《Backyard Sports》 Animated Series Reveals Main Voice Cast
Backyard Sports: The Animated Series is a 20-episode family animation featuring Tiffany Haddish, Donald Faison, and the classic neighborhood sports characters.
Showrunner Chris Waters
Executive Director Juston Gordon-Montgomery
Production Playground Productions
Animation services Lighthouse Studios
Format 20 episodes · approximately 11 minutes per episode
Production Announcement and Voice Cast Revealed
Playground Productions announced the production of 《Backyard Sports: The Animated Series》 at San Diego Comic-Con. It is a family animated series in which the characters from the 2D arcade sports game that has continued since 1997 reunite in neighborhood sports settings, including baseball fields.
Tiffany Haddish voices Kiesha Phillips, Donald Faison voices Dante Robinson, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse voices Dmitri Petrovich. Arturo Castro plays Pablo Sanchez, Utkarsh Ambudkar plays Achmed Khan, and Deborah Baker Jr., Michael Vlamis, Ashleigh Crystal Hairston, and others are also joining the cast.
Chris Waters serves as showrunner, while Juston Gordon-Montgomery serves as executive director. Adam Aseraf and Sarah Nevada Smith are participating as head writers and co-executive producers, Playground Productions is producing, and Lighthouse Studios is handling the animation services.
The series is currently in production as 20 episodes of approximately 11 minutes each. Since the release platform and schedule have not been announced, no arbitrary date was added, and Playground Productions, previously listed as the distributor, was moved to the production company field to reflect its actual role.