"Rebecca Sugar" with Adam Muto, Ian Jones-Quartey, and Ben Levin & Matt Burnett (Vol.3/Ep.9)

The Steven Universe Podcast

Cartoon Network

Tv & Film

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

There would be no Steven Universe without Rebecca Sugar. Her incredible creative talent and vision gave rise to the beloved characters, worlds, and stories, and with the help of some other wildly gifted animators and storytellers, she was able to share Steven Universe with the masses. And in this special episode, some of the artists who helped develop and shape Steven Universe share their experiences working alongside Rebecca, the lessons they learned, and what they hope to carry forward in their own respective shows. Former Steven Universe writers Ben Levin and Matt Burnett, former Executive Producer Ian Jones-Quartey, and Rebecca's very first storyboard partner, Adam Muto, chronicle Rebecca's animation journey and pay tribute to her well-deserved success.

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0:00.0	The thing that was always great about working on Stephen was that Rebecca always had very clear ideas on
0:08.0	what she wanted the show to be and what she wanted the stories to be like. She always had a very clear
0:14.8	vision of how she wanted the whole thing to feel.
0:17.1	We're going to Stephen. I mean we really saw how much all the representation on Stephen Universe like meant to people and it really
0:25.7	inspired us to try and
0:27.2	care that torch forward when we made a show. A lot of the things that she's known for now were really apparent early on so it's more a matter of
0:34.5	the network catching up to what she wanted to do.
0:40.9	Welcome to a special episode of Stephen Universe Podcast. I'm your host Charles Abadjai, one of the co-producers of this show.
0:46.2	And today we're signing Spotlight on Stephen Universe creator Rebecca Schiller.
0:50.2	Welcoming some of our fellow showrunners and former collaborators to help bring Stephen Universe to life.
0:54.5	We've got Adam Muto, Rebecca's first storyboard partner on Adventure Time.
0:57.8	Who had to became showrunner of that series. Ian Jones-Corty who worked alongside Rebecca on both Stephen and K.O.
1:03.6	And Matt Brinett and Ben Weven, writers on Stephen Universe who went out to create their own series, Craig of the Creek.
1:08.8	We're here some unique insight in Rebecca's career at Cartoon Network from some of the people who know her best.
1:17.3	Alright, I'm here with Adam Muto who was once upon a time.
1:21.0	Rebecca's storyboard partner on Adventure Time and waiter the showrunner of Adventure Time.
1:25.0	Welcome Adam.
1:26.0	Hi, nice to be here.
1:27.3	So starting off this story, how did you actually get into the animation industry?
1:31.7	Like what was your personal trajectory?
1:33.9	Well that one's tricky because Adventure Time has basically been my career since I left school.
1:39.6	Outside of a small window where I was a freelance animator and worked on some commercials,
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