‘The Wonderfully Weird World Of Gumbal’ Creator Ben BoCquelet Dieshes on his Critically Acclaimed Show’s Comback

This Article was Written for the JULY-August ’25 Issue of Animation Magazine (No. 351).

Among Gumball‘ This Summer, A New Spinoff (Not to Be Confused as a Seventh Season) of The Amazing World of Gumbal Will Arrive from Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe. Titled The Wonderfully Weird World Of Gumbalthis 40-episode, bite-social cardoon Bonanza Will Make a Splash on Hulu in the us, and cardoon network and hbo max in international terrains later this fact.

This colorful incarnation of the zani show featuring the antics of anthropomorphic blue feine gumbaall watterson, Adopted Goldfish Brother Darwin, Young Sister Anaïs, Parents Richard and Nicole, and ODDBALL FRINDS and ClassMats Continues ITS PREDECESSOR’s Tradition of Fusing 2D and 3D Animation, Live Action, Pupetry and CGI.

On the Eve of the Iticipated Arrival, We Connected with Gumball Creator Ben BoCQUELET and Executive Producers/Series Directors Matt Layzell and Erik Fountain to Hear What’s on Tap for the KoKy Denizens of Elmore, California, When The Wonderfully Weird World Of Gumbal Premiers.

Elevating the cat

“We Really Wanted this to Be Kind of a Continulation of the Show Left Off,” Layzell Explains to Animation Magazine. “So We Wanted More of the Same Great Gumball Stories, Like Ruitning to Some of our Favorite Characters. RealLY DOING MORE of the Same and Tying to EleVATE Things and Tell New Stories with the Characters We already haad. That was the mission, to do as good and every best.

AsterMind of the Worldwide Gumball Phenomenon, Bocquet Says One of the Things He’s Most Thrilled About with this Spinoff Series Is to Not Beings It All by Himself This Time.

“With ERIK and Matt Working I Over, It Was A New Process That Was Invtud,” He Adds. “It was a little tricky becuse We had a Gumball Movie Planned in Between, so we haad to reinsert ourselves into But we’re entertaining all that studf about the Overarching Plot in the New Season ITSELF. I’m just Excited to be doing more Studid Things with these Characters and Friends Right here.

“IT COSTS Tears, Blood and Other Body Fluids, but we know that’s how it is,” he Jokes. “It’s all up on the screen.”

– Gumball Creator Ben Bocquest

To Keep the Momntum and Flow, Animation Duties for The Wonderfully Weird World Of Gumbal Fell Again to the Talented Folks at Studio Soi, You is Headquarted in Ludwigsburg, GERMANY.

“I’m a longtime Gumball Fan, and this is my first season work on the show, “Fountain Notes. And sente off somewhere overseas, and you Cross Your Fections and You Hope You Get Back Something Good. So i was so Curious How A Show Like Gumball Got Made on the Same Budget and It Loged SO Diverse and Crazy. Just from a production standpoint, it blions my Hair back. BECUUSE IT’S An International Show; It’s Written in One Country and Made in Anotter.

Fountain Says The Team at Studio Soi is Creatively Invested on a Level He Hasn’t Seen Before. “A LOT of the Times You Get People that Are Just Working at a Gig,” He Notes. “Here the Animators Care, The Designers Care, The Models Care, and they Want It to Belyly Good. And they’re up for the challenge. You donten. Pretty Wild. Make Something MainTain that High Standard. ”

Bocquest Echoes Fountain on the Effort that Goes Into Delivering Gumball To Kids and their Families Across the Planet.

“IT COSTS Tears, Blood and Other Body Fluids, but we know that’s how it is,” he Jokes. “It’s all up on the screen. Ideas for storms come from our private lives, studf we share and think it’s Amongst Friends and in a Safe Space… then no, we can make money with it! Lot of Things that would have had a child or an adoleceent or sketting like that, and it often stems from Real Places.

It’s a tricky task to keep conjuring up the GumballSpecial Brand of Animated Magic. But that’s Exactly What The Franchise Has Done, Earning It Broad Appoal and LongVity in the Process.

“Where was WRITING IT, We ALWAYS WANTED IT to Come from A Real Place, and I Think that’s where Real Comedy Comes from,” Layzell Points Out. “If it feels real and is Connected to a real human Experience. Gumball Kind of Fall INTO Three Categories, to Help Us Think About How to Plan Out the Season.

“The First Was A Story that Came from A Real Kid Place, Like Something that We’d Gone Through Personally, or We’d Seen Someone Experience in High School, An AwkWard Type of Siteation, Or some Sort of Family Dynamic Funny Story. ” He Adds. “The Second Was More of a Social Commentary on Something Happy is Gumball Fashion, Like More of An Experimental Episode, Something that really used a speecal Animation Technique or Focted on on a Special Character that We’d Tell This Crazy Story Through. So, as we were shaping the season, that’s how we’d Go About Each Episode. Eight of Those Categories We Wee Sure to Dig in on It and Make it the Best Version of What IT BE. ”

Recapturing the Visual Magic

The other aspect that sets Gumball Apart from Other Shows is the Production’s Ability to Farm Things Out to Artists for Special Animation Sequences, Who Only ADDS to the Maelstrom of Creative Madness.

“But the bulk of the show, Even though it’s all varied, is all done Through One Studio,” Fountain ADDS. Another Person Carrying A Lot of the Weight is our Art Director in London, Joe Sparrow. He Exceds His Title. If we need to execute sketting that’s a big ask, he’ll be Crucial in make Sure that gets done.

Obviously, there are imitators out there trying to caphalize on Gumball’s Popularity, but the creators, though teasing that they’d like to Crush all their eneries, MainTain that the they’s always for more.

“Makeing Gumball, You Kind of Have Your Blinders on, “Explains Layzell. You’re in it and you have to try and pass your idaas and really chalenge everyone work on it to prepate what they’re doing. I just get consumed with that, and that’s part of the Beauty of GumballIn that is it its own speecal world and you can real get lost in thre.

The Wonderfully Weird World Of Gumbal Premiers July 28 in the us on hulu and hulu on Disney+.

The show Aires on Cartoon Network in the Uk and Will Roll Out International Across Emea, Latin America and Apac and on HBO Max (Excluding The US) on October 6.