Vixen trivia: 47 amazing facts about the web series!

Vixen is an animated web series that airs on CW Seed and is part of the Arrowverse!

So let’s dive into some uknowns and facts about this web series!

1. Vixen is an American animated web series
2. It is also known as DC Comics’ Vixen
3. From executive producers Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg
4. It debuted on August 25, 2015
5. On The CW’s online streaming platform, CW Seed
6. It is based on the DC Comics character Mari McCabe / Vixen
7. A costumed superhero crime-fighter with the power to mimic the abilities of any animal that has ever lived on Earth
8. The series is set in the Arrowverse
9. The same fictional universe as Arrow, The Flash, and Legends of Tomorrow
10. In January 2016, the series was renewed for a second season
11. Which premiered on October 13, 2016
12. After her parents were killed in Africa by local corruption, Mari McCabe inherits her family’s Tantu Totem
13. Gaining the powers of the animal kingdom
14. Using them to fight as Vixen to stop threats like those that claimed her family
15. In January 2015, The CW announced that a six-episode animated web-series centered on Vixen from Marc Guggenheim would be debuting on CW Seed in late 2015
16. And would be set in the Arrowverse with Arrow and The Flash
17. In total, the six episodes encompass one 30-minute story
18. The series, described as an “origin story”
19. It is set in Detroit, Michigan
20. And “prominently” features characters from Arrow and The Flash
21. Keto Shimizu and Brian Ford Sullivan, writers on Arrow, also serve as writers for Vixen
22. At the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International, it was revealed that the series would debut on August 25, 2015
23. With new episodes debuting weekly
24. In July 2015, Guggenheim revealed the series takes place around episode S03E15 and S03E16 of Arrow
25. Blake Neely, composer of Arrow and The Flash, composed the music for Vixen along with Nathaniel Blume
26. In January 2016, CW President Mark Pedowitz announced that The CW had renewed Vixen for a second season of six episodes
27. Again totaling about a half-hour of content
28. Pedowitz also stated he regretted not airing the entire series as a half-hour special on The CW
29. Something he hoped to do with season two
30. In January 2017, in terms of renewing Vixen for a third season, Pedowitz said, “We haven’t had that discussion, but based on the success of [the second] season I have no reason why not to”
31. The entire series made its broadcast debut on The CW on August 30, 2017
32. IGN’s Jesse Schedeen gave the series a 7.3/10, praising the action sequences, the animation and the tone
33. Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club gave the series a “B+” rating
34. Guggenheim stated that if the series was successful, a live-action series centered on the character could be possible
35. Echikunwoke appeared as the character on Arrow during the fourth-season episode “Taken”
36. In which Mari aided Oliver Queen and his team in rescuing his kidnapped son
37. After Vixen’s appearance on Arrow, Pedowitz reiterated again that it would be possible for the character to spin out to her own live-action series
38. Or potentially join the characters on Legends of Tomorrow
39. It was originally intended for Echikunwoke to reprise her role in the second season of Legends of Tomorrow
40. But she was unable to do so due to previous commitments
41. Maisie Richardson-Sellers was ultimately cast to portray Amaya Jiwe
42. The grandmother of McCabe who also operated as Vixen
43. Kuasa appears throughout the third season of Legends of Tomorrow, portrayed by Tracy Ifeachor
44. While Chuck McCabe appears in the episode “I, Ava” and is portrayed by Eli Gabay
45. The events of the season end up retroactively changing the continuity of Vixen
46. Resulting in an altered timeline where Zambesi was never destroyed
47. And Mari shares the Vixen mantle with Kuasa