It’s been 10 years since Steven Universe unlocked his Gem ability to summon a shield as he savored the last of his beloved, now-discontinued frozen treat Cookie Cat. What Rebecca Sugar initially ...

Rebecca Sugar didn’t set out to be an entertainment trailblazer. Growing up as a bisexual adolescent, sitting in her suburban Washington home and watching TV, she simply absorbed who was ...

The climax of “Steven Universe: The Movie” comes not when the hero battles the vengeful, superpowered alien atop the planet-destroying weapon. It arrives a beat later when the titular Steven ...

The Steven Universe theme song sounds like what winning a video game feels like. Its exuberant beats sound like old 8-bit games, evoking triumph, determination, and silliness while celebrating ...

The snub-nosed, round face of an animated Steven Universe was framed on a monitor at the Cartoon Network’s Burbank recording studio. His signature curls and T-shirt were present, but instead of ...

When Cartoon Network’s animated series Steven Universe wrapped its fifth season in January 2019, fans worried that there was nowhere left for the show to go. The stakes faced by half-alien ...

The theme song for “Steven Universe” is a whimsical, 30-second introduction to the complex but charismatic world of the Crystal Gems. It’s disarmingly charming, delightfully peculiar and ...

The title character of Steven Universe is an adolescent boy who, over the course of the Cartoon Network series’ first five seasons, developed the ability to fly, to conjure an impenetrable pink ...

After seven years on air, Steven Universe and its companion series Steven Universe Future have finally come to a close and solidified themselves as some of the best TV out there. It’s funny ...

But that’s exactly what Steven Universe has done. The Cartoon Network show, from former Adventure Time storyboard artist and writer Rebecca Sugar, appears to focus simply on a young boy (the ...

Previously, she founded The Mary Sue. You’ve watched the internet explode in joy and tears every time Steven Universe comes on TV — but you’re still not sure who Steven is, much less whether ...

Steven Universe loves tipping its hat to anime. It regularly references various anime series including Neon Genesis Evangelion, Captain Harlock, and Cowboy Bebop. It’s even involved animation ...