Split (TV series)

Split is an animated fantasy comedy-drama series created by Dana Terrace for Warner Bros. Animation for HBO Max. Starring the voices of Kari Wahkgren, Grey DeLisle, Janice Kaywze, Corey Burton, Candi Milo, and Lara Jill Miller, the series centers on the lives and struggles of the kids of an interdimensional divorced couple.

Loosely inspired by the Cartoon Network pilot Splitting Time, Terrace wanted to create a series thst was "similar in concept, but also very different". In order to accompkish this, she used interdimensional travel instead of time travel, and went for a more dramstic tone, with a "realistic and three-dimensional" focus on the divorce aspect. Terrace consulted with several divorced couples in order to include an accurate potrayal of divorce. Animation services were provided by Rough Draft Korea and Don Yang Animation.

Split was released on Max in January 5, 2031, and was met with positive reviews, who lauded its potrayal of divorce, humor, characters, visuals, and animation. The series earned a Peabody Award for Children's & Youth Programming.

Synopsis
Split centers on two kids, Anne and Julie, whose parents just divorced. All normal, right? Well, the thing is, their parents live in two different dimension: Their father on Earth and their mother on a magitech-filled dimension. As the two struggle with having so different separeate lives, their entire family has a toughter job at hand: Coming to terms with the divorce.

Main cast

 * Janice Kawaye as Anne, Bob and Marie's older sister, and an A-list student with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome who struggles with her work on both schools and the divorce.
 * Grey DeLisle as Julie, Anne's younger sister, who develops anxiety when their parents divorce.
 * Kari Wahlgren as Marie, an energetic but mature young woman from another dimension and Anne and Julie's mother, who struggles with recently becoming a single mother.
 * Corey Burton as Bob, a loving and down-to-earth man from Earth and Anne and Julie's father, who tries go comd to terms with the divorce.
 * Lara Jill Miller as Marylin, a Jewish girl from Earth and Anne's girlfriend, ekth a strong sense of fun, duty, and loyalty,
 * Candi Milo as Elizabeth, a curious toddler from another dimension and Marie's best friend.

Recurring cast

 * Bill Farmer as Henry, a no-nonsense but somewhat incompetent teacher from another dimension.
 * Wanda Sykes as Claire, a school director from another dimension.
 * Cree Summer and Phil LaMarr as James and Hailey, two siblings and Anne's best friends on Earth.
 * Jess Harnell as Runner, a living Magitech taxi.
 * Cree Summer as Linda, Bob's friendly neighboor.
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Charlie: A horse adopted by Bob.
 * Rob Paulsen as Jerome: An angry turtle-like creature who hates being bothered.
 * Nicole Sullivan as Alice: A rich and goodhearted dog-like girl and Anne's classmate.
 * Tara Strong as Courtney: A carefree zombie schoolmate from Anne and Julie's school.
 * Eden Riegel as Claire: A bully from Anne and Julie's school.
 * Tress MacNeille as Leslie, a girl from the Magitech world with an habit of continuosly changing her hobbies.

Guest cast

 * Louisa Zhu as Doris: One of Marie's friends.
 * Cory Doran as Tom: One of Marie's friends.
 * Kevin Conroy as Bat Police Officer #1
 * Diedrich Bader as Bat Police Officer #2
 * Roger Craig Smith as Police Car
 * Troy Baker as Police Chief

Spin-off
A spin-off centered around Elizabeth would be released on HBO Max on June 2033, with Terrace returning as creator and Miño reprising her role as Elizabeth, with Mae Whitman and Jasika Nicole voicing her mothers, while Grey DeLisle voices Florence, their "unbeareable neighbor". Terrace said the series "reflects the reality of lesbian families" in a similar vein to how Split reflects that of divorced couples.

Trivia

 * This is the second time Candi Milo and Jenice Kawyze worked together, after Nickelodeon's My Life as a Teenage Robot.
 * According to creator Dana Terrace, the leads were conceived as having different ages to showcase how kids of different ages are affected by divorce.