Mystery of the Town

Mystery of the Town is a European-American animated series produced for NT Family's Saturday Night Toons block. It is the third collaboration between Aura Networks and Ravenworks Studios, following The One and Summer Camp 13. It is the first series created by Yuliya Yemelyanovna, a writer and director for various Ravenworks series. The first half of the first season started airing from August 8, 2020, to October 31, 2020, with the second half planned to air in January of 2021.

Production
Production started in August of 2019, with planning and pre-production. Production officially started in October of 2019, with animation being down at Ravenworks' 2D animation studios in Russia, Sweden, and France. Firebasket Asian Animation also aided in production, supplying in-between and key animations, as well as the overall polish of the animation. A twelve-episode second season was greenlit by Firebasket Studios in January of 2020 for a summer 2021 release. This was later elaborated as a "bomb" release format, with five episodes being released in the summer, five episodes being released in the fall, and two episodes being released in early December.

Coronavirus was an issue for the early parts of the production, but since the animators already had experience working from home in the past, there wasn't so much of a hassle getting materials in on time.

Episodes

 * Season 1 Part 1 (August 8, 2020-October 31, 2020)
 * Season 1 Part 2 (January 16, 2021-April 10, 2021)
 * Season 2 Part 1 (July 3, 2021-July 31, 2021) {5 Episodes}
 * Season 2 Part 2 (October 3, 2021-October 31, 2021) {5 Episodes}
 * Season 2 Part 3 (December 4-5th, 2021) {2 Episodes}
 * Season 3 Part 1 (July 3, 2022-July 31, 2022) {5 Episodes}
 * Season 3 Part 2 (October 1, 2022-October 29, 2022) {5 Episodes}
 * Season 3 Part 3 (December 3-4, 2022) {2 Episodes}

Broadcast
The show started airing on NT Family during their Saturday Night Toon block at 9:30pm, and during the inaugural airings, the show received high praise and high social media attention for it's writing, characters, and story.