"Ben 10: Alien Force" (2008) TV series 2008-

Creators:

Duncan Rouleau
Joe Casey
Joe Kelly
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Genre:

Animation | Action | Family | Sci-Fi

Plot:

15 year old Ben Tennyson must utilize the Omnitrix yet again in order to locate his missing Grandpa Max, along with his cousin Gwen and former enemy Kevin 11.

Plot Keywords:

Alien | 2010s | Digit In Title | Character Name In Title | Number In Title

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Yuri Lowenthal	...	Ben Tennyson / ... (46 episodes, 2008-2010)
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Swampfire / ... (46 episodes, 2008-2010)
Ashley Johnson	...	Gwen Tennyson / ... (45 episodes, 2008-2010)
Greg Cipes	...	Kevin Levin / ... (45 episodes, 2008-2010)

Series Directed by
Dan Riba		(20 episodes, 2008-2010)
Butch Lukic		(16 episodes, 2008-2010)
John Fang		(5 episodes, 2008-2009)
Rick Morales		(4 episodes, 2009-2010)

Series Writing credits
Joe Casey		(46 episodes, 2008-2010)
Joe Kelly		(46 episodes, 2008-2010)
Duncan Rouleau		(46 episodes, 2008-2010)
Steven T. Seagle		(46 episodes, 2008-2010)
Dwayne McDuffie		(10 episodes, 2008-2010)
Len Uhley		(6 episodes, 2008-2010)
Matt Wayne		(5 episodes, 2008)
Charlotte Fullerton		(4 episodes, 2008-2010)
James Krieg		(4 episodes, 2008)
Stan Berkowitz		(2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Eugene Son		(2 episodes, 2009-2010)
Len Wein		(2 episodes, 2009-2010)

Series Produced by
Dwayne McDuffie	....	producer (46 episodes, 2008-2010)
Donna Smith	....	producer (46 episodes, 2008-2010)
Glen Murakami	....	producer / supervising producer (30 episodes, 2008-2010)
Brian A. Miller	....	executive producer: Cartoon Network Studios (20 episodes, 2008-2010)
Jennifer Pelphrey	....	supervising producer: Cartoon Network Studios (20 episodes, 2008-2010)
Sam Register	....	executive producer (18 episodes, 2008-2009)

Series Original Music by
Kristopher Carter		(46 episodes, 2008-2010)
Michael McCuistion		(46 episodes, 2008-2010)
Lolita Ritmanis		(46 episodes, 2008-2010)

Series Casting by
Andrea Romano		(21 episodes, 2008-2010)

Series Production Design by
Eric Canete		(17 episodes, 2008-2009)

Series Production Management
Brian E.S. Jones	....	executive in charge of production (24 episodes, 2009-2010)
Rossitza Likomanova	....	production manager (19 episodes, 2008-2010)
Tony Tedford	....	post-production supervisor (19 episodes, 2008-2010)
Tramm Wigzell	....	executive in charge of production: Cartoon Network (19 episodes, 2008-2010)

Series Art Department
Norm Ryang	....	prop designer (18 episodes, 2008-2010)
Ben Jones	....	storyboard artist (17 episodes, 2008-2010)
Bob Smith	....	storyboard artist (10 episodes, 2008-2009)
Shayne Poindexter	....	prop designer (9 episodes, 2008-2010)
Alan Wan	....	storyboard artist (8 episodes, 2008-2010)
Chu-Hui Song	....	background painter (8 episodes, 2008-2009)
Kalvin Lee	....	storyboard artist (6 episodes, 2008-2010)
John Fang	....	storyboard artist (6 episodes, 2008-2009)
Jeff Wong	....	prop designer (5 episodes, 2008-2009)
Bouakeo Thongkham	....	storyboard artist (4 episodes, 2008-2009)
Butch Lukic	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2008-2009)
Dan Riba	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2008-2009)
Lesean Thomas	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2008-2009)
James Yang	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2008-2009)
Tim Divar	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2008)
Curt Geda	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2008)
Gary Hartle	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2008)
Scooter Tidwell	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2008)
Bret Blevins	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2009-2010)
John Paik	....	background designer (2 episodes, 2009-2010)

Series Sound Department
Robert Hargreaves	....	re-recording mixer / sound effects editor / ... (46 episodes, 2008-2010)
John Hegedes	....	re-recording mixer (26 episodes, 2008-2010)
Robert Serda	....	production sound mixer / sound recording engineer / ... (26 episodes, 2008-2010)
Karie Gima Pham	....	recording studio manager (22 episodes, 2008-2010)
Andrea Romano	....	recording director (22 episodes, 2008-2010)
Morten Folmer Nielsen	....	adr editor / adr recordist (20 episodes, 2009-2010)
Chris Hoetger	....	machine room operator (19 episodes, 2008-2010)
Tony Ostyn	....	dialogue editor (19 episodes, 2008-2010)

Series Visual Effects by
Bruce Jurgens	....	visual effects: Legion LLC (12 episodes, 2008)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Quantrell D. Colbert	....	still photographer (2 episodes, 2008)

Series Animation Department
Steven Choi	....	character designer (26 episodes, 2008-2010)
Glenn Wai Lim Wong	....	lead character designer (26 episodes, 2008-2010)
Wendy Park	....	background artist (20 episodes, 2009-2010)
Sandy Benenati	....	animation checker (19 episodes, 2008-2010)
Robert Haverland	....	background designer (19 episodes, 2008-2010)
Richard Kim	....	background painter (19 episodes, 2008-2010)
Rebecca Lau	....	background painter (19 episodes, 2008-2010)
Tom McLaughlin	....	sheet timing / timing supervisor (18 episodes, 2008-2010)
Glen Murakami	....	character designer (18 episodes, 2008-2010)
Chap Yaep	....	character designer (18 episodes, 2008-2010)
Christopher Hooten	....	color stylist / color supervisor (17 episodes, 2008-2010)
Jonard Soriano	....	background designer (17 episodes, 2008-2010)
Tec Manalac	....	background designer (14 episodes, 2008-2010)
Arthur Lee	....	background designer / character designer (11 episodes, 2008-2009)
Ann Sorensen	....	color stylist (9 episodes, 2008-2009)
Eric Canete	....	character designer (9 episodes, 2008)
Lesean Thomas	....	storyboard artist (8 episodes, 2008)
James T. Walker	....	sheet timing (8 episodes, 2008)
T.J. Collins	....	character designer (7 episodes, 2008-2010)
Tommy Tejeda	....	character designer (7 episodes, 2008)
Jeff Wong	....	background designer (5 episodes, 2008)
Chu-Hui Song	....	background painter (4 episodes, 2008-2009)
Aaron Crippen	....	sheet timing (3 episodes, 2008-2010)
Irineo Maramba	....	character designer (3 episodes, 2008)
Angela Mueller	....	character designer (2 episodes, 2008)
Thomas Perkins	....	character designer (2 episodes, 2008)
Derrick Wyatt	....	character designer (2 episodes, 2008)

Series Editorial Department
Tony Tedford	....	picture editor (19 episodes, 2008-2010)
Alicia Parkinson	....	post-production coordinator (18 episodes, 2008-2010)

Series Music Department
Mark Mattson	....	music mixer / music engineer (46 episodes, 2008-2010)
Mako Sujishi	....	music mixer / music engineer (46 episodes, 2008-2010)
Andy Sturmer	....	composer: main title theme (19 episodes, 2008-2010)

Series Other crew
Dwayne McDuffie	....	story editor (46 episodes, 2008-2010)
T.J. Collins	....	production assistant (19 episodes, 2008-2010)
Eric John Cookmeyer	....	production coordinator (19 episodes, 2008-2010)
Antonio Gonella	....	director of production technology (19 episodes, 2008-2010)
Shalonda Ware	....	production estimator (17 episodes, 2008-2009)
Andrea Romano	....	voice director (13 episodes, 2008-2009)
Patricia Burgos	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2009-2010)
Cecilia Rheins	....	production estimator (2 episodes, 2009-2010)

Production Companies

• Cartoon Network

Distributors

• Boing (2010) (Spain) (TV)
• Cartoon Network (2008) (USA) (TV)
• Hollydan Works (2008) (Yugoslavia) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:G | Australia:PG (some episodes) | USA:TV-Y7 | New Zealand:PG | Australia:G (some episodes)

Company:

Cartoon Network

Trivia:

Kevin's car is a 2009 Dodge Challenger.

Goofs:

Continuity: "War of the Worlds Part 2" {2.13} ends with Ben finding he has no recognized aliens available in the Omnitrix. But he's still using nothing but established aliens for the rest of the series.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Ben 10: Ultimate Alien: Moonstruck (#2.11)" (2011)

Surprisingly better than the first Ben 10

My little brother watches Ben 10 and Ben 10 Alien Force. I took a look at them myself and both are really good, but Alien Force has made a lot of improvement, I have to admit. Almost everything about Alien Force is better than Ben 10. Let me talk about it.

The characters have matured and that is actually a good thing. I often felt that the character relationship between Ben and Gwen in the original series was pretty over-done seeing how they treat each other. In this Ben 10 series, they are quite close and it actually works well. Kevin Levin was an evil brute who used his powers only for his satisfaction in the old Ben 10. Now, he is encouraged to work with them as they learn that Max Tennyson went missing on a plumber's case and they try to find him. The characters are a lot better than in the first and have far better design. The voices in this series is better than the previous as it makes the characters more unique and likable.

The stories in the episodes are much better as well. The episode's stories themselves prove that Alien Force is for older kids. The reason is that the plots may be a lot more difficult to understand and are a bit more complex. Nevertheless, just as the series and Ben himself have grown up, the targeting audience from Ben 10 has grown up as well. It is a bit less violent, but has a much darker feel due to the improvement in animation and tension and is more confusing for little kids.

This series also has better music than the original Ben 10 and more detailed fight scenes and even more unique and detailed alien designs. In Alien Force, Ben changes into totally different E.T.s when he is about to fight. Ones like Swampfire, Humoungosaur and Brainstorm all feel very original and more interesting types of aliens.

Though I was originally a fan of the first Ben 10, I have changed my mind for Ben 10 Alien Force. Ben 10 is good for kids to start off with then, and Alien Force is good for them to view when they have grown out of the original Ben 10. I will definitely say that Ben 10 Alien Force is better than the first due to its improvements.