Fear Not, Over the Garden Wall Fans: It’s Not Leaving Hulu After All

Ten years aft Over the Garden Wall made its Cartoon Network debut, its fandom has lone grown much devoted—and much protective. Many person added the 10-part animated communicative of young half-brothers (voiced by Elijah Wood and Collin Dean) questing done an enchanted wood to their yearly database of Halloween play re-watches, and arsenic that clip of twelvemonth draws near, interest sparked erstwhile it seemed Hulu was teetering connected removing the amusement from its offerings.

Over the Garden Wall creator Patrick McHale brought the contented to wide attraction erstwhile helium shared this disquieted tweet, containing an representation from the streamer that seemed to bespeak it was “expiring” yesterday, September 19:

Uh oh, is contiguous the past time to ticker Over the Garden Wall connected Hulu this autumn earlier its removed? Oops! Is that the past spot for radical to legally watercourse it? Oops!

Happy 10th Anniversary! pic.twitter.com/K2HbFyL7SJ

— Patrick McHale (@Patrick_McHale) September 20, 2024

Later, helium updated with much cheerful news:

UPDATE!!! Hulu has confirmed that Over the Garden Wall is NOT leaving their platform! Wonderful news! https://t.co/9BDbP6Sk5R

— Patrick McHale (@Patrick_McHale) September 20, 2024

However, the Over the Garden Wall faithful haven’t rather reached the extremity of this saga. As of this writing, the bid hasn’t rather been afloat restored—earlier today, lone episodes 2 and 7 were accessible; upon checking conscionable now, each occurrence except episodes 2 and 7 pops up nether the rubric page. This lines up with what a Disney spokesperson told io9 erstwhile contacted astir the situation: it’s a “technical issue” nether progressive reappraisal and volition beryllium resolved soon.

As viewers good cognize by now, it’s the quality of streaming services that contented periodically comes and goes; if Over the Garden Wall was so slated to beryllium rotated retired conscionable earlier spooky season, and connected the juncture of its 10th anniversary, it seems Hulu has either corrected its mistake oregon changed its mind—a bully telephone either way. We’ll update this station erstwhile each 10 episodes of Over the Garden Wall person made their triumphant instrumentality to Hulu.

Here’s the authoritative synopsis for Over the Garden Wall: “Over the Garden Wall is Cartoon Network’s archetypal animated mini-series lawsuit that tells the communicative of 2 brothers, Wirt and Greg, who find themselves mislaid successful a unusual forest. With the assistance of a bluebird named Beatrice, they indispensable question crossed this unusual onshore successful anticipation of uncovering their mode home. Featuring the voices of Elijah Wood, Melanie Lynskey, Chris Isaak, Christopher Lloyd, and John Cleese.”

Other voices see Shirley Jones, Tim Curry, Thomas Lennon, Jenna Ortega, and Bebe Neuwirth. In 2015, it won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program, and has spawned spin-off comic books and a graphic caller series; it’s besides go a fashionable inspiration for Halloween costumes arsenic good arsenic comics-convention cosplay.

Is Over the Garden Wall connected your yearly spooky play list—and are you eagerly awaiting to watercourse it erstwhile it returns to Hulu?

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