Hilda the Series

Hilda is an animated television series created by Luke Pearson (one of the storyboard artists from Adventure Time) for Cartoon Network. Based on Pearson's graphic novel series of the same name and produced by Cartoon Network Studios Europe and Nippon Animation, the show follows the adventures of fearless Hilda, a blue-haired girl who along her deerfox Twig travels to the world of Trolberg, where she conquers even the most dangerous monsters. The character designs are courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

Production
The show was created by cartoonist Luke Pearson, who had previously worked as a story artist on Adventure Time, and is based on the Nobrow graphic novel series of the same name. Pearson produced the pilot at Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. Animation, who had merged with the former, as part of Cartoon Network's shorts development program. Cartoon Network gave Pearson permission to adapt the pilot into the full series. Hanna-Barbera was intending on developing the series, but following the closure of Hanna-Barbera as a production company and the deaths of their co-founders William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Pearson produced it at Cartoon Network Studios Europe and Japanese animation house Nippon Animation.

Credits
Produced by: Joanna Beresford, Ellen Collins, Sarita Christensen, Charlotte de La Gournerie, Petter Lindblad, Masao Kurosu

Production managers: Gavin McCue, Caroline Merlet

Story editor: Sean Catherine Derek

Casting and voice direction: Richard Overall, Karie Gima Pham

Talent coordinator: Karie Gima Pham

Themes and music: Julian Nott, Steve Rucker, Thomas Chase, Guido & Maurizio de Angelis

Recording facilities: Cartoon Network Studios, De Lane Lea

Recording engineers: Gregg Hall, Robert Serda

Dialogue editor: Kerry Iverson

Background and color design: Hans Bacher

Timing direction: Robert Alvarez, Joanna Romersa

Animation posing and walk-cycles: Stefan Fjeldmark, Jesper Moller, Rasmus Jensen, Sergio Pablos

Jim Henson's Creature Shop creative supervisor: John Stevenson

Creature Shop producer: Karen Cassie

Designers: David Darby, Bill Hirsch, Kevin Hunter, Kevin O'Doyle, Ángel Izquierdo, Antonio Zuerra, Thierry Torres, Carlos Veredas, Javier Grandaos, Joaquin Galindo, Ramon Garcia

Pre-production facilities: Milímetros S.A., Ellipsanime

Creative directors: Ángel Izquierdo, Antonio Zuerra

Head of production: Elena Gomez

Production supervisor: Lucia Gomez

Art directors: Ángel Izquierdo, Antonio Zuerra

Head of design: Vincent Mommeja

Background color styling: Michel Pisson, Patrice Suau

Color design: David Jaráiz, Concepción Echave, Hisashi Taruma, Ana Álvarez, Maite Ramíez, Ferannd Longatte, Soazig Heaulme

Animation: Nippon Animation, Production IG, Tokyo Movie Shinsha, The Answer Studio, Mook Co. Ltd., Kyoto Animation, Chiyoko Ueno, Futoshi Nishiya, Hiroyuki Oshima, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Kaori Kijima, Kazumi Ikeda, Mariko Ueno, Masaharu Sasai, Masaharu Watanabe, Masashi Tsuji, Masaya Makita, Mie Kyohara, Mika Ota, Mitsuhiro Yoneda, Mitsuyoshi Yoneda, Noriyuki Kitanohara, Ryouhei Muta, Saai Dōsono, Saeko Oofuji, Satoshi Kadowaki, Sayuki Dōsono, Shinobu Yoshioka, Taichi Ishidate, Tatsuo Kamiuto, Tohru Mitsuhashi, Tomoe Aratani, Yasuhiro Takemoto, Yoko Takada, Yoshinori Urata, Youhei Kawasaki, Yuka Nishiira, Yūka Takaira, Yukiko Horiguchi, Yumiko Hashi, Oriental Light & Magic, Telecom Animation, Hiroaki Noguchi, Ken Baba, Mineko Ueda, Sawako Miyamoto, Shin Itagaki, Toshihiko Masuda, Yuuko Sotake, Tatsunoko Production, Tezuka Productions, Tokyo Animation Center, Anime World Osaka, Ark Creation, Chaos Project, Doga Kobo, Hiroko Tsutsumi, Junichiro Taniguchi, Kazuhiko Ishii, Kazuhiko Karasumaru, Kazuya Saitō, Kazuyo Nakamura, Keiko Katsura, Nobuhiro Okazaki, Reiko Fujita, Takashi Mukouda, Tomoya Hiratsuka, Yuki Tsugihashi, Marsa, Nakamura Production, Shanghai Dove, Studio CATS, Studio Cockpit, Studio Dub, Katsunori Enokimoto, Shinichi Sakuma, Tomohiro Zaizen, Yoshiaki Wada, Studio Fantasia, Studio Gash, Studio Jungle Gym, Studio Junio, Studio Kuma, Studio Line, Studio Live, Ai Kikuchi, Ayako Kurata, Daisuke Yoshida, Hiroshi Kamishina, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Kazuhiko Yano, Kyoko Takeuchi, Mashu Yamaguchi, Mika Takahashi, Shingo Kurakari, Shoji Hara, Takaaki Hirayama, Tomomi Kimura, Yuichiro Hayashi, Studio March, Studio Mu, Mayumi Okamoto, Yuki Chika, Studio Wanpack, Studio Renge, Studio Takuranke, Hong Ying Animation, Sei Young Animation, Jade Animation, Hanho Heung-Up, Sunmin Animation, MOI Animation, Wang Film Productions, Toon City Animation, Snipple Animation

Animation direction: Itaru Saito, Ayako Kurata, Hiroaki Noguchi, Mamiko Nakanishi, Shoko Ikeda, Teiichi Takiguchi

Background painting: Goichi Kudo, Kyoto Animation, Atsushi Betsumiya, Fumiko Wadamori, Hiromi Kurose, Hiroshi Igaki, Kazusa Itani, Kazusa Kon'ya, Kenji Yamamura, Miyuki Hiratoko, Mutsuo Shinohara, Naoki Hosokawa, Shizuko Uehara, Tomoko Shibata, Atelier Musa, Hideko Fujisaki, Hideko Shinozaki, Kaori Uchiyama, Kei Yamazaki, Mayumi Okawa, Myong Chi Park, Shuichi Okubo, Yasuomi Kishi, Yōsuke Wakita, Yumi Komuro

Additional production facility: Neomis Animation

Main title animation: Milimetros S.A.

Production accountants: Richard Bennett, Sarah Alabaster

Picture editor: Richard Overall

Assistant editor: Anthony Hull

Executive producers: Curtis Lelash, Daniel Lennard, Michael Carrington, Sarah Fell, Patricia Hidalgo, Brian A. Miller, Seiji Takakura, Jennifer Pelphrey

Executive producer: Luke Pearson

(C)The Cartoon Network, a Time Warner company. All rights reserved.

Pilot
Supervising producers: Davis Doi, Alan Burnett

Produced by: Tom Ruegger, Cos Anzilotti

Associate producer: Victoria McCollum

Production manager: Diana Ritchey

Story: Luke Pearson

Storyboard: Luke Pearson, Larry Scholl, Larry Leker, Bill Waldmann, John Pomeroy, Tom Sito, Will Finn, Rick Farmiloe, Andreas Wessel-Therhorn

Timing: David Feiss, Robert Alvarez, Joanna Romersa

Models: Luke Pearson, Dan Haskett, Eric Clark, Lance Falk, Jim Stenstrum, Ken Kinoshita, Denise Shimabukuro

Animation layout: Luke Pearson, John McClenahan, T. Daniel Hofstedt, John Pomeroy, Rick Farmiloe, Larry Scholl, Ruben Procopio, Mario J. Menjivar, Bill Waldmann, Will Finn, Tom Sito, Andreas Wessel-Therhorn

Background layout keys: Hans Bacher, Drew Gentle, Bill Proctor

Background painting: Andrew Phillipson

Casting and recording director: Collette Sundermann

Supervising recording engineer: Ed Collins

Recording engineers: Jeffrey Collins, Robert Serda

Music: Thomas Chase Jones, Steve Rucker

Director of music production: Bodie Chandler

Color styling: Linda Redondo

Ink and paint supervisors: Geno Dubois, Allison Leopold

Mark-up prints: Lisa Leonardi-Knight

Animation checking: Sandy Benenati, Janice Browning, Eleanor Dahlen

Copying and shipping: Ana Arce, Bill Ryan

Scanning: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley

Post-production managers: Tim Iverson, John Forrest Niss

Track reading: Carl Iverson, Fred Salinas, Joe Trueba, Mike Trueba

Supervising film editor: Pat Foley

Dialogue editors: Kerry Iverson, James Hearn

Negative cutting: William DeBoer Jr.

Post-production sound services: Warner Bros. Animation

Telecine/on-line by Matchframe Video: Brian Hutchings, Craig Price

Post-production coordinators: Alicia Parkinson, Gail D. Silvers

Production assistants: Jenny Lynn Burnett, Sharpa Gage, Lisa Melcombe, Catherine McCollom

Production estimator: Douglas Marshall

Production liason: Amy E. Wagner

Production administration: Athena Christianakis, Frances Mencia, Maria Womack

Overseas production facility: Wang Film Productions

Production supervision: Haven Alexander, Ken Duer, Clive Nakayashiki, Joe Sandusky, Howard Schwartz, Linda Steiner, Lisa-Ann Warren

Production management: Andy Lewis

Executives in charge of production for The Cartoon Network: Linda Simensky, Sam Register, Jay Bastian (C)The Cartoon Network, a Time Warner company. All rights reserved.