Adult Swim's The Elephant
| Adult Swim's The Elephant | |
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| Directed by | Pendleton Ward |
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| Composer | The Blasting Company |
| Country of origin | United States |
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| Running time | 23 minutes |
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| Network | Adult Swim |
| Release | December 19, 2025 |
Adult Swim's The Elephant (also known more simply as The Elephant)[1] is an American experimental animated TV special created by Jack Pendarvis and Kent Osborne for Adult Swim. Animators Ian Jones-Quartey, Patrick McHale, Rebecca Sugar, and Pendleton Ward employed an Exquisite corpse technique in a style of triptych works, each designing and animating segments of the special independent from one another, to tell a single story with three disparate styles and tones. Voice performances are provided by Maria Bamford, SungWon Cho, and Jordan Jensen. It premiered on Adult Swim on December 19, 2025 and became available to stream on HBO Max the following day.[2] It was accompanied by a behind the scenes special called Behind the Elephant.[3]
References
- ^ "Review: Using exquisite corpse, 'The Elephant' tells a captivating story about reincarnation". Los Angeles Times. 2025-12-19. Retrieved 2026-02-18.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (2025-11-13). "Animation Stars Patrick McHale, Ian Jones-Quartey, Rebecca Sugar & Pendleton Ward Unite for Adult Swim's 'The Elephant'". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2026-02-18.
- ^ "Adult Swim's The Elephant". Adult Swim. Retrieved 2026-02-18.