Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Genre	Adventure[1] Comedy[1] Magical girl[2]
Created by	Daron Nefcy
Developed by	Jordana Arkin Dave Wasson
Creative director	Dominic Bisignano (seasons 1–2)
Voices of	Eden Sher Adam McArthur Alan Tudyk Jenny Slate Grey Griffin Rider Strong Abby Elliott Dana Davis Esmé Bianco Michael C. Hall Jeffrey Tambor Keith David Zosia Mamet Amy Sedaris Carl Weathers
Theme music composer	Brad Breeck
Opening theme	"I'm from Another Dimension" (performed by Brad Breeck)
Ending theme	"Star vs. the Forces of Evil End Theme" (performed by Eden Sher; seasons 1–2) "Shining Star" (performed by Agnes Shin; seasons 3–4)
Composer	Brian H. Kim
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	77 (140 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Daron Nefcy
Editors	Ted Supa Yoonah Yim
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Disney Television Animation
Original release
Network	Disney XD (2015–18) Disney Channel (2019)
Release	January 18, 2015 (2015-01-18) – May 19, 2019 (2019-05-19)

Star vs. the Forces of Evil is an American animated magical girl television series created by Daron Nefcy and developed by Jordana Arkin and Dave Wasson, which aired on Disney Channel and Disney XD.

Episodes

See the main article: List of Star vs. the Forces of Evil episodes

Season	Segments	Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired	Network
1	24	13		January 18, 2015 (2015-01-18)[a]	September 21, 2015 (2015-09-21)	Disney XD
2	41	22		July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11)	February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27)
3	38	21		July 15, 2017 (2017-07-15)	April 7, 2018 (2018-04-07)
4	37	21		March 10, 2019 (2019-03-10)	May 19, 2019 (2019-05-19)	Disney Channel

Awards and nominations

The episode "Party with a Pony" was showb at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in June 2015.^[3][4] In 2019, the season 3 episode, "Booth Buddies", was nominated an Annie Award for "Outstanding Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production", and the season 3 finale, "Conquer", was also nominated an Annie Award for "Outstanding Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production". However, both lost to the Netflix animated series, Hilda.

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
2015	Annecy International Animated Film Festival	TV series	Episode: "Party with a Pony"	Nominated	[4]
	5th Annual BTVA Voice Acting Awards	Best Female Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Supporting Role	Dee Dee Rescher as Miss Skullnick	Nominated	[5]
2016	43rd Annie Awards	Best Animated Television / Broadcast Production for Children	Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Episode: "Blood Moon Ball"	Nominated	[6]
		Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production	Alan Tudyk as Ludo, Episode: Compilation from Series	Nominated	[6]
		Editorial in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production	Ted Supa, Episode: "Storm the Castle"	Nominated	[6]
	6th Annual BTVA Voice Acting Awards	Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Television Series	Adam McArthur as Marco Diaz	Won	[7]
		Best Female Lead Vocal Performance in a Television Series	Eden Sher as Star Butterfly	Won	[7]
		Best Female Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Supporting Role	Jenny Slate as Pony Head	Nominated	[7]
		Best Female Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Guest Role	Yvette Nicole Brown as Brigid	Nominated	[7]
		Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series	Star vs. the Forces of Evil	Won	[7]
2017	7th Annual BTVA Voice Acting Awards	Best Female Lead Vocal Performance in a Television Series	Eden Sher as Star Butterfly	Nominated	[8]
2018	45th Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation	Michelle Park, Color Designer	Won	[9]
2019	46th Annie Awards	Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production	Episode: "Booth Buddies"	Nominated	[10]
		Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production	Sage Cotugno,[b] Episode: "Conquer"	Nominated	[10]
	Kids' Choice Awards Mexico 2019	Favorite Cartoon	Star vs. the Forces of Evil	Nominated	[13]

Notes

1. The first episode of the season premiered on Disney Channel. The season officially began on March 30, 2015 on Disney XD.
2. Nominated as Sabrina Cotugno; Cotugno is non-binary and announced their name change in 2023.^[11][12]

References

1. "Fact Sheet: Star vs. The Forces of Evil". Disney ABC Press (Press release). Disney / ABC Television Group. February 12, 2015. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
2. Siegel, Lucas (March 25, 2015). "Get a Little Weird and Wild with Daron Nefcy's Star Vs. The Forces Of Evil on Disney XD". Comicbook.com. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
3. Ellen Wolff (June 11, 2015). "Annecy Animation Festival hosts toon legends - Variety". Variety. Archived from the original on July 17, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
4. CITIA. "Annecy > Programme > Index". annecy.org. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
5. "BTVA Voice Acting Awards 2015 – Television". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on May 28, 2019. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
6. Carolyn Giardina (February 6, 2016). "2016 Annie Award Winners - Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on February 25, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
7. "BTVA Voice Acting Awards 2016 – Television". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on October 14, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
8. "BTVA Voice Acting Awards 2017–Television". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on October 14, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
9. "The National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Nominations For The 45TH Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards". Emmy Online. Archived from the original on March 30, 2018. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
10. Giardina, Carolyn (December 3, 2018). "2019 Annie Award Nomination: Complete List". Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
11. Cotugno, Sage [@arythusa] (June 6, 2023). "Happy #PrideMonth everyone! I'm a transmasc nonbinary creator working in animation and comics! I've been testing out a new name in private for the past year, but today I'm taking it public! Please refer to me as SAGE!" (Tweet). Retrieved June 7, 2023 – via Twitter.
12. "S. H. Cotugno". Penguin Random House. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
13. "Favorite Cartoon Nominations - Kids' Choice Awards Mexico 2019" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 23, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.

Other websites

• Star vs. the Forces of Evil on IMDb