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Adult Swim's 'Women Wearing Shoulder Pads' Premieres August 17

The stop-mo animated series follows Marioneta, a proud, wealthy Spaniard living in 1980s Ecuador; features an all-woman cast and is produced entirely in Spanish with English subtitles.

Adult Swim announced that the new quarter-hour stop-mo animated comedy Women Wearing Shoulder Pads will premiere globally on August 17.

Created by Gonzalo Cordova (Tuca & Bertie, Adam Ruins Everything) and produced in partnership with Mexico City-based studio Cinema Fantasma (Frankelda’s Book of Spooks), the series follows Marioneta, a proud, wealthy Spaniard living in 1980s Quito, Ecuador. Featuring an all-woman cast, Women Wearing Shoulder Pads is produced entirely in Spanish with English subtitles.

The announcement was made during Annecy’s Work in Progress panel in which Cordova, director Ana Coronilla, and executive producers Roy Ambriz and Arturo Ambriz of Cinema Fantasma presented a never-before-seen episode.

Source: Adult Swim

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