Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 1
| Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man | |
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| Season 1 | |
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| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Original network | Disney+ |
| Original release | January 29 – February 19, 2025 |
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The first season of the American animated television series Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Spider-Man, explores Peter Parker's early days as Spider-Man. It is set in an alternate timeline from the main films and television series of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) where Norman Osborn becomes Peter's mentor instead of Tony Stark. The season was produced by Marvel Studios Animation, with Jeff Trammell as head writer and Mel Zwyer as supervising director.
Hudson Thames voices Peter Parker / Spider-Man, reprising his role from the Marvel Studios animated series What If...? (2021–2024), with Kari Wahlgren, Grace Song, Eugene Byrd, Zeno Robinson, Colman Domingo, Hugh Dancy, and Charlie Cox also starring. Disney+ announced the series as Spider-Man: Freshman Year in November 2021, with Trammell attached. It was retitled Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man by December 2023. Polygon Pictures and CGCG, Inc. provided the season's animation.
The first season of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man premiered on the streaming service Disney+ with its first two episodes on January 29, 2025. The rest of its 10-episode run was released in groups until February 19, as part of Phase Five of the MCU. The season received positive reviews from critics for its action, comedy, nostalgia, and animation style. It also received several accolades, including a Children's and Family Emmy Award for its voice directing. A second season was announced in July 2022.