China, IL (2011)

Genre

comedy television series, college life television program

Country

United States

Length

3 seasons, 30 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This animated series is set at a bizarre college in a small Illinois town. It follows the strange and ridiculous adventures of the faculty members who work there.

absurdsurrealoffbeatwackyenergeticgoofyirreverentfast-paced

What happens

China, IL (meaning China, Illinois) is an American adult animated sitcom created by Brad Neely for Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim. It follows the surreal adventures of the staff of a college located in the titular city. The series was originally conceived as a web series on Adult Swim's defunct comedy website, Super Deluxe, in 2008. Neely, who had done I Am Baby Cakes and The Professor Brothers shorts for Super Deluxe in 2006, envisioned the characters in each series to coexist in the same universe. With the relationship in mind, he produced a four-part internet series entitled China, IL, which was published on Super Deluxe in 2008. An 11-minute television special combining the shorts, titled "China, IL: The Funeral", aired on Adult Swim on May 25, 2008. Neely stated that a major inspiration behind the premise of the series derives from his lack of college experiences and his Arkansan upbringing. Episodes are written among a writing staff headed by Neely of six-to-eight people; for voice-over work, the crew works on two or three hours of dialogue for a certain character, followed by storyboard meetings, dailies, and rough cuts, with Neely directing other actors who come in after him. China, IL ended on June 14, 2015, with a total of 30 episodes, following the series finale "Magical Pet". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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