Coast of Nowhere

Coast of Nowhere is an American animated television series created by Henri Dosclz and Jeremy Sandoval for Skyscore. The series follows the adventures of Ryan Mendoza and his childhood best friend Louis Lewis who accidentally make their yacht sink which causes them to get stranded on a deserted island, where they stumble upon a strange utopia inhabited by a group of teenagers who have also become marooned on the island. Ryan and Louis try to start their new lives on the island by befriending its inhabitants, while also encountering many surrealistic and mysterious entities.

The series is both a homage and satire of common conventions from survival fiction including the science fiction drama series Lost. Sandoval conceived Coast of Nowhere while he was working as a storyboard artist and writer for FusionMania at Fox Family, which he left when Skyscore commissioned him and Dosclz to do a pitch for a new animated series. The pilot was first shown on November 26, 2010, and the series premiered on April 8, 2011 and ended on October 7, 2016, running for five seasons and 132 episodes. A television film serving as a conclusion to the narrative of the series, premiered on Skyscore on February 17, 2017.

Coast of Nowhere has received critical acclaim from critics with praise for its writing, characters, satire, animation, music, voice acting, and multi-generational appeal. The series won three Emmy Awards, two Annie Awards, and a BAFTA Children's Award, among various other wins and nominations. Coast of Nowhere garnered high viewership amongst kids, teenagers, and young adults during its run and was one of Skyscore's highest rated series between 2016 and 2017.

Premise
Coast of Nowhere follows two childhood best friends Ryan Mendoza and Louis Lewis as they decide to take a vacation on a yacht. Things immediately go awry when some of Louis' antics result in the yacht sinking, leaving the boys stranded on a tropical island. There, Ryan and Louis come across an utopia inhabited by a group of teenagers who, too, become stranded on the island, led by a teenage girl named Lucy Schneider and her nerdy assistant Pamela Lee. The duo befriends the island's inhabitants and begins to live with them while discovering many bizarre occurrences on the island.