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Genre | Situational comedy Dramaedy |
Created By | Skylar Duke |
Showrunners | Skylar Duke (2009-2015) Chaossy |
Written By | Skylar Duke Chaossy |
Directed By | Chaossy |
Country Of Origin | United States |
Original Language(s) | English |
№ Of Seasons | 8 |
List Of Episodes | see below |
First Aired | December 5, 2009 |
Running Time | 22 minutes (24 minutes for extended episodes, 43 minutes for specials) |
Picture Format | HDTV 720p (2009-2011) HDTV 1080i (2011-present) |
Network | Vision |
That's Convenient is an upcoming animated sitcom to be aired on Vision. It is produced by Firebasket Studios and created by then-RaGE Media intern Skylar Duke. It started airing in the winter of 2009 as a test show, and was picked up after the second week, and production started on the later half of the season to air in the late winter. It started running as a fall series in 2011 and has kept to that schedule since then.
Plot[]
A group of friends buy some land in the outskirts of Seattle, Washington and start up a convenience store to help people on their way in and out of the city.
Production[]
In the spring of 2009, RaGE Media intern Skylar Duke pitched a sitcom idea about a convenience store founded by a group of friends, and wrote out simple plot lines for multiple episodes, and three of them were selected to run as a test season (officially the first season) in the winter of that year.
The first season was animated by using the program Antics 2-D Animation with using Adobe After Effects as a post production program. The second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth season were produced with OpenToonz and Adobe After Effects. Season seven onwards used a combination of Toon Boom Harmony, Autodesk Maya, Flash/Animate, and Adobe After Effects.
Episodes[]
Season | Episodes | Subtitle | Year(s) | Premiere Date | Finale Date | DVD Release Date | |
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Season One | 3 | N/A | 2009 | December 5, 2009 | December 19, 2009 | October 26, 2010 | |
Season Two | 10 | N/A | 2010 | February 24, 2010 | April, 28, 2010 | ||
Season Three | 12 | Expansion | 2011 | September 7, 2011 | November 23, 2011 | November 25, 2012 | |
Season Four | 24 | Around The Country in 24 Weeks | 2012-2013 | September 26, 2012 | March 6, 2013 | December 2, 2013 | |
Season Five | 10 | Mini Mart | 2013 | September 11, 2013 | November 13, 2013 | July 29, 2014 | |
Season Six | 24 | North American expansion | 2014-2015 | September 17, 2014 | March 4, 2015 | August 25, 2015 | |
Season Seven | 16 | Global Expansion | 2015-2016 | November 11, 2015 | February 24, 2016 | August 23, 2016 | |
Season Eight | 9 | VideoRental | 2016 | November 2, 2016 | December 28, 2016 | August 29, 2017 | |
Season Nine | 16 | Mega Mart | 2017-2018 | November 29, 2017 | March 14, 2018 | September 4, 2018 | |
Season Ten | 20 | N/A | 2018-2019 | November 7, 2018 | March 20, 2019 | November 12, 2019 |
Video games[]
They are currently four games, with a fifth game in development, based on the "That's Convenient" license. The first game was rated E10+, while other games were rated Teen.
- That's Convenient: A Convenience Store Simulator (2011, Big Huge Games, Typewriter Interactive)
- That's Convenient II: Convenience Store Simulation (2012, , Pixelstar Software, Typewriter Interactive)
- Convenience Store Simulator 2013 (2013, Pixelstar Software, Typewriter Interactive)
- That's Convenient: Convenience Store Simulation (2015, Frontier Developments, RaGE Games New York, Pixelstar Software, nordic games)
- That's Convenient II: Convenience Store Simulation (Q4 2017/Q1 2018, RaGE Games Paris, THQNordic)
Spin offs[]
VideoRental and Mini Mart both have spin-offs dedicated to the mini-mart expansions and a video rental store. Mini Mart lasted from 2013 to 2015 with 44 episodes produced. Video Rental was released to Hulu exclusively and lasted 12 episodes before it got canceled.