Amazon Studios’ sophomore series Annedroids is an entertaining, humorous, educational show that follows the adventures of a young genius, Anne, her friends and the robots she creates, which she calls “Annedroids.”

In this upcoming season, Anne (Addison Holley) and her friends continue with their outrageous adventures around their neighborhood as well as their hangout spot, the junkyard, where all of Anne’s creations come to life. The main goal is to keep the Annedroids from escaping the junkyard and being seen by other humans.

Lessons of right and wrong provide Annedroids with its educational hook. Also, the series demonstrates how one can make something from nothing and how to think on one’s feet. The show’s target audience of 6- to 11-year-olds will learn a lot from these characters through their traits and flaws, while the second season introduces some new characters.

The mix of character traits is humorous and entertaining. For example PAL (Millie Davis), one of the main Anne-droids, is smart but still naïve and curious like a young child, but like a parent Anne guides PAL along by answering all of her questions.

One drawback to the show is the characters often lack understanding of simple vocabulary words that kids of this age should know. At the same time, those and other flaws exhibited by the shows’ characters — including the parents (because who says parents are perfect?) — are what give them a more relatable feel.

Overall, Annedroids is enjoyable and gives viewers a good laugh. The more educational aspects of the show, including the science experiments, are interesting and exciting. Annedroids is creative, witty and fun programming for the whole family.

— Chelsea Anderson 

Amazon will premiere the second season if its original kids-targeted series Annedroids in July, the network said Monday.

The series, which follows the exploits of young female scientist Anne and her friends, will premiere its second season July 2, the OTT service said. The second season of Annedroids finds Anne and friends back in the junkyard for more experiments, taking their adventures to the next level.

“We’re excited to bring to our customers another season of adventures with Anne and her friends, as they embark on more scientific discovery,” said Tara Sorensen, Head of Kids Programming at Amazon Studios. “J.J. Johnson and Sinking Ship have successfully developed a strong, relatable female character at the helm of a children’s series that organically weaves in the STEM curriculum to kids.”

Amazon Studios will continue its outreach to kids with the renewal of four freshman series including pre-school targeted series Creative Galaxy and Tumble Leaf, the company announced Monday.

Also getting second season greenlights are two live-action series targeted to 6 to 11 year olds, Gortimer Gibbon’s Life On Normal Street and Annedroids.  

“Tumble Leaf, Creative Galaxy, Annedroids and Gortimer have all experienced a tremendous response from our customers and we’re excited to bring them back for another season,” said Tara Sorensen, Head of Kids Programming for Amazon Studios in a statement. “Working with such remarkably talented and impactful creators in both the preschool and kids six to 11 space, it’s exciting to see where the storylines and characters will take us for another season.”