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Power University is a British animated superhero comedy television series created by BaconMatthew for Dessin. The series premiered on November 6, 2015. The series is set at Power University, a university where one can gain powers using an intense radiation process known as Judging and then learn to use said powers to fight crime, and follows Matt, Jenny, Aiden and Alice, four students who attend the school. Each season follows the students in each year of university, and the series is set to end with a theatrical film following its upcoming fourth season.

In the United Kingdom, the series premiered on Dessin on November 6, 2015. It had consistently been one of the channel's most popular series, averaging 0.2-0.35 million viewers per episode. The series is currently broadcast in 14 countries.

The series has received positive reviews since its release, with particular praise for its modern take on superheroes, voice acting, and character development. The series has also been nominated for a few awards over the years.

Premise
In the year 2004, Professor Margaret Judge invented the revolutionary Judge Machine, which can seperate radiation wavelengths to effectively give its subjects superpowers. Although Judge was murdered by two men who believes this was morally wrong, her legacy continued and in 2011, Power University was opened, where willing students could undertake the process, referred to as Judging, and be trained to use the resulting superpowers to help fight the crime wave in London.

In 2015, Matt Johnson from Glasgow, Jenny Martins from New York, and Aiden Jones and Alice Brown from Arizona all began attending the school and became good friends. They progress through university with Matt and Alice learning super strength, Aiden learning superspeed and Jenny learning teleportation, whilst they also all learn the mandatory flight category.

The four standout students are often called to assist professors to protect the school against the Norm organisation, a radical group that wants to eliminate these superpowers from the world, which was founded by the two men who killed Margaret Judge and is currently led by Amy Parker.

Failed early plans
BaconMatthew had expressed his desire to create a superhero series since 2009, when he teamed up with Channel 4, however these plans quickly fell apart.

Development
In mid-2013 while planning to create his channel Dessin, he began to develop plans for what would later become Power University, hoping to create it for Dessin. Production began on the series in October of that year when it was confirmed Dessin would become a channel.

Animation
The series is animated by Rough Draft Studios. Early sketches and storyboards are producded in the UK at Dessin Studios.

Characters
Main article: List of Power University characters

Cast
The majority of the series' cast members record in the United States due to the series having a mainly American cast. British cast members such as BaconMatthew send their lines from the United Kingdom.

Main cast

 * BaconMatthew as Matt, Professor Stevens, Professor Stone, additional voices
 * Billy West as Aiden, Professor Johnson, additional voices
 * Catherine Taber as Jenny, additional voices
 * Mila Kunis as Alice

Secondary cast

 * Jessica DiCicco as Amy Parker, Professor Benson, additional voices
 * John DiMaggio as Principal Connors, Janitor, additional voices
 * Lori Alan as Vice Principal Smith, additional voices
 * Tress MacNeille as Professor Cunningham, Lunchlady Mary, additional voices
 * Pamela Hayden as additional voices
 * Maggie Roswell as additional voices
 * Maurice LaMarche as additional voices

Episodes
Main article: List of Power University episodes

Setting


The series is set in the year 2015 in a version of Earth where several scientific breakthroughs have taken place since the 1990s, leading to several pieces of futuristic technology being widely available.

It is set in the fictional city of Preldon, Arizona, which is the home of Power University.

Power University offers the chance to receive and learn to control superpowers in the attempt to help fight crime. It contains several dorms for students. Matt and Aiden and Jenna and Alice share two-person dorms.

Off-campus, the students frequently visit Judge Training Facilities, equipped for out-of-school superpower training. Other major buildings in the series include Giant Johnny's, a fast-food joint, Patel Gym, a large gymnasium, and Power Station, the university's train and bus station.

United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, the series airs on Dessin, where it premiered on November 6, 2015. Episodes typically premiere on Mondays or Fridays, although some specials have aired on other days. New episodes typically air in the 6:30pm timeslot, and the series frequently airs reruns due to the series' popularity. Reruns usually air at 8am and 6pm on weekdays, and varying times on weekends (although its 6pm timeslot has become a near constant on weekends). It also airs on sister channel Dessin2 on Thursdays at 6:30pm

On July 1, 2019, the series' first two seasons were added to Netflix.

International
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The Complete First Season
The first season was released to DVD on December 11, 2017, with two discs and a 286 minute total runtime, commentary on every episode, deleted and extended scenes, animatics and a behind-the-scenes featurette. It also contained an Easter egg teasing the third season to premiere in Spring 2018.

The Complete Second Season
The second season was released to DVD on January 22, 2019, with three discs and a 396 minute total runtime, commentary on every episode, deleted scenes, animatics and interviews with the cast.

The Complete Third Season
The third season is expected to be released on DVD in autumn 2020, with an approximate runtime of 352 minutes.

Seasons 1-3
A seven-disc box set containing the first three seasons is expected to be released on DVD and Blu-ray in autumn 2020, with an approximate runtime of 1034 minutes. This will mark the series' first release on Blu-ray.