Hulu has released the full trailer for the upcoming animated special of the hit coming-of-age comedy series Pen15, starring Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle. The video highlights Anna and Maya’s crazy Florida vacation, where they’ll realize something about themselves after getting their portrait done by the beach. The special episode will be available for streaming on August 27.
Check out the Pen15 animated special trailer in the player below.
Maya and Anna get animated! The #Emmy nominee for Outstanding Comedy Series returns for a special animated episode August 27, only on @Hulu. #pen15show pic.twitter.com/wHJlawLv6Q
— PEN15show (@pen15show) August 19, 2021
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Pen15 is described as an R-rated “traumedy” set in middle school as it really happened in the year 2000. The series is created, written, and executive produced by Maya Erskine, and Anna Konkle, play versions of themselves as thirteen-year-old outcasts, surrounded by actual thirteen-year-olds. In this world, seventh grade never ends and the pains of growing up are inevitable.
Directed and written by Konkle, the upcoming animated special is expected to pick up after the events of Season 2, Part 1’s finale, and will feature a combination of live-action and animated elements.
The synopsis for episode 2.08 titled “Jacuzzi” reads: “On vacation with Curtis, Anna and Maya are introduced to new crippling insecurities. The girls try to ignore them but a mystical turn makes their self-doubt impossible to forget.”
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Pen15 is a production by Awesomeness Studio. It is also co-created, co-written and co-executive produced by Sam Zvibleman. Executive producers are Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone and Becky Sloviter of The Lonely Island, Marc Provissiero and Brooke Pobjoy from Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment, and Debbie Liebling.
The series is currently nominated for three Emmy Awards including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Erskine’s worked on episode 2.06 titled “Play.”
