Onion Mastori (TV series)

Onion Mastori is an American anime-influenced animated television series originally created by Jay Mastori. Produced by Universal Television Animation and Onion Animation, the series follows the adventures of a teenage elementary school boy named Onion Mastori, his two brothers Justin Mastori and Arnold Mastori, and his sister Mona Mastori, living in the town of Tokyo, Japan. As they discover the mysterious secrets of Tokyo. It was originally started on August 20, 1994 on USA Network through USA Cartoon Express and it was subsequently appearing on USA Action Extreme Team, Gingo on USA and USA Kids and was cancelled in 2004, before the revival series started airing on Gingo in 2008. However, Onion Animation was not involved in the revival series, with Stoopid Monkey taking over.

Onion Mastori received wide critical acclaim throughout its original run, which are generally considered its "Golden Age". It gained over 25 awards during its original run, including 3 Daytime Emmy Awards, 9 Kids' Choice Awards, with Time calling it "the best and funniest animated phenomenon of the 90s decade" and has been largely commercially successful; it has spawned a successful franchise and adaptations into other media, such as comics, toys, and video games. As a result of the show's popularity, a feature-length film, titled Onion Mastori: The Movie, was released into theaters on July 1, 2005.

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Development
In 1992, animator Jay Mastori abruptly left Multimedia Animation to create a TV show idea to parody pop culture. He pitched it to Universal Cartoon Studios and submitted for broadcast on the USA Cartoon Express.

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Animation
The main animation was done by Onion Animation. The 2D anime sequences were provided by Toei Animation, and Film Roman. The 3D anime sequences were provided from 1994 to 1996 by Pacific Data Images, before switching to Universal Digital Images. DKP Studios provides the CGI-like scenes from 2001 to 2006 when it was switched to Blur Studio, who stayed until 2013.

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Broadcast
The show silently made its debut on USA Network on August 20, 1994. It was first aired on USA Cartoon Express, then it subsequently aired on USA Action Extreme Team, then on its later blocks Gingo on USA and USA Kids before moving to Gingo to air new episodes in 2005. The final episode aired in 2013.

Ironically, Gingo aired repeats of the USA episodes shortly after MCA acquired Multimedia, which was aired beginning on May 20, 1996.

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