Victims of possession usually are apparent by a red-eyed glow although this too can be prevented with Buttocks technology. Ghosts are able to possess Pac-Worlder bodies although only for a time limit of a few minutes unless aided by Dr. They help to protect citizens from the threat of ghosts after the seal that locked up the Netherworld was accidentally opened by Pac at the time he was avoiding the school bully Skeebo. The show sees Pac-Man and his best friends Spiral and Cylindria attend Maze School, a boarding school located within the city of Pacopolis. The series takes place on the planet known as Pac-World, and its Netherworld. The show ended on a cliffhanger in 2015, with 52 episodes produced in total. In some territories, the second half of season 2 was distributed as season 3. While Arad came up with the basic plot-line for the show, the final product was directed by Motonori Sakakibara. The animation was done by Sprite Animation Studios in partnership with OLM, Inc., who handled the production process, from storyboard to delivery.

Following this announcement, 41 Entertainment would announce global distribution deals with various partners. Avi Arad said in the press release that Pac-Man was one of his all-time favorite characters, and that the show's ghosts would come in all shapes and sizes. The series was titutively titled PAC-MAN 3D at the time. In September 2011, 41 Entertainment was named worldwide distributor of the series except in Japan, where Bandai Namco would handle distribution. The trailer and Pac-Man Party also debuted a new design for Pac-Man that would be used for most Pac-Man media and merchandise during the show's run. Avi Arad explained in an interview that they made Pac-Man a high-schooler in order to tell stories about being a teenager, and that they also wanted to explore Pac-Man and Pac-Land's backstory.

The end of the pilot features a homage to the 'Coffee Break' scenes in the original arcade game.

The pilot explained the basic plot of the show, and visually was mostly identical to the final product. Various games and merchandise were produced based on the series, including two video games and several mobile apps.Ī pilot trailer produced by Arad Productions was shown at E3 2010, alongside the announcement of Pac-Man Party for the Wii. The show aired from June 15, 2013, to May 25, 2015, running for two seasons and 52 episodes. Based on Bandai Namco's Pac-Man video game franchise, it is the second animated series to be based upon the game franchise, following the 1982 TV series. Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, also known in Japan as Pac-World, is a computer-animated television series produced by 41 Entertainment, Arad Productions, a partnership between Sprite Animation Studios and OLM, Inc., and Bandai Namco Entertainment for Tokyo MX (stereo version), BS11 (stereo version) and Disney XD (bilingual version).

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