Animated Golden Axe Series’ Trailer Reveals September 16 Paramount+ Debut – News

The Paramount+ streaming service presented the official trailer for the animated series based on Sega‘s Golden Axe video game series on Thursday. The trailer announces that the series will premiere on September 16 on Paramount+ (as opposed to Comedy Central as previously announced).

Paramount+ describes the story:

In an homage to SEGA‘s iconic 1989 video game, Golden Axe follows legendary warriors Ax Battler, Tyris Flare and Gilius Thunderhead as they reunite to save Yuria from the evil giant Death Adder, who just won’t seem to stay dead. Their quest is complicated by Hampton Squib, an inexperienced and wildly underprepared adventurer whose dream of heroism far exceeds his abilities. Forced to work together despite their flaws, they must find a way to stop Death Adder once and for all.

The cast of the show includes Matthew Rhys as Gillius Thunderhead, Danny Pudi as Hampton Squib, Lisa Gilroy as Tyrus Flare, Liam McIntyre as Ax Battler, and Carl Tart as Chronos “Evil” Lait.

Mike McMahan (Star Trek: Lower Decks, Solar Opposites) and Joe Chandler are serving as co-creators and executive producers of the 10-episode series at the American animation studio Titmouse. CBS Studios‘ CBS Eye Animation Productions is producing alongside Sony Pictures Television and Original Film. Sega‘s Haruki Satomi, Shuji Utsumi, and Toru Nakahara is serving as executive producers along with Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, Antonio Canobbio, Ben Kalina, and Original Film‘s Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, and Toby Ascher.

Sega announced an untitled new entry in the Golden Axe game series at The Game Awards on December 7, 2023.

Sega released the original Golden Axe video game in 1989 as a side-scrolling beat-em up arcade game.

The game series inspired a stage play in 2018.

Source: Cartoon Brew