Ben 10: Alien Forceis an American
animated television series created by Dwayne McDuffie and Glen Murakami and the studio "Man of Action" (a group consisting of Duncan Rouleau, Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, and Steven T. Seagle), and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. It is a sequel to
Ben 10. Set five years after the original series, the storyline has matured with the characters and has a darker tone. The series premiered on Cartoon Network on April 18, 2008 in the United States, with its Canadian premiere on Teletoon on September 6, 2008. The series was originally produced under the working title of
Ben 10: Hero Generation. It will be followed by
Ben 10: Evolutions.