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The seventh season of the American animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States from July 19, 2009 to June 11, 2011. It contained 26 episodes, beginning with the episodes "Tentacle Vision" and "I Heart Dancing". The series chronicles the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The season was executive produced by series creator Hillenburg and writer Paul Tibbitt, who also acted as the showrunner. In 2011, ''Legends of Bikini Bottom'', an anthology series consists of five episodes from the season, was launched. A number of guest stars appeared on the season's episodes. Several compilation DVDs that contained episodes from the season were released. The ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Complete Seventh Season'' DVD was released in Region 1 on December 6, 2011, Region 2 on September 17, 2012, and Region 4 on September 12, 2012. The series won the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards in the category of Favorite Cartoon. The episode "That Sinking Feeling" was nominated at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Short-format Animated Program. Furthermore, at the 38th Annie Awards, the show won for Best Animated Television Production for Children. ==Production== The season aired on Nickelodeon, which is owned by Viacom, and was produced by United Plankton Pictures and Nickelodeon. The season's executive producers were series creator Stephen Hillenburg and Paul Tibbitt, who also acted as the series' showrunner. On March 13, 2008, during the broadcast of the sixth season, the network renewed the show for a seventh season, with 26 episodes in order. Cyma Zarghami, president of Nickelodeon & MTVN Kids and Family Group, said, "The strength of the Nickelodeon brand comes from how we embrace everything important to kids, and how we are with them virtually everywhere they want us to be. Our open philosophy to give audiences access to everything they love, and our commitment to making relevant and innovative content, have put us at the top of cable, VOD and online. Nickelodeon has strong momentum as a brand and as a business, and we have a great foundation built on great talent and relationships with some of the best creative leaders in our industry." In a statement, Brown Johnson, president of animation for Nickelodeon, said, "We are thrilled to be making another season of ''SpongeBob SquarePants''–a series we hope to make for a long time." On July 19, 2009, the season premiered with the episodes "Tentacle-Vision" and "I Heart Dancing". The former was written by Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash and Derek Iversen, with Alan Smart serving as animation director. The episode "I Heart Dancing" was written by Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Mr. Lawrence, and was directed by Tom Yasumi. In 2011, Nickelodeon debuted an anthology series, ''Legends of Bikini Bottom'', of five seventh season episodes in the show. It was released on January 27, 2011 on the online social networking service Facebook before it aired on the cable channel Nickelodeon.〔〔 "Trenchbillies" was the first episode to air on Facebook and was written by Aaron Springer and Richard Pursel, with Andrew Overtoom serving as animation director.〔''SpongeBob SquarePants: Legends of Bikini Bottom''. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2010.〕 Nickelodeon said on January 27 that ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' has more than 16 million "friends" on Facebook. The decision of airing the series online was aimed at attracting "the young and the restless hooked to the internet and the social media."〔 In a press release, Brown Johnson said, "The anthology format of ''Legends of Bikini Bottom'' provides a great opportunity to try something new where we can give ''SpongeBob''s 16 million fans on Facebook a first look, in addition to new content on-air".〔〔 Each episode was available for two weeks on Facebook. The other four episodes called "Sponge-Cano!", "The Main Drain", "The Monster Who Came to Bikini Bottom" and "Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle" premiered on Nickelodeon in an hour-long special on January 28, 2011.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/2011/01/nickelodeon-to-debut-spongebob.php )〕 Animation was handled overseas in South Korea at Rough Draft Studios. Animation directors credited with episodes in the seventh season included Andrew Overtoom, Alan Smart, and Tom Yasumi. Episodes were written by a team of writers, which consisted of Casey Alexander, Steven Banks, Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, Zeus Cervas, Sean Charmatz, Derek Ivesen, Mr. Lawrence, Dani Michaeli, Richard Pursel, and Aaron Springer. The season was storyboarded by Alexander, Brookshier, Cash, Cervas, Charmatz, and Springer.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SpongeBob SquarePants (season 7)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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