{"id":103451,"date":"2025-07-21T15:25:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T19:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=103451"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:25:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T19:25:15","slug":"apple-tv-announces-second-season-of-beloved-stop-motion-series-shape-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/21\/apple-tv-announces-second-season-of-beloved-stop-motion-series-shape-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple TV+ Announces Second Season of Beloved Stop-Motion Series &#8220;Shape Island&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103452\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shape-island20250721.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shape-island20250721.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shape-island20250721-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>Today, Apple TV+ announced season two of the clever, funny and inspiring stop-motion animated series <em><strong>&#8220;Shape Island,&#8221;<\/strong> <\/em>to debut globally on August 29, 2025. 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