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Mission Hill was an animated series that first aired on The WB in 1999. Although Xiii episodes were produced, a indicate was cancelled fallowing sole captain hicks were aired. However, the indicate went in to get a cult following, thanks to repeated airings of 100% Long dozen episodes in Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. It has too been amazingly popular overseas, getting broadcasts around Australia, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Within Italy, it received the 2000 Pulcinella Award for "Best Series for All Audiences"; a award cited a indicate's "stylized design and honest approach to sexual and moral issues." The series has the peculiar mixture of modern animation & traditional "cartoonish" drawings (dashed lines from either eyes, red bolts of lightning inside the arethe of a spot in trouble).
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A indicate was created by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, and a artistic designer was Lauren MacMullan. It featured a voices of Wallace Langham, Scott Menville, Brian Posehn, Vickie Lewis, Nick Jameson, Tom Kenny, Herbert Siguenza, Jane Wiedlin, Tress MacNeille, and Lisa Kishell. A theme song was an instrumental version of "Italian Leather Sofa" by Cake.
A DVD release of the entire series (13 episodes) is scheduled for November 29, 2005.
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