Chibiverse is an American animated television series developed by Gino Guzzardo, produced by Disney Television Animation and premiered on Disney Channel on July 30, 2022. The series is based on the studio's Chibi Tiny Tales short series and features chibi versions of characters from both live-action and animated Disney Channel series.
Premise In an underground Disney laboratory, a group of Disney scientists took objects from various Disney Channel shows and films and put them in a machine, resulting in the creation of a small glowing bean sized orb that, when viewed underneath a microscope, showed a chibi-fied world inhabited by characters from the various shows. The series follows the quirky and comical adventures of these characters interacting with one another.
Plot In the first two seasons, the episodes feature several Chibi Tiny Tales shorts, hosted by specific characters who, unlike in the shorts, actually speak. As the hosts introduce themselves and announce the next short, a plot is intertwined throughout these snippets until the episode's conclusion. In the second season, the series transitions to a game show format, although the season finale features a comedy roast. This season introduced characters from Kiff, Hailey's On It!, and Primos.
In the third season, the series again switched format into each episode having 3 different 7-minute original plot story segments lacking any shorts. Since then, the characters have been experiencing small adventures. This season also features more obscure and classic characters from 1990s and 2000s shows and movies, some of which have their former voice actors reprise their roles. In the fourth season, the series added characters from StuGo and The Doomies.
Voice cast Pirates of the Caribbean: Grey DeLisle as Redd Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers: Jim Cummings as Fat Cat Darkwing Duck: Jim Cummings as Darkwing Duck Bonkers: Jim Cummings as Bonkers D. Bobcat Gargoyles: Keith David as Goliath The Proud Family and The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder: Kyla Pratt as Penny Proud Tommy Davidson as Oscar Proud Jo Marie Payton as Suga Mama Karen Malina White as Dijonay Jones Kim Possible: Christy Carlson Romano as Kim Possible Will Friedle as Ron Stoppable Nicole Sullivan as Shego Vincent Martella as Rufus's speaking voice The Buzz on Maggie: Jessica DiCicco as Maggie Pesky Phineas and Ferb: Vincent Martella as Phineas Flynn Ashley Tisdale as Candace Flynn Dan Povenmire as Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz Rhys Darby as Perry the Platypus's speaking voice Gravity Falls: Kristen Schaal as Mabel Pines Alex Hirsch as Stanley Pines and Soos Ramirez Alfred Molina as Multi-Bear Wander Over Yonder: Jack McBrayer as Wander Keith Ferguson as Lord Hater and Killbot 86 Star vs. the Forces of Evil: Eden Sher as Star Butterfly Adam McArthur as Marco Diaz Fred Tatasciore as Buff Frog Descendants: Sarah Jeffery as Princess Audrey Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer: Aaron Springer as Billy Dilley DuckTales: David Tennant as Scrooge McDuck Danny Pudi as Huey Duck Ben Schwartz as Dewey Duck Kate Micucci as Webby Vanderquack Beck Bennett as Launchpad McQuack Keith Ferguson as Flintheart Glomgold Jim Rash as Gyro Gearloose Kari Wahlgren as Roxanne Featherly Eric Bauza as the Beagle Boys Zombies: Meg Donnelly and Amanda Leighton as Addison Wells Austin Lee Matthews as Zed Necrodopolis Trevor Tordjman as Bucky Buchanan Matt Cornett as "Zombies 1 + 2 + 3 as Told by Chibi" singer Big City Greens: Chris Houghton as Cricket Green Marieve Herington as Tilly Green Bob Joles as Bill Green Artemis Pebdani as Alice Green Zeno Robinson as Remy Remington Anna Akana as Gloria Sato Danny Trejo as Vasquez Nicole Byer as Andromeda Alfred Molina as Snakey's speaking voice Amphibia: Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy Justin Felbinger as Sprig Plantar Bill Farmer as Hop Pop Plantar Amanda Leighton as Polly Plantar Anna Akana as Sasha Waybright Haley Tju as Marcy Wu/"Darcy" Keith David as King Andrias Leviathan Shelby Young as Domino's speaking voice The Owl House: Sarah-Nicole Robles as Luz Noceda Wendie Malick as Eda Clawthorne Alex Hirsch as Hooty Mae Whitman as Amity Blight The Ghost and Molly McGee: Ashly Burch as Molly McGee Dana Snyder as Scratch Hamster & Gretel: Michael Cimino as Kevin Grant-Gomez Beck Bennett as Hamster Dan Povenmire as Alien Pilot Kiff: Kimiko Glenn as Kiff Chatterley H. Michael Croner as Barry Buns Lucy Heavens as Helen Hailey's On It!: Auliʻi Cravalho as Hailey Banks Manny Jacinto as Scott Denoga Gary Anthony Williams as Beta Amanda Leighton as Kristine Sanchez Primos: Myrna Velasco as Tater Ramírez-Humphrey Natasha Kline as Gordita Humphrey and ChaCha Ramírez Cheech Marin as Pop Ramírez Shelby Young as Chuchi's speaking voice StuGo: Tania Gunadi as Pliny Zosia Mamet as Merian The Doomies: Max Mittelman as Bobby Lafrousse Madison Calderon as Romy Rodriguez Original characters from the series: Rob Cantor as Scientist #1 "Gary" Kimiko Glenn as Scientist #2 Myrna Velasco as Scientist #4 Auliʻi Cravalho as Scientist #5 Zeno Robinson as Scientist #6 Eden Sher as Scientist #7 Shelby Young as Scientist #8 "Kylie" H. Michael Croner and Zeno Robinson as Pebble Jesse McCartney as Dreambot
Other franchises represented, albeit with no voice acting yet, include: Adventures of the Gummi Bears TaleSpin Goof Troop The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series Recess Pepper Ann The Halloweentown franchise Johnny Tsunami Teacher's Pet Lizzie McGuire Lloyd in Space Fillmore! Holes The Haunted Mansion Dave the Barbarian Brandy & Mr. Whiskers American Dragon: Jake Long The High School Musical franchise Hannah Montana The Replacements Wizards of Waverly Place Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil Fish Hooks Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja Dog with a Blog Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Two More Eggs Pickle and Peanut Bunk'd Future-Worm! Milo Murphy's Law Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Production In July 2022, Disney Television Animation announced that the series, based on the Chibi Tiny Tales shorts, would premiere on July 30. The show consists of shorts centered on "chibi" versions of characters from various Disney Channel programs such as Amphibia and Phineas and Ferb, as well as Disney Channel films such as Zombies and High School Musical, compiled into a half-hour series.
According to series writer Ben Siemon, the series will only consist of Disney Channel-specific characters and that franchise characters that appear in spin-off series of Walt Disney Animation Studios or Pixar movies, such as Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, Monsters at Work and Big Hero 6: The Series cannot appear on the series due to licensing reasons. Siemon also revealed the characters from Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur and the Mickey Mouse & Friends franchise cannot appear on the series due to Marvel and Disney being protective over how their characters are represented. However, some characters from DuckTales or Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers have appeared in the series. These characters are treated as part of the Disney Television Animation catalog rather than the core Mickey & Friends franchise, allowing them to be included in crossover segments.
The series has also featured characters from Disney Channel Original Movies (DCOMs) and live-action Disney Channel sitcoms, reflecting their shared production umbrella under Disney Branded Television. In particular, previously live-action characters from franchises such as Lizzie McGuire and Hannah Montana are given new "Chibified" designs and make silent cameos in some episodes, most prominently in the Season 4 episode "Love Boat Liars".
The character Doug Funnie, from the animated series Doug, has not appeared in Chibiverse. Although later seasons of the series were produced by Disney for ABC, resulting in Disney owning the ancillary rights to the characters, the character originally debuted on Nickelodeon. Siemon explained that the character exists in what he described as a “very murky, legal area” due to those origins, stating that the production team is currently unable to use the character in the series but expressed hope that the situation could change in the future.
Music Rob Cantor and Dan Siegel wrote the theme song, with Cantor performing alongside Baraka May.
Episodes All episodes for seasons 1 and 2 were directed by Sabrina Alberghetti and written by Benjamin Siemon, with Dan Siegel co-writing "Pizza vs. Fireworks".
Series overview
Season 1 (2022–23)
Season 2 (2023–24)
Season 3 (2025) From this season forward, each listed episode consists of three 7-minute segments that were produced separately.
Season 4 (2026) Each listed episode consists of three 7-minute segments that were produced separately.
Release Chibiverse premiered on Disney Channel on July 30, 2022. Episodes from the first season were uploaded to Disney Channel's YouTube channel prior to their television debuts on the same days. The first season was added to Disney+ on March 8, 2023. Seasons 2 and 3 were released on Disney+ on August 13, 2025.
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