The 7th Portal premiered on the new animation hub Shockwave, on February 29, 2000 when its global launch overwhelmed Macromedia’s servers. It became the most successful web originated animated series, being picked up by Fox in mid run, for distribution on TV in South America and Europe. Twenty-two episodes were made, of which the first twenty were shown on-line before the website went bankrupt. The final two episodes were only visible on television.