Mushroom fans rejoice.Adult Swim has ordered a second season of its animated hit .This is happening just ahead of the finale of the first season, which airs this weekend.For the uninitiated, is something of an odd duck.
It’s a cartoon, but it’s more of a thriller than a comedy.Mike Judge (, ) and Greg Daniels (, ) are onboard as executive producers, so there are some jokes.I guess it could be called a dramedy, but comedic thriller seems more apt.The plot follows two former high school lab partners who discover a mystical mushroom that can cure just about every disease.
This forces them to go on the run from the DEA, big pharma and shadowy business entities.The animation style is certainly unique, and may not be for everyone, but the show really comes into its own after a few episodes.ADVERTISEMENTAdvertisementThe voice cast includes Mike Judge, who played both Beavis and Butt-Head, and Martha Kelly, who starred in the animated .She’s also fantastic in and absolutely terrifying in the second season of .
The remaining cast includes Joseph Lee Anderson, Dave King and Emily Pendergast.Along with the renewal announcement, Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen called the show a “boundary-pushing and genre-defining piece of television.” He also praised fans for “lighting up socials to spread the word.” was created by Steve Hely, who wrote for and , and Joe Bennett, who made the criminally underrated (and now cancelled) .The pair said their goal for the show is “to transform planet Earth and restore the human spirit” but that they’ll “settle for a second season.”
