Adam A. Muto (born July 20) is a former storyboard artist, creative director, supervising director, supervising producer, and showrunner and co-executive producer on Adventure Time. He has written and storyboarded numerous Adventure Time episodes, being partnered with Elizabeth Ito during season one and with Rebecca Sugar in seasons two and three. He once again starting doing occasional story boards in season six. He also created the Random Cartoons pilot SamSquatch.
Beginning with the season three episode "Marceline's Closet," he was credited as one of Adventure Time's creative directors.[1] Starting with the fifth season episode "Little Dude," he was promoted to supervising director. Starting with "Shh!" he was again promoted to supervising producer. In the latter part of season 5, starting with "The Party's Over, Isla de Señorita," he became a permanent member of the writing staff. It was also during Season 5 that he replaced Pendleton Ward as the series' showrunner.[2]
He also animated the end credits.[3]
Episodes worked on[]
Written and Storyboarded by[]
- "Slumber Party Panic" (with Elizabeth Ito)
- "Trouble in Lumpy Space" (with Elizabeth Ito)
- "Prisoners of Love" (with Pendleton Ward)
- "The Enchiridion!" (with Pendleton Ward and Patrick McHale)
- "Wizard" (with Bert Youn and Pete Browngardt)
- "The Witch's Garden" (with Kent Osborne and Niki Yang)
- "Dungeon" (with Elizabeth Ito)
- "The Duke" (with Elizabeth Ito)
- "Donny" (with Kent Osborne and Niki Yang)
- "What Have You Done?" (with Elizabeth Ito)
- "His Hero" (with Kent Osborne and Niki Yang)
- "It Came from the Nightosphere" (with Rebecca Sugar)
- "Power Animal" (with Rebecca Sugar)
- "Chamber of Frozen Blades" (with Rebecca Sugar)
- "The Real You" (with Rebecca Sugar)
- "Susan Strong" (with Rebecca Sugar)
- "Mortal Folly" (with Rebecca Sugar)
- "Morituri Te Salutamus" (with Rebecca Sugar)
- "Fionna and Cake" (with Rebecca Sugar)
- "What Was Missing" (with Rebecca Sugar)
- "Beautopia" (with Rebecca Sugar)
- "Dad's Dungeon" (with Pendleton Ward and Natasha Allegri)
- "Incendium" (with Rebecca Sugar)
- "The Prince Who Wanted Everything" (with Bert Youn, Kent Osborne, and Emily Partridge)
- "Little Brother" (with Madeleine Flores)
- "Dark Purple" (with Sloane Leong)
- "Varmints" (with Kris Mukai)
- "Everything Stays" (with Hanna K. Nystrom)
- "Daddy-Daughter Card Wars" (with Steve Wolfhard)
- "Preboot" (with Aleks Sennwald)
- "The Light Cloud" (with Aleks Sennwald and Graham Falk)
- "Orb" (with Aleks Sennwald)
- "BMO" (wiith Hanna K. Nyström, Iggy Craig, Laura Knetzger, and Anna Syvertsson)
Story by[]
- "Prisoners of Love"
- "The Enchiridion!"
- "Ricardio the Heart Guy"
- "Evicted!"
- "Reign of Gunters"
- "Bad Little Boy"
- "The Party's Over, Isla de Señorita"
- "Another Five More Short Graybles"
- "Candy Streets"
- "Wizards Only, Fools"
- "Jake Suit"
- "Sky Witch"
- "Frost & Fire"
- "Too Old"
- "Earth & Water"
- "Time Sandwich"
- "The Vault"
- "Love Games"
- "Dungeon Train"
- "Box Prince"
- "Red Starved"
- "We Fixed a Truck"
- "Play Date"
- "The Pit"
- "James"
- "Root Beer Guy"
- "Apple Wedding"
- "Blade of Grass"
- "Rattleballs"
- "The Red Throne"
- "Betty"
- "Bad Timing"
- "Billy's Bucket List"
- "Wake Up"
- "Escape from the Citadel"
- "James II"
- "The Tower"
- "Sad Face"
- "Breezy"
- "Furniture & Meat"
- "The Prince Who Wanted Everything"
- "Something Big"
- "Little Brother"
- "Ocarina"
- "Thanks for the Crabapples, Giuseppe!"
- "Princess Day"
- "Nemesis"
- "Joshua and Margaret Investigations"
- "Ghost Fly"
- "Everything's Jake"
- "Is That You?"
- "Jake the Brick"
- "Dentist"
- "The Cooler"
- "The Pajama War"
- "Astral Plane"
- "Gold Stars"
- "The Visitor"
- "The Mountain "
- "Dark Purple"
- "The Diary"
- "Walnuts & Rain"
- "Friends Forever"
- "Jermaine"
- "Chips and Ice Cream "
- "Graybles 1000+"
- "Hoots"
- "Bonnie and Neddy"
- "Varmints"
- "Cherry Cream Soda"
- "Mama Said"
- "Football"
- "Marceline The Vampire Queen"
- "Everything Stays"
- "Vamps About"
- "The Empress Eyes"
- "May I Come In?"
- "Take Her Back"
- "Checkmate"
- "The Dark Cloud"
- "The More You Moe, The Moe You Know (Part I)"
- "The More You Moe, The Moe You Know (Part II)"
- "Summer Showers"
- "Angel Face"
- "President Porpoise is Missing!"
- "Blank-Eyed Girl"
- "King's Ransom"
- "Scamps"
- "Crossover"
- "The Thin Yellow Line"
- "Broke His Crown"
- "Don't Look"
- "Beyond the Grotto"
- "Lady Rainicorn of the Crystal Dimension"
- "I Am a Sword"
- "Bun Bun"
- "Normal Man"
- "Elemental"
- "Five Short Tables"
- "The Music Hole"
- "Daddy-Daughter Card Wars"
- "Preboot"
- "Reboot"
- "Two Swords"
- "Do No Harm"
- "Wheels"
- "High Strangeness"
- "Horse and Ball"
- "Jelly Beans Have Power"
- "The Invitation"
- "Whipple the Happy Dragon"
- "Mysterious Island"
- "Imaginary Resources"
- "Hide and Seek"
- "Min and Marty"
- "Helpers"
- "The Light Cloud"
- "Orb"
- "Skyhooks"
- "Bespoken For"
- "Winter Light"
- "Cloudy"
- "Slime Central"
- "Happy Warrior"
- "Hero Heart"
- "Skyhooks II"
- "Abstract"
- "Ketchup"
- "Fionna and Cake and Fionna"
- "Whispers"
- "Three Buckets"
- "Come Along With Me"
- "BMO"
Supervising Director[]
- "Jake the Dog"
- "Little Dude"
- "Vault of Bones"
- "Simon and Marcy"
- "Princess Potluck"
- "James Baxter the Horse"
- "Root Beer Guy"
- "Betty" (with Nate Cash)
- "Bad Timing"
- "Billy's Bucket List" (with Nate Cash)
- "Escape From The Citadel"
- "Sad Face"
- "The Prince Who Wanted Everything"
- "Dark Purple"
- "Hoots"
- "Cherry Cream Soda"
- "May I Come In?"
- "King's Ransom"
- "The Thin Yellow Line"
- "Preboot"
- "Abstract"
Trivia[]
- He used to have a Spring, where one could ask him questions, but it disappeared when Spring.me became a dating website.
- When he had a Spring, he discouraged using any of his answers there as references, since they were often written tongue-in-cheek.[citation needed]
- He is 5' 9.5" (176.53 cm) tall.[citation needed]
- In the "Finn Heads" set in the Adventure Time collection on flickr, there is a Finn face titled "finnmutoface."[4]
- Before his promotion, Adam Muto had been a storyboard artist, writer and producer of Adventure Time.
- In the opening sequence, a gingerbread Adam Muto can be seen when panning up the Candy Castle. In the gender swapped version, there is a gingerbread Rebecca Sugar in his place.
Gallery[]
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References[]
- ↑ http://adventuretimeart--frederator--com.proxy.hbcoal.com/post/17529157667/rebeccasugar-incendium-promo-the-last-episode
- ↑ http://www--rollingstone--com.proxy.hbcoal.com/tv/features/adventure-time-the-trippiest-show-on-television-20141002
- ↑ http://www--flickr--com.proxy.hbcoal.com/photos/84568447@N00/4446040466/in/set-72157623515297461
- ↑ http://www--flickr--com.proxy.hbcoal.com/photos/84568447@N00/3857735110/in/set-72157622020291285/lightbox/