The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball

The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball is an animated sitcom created by Ben Bocquelet and produced by Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe. Serving as a revival (colloquially and formally referred to as a seventh season)^[3] of the Cartoon Network series The Amazing World of Gumball (2011–2019), the series premiered on Hulu in the United States on July 28, 2025,^[4][5] and internationally on Cartoon Network and HBO Max on October 6.^[6][7] The second season was released in the United States on December 22, 2025,^[8][9] and premiered internationally on February 2, 2026.^[10][11] In December 2025, the series was renewed for a third and fourth season, ahead of the second season's premiere.^[12][13]

Like its predecessor, the series focuses on the misadventures of Gumball Watterson, a mischievous blue 12-year-old cat, along with his 10-year-old adopted brother, Darwin, a goldfish. Together, they cause mischief among their family, as well as with the wide array of students at Elmore Junior High, where they attend middle school.

• Alkaio Thiele as Gumball Watterson, a cynical yet good-natured blue anthropomorphic cat.
• Hero Hunter as Darwin Watterson, a silly goldfish with legs who is Gumball's best friend and adoptive brother.
• Kinza Syed Khan as Anais Watterson, an intellectual pink rabbit and the youngest sister of Gumball and Darwin.
• Teresa Gallagher as Nicole Watterson, a temperamental workaholic blue cat and the mother of the Watterson family.
• Dan Russell as Richard Watterson, a lazy and immature pink rabbit and the father of the Watterson family.

During a press interview with WarnerMedia in September 2021, a seventh season and film adaptation of The Amazing World of Gumball was announced to have been greenlit. The film adaptation was originally intended to be a conclusion of the original program and "a new beginning in establishing the world for the accompanying series".^[14] In December 2022, the season was confirmed to be in production by Emma Fernando, director of series production for Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe.^[15] At the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the seventh season of The Amazing World of Gumball was announced to be in production, with no release date confirmed.^[16][17] An EIDR listing would reveal that the seventh season would have 40 episodes.^[18] At the following year's festival, details on the seventh season were revealed, including the announcement that it was now under full production, and a preview of the episode "The Burger",^[19] which is the season premiere, was showcased.^[20]

On May 19, 2025, it was announced that it would officially be retitled The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball, with the season releasing in 2025 on Hulu in the United States and Cartoon Network and HBO Max internationally on October 6, 2025. All three Watterson children were recast: Gumball and Darwin are voiced by Alkaio Thiele and Hero Hunter, respectively, and Kinza Syed Khan voices Anais, marking the first time that Kyla Rae Kowalewski did not voice the character. Meanwhile, Teresa Gallagher and Dan Russell returned to voice Nicole and Richard Watterson, respectively. A teaser trailer was released to accompany the announcement.^[21][22][23]

German-based Studio Soi and French-based Bobbypills provide animation and storyboard services respectively; the former had worked on the original series. Executive producers Matt Layzell and Erik Fountain had previously worked on the Netflix interactive series Battle Kitty, serving as series creator and supervising director, respectively.

The show has been branded as a revival series, though during production it was referred to as the seventh season of The Amazing World of Gumball.^[2][24][3]

The day after the series premiered on Hulu, Ben Bocquelet announced that the season finale would be entitled "The Rewrite".^[25] This episode will resolve the cliffhanger ending of the season 6 finale episode "The Inquisition"; the idea for the episode was originally pitched as a feature-length movie that would be produced after the original series' conclusion.^[26]

On October 17, 2025, Fuse Post (a London-based recording studio and audio post-production facility) announced that production of the first season was finished.^[27]

On November 19, 2025, it was announced that the second batch of episodes, which is being referred to as "Season 2", would release on Hulu in the US on December 22, 2025,^[8][9] followed by a Cartoon Network and HBO Max international release in February 2026.^[10][11]

On December 18, 2025, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a third and fourth season of 40 episodes total.^[12][13] This announcement came ahead of the second season's premiere.

Episodes of the series are produced as individual 11-minute episodes. However, seasons of the revival series, which consist of 40 episodes per season, are split into twenty episodes per "season", with the intention for the following "season" to premiere on a different date.^[28]

According to Nielsen rankings, The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball debuted with 363 million minutes watched in its first week, and was ranked 10th in most streamed originals.^[36][37]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 5 critics' reviews are positive.^[38] Fernanda Camargo of Common Sense Media rated the series a three-out-of-five stars, stating the series has "more social and political commentary, with implied meanings that might be tricky for younger kids to grasp."^[39] David Kaldor of Bubbleblabber.com gave the series a 7 out of 10, noting that "there's no time skip or aging up of the characters" and that "everyone's pretty much exactly where they left off at the end of the last show."^[40]

• The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball on Hulu
• The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball at IMDb