Steven Universe
2013–2019Cartoon NetworkAnimation
A theme sung by the characters about themselves, rewritten as the line-up of those characters changes — which for this show is the plot.
Steven Universe kept one opening title sequence, 23 seconds long, across season 5.
At 23 seconds, it opens well under the 58-second median for animation sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on Cartoon Network in 2013, when Samurai Jack, Totally Spies! and Star Wars: The Clone Wars were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 5
23sCartoon Network's posting of the updated sequence, from the show's later run rather than its first season.
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