David Farnor | On 20, Feb 2021

Netflix explores the City of Ghosts this March with a strikingly unusual animated kids’ series.

Created by first-time showrunner Elizabeth Ito, Emmy Award-winning director and writer on Adventure Time and creator of the Cartoon Network short Welcome to My Life, the show is a hybrid documentary that follows a group of kids who discover stories around their city by communicating directly with the ghosts who inhabit it.

The result is a cute and visually distinctive exploration of the way generations of diverse inhabitants can affect the changing dynamics of neighbourhoods and the communities that form in them.

The series premieres on Friday 5th March. Here’s the trailer:

 

City of Ghosts is available on Netflix UK, as part of an £9.99 monthly subscription.

 

City of Ghosts: Netflix orders first-of-its-kind hybrid kids animated series

24th May 2019

Netflix has given the green light to a first-of-its-kind kids animated series, City of Ghosts.

The show is created by first-time showrunner Elizabeth Ito, Emmy Award-winning director and writer on Adventure Time and creator of the Cartoon Network short Welcome to My Life.

In City of Ghosts – a hybrid documentary and animated series – a group of kids discover stories around their city by communicating directly with the ghosts who inhabit it.

Ito is a Los Angeles native and City of Ghosts explores her personal experience growing up as a yonsei (a 4th generation Japanese American) living in various multicultural neighborhoods across Los Angeles. Ito takes an entertaining look at how generations of diverse inhabitants can affect the changing dynamics of neighborhoods and the communities that form in them.

City of Ghosts joins a growing lineup of Netflix original animated series in production at Netflix Animation in Hollywood, including Inside Job from Shion Takeuchi, Kid Cosmic from Craig McCracken, Battle Kitty from Matt Layzell, Maya and the Three from Jorge Gutierrez, and Trash Truck from Max Keane. Netflix Animation is also developing a number of animated series with Chris Nee, under her overall agreement with the studio.

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