Angry Birds Blues
Angry Birds Blues is a Finnish computer-animated short-form web series spun off from The Angry Birds Movie, following the bluebird triplets Jake, Jay, and Jim and the baby birds known as the Hatchlings on Bird Island. Produced by Rovio Entertainment together with Kaiken Entertainment, it premiered on March 10, 2017 on Rovio's ToonsTV service and ran for one season of 30 episodes of roughly two to three minutes each.1 • 2
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Premise | Mischievous bluebird triplets Jake, Jay, and Jim launch big schemes on Bird Island that wildly succeed or hilariously fail, while the gullible Hatchlings unwittingly wreck their plans3 |
| Origin | Teased during the end credits of The Angry Birds Movie (2016), which grossed nearly $350 million at the global box office4 |
| Premiere | March 10, 2017 on ToonsTV, Rovio's kid-friendly streaming service4 |
| Format | One season, 30 episodes of about 2 to 3 minutes, released on a Thursday schedule2 • 5 |
| Production | Animated by Canada's Bardel Entertainment; the bird models were developed by the Italian studio Rainbow CGI4 • 6 |
| Finale | "The Last Act," episode 1x30, released December 14, 20175 |
| Distribution shift | Moved to the official Angry Birds YouTube channel after Rovio shut down ToonsTV in 20172 |
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Premise and characters
The series centers on the Blues, the three small blue birds whose special power in the Angry Birds games is splitting into three identical birds. Rovio's official description presents Jake, Jay, and Jim as rambunctious triplets whose schemes, such as building a clubhouse ordered from the Mighty Eagle Express or getting a kite to fly, become comic disasters, with the brothers unfazed and ready to try again.3 The Hatchlings, the wide-eyed baby birds that became breakout characters in the 2016 film, appear alongside them, and their involvement typically derails the Blues' plans in an adorable way.3 • 7
TVmaze describes the show as based on the Blues and the Hatchlings as they appeared in The Angry Birds Movie, animated in the same style as the film, with the Blues having fun while the Hatchlings do random things and ruin those plans.5
Place in the franchise
Angry Birds Blues joined Rovio's lineup of original animated series based on the mobile-game franchise, alongside Angry Birds Toons, Angry Birds Stella, and Piggy Tales.7 Rovio's production list records it as one season of 30 comedy episodes, in contrast to Angry Birds Toons (3 seasons, 104 episodes) and Piggy Tales (4 seasons, 121 episodes).1 The series remains available through Rovio's YouTube channel, where the official Angry Birds channel, which passed 10 million subscribers, still hosts the complete episodes and compilation videos.10 • 3
Production
Rovio teased the series during the end credits of The Angry Birds Movie, and the London-based kids' entertainment company CAKE brought the short-form CG series to the MIPTV market in 2017.4 • 8 The Canadian studio Bardel Entertainment partnered with Rovio to produce the animation. Producer Joonas Rissanen said Bardel was chosen because it understood the quality the brand demands, and the stated goal was a look indistinguishable from the feature film within a television-series budget and schedule. Bardel's CG supervisor Chris Browne's team built a pipeline capable of rendering detailed assets, such as dense grass in large-scale environments, at television speed.4 Rainbow CGI, an Italian studio, was responsible for developing the birds, with Bardel in charge of animation.6
Release and distribution
The series debuted on ToonsTV on March 10, 2017, and was also aired on the official Angry Birds YouTube channel.4 • 6 Episodes arrived on a Thursday schedule of about three minutes each.5 In August 2017, Rovio shut down ToonsTV, which had launched in 2013, to concentrate on its YouTube channel; marketing manager Aino Greis said the company got much bigger coverage with YouTube. Angry Birds Blues moved to YouTube, and another 20 episodes were due in September of that year.2
The season concluded with "The Last Act" on December 14, 2017, an episode in which a well-rehearsed play turns into chaos once the Hatchlings get involved.5 TVmaze and the Rovio Animation production list both record the series as ended, with a run from March 10 to December 14, 2017.5 • 1 IMDb, by contrast, lists the series with a 2017 to 2022 span.9
References
- Angry Birds Blues, Angry Birds Wiki (Fandom)
- Rovio Shuts ToonsTV in Favor of YouTube, Licensing International (August 29, 2017)
- Angry Birds Blues, official series page, Angry Birds
- Bardel Entertainment Animating Rovio's 'Angry Birds Blues' Series, Animation World Network (March 14, 2017)
- Angry Birds Blues, TVmaze
- Angry Birds Blues, Rainbow CGI
- 'Angry Birds Blues' Series, Co-Starring Hatchlings, Set to Perch on Rovio's ToonsTV, Yahoo Entertainment
- CAKE Bringing New 'Angry Birds' Series to MIPTV, Animation World Network
- Angry Birds Blues (TV Series 2017–2022), IMDb
- The Angry Birds YouTube Channel Reaches 10 Million Subscribers!, Rovio Blog
Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Scripted television and comedy series › Animated television series (individual series) › Children's animated adventure and fantasy series › Comedy and slice-of-life series › Premiered 1961 to 2019
Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026
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