Robloxians (TV series)

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Robloxians is an animated television series created by Angus Kennedy and produced by Bloxy Animation Productions for the children's programming network Children's Avast Television. The series centers on a young adult, Reuben Willis^[1] as he goes to the village of Alex Town. Together with his friends Alex, Douglas, Jake, Sophie and eventually his Wither named Amelia, they goes on adventures in and out of the village. It stars David Robinson, Alexander West, Thomas Tucker, Jennifer Washington, Harrison Patel and George Cox; additional members includes Charles Harrison and Lara Stone, who voiced Withers. The series was first green-lit in early 2012 for Avast Television, following the success of the short films Roblox and Pink Sheep and Robloxians, which were the source for the concept of the show. Development eventually commenced later that year, under the working title Roblox Players.

Robloxians had its network premiere on Avast Television on January 13, 2013, before debuting the following day. The series ran for thirteen seasons, totaling 351 episodes, with the final season premiering on October 1, 2025, and the series finale airing on January 14, 2026. Robloxians received widespread critical acclaim from television critics and audience for its animation, characters, humor, writing, character development, voice acting, musical score, musical numbers, themes and its appeal toward a older audience, resulting in the development of a cult following among enthusiasts. However, the series has sparked controversy due to its violence, strong language, explicit scenes, and some of its general themes, with episodes being banned in other countries.

Robloxians since then had been called as one of the greatest animated shows ever to air on Avast Television and had a major impact on the animation community and influenced other animated shows. It is also credited as one of the first television shows to spark a renaissance for Avast Television. The series became a successful franchise that included two feature films, three variety shows, a podcast, novels, comic books, video games, and over 80 animated shorts. Etta, a spin-off, ran from January 5, 2024 to January 12, 2026.

Premise

Setting and worldbuilding

Robloxians is mainly set in a village called "Alex Town", where there, is recognized as the world's largest village by the sixth season and finally classified as the largest city owing to the arrival of new skyscrapers and more structures. In the first couple of seasons of the series, Willis lived on the left side of the village, close to a river. As of season four, he is living on the right side, across from a pair of trees and a giant park. His new neighbor, Sophie, the show's second key character lives in a two-story house just two streets away. The two-story home of a man called Jake, who lives 10 blocks away from both of them, is where any Robloxians killed in any types of causes will be teleported back to life and sent below of the house. Jake's home also serves as the location of the subterranean Robloxian telportation station. The victim would be returned to the village's origins through a tunnel that were built.

In the Robloxians universe, people are referred to as "villagers," and each of them is assigned a random number when they are born into the world, while having an actual name. They live in "villages"^[2], which range from small to large, and even cities, which are designed in wooden or sometimes steel, depending on the city's style. Furthermore, kingdoms are depicted in the series that are superior to cities and are ruled by kings or queens, with medieval architecture, but have a limited population owing to money and taxes; the kingdoms are frequently visited by other villages who are on vacation. Some settlements are built deep below or even on water, and are occasionally shown in the series. Outside of normal animals such as sheep and dogs, the planet has around 1,000 species, half of which are unknown.

The animals can be captured by villagers, but they must first treat the creature with kindness and respect or the creature will reject their notion of ownership. Due to their extreme respect for all people, The Withers are the most usually caught creatures in the series, and they gained extreme popularity after their hidden hiding hamlet, known as "Withers Town" was entirely destroyed, as shown in The Withers (2015). There are two universes, one dubbed "Nether" and the other named "Heaven," with the exception of a handful that have yet to be fully explored and are considered "imaginary worlds". The globe is largely developed around and on large islands known as "big ones," but 70% of them are smaller islands with one or more communities. Some areas have distinct ecosystems that differ from one another; for example, there is snow, sand, woodland, or plain environment, with the latter being the most frequent in the world.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of characters in Robloxians (TV series)

Willis (voiced by David Robinson) is the main character of the first seven seasons, the first-half of the eighth season and eventually the middle half of twelveth season into the final season. Willis was initially introduced in the series premiere, but he disappeared for four years in the eighth season until making a comeback in the twelveth season. Willis has since been the primary character up until the series conclusion. Willis is described as having a warm, honest, sensitive, and caring manner by the series' creator.

Willis was originally a quiet young adult who preferred to speak only to those he knew well or when he get along with someone else easily. Originally, Willis ultimately overcame his timidity with the aid of Douglas, one of his closest friends. Also, he used to be someone who insisted on doing everything on his own and who frequently apologized for mistakes. After the town was attacked by the series's villain David, Willis has become more considerate, helpful, and most importantly, respectful of the victims. Due to his near-death experience in the tower collapse and his increased dread of dying, particularly for the loss of his friends, he experienced a spike in his fear of dying. Nonetheless, Willis is lauded for his acts and portrayed to have greater bravery, than earlier episodes.

Sophie (voiced by Olivia Jackson) is the second main character of the animated series. Sophie was first introduced to the series in the first episode of the fourth season. Willis and Sophie are compared, but Sophie is regarded as having a somewhat different personality since she is more shy, but more polite, and have a passion of singing. She made the decision to step in as the new protagonist in the 8th season. When Willis was away, she discovered a new man with whom she is already in love. She introduced his boyfriend to him when Willis came back. Sophie fell back in love with Willis at this period, and with her boyfriend's permission, Willis and Sophie married for the first time. Sophie then hoped to have children with Willis, but her hopes were dashed when the town was attacked.

One of the other well-known characters in the series is Jake, an adult living in the village who enjoys cooking, making new friends, hanging out with them, and playing games with youngsters. His Robloxian telportation station, popularly known as the "one that can bring the dead back," made him renowned in the entire village. There are more than 600 characters in the whole series, most of them are well-known among the audience.

Production

Conception

Angus and Samantha collaborated to create an animated short film Pink Sheep, in which it would have its official television debut on Children's Avast Television in November 2010. The short film was a huge success, becoming the most watched short in years. Angus directed a short film titled Robloxians, also with Samantha Barnes who wrote and produced it Early on, Angus chatted with the company's executives to produce a television series based on the film; but, he declined, directing that the short film needed to be completed first. In September 2011, Angus and Samantha met with Children's Avast Television to discuss creating an animated television series. The series was planned to target young children, however, neither Barnes nor Kennedy wanted their series to be aimed at just children; rather, they considered that it should be focused towards older children. Robloxians aired on November 2, 2011, during the Avast Television Family Time program to greatest success than the previous one.

The introduction of a new villager into a new village in the middle of a forest and the tale of friendship, love, and hearts are two concepts that were initially introduced in the short film and ended up serving as the main concept for the television series. The storyline and its concept of the short film and its potential as a television series attracted the attention of Avast Television. Angus Kennedy and Samantha Barnes began early preparations for a possible television series during the short film's production, even though they had no intention of doing so. Nevertheless, they remained committed to the short film and chose to postpone the series until the short film was finished. Originally, during development, the series was planned to set into a city, rather than a village. However, it was rejected and Angus was reportedly forced to remove all of the designs, concepts art, and drawings from the computer. But, in an 2014 interview, he said that the designs for the city would still be placed inside of the studio and that the crew could use them as references for future villages.

Avast Television started early preparations for a television series centered around the short film because of the premise and its success. They discussed whether doing a television program in the future would be feasible if it was likely, but Angus stated he wasn't ready. The short film had garnered about 90 million views on its most popular video on the internet within days of the two directors' initial meeting, and the studio was once again interested in it. Both critics and audiences commended the short film's humor right away. After that, Avast Television requested Angus to return, and this time he agreed to create a television series based on the short film, mainly due to his new interest in a series. A one-minute animation test starring Willis and Douglas from the two teams of Henry Davis and Bodhi Hawkins was created in late 2011. Kennedy apparently believed that computer animation wasn't the animation that he was expecting for and decided it would be preferable to blend it with traditional animation instead of what they and Angus had originally planned to utilize for the test: computer animation. By December 2011, Robloxians was "well way" into early development, and in January of the following year, development on the television series began.

Development

On January 29, 2012, Roblox Players was officially announced at the annual Avast Television kids awards presentation, with Angus serving as the series's showrunner and Samantha. Angus Kennedy initially intended for the series to be a continuation of the short film because they believed that doing so would be a wise approach to fully market it and raise revenue. However, Angus strongly disagreed with the idea and did not find it appealing at all. Eventually, the producers consented with his demand that the broadcast be aimed toward him. His vision for the series was to have a whole new narrative, set in an entirely other universe. Avast Television said after the revelation that Angus Kennedy was storyboarding the first episode of the show and that they were in the process of finding new directors, producers, and writers for the undertaking. In a few of weeks, Angus produced ten new characters, two of which were Jake, one of the numerous supporting characters, and Willis, the primary character. Angus wanted it seem like it belonged in that type of environment.

It was also announced by Avast Television that Frances Richardson would start scripting the series on March 30, 2012. After they meet together later in the month, the two start working on other episodes, such "Introduction" and "The Issue, Fun, and Happiness". Roblox Players became Robloxians when Angus Kennedy renamed the series in May of 2012. Both Angus Kennedy and Frances Richardson made the decision to conduct extensive investigation in the field concurrently while they looked for new ideas for upcoming episodes. Simultaneously, they were trying to come up with dark, adult ideas that kids might understand without making the storyline itself so miserable or dark that "nobody wants to watch the show" ever again. One of these ideas was death, which was presented to the company and approved for inclusion in a brand-new season one episode. The episode pertaining to that topic would later be included in the three-part "Zombie Outbreak" story arc. Around this time, the episode "The Murder: Part I" debuted as a single episode; however, in June, it was made known that it would really be a two-part special.

Casting and voice recording

One thousand voice performers had contributed voices to characters in the series as of 2026. David Robinson (voice of Willis), Alexander West (voice of Jake), George Cox (voice of Alex), and Thomas Tucker (voice of Douglas) were the major voice performers for the series. Lincoln Perry, Imogen Patel, Olivia Jackson, Amy Rose, Rachel Evans, Sienna Stephens, May James, Alexis Hill, Samuel Young, Jackson Collins, Nelson Lee, Gary Bryant, Louis Washington, and Helen Cole were all the voices of the supporting characters in the series.

The voices of the following guest stars—mostly background characters—were provided by: Letta Reynolds, Joshua Burns, Sarah Long, Lauren Fox, Morgan Vasquez, Stephen Ferguson, Molly Nelson, Amy Mills, Thomas Davis, Harmony Jimenez, Amelia Wright, Sophia Robertson, Sion White, Zenobia Clark, Katherine Woods, Erin James, Ines Stephens, and Silas Henry. The voices of characters, including Liam Dawkins Ainsley, Jimmy Jimmy, Smart Rogen, Ty Burrell, Sarah Hyland, Eric Stonestreet, Benjamin Spencer-Charles Jr. Hoffman King, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Lewis Rose, Lee-Chan-Blox, Raymond S. Bloxsi, Mike Rick, Bryan Britney, Nolan Gould, Jack White, Key-Gan-Mike Key and Kevin Mike Rick, were especially noteworthy. Angus Kennedy always intended to include celebrities that the producers wanted to feature in their animated program, even years before he offered the series to the network. Afterwards, Angus concluded it would be preferable to have the characters voiced by well-known, but small-scale performers.

In an attempt to realize a longstanding dream of landing a role in an animated television series, David Robinson claimed to have "found out about the project, when looking online with a producer at a studio". During that process, Robinson claims one of the producers informed him that a casting call for an animated series had just happened and they were looking for young actors. On May 19, 2012, he was notified by Zoom of this and the decision. In an interview with The New York Times, David recounted how excited he had been to learn that he was "going to be in an animated series" for the first time. He said that everybody else had expressed happiness for him. Soon after David learned about the new program, casting for Douglas started for the three major characters. At that time, Thomas Tucker, who had previously worked on other animated series, wanted to "express" his sentiments more in that show than any other show he had done. He said that the major reason he wanted to participate was because he found the premise intriguing and felt it would be "fun" given that it was set in a hamlet. After Thomas spoke with the show's producers, he was added to the cast of the first draft, which was created during the casting call and had the character named "Gordon" (which was changed to Douglas shortly after). Thomas was also scheduled to record multiple lines for the character in the studio starting in April of that year.

On May 29, 2012, ten days after David revealed himself as the primary character, Thomas was revealed. George Cox has already been in an animated series for the Avast Television network called The Dead Blood before the casting call for the series for the role of Alex. After just 10 episodes, The Dead Blood was canceled in December 2011 owing to low viewership, and he had provided the voice of a supporting role in that series. In spite of the fact that this was George Cox's first character part—he had previously served as a producer and director—he was reportedly "upset" to be taking on a new role for a different television show. In an interview, George Cox recollected that one of the producers informed him about the Robloxians casting call at a meeting with Avast Television. He was asked whether he would want to be a part of the show, and he apparently said yes soon after. Requests to join the series were made, and George Cox agreed to record the lines for his character, "Paul" (later renamed to Alex). June 12, 2012, saw the announcement of his cast announcement. Actor Alexander West previously served as a background actor for the live-action television series Where My Father. In this role, he plays Jake. One of the staff members on that program allegedly approached Alexander West over the phone in May 2012, during production on the second season of the show, about the future series and whether he wanted to join it. Alexander West accepted the series and was subsequently revealed to be Jake's voice on July 4, 2012.

For the Spanish dub, four actors—Mauro Escribano, Jaume Ruiz, and Kevin Criado—were in the cast of the television show's Spanish-language adaption. Avast Television released a casting call on June 1, 2013, and after learning about it and agreeing to sign up, all four of the voice actors were cast for the Spanish dub.

Worldbuilding

Around January 2012, work on a new town started, and that same month, the series—then known as Roblox Players—was announced. It was stated that the series will be "set in a village-like town". In contrast to his experience building a metropolis, Angus recalls being "peaceful" and "wonderful" when working on the village model to present it to the producers. He even said that he was in a good mood at the time. He said that the process of creating a village "took quicker" than anticipated and that the producers saw the planned village for the first time on February 1, 2012.

Angus had originally intended to include an empire in the primary setting during the worldbuilding phase since he thought it would blend in and resemble "Rome". He abandoned the idea of an empire in favor of a far more manageable yet nonetheless enormous town. An ancient wooden settlement with "fences, no protection, no buildings, and no nothing," the village was originally intended to be much smaller than it is in the final form. It would have been situated next to a sizable forest in the distance. Angus, nevertheless, believed that he should have made the settlement larger when he was planning it. The town was originally called "Village Town", but it was later renamed "Alex Town" after one of the key characters.

Around April 2012, work on the "Alex Town" worldbuilding got underway very rapidly. New elements included streets, stores, big wooden buildings, highways, wooden automobiles, and even a sizable river. Author Frances Richardson was brought in to help with the village's design while working on "Alex Town". Animators for the series "Alex Town" included George Young, Connor Grant, Kyle Alvarez, Jock Cole, Mordenkainen Russell, Jeffrey Hunt, Hania Wright, Eric O'Connor, Jack Sullivan, Angel Diaz, and Stephen Bryan, among many other talented designers who were brought in to assist with the arts and design of the show. Approximately in June 2012, the producer was shown the new village model. According to Angus, the producers thought the design was good and decided to maintain it as the show's central location. The Robloxians' universe has grown throughout the course of the series, encompassing two planets and countless towns, cities, and villages.

Writing

In writing a episode for the series, a pre-printed version of the screenplay is written entirely on paper, as opposed to a computer, before being written. Depending on the volume of pages or the length and complexity of the episode, the procedure might take anywhere from two to three weeks. In an interview, Angus Kennedy said: "You must write this paper carefully and without errors. You start off writing well, but when you check again, you realize that you made a serious error. You mispronounced a word. That is not a big problem, though; you can just remove it and replace it with the right term. Your brain is the major issue, though. The second reason was that mistaken thing, but the real issue is that you feel the scenario is not working and need to completely remove it. During the procedure, the eraser gives a piece of paper that is coated in this nasty gray dirt. You understand what I'm referring to?". When the written version of the script is finished, they are delivered to the studio by person.

For the television series, unlike most ones, the pre-development scripts are referred to as "early scripts" as a way to not get people to be not confused with the scripts and the main ones are referred to as "the main scripts". During the actual writing process, there is a total of around four writers in total, three of them being the "co-writers" and the one being the "main writers". For the episode themself, George Mendoza said: "Undoubtedly, one of the most challenging aspects of creating an episode was writing the characters and how they work. Naturally, it is the most difficult aspect of producing an episode for every one. It is a pain in the butt for us, though. The characters and the actual screenplay must be handled with extreme caution, as you are aware. If we change anything to make it less interesting for our viewers or add something that the main character has never done, then we have screwed up. Additionally, since there are eight of us working on a same page while huddled up in a call to collaborate, we occasionally include jokes that weren't intended to be there".

The crew members claim that drafting a screenplay has resulted in some of the "best and funniest" moments both in-person and in the series. For example, Thomas Alexander, who also did the same thing when he was agitated during the writing process, suggested one of the funniest scenes in the show, which had Jake flipping out and spinning very quickly. Unlike other television shows, the aim of this one was on providing a satisfying conclusion to each episode that would leave the viewer feeling hopeful while yet maintaining the "dark and sad" tone of the plot.

The conclusion of most children's television programs always includes a moral or life lesson. The writing of Robloxians, in contrast to those of other writers, is primarily concerned with very gloomy subjects, such as suicide, war, poisonous positivity, injury, grief, attempted hijacking, PTSD, and others. In the television series, these subjects have only been covered in serious episodes. For the first season, the runtime for the episodes was originally intended to be roughly 22 minutes long, in order to comply with Avast Television requirements, but because Angus Kennedy and the team wanted to enhance the "lore" and overarching tale of the series, the episodes was enlarged to be about 45 minutes long. Eventually, by the fourth season, the runtime decreased to 22 minutes again.

Storyboarding and animation

Robloxians' storyboarding get underway not long after a script was completed. An announcement would be sent to the "storyboarder"—a person who creates early sketches and drafts of television show episodes—during the process. Storyboarding takes place between 12 a.m. and 5 p.m., which is two hours less than the animation process. 200 storyboarders in all have been in the studio since the premiere of the first season.

There are 1,000 animators working at the studio, and they are all members of "Robloxians crews". Bloxy Animation Productions is in charge of the animation. Morgana Lee, Ellen Turner, Thatch Fisher, and Emma Murray serve as the animation's primary directors. Emma Murray also works on the television show's "crew" in some capacity. When watching some of the children's programs, Angus, who had been a lover of traditional animation for a "while" before the television series was broadcasted, said that "They wasn't animated as well and, in fact, they look a bit off." "2-D animation felt so real because, unlike computer-animation, in which they have to model the characters and do all of this, you are actually drawing the characters. Thanks to my closest buddy, 2-D animation, the characters in the series genuinely seemed like they were moving realistically and so smoothly".

The first episode featuring totally 2-D animation was the fourth episode of the first season, "Best Friends Can Oof," but starting with the second season, which was shown a year later, the crew decided to "test out their skills" by having episodes be fully drawn by hand. The first season of the show emphasized computer animation (for the backdrops), with 2-D animation utilized for everything else. George, who worked on the episode, stated in an interview that the team "didn't really count that episode as the first to have 2-D animation, as it still used computer-animation." To make the animation "look like an amazing massive" realistic scenario, the crew drastically altered the animation starting with the fourth season. Up until the final season, there were ten lead animators working on the show's action scenes rather than just one, and they were supported by another 30 to 40 animators.

In contrast to contemporary animated television series, Robloxians maintained a multiplane camera for animation until the thirteenth season, when they transitioned to digital animation. Eventually, they switched back to using the multiplane camera in the middle of the season. Angus Kennedy and the studio producers examined plans for the television series during a conversation that took place back in December 2011, at the beginning of the process of developing the new multiplane camera. Angus mentioned in that conversation that he had recently bought an multiplane camera, which is one of his favorite tools for animators. He and the producers then had a conversation about how to use that kind of tool to create animation. Although traditional animation, which is Angus's preferred kind of animation, was not employed more frequently than the 2000s, the television show's production started in the modern time period, when computer animation was commonly used.

Angus Kennedy engaged a building company in the 1930s to conceptualize the first multiplane camera, which was made practicable in the current period. With the updated version, the multiplane camera could now fit ten photographs into one frame and had significantly more advanced buttons with lighting characteristics at the top of the device and bottom. With the notable exception of The Withers, the new multiplane camera was used frequently during Seasons 1 through 3. According to the staff members of Bloxy Animation Productions, there are 10 multiplane cameras overall spread over four distinct rooms. With the assistance of 10 more people, the crew member, as seen in the behind-the-scenes feature-film Robloxians: In The Studio (2018), grabs three or four multiplane cameras and drags them to the animation studio, where the animator draws all of the frames. After then, the frames are changed and one second of filming is captured with a gathering of more than 100 individuals. Angus Kennedy persuaded them to stick with the multiplane camera approach despite reports that the company intended to abandon it in favor of digital animation starting with Season 4's development. Ultimately, the studio returned to its traditional method of animation after briefly abandoning multiplane camera for a few episodes in the thirteenth and final season.

Robloxians occasionally adopted an anime-style for their programs. As observed throughout the series, the anime-style facial expressions are typically used during scenes where the characters are uncomfortable, anxious, or afraid. As seen in animes, which date back to the 1960s and peaked in the 1990s, the anime style also appeared in the episodes, occasionally during action battles. The style also appeared in moments that were perceived as "weird," "funny," and "both." In the early phases of Robloxians' creation, Angus Kennedy drew several character designs for the television show. While creating the character designs, he began to "be creative" with the faces, creating anime looks and "making very weird expressions." A little while later, Angus said that, while he and the other producers on the team thought it was "taking too long," they decided to abandon their original plan to draw the series in an anime-style. But the notion was brought up again at a meeting with the producers and directors of Avast Television. Later, as the program was being produced, Richard Gibson and Reyes Johnston—who were the style's animators—brought the idea up once again. Angus originally intended for the anime style to just be "used" in awkward situations involving the characters. However, as time went on, the idea grew to include facial expressions, environments, character designs, and more. The crew had to remove the multiplane camera in order to produce the anime style, and they had to employ both 2-D and 3-D animation in the sequences. The animators drew references to the scenario from previous works and even from several anime television shows. An issue arose when the animators used laptops and computers to create sequences in the anime style, since the laptop was "reported" to be overheating due to the amount of 3-D animation and files containing concepts. Originally, the anime style was created utilizing digital animation. The team decided to use the laptop for 2-D animation in certain moments instead of keeping it there to resolve the problem. Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Revolutionary Girl Utena served as inspiration for several action combat scenes.

Starting with the fifth season, Angus and the team decided to do something with the animation. As a result, Avast Television struck a contract with Tokyo Studio, a Japanese animation studio, to provide sequences for the series. Several ideas about the anime style have to be modified as a result of this adjustment. Avast Television once ordered the animators to try using the standard multiplane camera, but the idea was not successful as the animators reported that the drawings were messed up and not how they wanted them to be. Instead of using 3-D animation, the scenes now only used 2-D animation, and the animators, both in Japan and the United States, had to still use digital animation.

The concept did, however, work once the animators made adjustments to the machine, added cels, and eliminated accidental usage of digital animation. At this point, the multiplane camera was employed to create the anime look. "The Japan Animators Of The American" (アメリカ人の日本アニメータ or Amerikahito no Nihon animētā) are a group of 400 animators who worked in Japan. The Tokyo Studio used the same standard animation approach as the American version, which entailed storyboarding before animation; but, in contrast to the American version, special effects were now required. Animators were required to utilize digital animation, 2-D animation cels, and 3-D animation simultaneously in some scenarios. For instance, fire effects were employed in the episode "The Doctor Visit" when Willis shouts at the purple sheep, changing everyone's facial expressions and turning the background red.

Title sequence

The television series' "highlight" included the title sequence, which was also highly regarded for its music, visual effects, animation, and theme song. Several directors worked with Robloxians to craft the title sequence, which opens each season's credits. The first and second sequences ("Come On, Let Go" and "The Robloxians Theme Song") were directed by Joshua Adams, Tion Reed, Daniel West, and Shannon Gardner. William Gonzalez, Karin O'Sullivan, Max Bryant, and Harry Kim directed the third and fourth sequences, "New Life, New Friends" and "New Friends (remastered)". Luis Lawrence, Edgar Hawkins, Montreal Henderson, and Shiva Porter directed the fifth and sixth sequences, "A New Adventure" and "Robloxians Theme Song." Maya Lawrence, Daniel Thomas, Aaron Butler, and Henrick Cooper directed the seventh and eighth, "The Greatest Life" and "New Friendship," respectively. Ethan Smith, Eugene Collins, and Joseph Hernandez directed the ninth and final sequence, "The Robloxians Theme Song (remastered)". "This idea and concept" of creating a title sequence that was "both simple" and "epic" at the time was something that Angus Kennedy, who was employed on the television series, conveyed during its early development. Popular anime series in Japan provided the inspiration for the title sequence's music. As the writing process progressed, the title sequence was developed.

Stephen Bennett, Henry Allen, and artist Declan Mendoza started work on the animation at the same time as the storyboard for the title sequence. The characters, setting, and overall structure of the show were the main topics of the title sequences, but they "were added with a twist" by including computer and 2-D animation mixed in with animation resembling anime art. When Angus Kennedy was working with composer Darth Phillips on the theme song early on, he pitched a work-in-progress version that included the demo version of the song. Early storyboards reveal that the entire one-minute sequence was originally intended to be entirely 2-D animation, which is Angus's favorite kind of animation. However, the studio had ordered Angus to incorporate computer animation as well as other forms of animation to blend in with the overall anime. Although Angus first didn't like the notion of incorporating computer animation, he ultimately did it in order to create visual effects for the scenario during planning. As a band, Henry Webb, Marion James, and Roman Taylor generally sing "The Robloxians Theme Song". Each theme song began with the primary characters positioned front and center. This was followed by a "full-on" anime-style opening animation, with spectacular effects frequently utilized in opening sequences and other scenes. The introductory sequences included "advanced" animation as well.

Darth Phillips created a sample of the theme tune for the television show in 2012, prior to the start of production. The song in question served as the Robloxians's primary theme. There were nine theme songs for the series during the course of its existence, each one written by a new composer for the upcoming season. The creators had intended to have the primary voice actors perform the characters in a rap-to-rock rendition of the opening sequence for the opening credits, but the idea was scrapped. Overall, the opening credits did not alter much during the first and second seasons, despite radically new songs and animation. A fresh starting point for the series was introduced at the start of the third installment of the series, with the airing of its inaugural episode, "New Love." Every season subsequent to that saw a full overhaul to the opening credits in order to correspond with the most recent developments in the television series. Following the film's global release, "The Third Thanksgiving To Remember" had been added to the opening credits a second time. For each Thanksgiving and Christmas special, the opening credit was compley altered to reflect the event. The Robloxians Theme Song (remastered), the show's last theme song, was composed in 2025 for the 13th season after the production company requested it as an opportunity of wishing the show "farewell."

In accordance with Avast Television's opening guidelines, the Title sequence for the first two opening scenes may not be longer than thirty seconds. This was a challenge for the animators, team, and Angus Kennedy because the opening scenes had to include some indication of "potential" characteristics, but the limit was missing some of them. However, during the third Title sequence, a crew member began to alter things and "break the rule" of the restriction by introducing a band—which the crew members referred to as J-pop or J-rock bands. During the recording of the song "New Life, New Friends" (also known as "Atarashī seikatsu, atarashī tomodachi" in Japanese) in 2014, the well-renowned Imagine Bloxons had to learn how to speak Japanese. Fortunately, they were able to do so with the assistance of about three Japanese individuals. The team members had originally intended for the theme song to be sung only in English, but with the inclusion of Japanese and with preparation from Avast Television's producers, it was determined that both English and Japanese would be utilized. As a result, the theme tune was extended to about one minute and thirty seconds in order to match the Japanese and English versions.

The opening themes for the television series in both Japanese and English were initially only intended to be used once. However, Avast Television and the Robloxians' production team were motivated to continue creating additional Japanese and English theme songs by the overwhelming positive feedback and the fact that other Avast Television television programs were using the same entrance approach. When the English and Japanese theme songs were first being created, they lacked the subtitled lyrics that are often seen at the top or bottom of the scene in anime. The episode "In There" marked the introduction of subtitles at the bottom of the screen.

Music

The same group of musicians that created the series' theme song served as the series' composers. Additionally, Ciaran O'Connor, Tamzin Lopez, Jocelyn Brown, Sara Thomas, Emily Vasquez, and Michael Ward are the new songwriters for the series. The television program didn't start out as a musical; it was more of a comedy-drama. Before the third season, however, certain episodes had tunes that Darth Phillips had written. Angus Kennedy had initially intended for the series to be a musical during preparation, but he admitted in an interview that the notion wasn't working for him and wasn't as successful as he had anticipated, saying: "The idea of a song would have (sort of) messed up some of the moments that we had planned".

Before the actual series development ever started, Angus had already developed a serious love for animated musicals. He claimed that his choice to turn the episodes into a musical, which was motivated by these movies, was "the driving force" behind it. Additionally, he explained that he wanted to make the episodes musical so that he could experience what it was like to create an episode that "is a long feature-film". He was now interested in songs from both inside and outside the series, which was another factor in the decision to make the episode a musical. The studio requested the series to be made into a musical soon after the movie was televised in November 2015 on television. In a statement, Angus Kennedy said: "Focusing on the songs was difficult for me when I was creating the musical portion of the series. We had never before produced something so extraordinary and powerful. On the plus side, we have tunes that may serve as Disney songs, but on the down side, you never know what you're going to come up with on the first day of songwriting". Darth, who at the time was one of the top songwriters in the film genre, would go to his house and record the demo version of the intended song in the early stages of songwriting.

For the Spanish-language version of the series, the studio included original music, rather than keeping the same music from the original English version. Producciones Cinematográficas de Summerscreen had originally intended to replace the American version's theme songs with new intros appropriate for the Spanish television version. However, after the critically praised theme songs, they decided against making the change. The first two songs had some lyrical changes, but other than that, the songs were generally left alone. However, Producciones Cinematográficas de Summerscreen chose to hire the same band for the third season after the release of the theme song "New Life, New Friends."

The band had previously sung the American song in both English and Japanese, and the English lyrics had been replaced with Spanish lyrics for the new theme song. Sebastian Lynch, Marvin Phillips, Tee Mills, and Szymon Long wrote all new music for the first season, which significantly altered the previous soundtrack. While most of the season's programs retained some of the music, the Spanish version added additional pieces to the subsequent seasons. Avast Television felt that Producciones Cinematográficas de Summerscreen should change the music for the Spanish version because it would be "interesting" and might even be better than the English version, despite their initial desire to keep the music the same "to respect the work" done by the American crew.

Spanish-language adaptation

Just a month after the television program's premiere, in February of that year, the development of a Spanish-language adaptation of the television series got started. In the earlier days, Avast Television come up with the concept for a Spanish dub of the show immediately as the first episode aired on television and was looking for production businesses that have previously dubbed or made their own television shows in Spanish. Virtual Temple Studios, Summerscreen Film Productions, and Silver Arena Film ultimately emerged as the top three studios; each has experience dubbing feature films. At the beginning, Avast Television had planned to work with Virtual Temple Studios, who had experience with numerous animated television shows and had dubbed all of their films and series into Spanish. Many of the shows in their nation were very successful and brought in money for the studio, which was then distributed to the television show's crew. In the end, Producciones cinematográficas de Summerscreen, a company based in Mexico, was selected mostly due to its affiliation with Summerscreen Film Productions, an American studio.

Producciones cinematográficas de Summerscreen signed a two-year contract with Avast Television to translate Robloxians into Spanish, and development on the series' translation started in March 2013. Early on in the creation of the Spanish-language version, the studio intended to add genuine noises and special effects to the show, a notion that was authorized by Angus Kennedy and Avast Television. When the company originally revealed on May 12, 2013, that a Spanish-language Robloxians version was in the works, fans and reviewers reacted to the news with both acclaim and criticism.

Because of their earlier dubs, which received a great deal of praise, the positive media concentrated on how the dub could work flawlessly and very well. On the other hand, the negative media was primarily concerned that the dub would ruin the voice acting and the heart that went into the American version. In addition, their most recent dub received harsh criticism because the music had been drastically altered to "fit" the Spanish version. However, Producciones Cinematográficas de Summerscreen stated that in order to make the dub as "perfect" as "possible," they were collaborating with Angus Kennedy, voice performers, and the crew for the American version of the film. Producciones cinematográficas de Summerscreen said that the television adaptation of Robloxians in Spanish was scheduled to debut on Friday, January 10, 2014 on Robloxian Educational Television (Televisión educativa robloxiana), with a weekly distribution schedule.

Transiting script

Producciones Cinematográficas de Summerscreen had already dubbed a number of English animated television shows and had converted the original screenplay to the Spanish version. The process of translating a script for Robloxians started with the makers of the Spanish-language adaptation's first episode. They took the American script that Angus Kennedy had provided them and sent it all the way to the Producciones cinematográficas de Summerscreen studio. After that, the authors—five writers in all—began to change the script into one that was distinct from the studio's original draft.

Depending on how the screenplay for the American version is written, this procedure can take up to five days to complete. During this process, the writers eliminated any indications of poor language, swear words, and other words. They also searched for any spelling errors found in the American version and attempted to correct them or substitute them with new words. In certain instances, the entire American script was converted into Spanish without affecting the characters, but in most cases, at least ten to thirty words or sentences were altered. After that, the writers return the script to the studio, which read it over and gave it the go-ahead. As stated by a few of the producers, the screenplay "may" in rare circumstances be sent back to be corrected.

Korean translation

After the Spanish adaption began officially airing in January 2014, a Korean adaption was started to get developed. Avast made a contract with KBS to translate the series to Korean. The first episode of Robloxians was broadcasted in South Korbloxia, on Champ TV (챔프TV in Korean) in May of that same year, to positive reviews.

Themes

Numerous individuals have explored the themes and subjects covered by Robloxians. The general concept for the broadcast was to "focus on dramas, while mixing it with comedy," according to Angus Kennedy. He made the following comment in an interview with the director: "Many of you, including critics, members of the general public, young children, adults, and elders, have approached us and inquired about a topic we hadn't discussed: "What is the main concept and the idea for this series?" To me, this is like pretending to be watching a soap on television. Imagine for a moment that you decide to adapt that telenovela into an animated television series. You anticipate drama, bloodshed, and fighting, and all of it was present—albeit with a twist. Everything is animated, including the backdrop, the characters that laugh, the "haha" jokes, and the comedy. You believe the animation to be no longer a telenovela. But the more you consider it, the more you see that it is actually a telenovela—you simply weren't expecting it to be. The main goal of the television series is to demonstrate to everyone, anywhere in the globe, that it is not a children's program. Any gloomy telenovela you've ever watched is animated in this program.".

Angus stated in a different comment that "this one show can bring any darks topics into the network," despite the fact that the purpose of the television program was to teach children about real-life problems and focus on dark subjects. Consider any gloomy subjects you have come across. It may be considered "child abuse." Perhaps "homeless people." It may be "violence." Consider anything at all. You'll be startled to see that this particular television program explored some of the darkest subjects in real life when you look up the show. Karen Kelly, a crew member working on the television series, stated: "The idea behind this program is to depict what it would be like to be present for some of the worst moments, such as gun violence, sadness, loss, and a host of other issues that have been added to the list of "dark themes." For example, an early complete form viewing of the episode "Introduction Again" by Angus Kennedy said the following statement: We accomplish this. For the sake of our viewers, we want to appear to have a happy conclusion. We want children to understand that there is "actually" no happy ending, at least not for now. The beginning of the rehabilitation process, not the end, is represented by this section. It won't take long for their friendship to recover. Naturally, we just want everyone to understand that it takes time to recover from the agony. "This is what we do. For the sake of our viewers, we want to appear to have a happy conclusion. But, in reality, we want children to understand that there is "actually" no happy ending, at least not for now. The beginning of the rehabilitation process, not the end, is represented by this section. It won't take long for their friendship to recover. Naturally, we just want everyone to understand that it takes time to recover from the pain and suffering". Therapists have discussed the issues and subjects covered by Robloxians extensively.

Renowned therapist Channah Howard stated: "It appears like Robloxians are attempting to convey to the viewer what it would be like to be going about your daily routine in real life while something terrible occurred to you. Something along the lines of being so terrible as to leave you devastated and eternally changed. One scenario that stuck with me for a long time was the one about dying. This performance acts as though you are the primary observer of the unfolding action. When questioned about the subjects for the television programs, reviewers frequently brought up death and post-traumatic stress disorder. The television show, according to critic Evan Powell, addressed "PTSD very seriously, to the point where almost all of the comedy is gone and the serious stuff is starting to come in". According to Richard Owens, the themes and subjects are, at best, surprising and, at worst, dismal".

Episodes

Over 351 episodes aired in the series's run, becoming the highest-running television series in Children's Avast Television's history, spanning for over 13 years. Robloxians debuted on Avast Television on January 14, 2013, having been previewed the day before. The series' last season debuted in the United States on October 1, 2025, and the English version of the series finale aired on January 14, 2026. The Spanish adaptation of the series produced by Producciones cinematográficas de Summerscreen titled as Robloxianos debuted on Robloxian Educational Television on January 10, 2014, with the last season began broadcasting on January 16, 2026, and the finale aired on April 4, 2026. It was planned for the episodes to run precisely one month apart in order to give people more time to hype them up and get more interested. Angus modified the releases formally as the corporation considered the modification to be huge. The episodes started to run more often each month after the fifth season was broadcast. According to reports, Season 5 would include between nine and eleven more episodes than its other seasons.

Following the change to make episodes released weekly for the miniseries, Avast Television claimed that there were higher ratings and much more anticipation from the regular month-to-month broadcasts around the time the seven episodes were debuting on television. In spite of this, the series continues to distribute its episodes in their original formats. Avast Television claimed that the program underwent "big" alterations starting with Season 11, which featured the The Master of the Great Battle arc. The episodes were now broadcast weekly, a first for the series, starting with "The Upcoming Event." Since Season 12 was the primary season that introduced this concept, its viewership peaked earlier. According to a 2025 study from Avast Television, the new schedule has an impact on both how the show is produced overall and how its audience perceives it. Frances Richardson stated in an interview that viewers had more opportunities to examine the prior episodes and, at the very least, had time to become intrigued about the upcoming one. Additionally, 16 special episodes made their network premiere; the majority of these were either prequels or sequels to previously shown episodes.

For the Spanish dub, due to its small amount of episodes and unconventional release schedule, the Spanish-language translation of the series aired its episodes on a weekly basis, in contrast to the English dub. Producciones cinematográficas de Summerscreen aired the episodes in two parts, a move dubbed a "mid-season break," five or even seven months after the original premiere. With the introduction of the new schedule in the ninth season, all episodes were released on a weekly basis without a break; the final schedule was implemented in the twelfth season and continued throughout the series' last season.

Overview

Main article: List of Robloxians episodes

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	12	January 14, 2013[3]	December 30, 2013
	2	15	January 2, 2014	December 22, 2014
	3	15	January 9, 2015[4]	December 31, 2015
The Withers			November 2, 2015
	4	18	January 1, 2016	January 2, 2017
	5	25	January 7, 2017	December 25, 2017
	6	21	January 2, 2018	December 30, 2018
	7	29	December 31, 2018	January 1, 2020
	8	26	January 8, 2020	December 21, 2020
	9	32	January 9, 2021	December 30, 2021
	10	29	January 2, 2022	December 30, 2022
	11	25	January 9, 2023	November 20, 2023
Robloxians! Fun! Laugh! Music!			January 16, 2023
	12	89	March 2, 2024	September 25, 2025
	13	15	October 1, 2025	January 14, 2026

Variety shows

The Robloxians Show

The Robloxians Show (known in Spanish as El show de los robloxianos) is an variety show that combines live action and animation. It debuted on November 23, 2013, during the last half of the first season, and concluded on December 6, 2014, during the same period in the second season. Richard Morris, Ansel O'Neill, and Thierry Armstrong were the three main characters in the television series that served as the basis for the show's premise. They frequently entered a portal that transported them to the animated Robloxians realm, where they interacted with the locals on a regular basis. A rude character named David (who also appears in the main series) would frequently approach the cast members in certain episodes of the show and start to cause trouble. In numerous episodes, the villain would destroy the village and the villagers, so the three Robloxians would need the audience's assistance to save them and put an end to the villain once and for all. After the villain is vanquished and all returns to normal in the village, the three members return to reality and discuss the events and lessons they have learnt along with other themes before the episode comes to a close.

The idea for a brand-new variety show based on the television series was pitched to Angus Kennedy by Avast Television in July 2013, which marked the beginning of The Robloxians Show's production. Just one month after the initial proposal, in August of the same year, Angus decided to carry with the plan even though at first he didn't want to do a variety show and rather to concentrate on the main television series. When Avast Television wanted the variety show to continue being geared for younger people, which Angus Kennedy didn't want to do, Angus Kennedy wanted the show to be meant for an older audience while maintaining that original target demographic early on in the concept's development. Angus and his team decided to combine live-action and animation into one series after Avast Television ordered that the Robloxians Show include live-action scenes. Originally, the show was only going to be an animated variety show, with animation handled by Bloxy Animation Productions. However, later on, during the writing of the first episodes, this became clear. The authors of the scripts include Aaron King, Oliver Ortiz, Medus Evans, Randall Jenkins, Joshua Richards, Joseph Bennett, Timon Adams, Morgan Dunn, and Sebastian Jordan. A few of the writers were involved in the cartoon television show before.

Producciones cinematográficas de Summerscreen revealed a Spanish-language version of The Robloxians Show. According to reports, work on the Spanish dub started in February 2014 and finished ten days ahead of the scheduled air date. El show de los robloxianos, as the program was known in Spanish, had its television premiere in Mexico on Robloxian Educational Television on June 6, 2014, and ran there until February 26, 2016.

In 2014, Luk Internacional gained the international distribution rights and the license to the series. All international home media releases were licensed by the company, and the company also distributed the show to TV networks around the world. The series would air on Disney Junior internationally in the same year. It would also air on other preschool networks like JimJam.

Serie semanal de Robloxianos

Serie semanal de Robloxianos is an animated variety show that airs only in Spanish. It premiered in Mexico on May 2, 2014, and ran there for both of its first and second seasons (both Mexico and the US). It concluded there on February 25, 2016, one day before the Spanish-language version of The Robloxians Show came to an end.

The Daily Life of Robloxians

The Daily Life of Robloxians is a variety show, based on the popular talk show Saturday Bloxy-Night Live and Roblox Late Night Show. In the United States, the television series is the second variety program; in Mexico, it is the third. The program officially debuted in the US on March 18, 2016, about four weeks after the previous variety show's run ended (also in the midst of the fourth season). It concluded on June 26, 2020, in the midst of the eighth season. The show's structure centers on two hosts, Willis and Douglas (voiced by the respective actors), who were the primary protagonists in the first season. Together, they encounter several new, well-liked, and elegant villagers that either made their first appearance in the series or were made by fans. They conversed and talked about the villager's everyday activities, which are shown in an animated short video. Occasionally, someone would spoil the performance for the audience or Amelia would make an appearance before being ejected and the short film would resume. The hosts bid the viewers goodbye as the town departs at the conclusion of each show.

While The Robloxians Show was airing in March 2014, the second season of the show, which would eventually become The Daily Life of Robloxians, was taking shape. Roblox Late Night Show and Saturday Bloxy-Night Live served as the inspiration and model for the whole Roblox Daily Life, both in terms of production and format. Some of the producers and directors who had worked on the main series came up with the idea for a talk show because they wanted to give the main series a twist by introducing a chat-show-style spin-off to its. After hearing the news from the producers, Angus Kennedy decided to create a variety program based on the television series and scooped up the idea for a talk show in its early planning phases. However, ideas for a brand-new variety show were swiftly abandoned because The Robloxians Show was still a recent addition to the series' library and was already broadcasting.

Nevertheless, for nearly a whole year—during which they had already conceived a number of concepts for the chat show—a few producers, animators, and directors talked about the variety program that was supposed to air. Under the original name The Talk Show From Robloxians, a number of supporting characters from the main series would have appeared on the talk show, with hosts Willis and Alex engaging in conversation with one of them. Similar to The Robloxians Show, live-action and animation were originally intended to be combined. However, a number of co-directors and one of the series' producers demanded that the variety program "should be" an animated series. Following more preparation, the program's name was changed from The Talk Show From Robloxians to The Daily Life of Robloxians. Willis and Douglas took on the role of hosts, and the format underwent significant modifications to better fit the talk-show genre.

Every week, the show would air a new episode; in certain instances, however, episodes would air every day throughout the workday. Throughout its existence, the show's Spanish-language version was primarily published once a week, with some episodes being aired as often as daily in Mexico. It made its premiere there on Friday, July 1, 2016. The Daily Life of Robloxians concluded on June 26, 2020 in the United States, and on September 26, 2020, precisely three months later, in the Spanish dub.

Distribution and release

United States broadcast

Robloxians debuted on the children's programming network Avast Television on January 14, 2013. 13 episodes made up the first season, which aired from January through December of the year, which is the shortest season in the show. A second season was revealed to the public on May 9, 2013, and it premiered on the network from January 2, 2014, to December 22, 2014. A third season was said to be in preparation and planned for a broadcast later in the year on March 3, 2014, during the broadcast of the second season. Beginning on January 9, 2015, and concluding on December 31, 2015, was the third season. A fourth season was said to be in the works at the network before the third season began broadcasting. The fourth season and a prospective fifth season were both confirmed on October 2, 2015. The fourth season aired from January 1, 2016, to January 2, 2017, and later, the network broadcasted the fifth season from January 7, 2017, to December 25, 2017. A sixth season was unveiled on June 1, 2017, and from January 2, 2018, until December 30, 2018, it aired on the network.

On February 13, 2018, Avast announced a seventh and eighth season for the series, with the first airings taking place from December 31, 2018, to January 1, 2020, and the second from January 8, 2020, to December 21, 2020. On December 2, 2020, a trailer for the ninth season of the show was posted online. From January 9 until December 30, 2021, the ninth season of the show was televised. On March 9, 2021, the network announced the tenth and eleventh seasons. The tenth season aired from January 2, 2022, to December 30, 2022, while the eleventh season aired from January 9, 2023, to November 20, 2023. The twelfth season, which was the first to have its episode broadcast weekly, was announced on November 9, 2023, and ran from March 2, 2024, until September 25, 2025, on television, making it the longest season in the series. The series' last season, which aired from October 1, 2025, to January 14, 2026, was televised. From January 1-14, 2026, Avast Television broadcast a 100-hour marathon named "The Great Robloxians Marathon," which included all of the episodes from the previous twelve seasons, as well as specials and films, all leading up to the season finale.

Streaming and digital

On February 29, 2013, Avast Television revealed that Robloxians would be released on the official Avast Television Kids website on August 9 of that year. The company announced in late 2014 that the series, along with others television series, would be ending its release on the website, with them stating that they were in the process of sending the series to be streaming on a different streaming service. Robloxians began streaming on Sahara Corporation with the first episode "New Love" being released on January 14, 2015. Additional episodes of the series were posted one week following their first air date. For the Summer Collection release, the first two special episodes were streamed for the first time on June 1, 2015; one of them was the previously unreleased two-part episode "The Murder" which was finally made available for streaming on the same day but had not been included in the first season but rather on the DVD release.

As part of a five-year agreement between Avast Television and the company, Robloxians was released on Sahara Corporation from 2015 to 2020. The arrangement would terminate on January 1, 2021, and a new company, RoStudios, would start streaming Robloxians, among other television shows on that day. On the Avast Television website, it was announced that the series would be returning on March 9, 2025. On November 9, 2025, Avast announced that Sahara Corporation had been given a another five-year arrangement, which was later extended to 10+ years. Originally, "A Another Final Goodbye" was the first episode to be added on December 24 of that year, and a week later on January 1, 2026, all of the episodes from the seasons, including the final season were added. As of 2026, Sahara Corporation and the Avast Television website both provide free broadcasting of Robloxians.

Home media releases

Numerous home media releases had been released by Avast Television, starting on January 9, 2014, in the United States, with the first season, and concluding on June 5, 2026, for all territories. The episodes on these DVDs are identical to those on the main DVDs, but they also include specials, short films, The Withers film, and other collections. These include deleted scenes, character sketches from early drafts, live panels, multiple live musicals, the history of the show, extended versions of scenes that were cut from the final "original version" of the episode but were fully animated for the secondary "DVDs," storyboards from every episode of every season, animatics, sing-along versions of an episode, as well as other content.

DVD number	DVD title	Season	No. in episodes featured	Release date	Features
1	The First Collection	1 and 2	16	August 21, 2014	Storyboards for episodes "Beginning of a New Chapter", "The Issue, Fun and Happiness" and "Oh God, Oh God" Behind the scenes of episode "Flu Season" and the series Crew interviews The first Angus Kennedy interview (occurred in February 2013) A panel from the crowd during the 2013 Robloxians Meetup
2	The First Season Collection	1	14	August 28, 2014	Storyboards for all episodes A slideshow for the series's first season (including early concepts art and planning) Several demos for the songs Interviews with most of the crew members Audio commentaries
3	Willis's Big Day In The Village	2	26	February 2, 2015	Concepts art for the character Willis A demo of the "all of the songs" that Willis had sang. The first trailer for the Withers film
4	Alex Town	1 and 2	18	March 21, 2015	Storyboards for the episode "The Hot, Hot Season" A pre-worked version of the episode "I Wish" A panel from the crowd from the 2014 Robloxians Meetup Audio commentaries
5	Our Fun, Our Joy	1, 2 and parts of 3	16	May 24, 2015	Concepts arts, planning and behind for scenes for episodes "Run", "Joy", "The Biggest Race of the Year" and "Halloween Season"
6	The Story Of Our Life, And The Villagers	1, 2	13	June 9, 2015	Behind the scenes of the making of Alex Town (recorded around 2011 and 2012) Audio commentaries
7	The Third Collection	1, 2, and parts of 3	53	November 9, 2015	Song-along songs Early demos for all of the songs seen in the series A slideshow of early concepts art, while a song "I Wish" played in the background. A panel from the crowd during the 2015 ROBLOXIansCon
8	A New Year, A New Colleciton	1, 2 and 3	33	January 21, 2016	Photos of the crew members (prior to the series's creation) celebrating New Year's Eve in a slideshow
9	A Spring Time!	1 and 2	44	April 9, 2016	Early concept for the town, during the springtime.
10	Before The Creatures	1, 2, 3 and parts of 4	57	October 2, 2016	Storyboards for episodes "The Girls" Audio commentaries
11	The Life Of A Time	3 and parts of 4	21	November 9, 2016	-
12	Robloxians's Thanksgivings	Thanksgiving specials (1, 2, 3 and 4)	4	November 25, 2016	Storyboards for "A Thanksgiving To Remember", "A Another Thanksgiving to Remember" and "The Third Thanksgiving To Remember" The entire episode of "The Fourth Thanksgiving to Ever Remember" (was broadcasted on November 24, 2016)
13	Robloxians's Christmas	Christmas specials (1, 2, 3 and 4)	4	December 29, 2016	Storyboards for "A Holiday To Remember", "The Christmas Special", "A Another-Another Christmas Holiday to Remember" and "Happy Christmas" First look at "A Wonderful New YEAR" (set to be broadcasted on January 2, 2017) A panel from the crowd during the 2016 ROBLOXIansCon
14	A Another Day	1, 2, 3, 4 and parts of 5	43	April 6, 2017	Concepts art for numerous of episodes The Withers film The first look at "Someone Just Moved In" and "Almost The End of The World (or Building)" (both set to be broadcasted on April 28 and May 6, 2017)
15	Our Chapter	2 and 3	36	September 6, 2017	The first look at the Withers film (during its first trailer in February) Storyboards for some episodes Audio commentaries
16	Random Thoughts From Our Characters	2, 4	23	November 5, 2017	Animated bloopers Audio commentaries
17	Episodes From Season 4 and 5	4, 5	17	January 9, 2018	A panel from the crowd during the ROBLOXIansCon
18	Alex's Wonderful Day!	2, 4 and parts of 6	7	May 6, 2018	-
19	The Withers's Collection	2, 6 and parts of 7	5	January 6, 2019	-
20	A Middle Of A Chapter	1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6	6	February 1, 2019	-
21	A Summer Time!	3, 4, 5, 6 and parts of 7	8	June 9, 2019	-
22	Snowing	1, 2, 3, 4 and 5	11	December 9, 2019	-
23	Thoughts From The Past	2, 4, 6, 7 and parts of 8	13	March 1, 2020	-
24	Robloxians's Halloween and Thanksgivings Chapters	Halloween and Thanksgiving specials (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8)	14	April 9, 2021	-
25	Robloxians's Hot Summer	Summer specials (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and parts of 9)	17	June 5, 2021	-
26	The Nearly 100 Episodes	6, 7, 8, 9, 10	99	January 9, 2023	-
27	The (Almost) Complete Robloxians Collection	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and parts of 12	200+	November 25, 2024	-
28	One Final Time	3, 5, 7, 9,11	63	December 9, 2025	-
29	The Robloxians Collection	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13	306	October 9, 2027	Storyboards for all episodes, including the Withers film and Robloxians! Fun! Laugh! Music! The entire final special episode of "Thank You" (broadcasted on January 13, 2026) All of the special episodes Concepts art for the series's history Early looks at the first season All teaser trailers that were broadcasted for every upcoming seasons Audio commentaries A panel from the crowd during the 2024 ROBLOXIansCon A panel from the crowd during the 2025 ROBLOXIansCon Sing-along

International broadcasts

The dubbed version of Robloxians have been shown in 45 different counties. In Mexico, on January 10, 2014, the television program debuted on Robloxian Educational Television's Spanish-language channel. The Latin American Spanish version is one of the most well-known dubs; work on the series aired during the second season of the original broadcast, with dubbing beginning in June 2013. Weekly releases of the show were made.

In 2014, Luk Internacional gained the distribution and license rights to the series in Europe and Asia. The series was distributed and licensed in Europe by the company and in Asia through the company's Asian division. Later around the middle of March 2018 (around almost 2 weeks after the company's American division was founded), the company gained the distribution and license rights for Central America and South America. The series started being distributed in the Americas through the company's American division, although the series is still licensed and distributed in North America by Avast Television.

Language	Dubbed title	Channel network	Air date	Distributor
Finnish	Robloxians	Yle TV2	December 8, 2016	Luk Internacional
Latin American Spanish	Robloxianos	Robloxian Educational Television (Mexico) Nickelodeon (Latin America) Nicktoons (Latin America) TeenNick (Latin America)	January 10, 2014 (Robloxian Educational Television) April 4, 2016 (Nickelodeon) December 8, 2016 (Nicktoons) October 1, 2020 (TeenNick)	Avast Television Luk Internacional
European Spanish	Robloxianos	Canal+ Nickelodeon	October 2, 2013 (Canal+) November 19, 2014 (Nickelodeon)	Luk Internacional
Brazilian Portuguese	Os Robloxianos	Rede Globo SBT Boomerang Nickelodeon	December 24, 2014 (Rede Globo) January 29, 2018 (SBT) March 2, 2019 (Boomerang) June 12, 2020 (Nickelodeon)	Avast Television Luk Internacional
European Portuguese	Os Robloxianos	RTP2 Nickelodeon	July 2, 2014 (RTP2) November 19, 2014 (Nickelodeon)	Luk Internacional
French	Les Robloxiens	Nickelodeon Nickelodeon Teen	September 28, 2013 (Nickelodeon) November 19, 2014 (Nickelodeon Teen)
Hebrew	רובלוקסיאנים	Revive TV Nickelodeon TeenNick	February 5, 2015 (Revive TV) March 5, 2015 (Nickelodeon) March 20, 2019 (TeenNick)	Avast Television
Italian	Robloxiani	Nickelodeon TeenNick	March 2, 2015 (Nickelodeon) December 4, 2015 (TeenNick)	Luk Internacional
Latvian	Robloksieši	Nickelodeon Nicktoons	October 30, 2017 (Nickelodeon) March 2, 2023 (Nicktoons)
Lithuanian	Robloxsianai	Nickelodeon Nicktoons	October 30, 2017 (Nickelodeon) March 2, 2023 (Nicktoons)
Estonian	Robloxianlased	Nickelodeon Nicktoons	October 30, 2017 (Nickelodeon) March 2, 2023 (Nicktoons)
Korean	로블럭시안	Champ TV Nickelodeon	May 5, 2014 (Champ TV) December 20, 2014 (Nickelodeon)	Luk Internacional
Kazakh	Роблоксиандықтар	Nickelodeon	April 5, 2022
Polish	Robloksowcy	Piksel TV Nickelodeon Nicktoons TeenNick	February 1, 2014 (Piksel TV) March 2, 2015 (Nickelodeon) January 6, 2018 (Nicktoons) December 5, 2020 (TeenNick)	Luk Internacional
Swedish	Robloxians	Nickelodeon Nicktoons	October 29, 2013 (Nickelodeon) December 20, 2019 (Nicktoons)
Danish	Robloxian	Nickelodeon Nicktoons	October 29, 2013 (Nickelodeon) December 20, 2019 (Nicktoons)
Norwegian	Robloxianere	Nickelodeon Nicktoons	October 29, 2013 (Nickelodeon) December 20, 2019 (Nicktoons)
Indonesian	Robloxians	Nickelodeon	January 6, 2015	Luk Internacional
Thai	Robloxians	Nickelodeon	January 6, 2015
Malay	Robloxian	Nickelodeon	January 6, 2015
Mandarin (Taiwan)	Robloxians [Citation needed]	Nickelodeon	January 6, 2015
Cantonese	罗布洛克斯人	Nickelodeon	January 6, 2015
Hungarian	Robloxianok	Nickelodeon Nicktoons TeenNick	March 2, 2015 (Nickelodeon) January 6, 2018 (Nicktoons) December 5, 2020 (TeenNick)	Luk Internacional
Dutch	Robloxianen	Nickelodeon Nicktoons	October 31, 2013 (Nickelodeon) December 1, 2019 (Nicktoons)
Hindi	रोबोक्सियंस	Super Kids Network India Nickelodeon	June 5, 2013 (Super Kids Network India) January 23, 2022 (Nickelodeon)	Avast Television
Arabic	روبلوكسيانز	Nickelodeon Nicktoons	April 13, 2015 (Nickelodeon) February 15, 2017 (Nicktoons)
Turkish	Roblox'lular	Nickelodeon Turkish Radio and Television Corporation	December 30, 2013 (Nickelodeon) December 2, 2015 (Turkish Radio and Television Corporation)	Luk Internacional
Romanian	Robloxieni	Nickelodeon Minimax Nicktoons TeenNick	December 28, 2013 (Nickelodeon) December 1, 2015 (Minimax) March 9, 2019 (Nicktoons) April 5, 2021 (TeenNick)
Kyrgyz	unknown	Avast	October 26, 2019	Avast Television
Ukrainian	Роблоксіани	Pixil' TV Nicktoons Plus Plus Nickelodeon	December 19, 2015 (Pixil' TV) March 9, 2019 (Nicktoons) January 2, 2020 (Plus) June 1, 2023 (Nickelodeon)	Luk Internacional
Japanese	ロブロクシアン (Roburokushian)	Cartoon Network (seasons 1-3) Boomerang (season 4) Tokyo 15 (seasons 5-13) Nickelodeon	April 2, 2016 (Cartoon Network) March 24, 2018 (Boomerang) December 30, 2018 (Tokyo 15) January 2, 2019 (Nickelodeon)	Luk Internacional
Slovene	Robloxians	Minimax	December 1, 2015	Luk Internacional
Serbian	Robloxians	Minimax	December 1, 2015
Czech	unknown	Nickelodeon Minimax	March 2, 2015 (Nickelodeon) December 1, 2015 (Minimax)
Maltese	Robloxjan	Malta Kids TV	May 4, 2016	Avast Television
Vietnamese	Người robloxian	Nickelodeon	January 6, 2015	Luk Internacional
Yoruba	Robloxians	Yoruba Kids	May 24, 2019	Avast Television
German	Robloxianer	Nickelodeon	February 2, 2014	Luk Internacional
Western Frisian	Robloxians	CWK Network	January 9, 2015	Avast Television
Yiddish	ראָבלאָקסיאַנס (Robloxyans)	Jewish Kids Groups	November 24, 2014
Javanese	Robloxians	Disney Channel	June 1, 2017

Fandom

The intended audience for Robloxians is between the ages of 7 and 11. However, after the third season, particularly with the 2015 release of the feature film The Withers, the series saw a significant increase in the number of adults who began watching the series, eventually becoming more interested. By 2016, the show had earned immense international praise. As a result of the fandom's growth, Robloxians developed a fan art culture that included fan-made short films, character artwork, and fan-made original films, which helped the game become one of the decade's most popular animated television shows. The fan base has been mentioned in several episodes of the show. Thanks to its incredibly large and "kind" fan base, the show had started trending for practically all of its episodes, starting in 2019 and going all the way back to the episodes of the ninth season. The fan following had been described as respectful, compare to the other animated fandoms when it comes to serious issues like mortality, grief, panic attacks, and emotional scenes.

Legacy and impact

Many have referred to Robloxians as "one of the greatest animated television series" ever. A group of dancers did a dance to the song "My Wish" in front of an audience in New York City during the "Snow Dancing Act" that took place in late 2014. Both critics and the crowd gave the performance high marks. The same song was chosen, along with other soundtracks from other animated shows, for the opening sequence of the New York City Marathon in November of that year. Following the first episode of the television series, in early 2013, RX Bank Tower was fully illuminated in the television series' official colors of black, white, dark red, blue, and bright green. The light was left on all night and turned off by morning. The World Trade Center Bloxburg City hosted a lengthy fireworks display specifically for the show as part of its marketing campaign.

The display started at the exact moment the first episode of the series aired on television and continued for almost the entire duration of the episode before ending a minute after it did. A trio of thirty-year-old laborers, referring to themselves as the "Robloxians makers," constructed a stone monument of the well-known figure Willis in the middle of 2013. When the monument was completed in November 2013, it was erected in front of the building on December 1. A gathering known as "The Robloxians Event" was organized by 100 participants on the beach at the beginning of 2015. The 2014 episode "The Hot, Hot Season" served as the inspiration for the event, since it features a sequence of occurrences. The Greenville Police Department granted clearance for the aforementioned event.

A "giant balloon" featuring the characters Willis and Wither was created for the New York City Thanksgiving Parade on November 24, 2015. This is the balloon's first appearance; in subsequent years, the characters from the television show will appear on it. The same year, a parade takes place on the corner of the building as a result of an agreement between Avast Television and the corporation, which takes management of the Roblox Headquarters. The CEO of Roblox was one of the numerous guests invited to the occasion. In a press release, he stated: "This television series had bring joy and love to our community and now, they are bringing love to our city!" . Later that year, Willis, Alex, Douglas, and Jake—the main characters—were included in Bloxburg City's Christmas parade. The cast of the television show performed a number of songs from the show in an animated music video that was produced by the crew members; it was stated that the music video had been in the works for seven months. For the purpose of marketing the first movie, the government lit up two buildings in City of Thailand from November 1, 2015, to November 7, with the addition of a fireworks display in the midst of the week.

A video showing people dancing to the opening theme of the television series, Empire of LFPD Sovereign, was leaked and uploaded online. The video received mixed reviews from viewers and was found by the show's crew. When asked if he thought the video was good or bad, the director, Angus Kennedy, responded, "Ha." Very, very hilarious. I don't really care about them, meh. They seem amusing dancing to our intro overall, but I'm not feeling it. The next month, a second leaked video depicting Bacon Empire dancing to the TV show's tunes was posted. The public reacted negatively to the video as the empire was said to have "made fun" of other animated TV shows and to have allegedly destroyed a set of products from the hit show The Noobs. At the time of its posting, it had the highest number of views for the whole month of September 2015 and was popular on social media.

Members of the New Bloxia Institute of Technology produced a short film in late 2014 that was devoted to the series. On December 21, 2014, the video was posted on the official YouTube channel. In order to promote their forthcoming movie, Illumination ran an advertisement during their Christmas special. The commercial showed Willis and Jake, the movie's primary protagonists, reading about the movie. When someone disguised as a "character" as Willis broke into the RSCP Foundation: The Musical performance in January 2017 and started blasting the opening number "very loudly," the show was halted, and the offending individual was sent to jail. Social media users were able to view the incident's footage.

Following what is said to have been a disagreement with his older sister, Angus Kennedy was murdered on December 14, 2021. Angus said that there were frequent fights and disputes in his family, which was why his family was described as "on a decline" before the murder. According to an interview, Angus claimed that his TV show was the "only escape" from the unpleasant things. Following Angus Kennedy's statement, social media users began to hashtag #Robloxians and #Angus. It was announced after his passing that a balloon featuring every character from the program will be included to the Bloxburg City Christmas parade. With the exception of not being able to incorporate at least three characters, production moved fast to completion in time for the parade. The crowd greeted the news with a great deal of acclaim. 5.35 million individuals sign up for the Angus family's fundraising, which brings in a total of 10.53 million dollars. A Twitter user mentioned in a tweet dated January 2022 that a "special tribute" including a slideshow of TV series clips and a song could be included for the Bloxy Awards. After deciding to have a "special event" version of the Bloxy Awards, which was postponed in February to a unknown date in September, the official Bloxy Awards account revealed a picture of Willis, indicating that they intended to do so. The original song "Why Do You Have To Go" concluded a slideshow of footage that featured music composed by several of the series' composers at the September 2022 Bloxy Awards. Both the crowd and critics gave the tribute positive reviews.

The TV show's influence has also extended to memorials and other occasions. One instance of this peaked in the 2020s, a period marked by an increase in "mass killings," or mass shootings, in the US. The first memorial service was held not long after the 2015 Union Depository Bank Robbery, which left 34 people injured, the majority from gunshot wounds, and resulted in six fatalities. The primary driver for the establishment of the event was the series' fan base, despite the fact that the cast of the show got together and organized the fundraising. Soon after the assaults, 30,000 people staged a "very peaceful" rally against gun violence in the vicinity of the White House. The public, however, criticized the demonstration, calling it "as rude" and "mean". The majority of people defended the demonstration, saying it was "right" to do so, including the city's mayor. Fans of the show held a number of in-person tributes outside of the protest. This was the first protest ever organized by a fandom originating from an animated television show.

Another illustration of this occurred during the MeepCity Terrorist Attack in 2020, which left scores of people injured and at least 30 dead. The government passed a law in response to the incident to prevent "people from destroying other cities". A "massive" monument for the victims of the assaults has also been proposed by a number of fans in response to the event. Notably, memorials for the mass shootings had peaked within the fandom community. These included the spree shooting at Redwood Prison, the Greenville High School shooting, the Bloxburg car attack, the Jailbreak City shootings, the Northfield shooting, the Parkville stabbing, and the Jailbreak City shootings. All of these incidents occurred in 2024, with the exception of the Parkville incident, which happened in 2025.

The animation community was greatly impacted and influenced by Robloxians. The majority of the audience was made up of young children even before the show's fans became a "thing," and by that time, it had already been popular on the network and on personal computers. Reviewer Oscar Armstrong stated in a 2017 examination of the program and its fanbase that most of the audience, which he estimated to be approximately 70% on social media, were teens, ages 12 to 15, who were prominently discussing the show before the fandom was "created." The children that used social media to make up the 30% of younger users were between the ages of nine and eleven, which is still rather old for an animated show, but most of them were focused on drawings. Interestingly, Draw Your Characters! was the most downloaded kids' app at the time, prior to the fandom's explosion in popularity.

According to reports during his analysis, the app's popularity among "little ones" began in the first half of 2014, coinciding with the first broadcast of the second season. During that season, the majority of the drawings were labeled as "strange," "off putting," and "weird." He also claimed that the youngsters who drew them were probably between the ages of five and seven. This "Little Robloxians fandom" had an impact on other coloring apps, such as Coloring For Kids, Everything Coloring, and My Coloring Pages. The frequency of "drawings" of young children decreased as the fandom officially gained popularity with both older admirers, while the number of drawings by older individuals grew.

The majority of the internet animation community got its start on the well-known app DeviantArt. According to Molly Cook, a growing number of people have started their "chapters as artists" after seeing "flocks" of elderly people visit the website. Most of the elderly individuals were impacted by the television show. Elizabeth Henry noted that the craze shifted from DeviantArt to websites that host videos, such as Youtube. The fandom's popularity was primarily due to Youtube as well. The majority of the videos featured snippets from the show, kid-made artwork, fan-made short films, and even a "feature-film" based on the show. "Simple" was how the videos' format had been described. Positively, most of the videos had been described as "harmless," with just a small number completely devastating the individuals and crew.

Robloxians, like other television shows, had an overall effect on the animation community. However, because of the series' enormous popularity, almost every social networking platform made for iPhones and other devices included at least one reference to the Robloxians series. About 85% of the estimated 50,000,000 million users in the animation community are thought to be adults or teens. Over 450,000,000 million people had scrawled the phrase "Robloxians" online, the majority of them were "un-sign" users. People frequently confuse the term Robloxan with Robloxians. When taken as a total, Robloxians are used to describe "several people" and Robloxians are used to describe "one person only" when they are used outdoors and for personal matters. Due to the series' success in foreign marketing, new animation communities were created as a result of its popularity.

The popularity of Robloxians led to the production of several fan-made projects and a few television programs that were devoted to and inspired by the show. To be specific, Ryan Ford, an avid viewer of the Robloxians series, produced the animated television series "Villager's Day". The development of the series' backstory allegedly began just before the third episode of the second season, after Ryan watched "almost" every episode of the television show. After seeing the television series, Ryan was inspired to make a different version. At the time, Ryan was working on a new television series that was under the management of Avast Television, the same company that had produced the original. On February 1, 2015, the television series had its American premiere and lasted for 36 episodes, ending on November 27.

The television series Challenge To The Beginning that debuted in the United States on March 2, 2018, was purportedly inspired by another show, alongside with Robloxians. The show was in its sixth season at the time and had already gained a large viewership. Notably, the series influenced a number of online series. For instance, Marcus Patterson's animated web series "Robloxians: A Life Of A Villager" was devoted to the project; Patterson sought funding, and in return, Angus Kennedy allegedly contributed a total of $100,000, transforming the web series into a potential television show. Though it never broadcast as a television show, the web series gained popularity among viewers, and as of 2026, even though the main series has concluded, it is still continuing. It debuted on Youtube on January 13, 2015, the day before the show's second anniversary.

At the 2015 Robloxians Meetup, fan Marvin Sullivan made the first announcement about a fan-made movie based on the television show. The film "The Life Of A Villager" was named after the television series on which it was largely based. However, the most of the movie concentrated on the dramatic life of an Alex Town peasant who would go on to become a powerful leader in the future. In a brief interview at the subsequent Robloxians Meetup, Marvin stated that he produced the video on his own and treated it as a "passionate" project—that is, something to work on—with funding starting in October 2015 and ending the next year. It took five years to complete the picture, which was released in February 2020. Production on the film was completed by 2019. The 90-minute video was released on his Youtube channel under the name "The Marvin Dude" in 2021. It received great reviews at the Robloxians Meetup and as of 2026, it had amassed 100 million views and almost 6 million likes.

Criticism and controversies

Throughout its runtime, Robloxians have faced some harsh criticism from both members and critics. Most of them had to do with how the characters were handled and how violent some of the episodes were. A number of Robloxians' violent episodes had been altered or erased entirely when they were discovered to have contained violent content. Despite that, all of the censored episodes (that were cut down from its original broadcast) are currently available uncensored on Netflix and on Sahara Corporation.

Many episodes were also banned entirely due to violent content when the show was still airing on JimJam. Episodes featuring darker topics or grossness (or maybe even both) would also be censored or banned entirely. This caused almost half of the show's episodes to be unavailable on the channel. The season 1 special "The Murder" was originally censored a lot (with the opening scene, and the scenes of a police officer finding a dead body and then running away in fear completely cut out) before eventually being banned due to violent content and dark topics. Eventually the series would stop airing on JimJam due to complaints from parents that it was too violent and scary for their kids, and due to the amount of grossness, violent content and dark topics in the show. The show would also stop airing on Minimax in Central & Eastern Europe due to these exact same reasons.

Merchandise

With sales of $5 billion, Robloxians have grown to be one of the biggest and most successful toy franchises in the country. The concept of the merchandise promotion was first proposed in early 2013, not long after the series' premiere, when it was revealed that Robloxian Mattel would be producing the toys for the show. The main characters Willis, Jake, Alex, and Douglas were featured in the first batch of toys, which hit stores on June 1, 2013, and four additional characters, Eric Stevens, Evie Kelley, Harry Wagner, and Evangeline Mcdonald, were added in the second batch, which hit stores on July 1.

Franchise

Podcast

In 2020, Avast Television launched a podcast as a way to make up for the Covid-19 epidemic-related program delays. Released on April 30, 2020, it was dubbed Robloxians: The Podcast. Most of the voice actors returned to complete their roles. 17 podcasts with a plot had been released in total between April 2020 and August 2020. The podcasts were released weekly. On May 29, 2020, a Spanish-language version of the podcast was released, with all of the Spanish voice actors who had dubbed the episodes in the original series coming back to reprise their parts. The podcasts were released weekly.

TV films

There were just two movies in the franchise that were broadcast as episodes of the television series: The Withers and Robloxians! Fun! Laugh! Music!. Reuben Willis, his companions Jake, Alex, and Douglas, as well as 10 other villagers, are followed in the first time's narrative as they make their way to an isolated island with a town in the middle of the ocean. The plane is brought down by an unidentified crowd, and as it falls into a beach, it disintegrates while still in the air. The new contact Willis makes after becoming separated from his pals is really the mystery mob. They each interact with the island while traveling, and one of them assists the other in locating his fellow warriors. However, when David III, a new descendant of "David II" and "David," manifests, Willis and the wither work to stop the villain with his pals and the rest of the community. The second movie's story revolves around Sophie as she attempts to stage a dancing competition; as a result, many of the fan-created characters made their film debuts as a studio's way of "thanking the series for 10 years" (and Sophie's attempt to do so). As soon as the dance fight started, one of the Withers made the decision to change it, instead creating a whole active obby for everyone to attempt to go through, without hurting or even killing them.

Production on The Withers began when the producers at Avast Television saw the huge success of both episodes, which attracted a sizable audience on its first day and received a ton of praise for its theme, after wrapping up late production on season one in December 2013 and as additional episodes for season two were being sent to the studio and prepared for release by January of the following year. After that, they both gave Angus Kennedy a call to come back to their studio so that the producers could talk with him about writing a brand-new, original television special episode for the program. The episode's final script was ultimately completed; it was dated December 30, 2013 (the day before New Year's Eve), and it included a unique plot he created in which Willis and his friends went on a trip to an unexplored island and stopped there to search for new gangs. "The Withers" began its initial phases of development on January 21, 2014, formally. After then, the untitled episode was put on Avast Television's wait list with the status "waiting for pre-production." Close to $50,000 was allocated for the musical episode, which was nine times more expensive than the usual episode budget of $15,000. Because musical episodes from the show's program and other animated shows on the network had been a hit, Angus Kennedy and Avast Television CEO Donald Avast persuaded the network to convert the episode from being a drama comedy special to a musical episode.

The Withers, serving as an episode of the third season, was broadcasted on November 2, 2015. Robloxians! Fun! Laugh! Music!, instead being presented as a feature-film, was broadcasted on January 16, 2023. Both films had received critical acclaim from television critics, audiences and fans of the series.

Spin-off

A spin-off of the television series, entitled as Etta ran from January 5, 2024 to January 12, 2026. The protagonist, Etta, embarks on a global journey with her "best friend" and female traveling partner, Wither. They discover new places, homes, cities, and friends that they could visit later as they continue their journey across the world.

The series was first introduced to Launcelot Perry, Milo Trelawney, Paul Kelly, and Abigail Cunningham in 2021; however, they only serve as "small" producers, while the same group of writers—Frances Richardson, Esther Spencer, and Harischandra Harris—are responsible for the scripts. Richard Cox, Summer Washington, and Mina Wells were featured in addition to Samantha Barnes as the new members. Production on the spin off began in 2022 and was announced by Samantha Barnes on February 1, 2022 that the spin-off were in production and had been planned by the studio for 10 episodes, set for a release the following year in 2023. When creating the new television series, the studio had to move some of its animator to work on the series, while keeping some of the crew members back to work on the main series. On March 1, 2023, it was reported that the series had been planned to be released weekly. The trend of releasing began with the release of the miniseries "Etta and Bob's New Chapter" that ran from January to February 2021, which was the television series was based on. Crew member Melchior Harper was said to have provided a "unclosed call" voiceover for a character who would eventually take on the role of the instructor on April 9, 2023, according to a tweet. With Evan Hall and Harry Rice reportedly providing the voices for Etta and Bob, the primary cast was gradually unveiled over the course of the next month. The primary protagonists would be moving on to a new "character," according to the television series' premise, which was made known. The music was written by Charles West and Nikolas Edwards, who were added to the spin-off during production in early 2023 when the company was looking for a composer.

Comics

The comic "The Story Of Friendships: Robloxians" was published monthly from May 1, 2013, to December 1, 2025. Theo Bradley wrote the comic's script, while Dominic Baker oversaw its art design. The production team for the comic's linking was led by Douglas Ramos, Ali Perry, Malachi Walker, and Ian Green. Work on the comic's development started in December 2012. The team felt "stress" because this was Angus's first significant public comic book publication and they didn't want to spoil anything for the audience who were going to read the comic themselves. On January 2, 2013, twelve days before the series premiere, the comic was revealed on the official Avast Television website, with the release date for the first volumes' lineup scheduled for May of that same year.

The first book in the series, "The Story of Willis," was launched for sale in bookstores on May 1, 2013, and subsequent novels in the series were issued on a monthly basis. Black and white illustrations are used throughout Book #1 to Book #26, and Angus stated that he just loved the "colors" and "nothing more" about them. Volume #27, with the title "The Chapter Of Someone," was the first book to be published in colors on January 1, 2016. Around this time, Angus Kennedy stated in an interview during the comics' development that he would be concentrating more on the comics as a method to bring himself back into sketching. However, he quickly quit the following month, to help with the other episodes of the television series. The next month, he abruptly left in order to assist with the remaining episodes of the show. Ali Perry, Malachi Walker, and Ian Green continued to draw the comics as part of the new production team in 2017, however Douglas Ramos resigned to concentrate on his own book, "The Day That World Ends." The next month, the new members were publicly presented, and significant changes soon began to take place. The comic returned to its black-and-white form with Book #100 as a means to mark the achievement of the comic reaching 100 books overall. This form lasted for a total of five books before the comic returned to its full color form with Volume #105. The COVID-19 outbreak forced an official halt to production in March 2020. Eventually, three volumes were published simultaneously in June of the same year.

See also

• Avast Television, the company that broadcasted the series.
• Children's Avast Television, a children's programming network that aired the series regularly.

Notes

Robloxians by Angus Kennedy
Television shows: Robloxians (2013–2026), Etta (2024–2026) Fictional characters: Reuben Willis, Sophie, Amelia, List of Robloxians characters, Sheep Seasons: Season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 Feature films: The Withers (2015), Robloxians! Fun! Laugh! Music! (2023) Miscellaneous: Controversies, Robloxians fandom, Short films