Friday: The Animated Series was an animated television series based on the Friday

Friday (film)

Friday is a 1995 stoner comedy-drama-buddy film directed by F. Gary Gray. Starring Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Bernie Mac, Tommy Lister, Jr...

film series. The show is directed by Kevin Lofton and is co-produced and co-distributed by New Line Television

New Line Television

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, a subsidiary of New Line Cinema

New Line Cinema

New Line Cinema, often simply referred to as New Line, is an American film studio. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne as a film distributor, later becoming an independent film studio. It became a subsidiary of Time Warner in 1996 and was merged with larger sister studio Warner...

 (the distributors of the Friday movies), MTV2

MTV2

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, and Ice Cube

Ice Cube

O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer,...

's Cubevision. The series only lasted for 8 episodes.

About

The series is loosely based on Friday

Friday (film)

Friday is a 1995 stoner comedy-drama-buddy film directed by F. Gary Gray. Starring Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Bernie Mac, Tommy Lister, Jr...

 and Next Friday

Next Friday

Next Friday is a 2000 comedy film, and the sequel to the 1995 film Friday. This is the first film to be produced by producer Ice Cube's film production company Cubevision...

.

Most of the characters from the first two films (including the infamous and popular Smokey) are in the series, but they are not voiced by their respective actors. However, they are voiced by veteran voice actors.

DVD release

Image Entertainment

Image Entertainment

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released the complete series on DVD in Region 1 on December 8, 2009.