Netflix today announced a new animated comedy series from YouTube creator James Rallison. Inspired by Rallison’s popular YouTube channel, The Odd 1s Out (17.8M subscribers), Oddballs is created by Rallison and Ethan Banville, who serve as executive producers alongside Carl Faruolo and Michael Zoumas, in partnership with Atomic Cartoons. Here’s a special introduction they released today:

Synopsis: Oddballs follows James, a bubble-shaped boy, whose observations on life fuel his comedic rants at everyday annoyances and elevates them to laughably absurd heights. Along with his best friends Max (a talking crocodile) and Echo (a girl who claims to be from the future), James’ ridiculous schemes to question norms often result in disaster.

Creator / Executive Producers: James Rallison and Ethan Banville
Executive Producers: Carl Faruolo, Michael Zoumas and Atomic Cartoon’s Jennifer Twiner McCarron, Matthew Berkowitz and Aaron Behl
Supervising Producer: Sarah Soh
Cast: James Rallison, Julian Gant, Kimberly Brooks, Gary Anthony Williams, Carl Faruolo

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Jerry Beck

Writer, cartoon producer and author of more than 15 books on animation history. A former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney; currently on the faculty at both CalArts in Valencia and Woodbury University in Burbank, California.

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