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Eddsworld

''Eddsworld'' is a British 2D Flash-Animated web series created by Edd Gould. Since its premiere on 21 December 2004, the series has been published through Newgrounds, DeviantArt, YouTube, Albino Blacksheep, Tumblr, SheezyArt, and an official website.

Following Gould's death on 25 March 2012, Thomas Ridgewell (the former voice actor of Tom) became the series' new showrunner, launching a crowdfunding campaign to continue the show titled ''Eddsworld: Legacy''. Preceding the release of ''Eddsworld: Legacy'''s final episode, Ridgewell announced he was leaving the show and handing control of the series to Matthew Hargreaves (voice actor of Matt) and Gould's family. To this day, Hargreaves remains as the last original member of the foursome working on the series.

On 1 January 2017, the show's website went back online with new ''Eddsworld'' comics written and illustrated by Matt Hargreaves. On 1 August 2020, a new short titled "Fan Service 2" was released to kick off a new era of the show called ''Eddsworld Beyond'', with Hargreaves as showrunner. Previously drawn and animated entirely by Gould, the ''Legacy'' and ''Beyond'' eras of the series employ a team of artists from around the world. , the ''Eddsworld'' YouTube channel has more than 4 million subscribers.

At the time of Gould's death, his YouTube channel had the most subscribers in the comedian category for the United Kingdom and was the 4th most viewed comedian in the United Kingdom. ''Eddsworld'' was noticed by the organizers of the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference who commissioned an episode about climate change, used in the opening ceremony of the conference. Provided by Wikipedia