Pantheon

Pantheon centers on Maddie Kim, a bullied teenager who starts getting unexpected help from an anonymous online stranger and soon recognizes the voice as her father David, who recently died after an experimental brain scan and whose consciousness was uploaded to the Cloud. As Maddie and her mother wrestle with what it means to have David present in digital form, the series introduces Uploaded Intelligences as a new category of existence and shows how corporations, governments, and rival digital minds respond. Personal family struggles sit alongside a widening conspiracy with geopolitical stakes, while the story keeps later developments and outcomes under wraps.

Released in 2022, Pantheon was created by Craig Silverstein and Ken Liu. It's an adult animated sci-fi series with a notable voice cast including Katie Chang, Paul Dano, Aaron Eckhart, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Chris Diamantopoulos, and a cinematic visual approach.

As of its initial run the show didn't rack up major industry awards, yet reviewers and genre commentators highlighted the voice work, emotional stakes, and complex concept. That attention helped Pantheon stand out among adult animated sci-fi offerings without trophies, and it sparked discussions about adapting literary sci-fi to animation.

Pantheon helped push conversations about uploaded consciousness and the legal and moral status of digital minds into mainstream fandoms. Social threads compared it to live-action anthologies while fans argued about what rights a UI should have, and the show became a reference in online debates about mind uploading.

Critics and viewers consistently rated Pantheon highly, with an average user score around 8.0/10 from online polls. Reviewers praised its mature treatment of grief, identity, corporate power, and the ethics of AI, noting it effectively balances personal stakes with broader geopolitical tension without reducing either to simple tropes.