# Glitch Techs
**Glitch Techs** is an animated science-fiction comedy series about a team of teenagers who protect the public from video game creatures, called "glitches," that escape into the real world through faulty game consoles. It was created by Eric Robles (*Fanboy & Chum Chum*, *The X's*, *[Ni Hao, Kai-Lan](https://www.edgepedia.org/ni-hao-kai-lan)*) and Dan Milano (*Greg the Bunny*, *Warren the Ape*), both graduates of Nickelodeon's Artist Collective, an internal artist-led development program, and was produced at the [Nickelodeon Animation Studio](https://www.edgepedia.org/nickelodeon-animation-studio) in [Burbank, California](https://www.edgepedia.org/burbank-california), for Netflix.[1](https://www.nickalive.net/2020/07/netflix-to-release-glitch-techs-season.html) The series premiered on Netflix on February 21, 2020, and ran for two seasons.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/glitch_techs)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Premise | Two teens, Miko Kubota and High Five, work at a game store as a front for their real job: hunting video game monsters that have broken into the real world[3](https://qr.netflix.com/na/title/80221337) |
| Creators | Eric Robles and Dan Milano, produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio for Netflix[1](https://www.nickalive.net/2020/07/netflix-to-release-glitch-techs-season.html) |
| Premiere | February 21, 2020, on Netflix; rated TV-Y7 (FV)[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/glitch_techs) |
| Run | Two seasons; per differing databases, 19 or 20 episodes; last aired August 17, 2020; listed as ended[4](https://latestnetflix.com/series/98494) |
| Main cast | Ricardo Hurtado (High Five), Monica Ray (Miko), Luke Youngblood (Mitch Williams), Dan Milano (BITT), Scott Kreamer (Phil)[5](https://epguides.com/GlitchTechs/) |
| Critical score | 92% average Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/glitch_techs) |
## Spoilers
### Premise
In the town of Bailley, the gaming and tech company Hinobi sells massively popular video games and consoles, and its stores double as the front for a secret operation. When glitches, monsters and anomalies from the digital world, leak into reality, the company's covert Glitch Techs capture them and reformat the memories of witnesses, all before the store closes at 5 pm.[6](https://glitchtechs.fandom.com/wiki/Glitch_Techs_%28series%29) New recruits Miko and High Five are introduced to BITT, an artificial intelligence that trains them in the ways of the Glitch Techs.[7](https://www.thereviewgeek.com/glitchtechs-s1review/)
The series opens with a 44-minute premiere, "Age of Hinobi," which aired as an hour-long special and establishes the foundation for the episodic stories that follow.[8](https://www.nickalive.net/2019/02/eric-robles-shares-new-sneak-peeks-of.html) • [7](https://www.thereviewgeek.com/glitchtechs-s1review/) Recurring themes include friendship, teamwork, loyalty, and leadership, and reviewers noted the show's positive framing of gaming culture at a time when mainstream coverage often treated video games negatively.[7](https://www.thereviewgeek.com/glitchtechs-s1review/)
### Episodes and cancellation
Season 1, nine episodes plus the extended premiere, was released on February 21, 2020. The remaining ten episodes of the original order were released as season 2 on August 17, 2020; per Dan Milano, Netflix counted the second half of the original 20-episode season as a separate season.[4](https://latestnetflix.com/series/98494) • [6](https://glitchtechs.fandom.com/wiki/Glitch_Techs_%28series%29) Episode counts differ across databases: TVmaze, epguides, and TMDB-based listings record 19 episodes ending with "BITT Prime" on August 17, 2020,[11](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/46075/glitch-techs) • [5](https://epguides.com/GlitchTechs/) • [4](https://latestnetflix.com/series/98494) while the Glitch Techs Fandom wiki states that 20 episodes were released across the two seasons.[6](https://glitchtechs.fandom.com/wiki/Glitch_Techs_%28series%29)
The show's future was left unresolved. According to the Fandom wiki, ten additional episodes had been written, boarded, and designed, including "Return to Castlestein," but were never animated after production froze in early 2019, and neither [Nickelodeon](https://www.edgepedia.org/nickelodeon) nor Netflix announced whether production would resume.[6](https://glitchtechs.fandom.com/wiki/Glitch_Techs_%28series%29) Eric Robles said in February 2020 that forty episodes had originally been ordered before the show moved to Netflix.[10](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/first-nickelodeon-series-glitch-techs-coming-to-netflix-in-february/) Streaming databases now list the series as ended or canceled after two seasons.[4](https://latestnetflix.com/series/98494) • [11](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/46075/glitch-techs)
## Development
The show grew out of Eric Robles's habit of filing sketches and pitches in cardboard boxes labeled "Box of Ideas." Around 2015, after *Fanboy & Chum Chum* finished production, Nickelodeon studio head Russell Hicks dug through one of these boxes, found a storyboard of a boy and a robot fighting video game monsters under the handwritten title "Glitch Techs," and asked Robles to pitch it on the spot; Hicks then told him to focus on the idea.[1](https://www.nickalive.net/2020/07/netflix-to-release-glitch-techs-season.html)
Robles and Milano first met through [Jenna Boyd](https://www.edgepedia.org/jenna-boyd), then Nickelodeon's head of development, and initially spent about six months developing a series based on a video game the company wanted to adapt. When interest in that game declined, the studio dropped the project, and Robles returned to his own concepts, including one about two blue-collar game technicians who secretly fought video game monsters spawned from faulty consoles.[1](https://www.nickalive.net/2020/07/netflix-to-release-glitch-techs-season.html) • [8](https://www.nickalive.net/2019/02/eric-robles-shares-new-sneak-peeks-of.html)
## Production halt and move to Netflix
Production began in 2016. In early January 2019, Nickelodeon abruptly froze part of the show's production and laid off a large percentage of its crew at the Burbank studio, which led to speculation on social media that the series had been canceled. Co-creator Dan Milano described the halt as a "shock." Robles clarified days later that the series was still moving forward, that Nickelodeon still intended a full 20-episode first season, and that the freeze applied to a second half-season production order rather than the first.[9](https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/nickelodeon-froze-production-laid-off-significant-crew-on-its-upcoming-series-glitch-techs-169049.html)
The series had been intended for Nickelodeon, with a premiere planned for late 2018, then pushed to 2019 and finally to 2020.[6](https://glitchtechs.fandom.com/wiki/Glitch_Techs_%28series%29) It reached Netflix under the multi-year output deal announced in late 2019 under which Nickelodeon would produce new series and movies for the streamer; Glitch Techs was the first Nickelodeon series released under that arrangement.[10](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/first-nickelodeon-series-glitch-techs-coming-to-netflix-in-february/) The deal followed Nickelodeon's strategic shift to a "studio model" producing content for third parties, announced in 2018 amid declining linear ratings.[9](https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/nickelodeon-froze-production-laid-off-significant-crew-on-its-upcoming-series-glitch-techs-169049.html)
## Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the series holds an average Tomatometer score of 92 percent.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/glitch_techs) A season 1 review in The Review Geek scored it 7.5 out of 10, praising the hand-drawn character designs, which it compared to the band Gorillaz, the anime-like cutaways and split-screen shots, and the electronica soundtrack, while calling the humor predominantly slapstick.[7](https://www.thereviewgeek.com/glitchtechs-s1review/) On IMDb the series holds a user rating of 7.7.[12](https://www.justwatch.com/uk/tv-series/glitch-techs-2020)
## References
1. [NickALive!: Netflix Releases 'Glitch Techs' Season 2](https://www.nickalive.net/2020/07/netflix-to-release-glitch-techs-season.html)
2. [Glitch Techs, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/glitch_techs)
3. [Glitch Techs, Netflix official site](https://qr.netflix.com/na/title/80221337)
4. [Glitch Techs (2020), Latest Netflix](https://latestnetflix.com/series/98494)
5. [Glitch Techs, epguides](https://epguides.com/GlitchTechs/)
6. [Glitch Techs, Glitch Techs Wiki (Fandom)](https://glitchtechs.fandom.com/wiki/Glitch_Techs_%28series%29)
7. [Glitch Techs, Netflix Season 1 Review, The Review Geek](https://www.thereviewgeek.com/glitchtechs-s1review/)
8. [NickALive!: Eric Robles Shares New Sneak Peeks of 'Glitch Techs'](https://www.nickalive.net/2019/02/eric-robles-shares-new-sneak-peeks-of.html)
9. [Nickelodeon Froze Production, Laid Off Significant Crew On Its Upcoming Series 'Glitch Techs', Cartoon Brew](https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/nickelodeon-froze-production-laid-off-significant-crew-on-its-upcoming-series-glitch-techs-169049.html)
10. [First Nickelodeon Series 'Glitch Techs' Coming to Netflix in February, What's on Netflix](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/first-nickelodeon-series-glitch-techs-coming-to-netflix-in-february/)
11. [Glitch Techs, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/46075/glitch-techs)
12. [Glitch Techs, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/uk/tv-series/glitch-techs-2020)
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