TV series

Pantheon

2022–2025 · 2 seasons

A cerebral, emotionally charged animated thriller that blends existential dread with family drama, demanding close attention as it unravels its technological conspiracy.

Created by: Craig Silverstein
Genres: Animation, Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring: Katie Chang, Paul Dano, Aaron Eckhart

Tagline: What is your humanity worth?
Overview: A bullied teen receives mysterious help from someone online: a stranger soon revealed to be her recently deceased father, David, whose consciousness has been uploaded to the Cloud following an experimental destructive brain scan. David is the first of a new kind of being – an “Uploaded Intelligence” or “UI” – but he will not be the last, as a global conspiracy unfolds that threatens to trigger a new kind of world war.

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Created by: Craig Silverstein
Genres: Animation, Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring: Katie Chang, Paul Dano, Aaron Eckhart

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
grief
technology
conspiracy
power
Places: big city
suburbs
workplace
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
animated
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	4
Horror	3
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	8

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Katie ChangMaddie Kim (voice)
Paul DanoCaspian Keyes (voice)
Aaron EckhartCary Duval (voice)
Rosemarie DeWittEllen Kim (voice)
Chris DiamantopoulosJulius Pope (voice)
Raza JaffreyVinod Chanda (voice)
Daniel Dae KimDavid Kim (voice)
Ron LivingstonPeter Waxman (voice)
Taylor SchillingRenee Keyes (voice)
Samuel RoukinGabe (voice)
Odeya RushSamara (voice)
Maude ApatowJustine (voice)
William HurtStephen Holstrom (voice)
Michael KellyKarl Van Leuwen (voice) / Air Force Officer / Angry Man / Van Leuweun (voice) / CEO (voice)
Madhur JaffreyPreethi (voice)