixler, Drew Hodges, Carin Greenberg, Alice Wilder, Ed. D., Jodi Downs, Sarah Serata, and Matthew Cuny Won Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Michael Granberry Won Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program Drew Hodges Won Outstanding Costume Design/Styling Robyn Simms Johnson and Carol Binion Nominated 2017 44th Annie Awards Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children Amazon Studios and Bix Pix Entertainment Won Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production Dan MacKenzie Nominated Joe Heinen Nominated 44th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards[15] Outstanding Pre-School Children's Animated Program Kelli Bixler, Drew Hodges, Carin Greenberg, Alice Wilder, Ed. D., Jodi Downs, Sarah Serata, and Matthew Cuny Nominated Outstanding Directing in a Preschool Animated Program Drew Hodges Won Outstanding Sound Mixing - Preschool Animated Program John Jackson Nominated Outstanding Sound Editing - Preschool Animated Program Sam Plattner and Brooke Lowrey Nominated Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Yizhou LI (character animator) Won 2018 45th Annie Awards Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production Nathan Barr & Lisbeth Scott (composers) Nominated British Academy Children's Awards[16] International Pre-School Kelli Bixler, Drew Hodges Won 45th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards[17][18] Outstanding Pre-School Children's Animated Program Kelli Bixler, Drew Hodges, Carin Greenberg, Alice Wilder Ed. D., Jodi Downs, Sarah Serata, and Matthew Cuny Won Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Robyn Yannoukos (colorist) Won Outstanding Directing in a Preschool Animated Program Drew Hodges, Michael Granberry, Rachel Larsen Nominated 2019 46th Daytime Emmy Awards[19][20] Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Yizhou LI (character animator) Won Outstanding Cinematography Jeff Gardner (director of photography) Won Outstanding Directing for a Preschool Animated Program Drew Hodges (director) and Michael Granberry (animation director) Nominated Outstanding Pre-School Children's Animated Series Kelli Bixler, Drew Hodges, Carin Greenberg, Alice Wilder Ed. D., Jodi Downs, Sarah Serata, and Matthew Cuny Nominated Outstanding Special Class Animated Program Kelli Bixler, Drew Hodges, Carin Greenberg, Alice Wilder Ed. D., Jodi Downs, Sarah Serata, and Matthew Cuny for "Trick-or-Treat Trek" Nominated 2020 47th Daytime Emmy Awards[21][22] Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Program Drew Hodges (writer), Carin Greenberg (writer) and Shane Portman (writer) Nominated Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Preschool Animated Program John Jackson (re-recording mixer) Nominated Outstanding Cinematography Jeff Gardner (director of photography) Won Outstanding Directing for a Preschool Animated Program Drew Hodges (director), Michael Granberry (animation director) and Dan MacKenzie (animation director) Won Outstanding Individual in Animation Savelen Forrest (character animator) Won

On June 10, 2024, it was announced at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival that there be a feature film of the series titled Tumble Leaf, The Movie with Drew Hodges writing and directing the film.[23]