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Adult animated comedies have a habit of airing for a much longer time period than the average TV show, and with BoJack Horseman becoming one of Netflix’s longest-running originals before ending, it makes sense the streaming service would want to remain in business with its creator.

While it wasn’t a decades-spanning behemoth like The Simpsons, Family Guy, or South Park, an adult comedy stretching on for six seasons and 77 episodes on a cancellation-happy platform like Netflix was a mightily impressive achievement for the offbeat series.

Focusing on Will Arnett’s titular anthropomorphised horse and washed-up 1990s sitcom star, BoJack seeks his second chance at fame and fortune by writing an autobiography with the aid of a ghostwriter. In addition to its comedic stylings, the show made a point of touching on the socio-political and cultural themes of the time its sextet of seasons were released, adding it a timely and poignant relevancy.

Since BoJack Horseman ended, fans have been wondering what creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s next step would be, with the brains behind Prime Video’s Undone and Neflix’s Tuca & Bertie settling on his follow-up production. Needless to say, it’s an animated comedy, but one that looks set to embrace real-life issues through an animated lens.

Tentatively titled Long Story Short, the series is “about the shared history, the inside jokes, the old wounds” of a family. Bob-Waskberg will write, executive produce, and serve as the showrunner on the series, which is scheduled to premiere on Netflix at an unnamed date in 2025.

“It is legitimately a thrill and an honour to be back doing what I love most; drafting enthusiastic pull quotes for press releases to Hollywood trade publications,” Bob-Waskberg shared in a typically self-deprecating statement. “Who says you can’t go home again?!”

Backed by BoJack Horseman production company Tornante, the outfit’s Noel Bright and Steven A Cohen will executive produce, with Lisa Hanawalt as art designer and supervising producer. All three of them have worked with Bob-Waksberg on Bojack Horseman or Tuca & Bertie, so the gang is getting back together.

In full-circle moment, confirmation that Long Story Short is on its way to Netflix came exactly 10 years to the day Bojack Horseman premiered, and with many veterans of the animated favourite on board for Bob-Waksberg’s newest animated production, the expectations are going to be high in the hopes that it’ll be able to match the quality – and potentially even the longevity – of its spiritual predecessor.