Wolfboy and the Everything Factory

Wolfboy and the Everything Factory is an animated television series created by Toff Mazery and Edward Jesse for Apple TV+. It premiered on 24 September 2021 as part of a slate of autumn children's series. Season 2 was released on 30 September 2022.

Plot
The series follows Wolfboy, an imaginative oddball who discovers a strange realm at the centre of the earth where fantastical beings called ‘Sprytes’ create things for the world on the surface - clouds, trees, rabbits, dreams, hiccups, memories, time... everything. With the help of his newfound Spryte friends, Xandra and Sprout, Wolfboy learns that not only can he use the creative energy of the Everything Factory to make his wild imagination come to life, but that he is destined to play a central role in an age-old battle between the forces of creation and destruction. He soon comes to realize that being different is what makes him special - and that, ultimately, it’s the oddballs and dreamers who change the world.

Main characters

 * Kassian Akhtar as William Wolfe "Wolfboy"
 * Archie Yates as Sprout Figwort
 * Lilly Williams as Xandra
 * Cristina Milizia as Floof
 * Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Professor Luxcraft
 * Abigail Estrella as Seth

Supporting characters

 * Berrett Huntsman as Oneira "Oni"
 * Nevin Kar as Blip
 * Isabella Russo as Tali
 * Flula Borg as Gamekeeper
 * Courtenay Taylor as Athena
 * Juno Temple as Nyx
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as Klaybottom
 * Maurice LaMarche as Faradox
 * Joel Gelman as Serebrin
 * Mae Whitman as Wuji

Other characters

 * Thomas Lennon as Professor Rabscuttle
 * Jason Maybaum as Sneffton
 * John Lithgow as Professor Chronopher
 * Georgia King as William's Mom
 * Jo Firestone
 * Melanie Paxson as Antler
 * Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Flora Figwort
 * Kimberly Brooks
 * Moira Quirk as Amelia "Millie" Springhaart
 * Justin Vivian Bond as Astralynx "Star Creature"
 * Monia Ayachi as Mademoiselle Glaçon
 * Flula Borg as Monsieur Snjor
 * Zehra Fazal as Professor Pigment
 * BJ Ward as Celorain
 * David Attenborough as Seapinch
 * Maria Bamford as Sky Ancient
 * Henry Winkler as Mountain Ancient
 * Tony Hale as Water Ancient
 * Lorraine Toussaint as Forest Ancient

Production
The animation style for the series is based on the visual art of Toff Mazery. Mazery and Edward Jesse are the series' co-creators, writers, and executive producers with Michael Ryan serving as a showrunner, writer, and executive producer. Also executive producing are Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Jared Geller of HitRecord as well as Scott Greenberg and Joel Kuwahara of Bento Box Entertainment.

Release
Apple TV+ released a trailer on 9 September 2021. The series later premiered on September 24, 2021.

Reception
The series was initially met with overwhelmingly positive reviews, with Cult Of Mac praising the "charm[ing]" show for allowing its characters to express a wide range of emotions and comparing it to Steven Universe and Fatherly noting its unique feel and tone while calling it "the next great weird kids’ show". Common Sense Media praised the series as "a true delight", noting the complexity and emotional intelligence of the characters, as well as the "superb" visual world of the Everything Factory.