Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends was conceived and created by renowned animator Craig McCracken, who previously worked on production of the popular series Dexter’s Laboratory and later gained fame for his original work The Powerpuff Girls. Whereas his previous projects were partially based on classic pop-culture motifs, which gained a degree of uniqueness due to their distinctive stylisation and incorporation into the characters of children’s heroes (particularly brilliant and somewhat mad scientists and superheroes), this time McCracken came up with a completely original concept with the assistance of animator Lauren Faust, who was later behind the international phenomenon My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Around the psychological phenomenon of imaginary friends, he built a world in which such companions become real. That in turn brought about the creation of countless bizarre, colourful and often surreal characters comprising imaginary friends, each of whom has a completely distinctive appearance and character, although dozens of them appear only very briefly in the series. The most attractive aspect of the series is the personalities of the characters who appear in every episode and turn even everyday activities into burlesque escapades through their interactions. Deep within the series beats a melancholic heart in the form of the motif of friendship that cannot last forever, but memories of that friendship certainly can. (10/05/2015)