The Amazing Digital Circus

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Poster
Netflix poster
Manga

Genre

Black comedy
Surreal humour
Psychological drama
Comedy horror
Psychological horror
Adventure/Action
Science fiction

Country of origin

United States of America

United Kingdom

Japan

Australia

Production

Produced by

Kevin Lerdwichagul

Running time

4:33:54 (Total Runtime)

Production company

Glitch Productions
Screen Australia

Original release

Channel

GLITCH
YouTube
SMG4

Release

October 13, 2023

Series end

June 19, 2026

The Amazing Digital Circus is an Australian-Japanese-American adult computer-animated surreal slapstick comedy web series created by American YouTube animator and composer Gooseworx and produced and self-funded by Glitch Productions for GLITCH.

It is the fourth animated series by Glitch Productions, following Murder Drones, Sunset Paradise and Meta Runner. Digital Circus also surpassed Vivziepop's Hazbin Hotel as the most viewed indie animation pilot on YouTube, gaining over 100 million views in a single month. The Amazing Digital Circus was released on October 13th, 2023 with the release of "Pilot" and concluded on June 19th, 2026 with the release of "Remember".

On September 21, 2024, a manga adaptation of the show was announced. It was published by the magazine CoroCoro Comic.^[1]

On September 22, 2024, one day after TADC was made into a manga, GLITCH announced that the series will be on Netflix.^[2] It was released with all 3 episodes following the release of The Mystery Of Mildenhall Manor.

Synopsis[]

Glitch Productions' Description[]

A woman gets trapped in a crazy virtual world along with five other humans and are now subject to the whims of wacky AI and their own personal traumas. ^[3]

Gooseworx's Description[]

The Amazing Digital Circus is about a rogue AI that relentlessly tortures 6 human souls for its own amusement.^[4]

Production[]

Gooseworx is an independent animator and musician, having made shorts such as "Little Runmo" and worked on the music for Hazbin Hotel. While working on the latter, she was recruited by Glitch to work as a showrunner, where she pitched The Amazing Digital Circus.

Characters[]

Main Characters[]

Name	Voice Actor	Description	Debut
Abigail Brooks/	Lizzie Freeman ^[5]	The main protagonist of the show. She is a jester and one of the six humans trapped in the Digital Circus, where she falls victim to dangerous stunts. As a result of her arrival, she lost her memory of her real name, much like the other humans.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - EP 1: PILOT
Leeroy Mateo/	Michael Kovach^[6]	The deuteragonist of the show. She is one of the six humans trapped in the titular circus, she resembles a purple anthropomorphic rabbit in pink overalls, said to be a bad influence and something of a rebel. Gooseworx stated on Twitter that she is her favorite character, calling her an "awful boye".^[7]	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - EP 1: PILOT
Suzie J. Ackerman/	Amanda Hufford^[8]	The tritagonist of the show. She is one of the six humans trapped in the titular circus , she's referred to as "the sweetest little optimist" and appears to be constantly happy even after getting stabbed in the head by a cleaver. Her design is a reference to Raggedy Ann from the 1977 film Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure.^[9]	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - EP 1: PILOT
Grant Best/	Sean Chiplock^[10]	The overarching protagonist of the show, he is one of the six humans trapped in the titular circus, he is a 'King' chess piece, and has resided in the circus for the longest time out of the six, being a member of the original developer team. His memories and general sanity are repressed when he's exposed to light, making him seem crazy to his peers. However he's shown to regain his sanity after prolonged exposure to darkness.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - EP 1: PILOT

Antagonists[]

Name	Voice Actor	Description	Debut
	Alex Rochon^[11]	The former main antagonist, a supposed AI who serves as the ringmaster of the circus and oversees the humans trapped there.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - EP 1: PILOT
	Gooseworx^[12]	The secondary antagonist who is an AI entity created by Caine^[13]. They are a sentient bubble creature that lives in his hat. They have a large, sharp-toothed face and appear to have a destructive and unhinged behavior, much to Caine's dismay/annoyance.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - EP 1: PILOT
Doug/	TBA	An infected minor antagonist who was a jokester in the titular circus. He has been abstracted prior to the pilot.^[14]	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - EP 1: PILOT
Destiny Best/	Cassie Ewulu	An infected minor antagonist who is Kinger's wife. She has been abstracted before Pomni arrived.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - EP 1: PILOT
	Elsie Lovelock	A minor antagonist who's, simply put, the queen of the Gloinks.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - EP 1: PILOT
	TBA	The minor antagonists that pick up random objects resulting in messing up all things in the Circus.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - EP 1: PILOT
Gummy Gators	Hamish Plaggemars (Max) Jack Hawkins (Chad)	The minor antagonists who are the bandits from the Candy Canyon Kingdom.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Ep 2: Candy Carrier Chaos!
Baron Mildenhall	Tim Alexander	The minor antagonist who is Martha's late husband.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Ep 3: The Mystery Of Mildenhall Manor
Angel	Payton Goodwin	The minor antagonist who is a monster in the Mildenhall Manor.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Ep 3: The Mystery Of Mildenhall Manor
Evil Big Tops	Lizzie Freeman (Evil Pomni) Amanda Hufford (Evil Ragatha) Michael Kovach (Evil Jax) Sean Chiplock (Coach Dictatorer) Bembo Davis (Evil Orbsman) Ashley Nichols (Bazooble)	The minor antagonists who competed with the digital circus members in softball.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Ep 5: Untitled
Mike Dobby/Scratch	Nil	The overarching antagonist of the series who worked as a programmer at the software company C&A, where he created Caine, the first semi-successful AI alongside Kinger. Eventually, he found himself trapped in the Digital Circus, becoming its first member to undergo abstraction and was subsequently confined to The Cellar.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Ep 8: hjsakldfhl (flashback)

Supporting Characters[]

Image	Name	Voice Actor	Description	Debut
	Zoey Raghavan/	Marissa Lenti^[15]	One of the six humans trapped in the titular circus, she wears a mask that's very easy to break and appropriately displays her current emotions, namely whether she's happy or sad.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - EP 1: PILOT
	Riley Verselis/	Ashley Nichols^[16]	One of the six humans trapped in the titular circus. They are made out of random objects that can be swapped or removed. Their appearance is based on Mix & Match toys from the 90s. No one (not even Zooble themselves) knows what gender Zooble is.^[17]	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - EP 1: PILOT

Minor Characters[]

The Amazing Digital Circus[]

Name	Voice Actor	Description	Debut
	Payton Goodwin	The personification of Day in the Digital Circus world.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - EP 1: PILOT
	Gooseworx	The personification of Night in the Digital Circus world.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - EP 1: PILOT
Disappearing Guy	jobbytheHong	An NPC who disappears every time he gets close to speaking a sentence.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Ep 5: Untitled
Ming	Chris O'Neill	An NPC created by Caine for the purpose of a joke.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Ep 6: They All Get Guns
Leah/Ribbit	Skye Redden	A recurring cameo and posthumous character.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Ep 5: Untitled

Candy Canyon Kingdom[]

Name	Voice Actor	Description	Debut
Princess Loolilalu	Vera Tan	The Princess of the Candy Canyon Kingdom.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Ep 2: Candy Carrier Chaos!
Gummigoo	Jack Hawkins	An NPC who is one of the three crocodile bandits who stole the Candy Canyon Kingdom's maple syrup.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Ep 2: Candy Carrier Chaos!
Fudge Monster	Lyle Rath	A chocolate monster living in the chocolate rivers of the Candy Canyon Kingdom.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Ep 2: Candy Carrier Chaos!

Mildenhall Manor[]

Image	Name	Voice Actor	Description	Debut
	Martha Mildenhall	Marissa Lenti	A ghost resident of the Mildenhall Manor.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Ep 3: The Mystery Of Mildenhall Manor
	Ghostly	WizardzWiz	A ghost resident of the Mildenhall Manor.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Ep 3: The Mystery Of Mildenhall Manor

Spudsy's[]

Image	Name	Voice Actor	Description	Debut
	Orbsman	Bembo Davis	A customer at Spudsy's.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Ep 4: Fast Food Masquerade
	Albert Spudsy	N/A	The founder of Spudsy's.	THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Ep 4: Fast Food Masquerade

Other[]

Image	Name	Voice Actor	Description	Debut
	La Buble	Michael Huang	Bubble's cousin.	WATCH ME MERGE THEM

Episode list[]

Season 1[]

No. In Series	Title Card	Title	Airdate

1		Pilot	October 13, 2023
The Amazing Digital Circus is a psychological dark comedy about cute cartoon characters who hate their lives and want to leave! 🎪😀

2		Candy Carrier Chaos!	May 3, 2024
The gang are BACK for a WAaAaAaACKY candy filled adventure! They also discover that their lives literally have no meaning. Woohoo! So waaccky!!!!!

3		The Mystery Of Mildenhall Manor	October 4, 2024
The gang are back together to go on their next SPOOKY adventure. Kinger gets a shotgun! Zooble goes to therapy! Pomni goes to hell! So much fun awaits!!!!!

4		Fast Food Masquerade	December 13, 2024
Pomni and friends spend an honest day’s hard work at popular fast food chain; Spudsy’s! Keep an eye out though, Gangle is the manager and has a brand new mask… it’s like she’s a whole NEW person!

5		Untitled	June 20, 2025
We aren't actually sure what this episode is about.

6		They All Get Guns	August 15, 2025
In this episode: gun.

7		Beach Episode	December 12, 2025
Beach episode!!!!!!

8		hjsakldfhl	March 20, 2026
OH...

9		Remember	June 19, 2026
The Amazing Digital Circus comes to an end.

Movie[]

No. In Series	Title Card	Title	Airdate

1			June 4-18, 2026
With Caine gone and the circus dark, the cast are left with only the mistakes and traumas of their pasts to keep them company. As the prospect of eternity closes in around them, they discover the truth about the Digital Circus and its history.  Will they come to terms with what they uncover, or will they make… the other choice? Also, presumably at some point someone says something funny, because this ending can’t be THAT depressing, can it?

Trivia[]

This is the second Glitch show to be created by a non-Australian showrunner (as Gooseworx is American), the first being Murder Drones, which is created by American animator Liam Vickers.
- Additionally, this is the first Glitch show to be created by a female showrunner.
Gooseworx described the show as "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream with the aesthetic of an I Spy book". Additionally, the series closely resembles the style from the show Popee the Performer.
- Gooseworx later elaborated on the former comparison, noting that "instead of AM being the living embodiment of hate, he's a fun-loving wacky little guy".^[18]
- Another difference between I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream and The Amazing Digital Circus is the number of humans involved. For the former, there are five humans (four males and one female), while the latter has six humans (three females, two males, and one unknown gender)
Gooseworx was previously asked if she would collaborate with SMG4 on her CuriousCat account, though at that time, she was unaware of his existence.^[19]
This would be the second Glitch Productions show to be voiced by Lizzie Freeman, the first one being Sunset Paradise.
Gooseworx stated on Twitter that none of the characters in the show have any private parts. However, this was a joke.
The main characters' designs are all based on old childhood toys, mainly ones around the 70s to 90s.
- Pomni is based on a jester plush/puppet.
- Caine is based on chattering teeth.
- Ragatha is based on ragdolls.
- Jax is based on stretchy/rubber toys.
- Gangle is most likely based on the dancing ribbon on a stick and pantomime masks.
- Bubble is based on big bubbles that appear from bubble toys.
- Kinger is based on a king chess piece.
- Zooble is based on mix-and-match toys.
- Kaufmo is based on the clown bowling pins due to his head shape.
Kaufmo is the first abstracted character to be present in the series.
- Additionally, he was placed into the cellar to join the other abstracted characters in the show.
The Amazing Digital Circus is the first GLITCH show to have an Arabic, Hungarian, Indonesian and Thai dub.
- In addition, unlike Murder Drones, it received a German Dub immediately after release.
- In India the show also had a Hindi Dub.
Pomni finding the exit only to come across many similar rooms is inspired by The Stanley Parable.
The pilot has reached more views than SMG4’s most popular video: Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Who let the Chomp out?.
The pilot also received an Annie Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production.
The series is, so far, the most watched Indie animated show on YouTube. It surpassed the pilot of the former most-watched GLITCH series, Murder Drones, which has 74 million views (as of this writing). The Amazing Digital Circus has 322 million more views than Murder Drones, as the Amazing Digital Circus pilot has 396 million views (as of this writing).
This is the first Glitch show:
- To not have its soundtrack composed by AJ DiSpirito.
- To not feature David J.G. Doyle, Luke Lerdwichagul, and Kevin Lerdwichagul as voice actors.
Whenever someone curses a censor bar covers his or her's mouth (or for Zooble's reaction, the middle finger in the pilot).
- This is not the case where, hell and damned isn't censored in the latest episode. However, Pomni was referring to the location Hell, not the curse word.
This series is also the second Glitch’s animated series to be not only on Youtube, but also on a streaming service, Netflix, the first is Meta Runner with Crunchyroll. Surprisingly, it becomes the most viewed indie animated series on Netflix, being top 3 of most viewed series.
Episodes 1 and 3 contain references to ROBLOX DOORS. (References are in said pages trivia.)