Golden Axe Trailer: SEGA Video Game Gets Animated Series Adaptation
The adult animated comedy adapts Sega’s 1989 game and follows three warriors and an unprepared adventurer as they fight Death Adder.
- On Friday, Paramount+ released the official trailer for Golden Axe, an animated comedy series premiering on Wednesday, September 16 with all 10 episodes.
- The series adapts Sega's 1989 beat-'em-up arcade game, following legendary warriors Ax Battler, Tyris Flare, and Gilius Thunderhead as they reunite to save Yuria from the evil giant Death Adder.
- Solar Opposites and Star Trek: Lower Decks creator Mike McMahan and American Dad vet Joe Chandler co-wrote the first episode and executive produce the series with CBS' Eye Animation Productions, Sony Pictures Television, and Original Film.
- The voice cast features Emmy winner Matthew Rhys as Gilius Thunderhead, Danny Pudi as Hampton Squib, Lisa Gilroy as Tyris Flare, Liam McIntyre as Ax Battler, and Carl Tart as Chronos 'Evil' Lait.
- Originally announced for Comedy Central in 2024, the series shifted to Paramount+ ahead of release. The show's visual style evokes 1980s animated classics like Fire and Ice and The Secret of NIMH.
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SEGA’s Golden Axe gets animated with trailer for Paramount+ series
Read the original post on Flickering Myth here: SEGA’s Golden Axe gets animated with trailer for Paramount+ series Paramount+ has debuted the first trailer for Golden Axe, the upcoming animated adventure series that pays homage to the classic 1989 SEGA video game, which follows a group of legendary warriors and an inept adventurer as they team up to save the land of Yuria from the evil Death Adder. The series features voice talents […] Read the …
Cleave it to Paramount+ to ham up the new Golden Axe animated series
There was a time when a barbarian hero, an Amazonian warrior, and a Viking dwarf could side-scroll across a screen without cracking Whedonisms between swings of their gnarly blades, but then the characters of 1989’s quarter-devourer Golden Axe existed before The Legend of Vox Machina and spoke in word balloons, not in the caffeine-addled cadence of a star-studded cast. Indeed, times have changed the barbarian/fantasy action saga, and in the int…
‘Golden Axe’ Trailer Promises Hilarious Animated Take on 1989 Video Game Favorite
All 10 episodes of “Golden Axe” land on Paramount+ on September 16. The animated comedy is an adaptation of the beloved Sega video game series, which began with the original “Golden Axe” in 1989 as a side-scrolling beat-‘em-up set in a vaguely medieval fantasy world full of magic and monsters. The series was originally announced in 2024 for Comedy Central, with a voice cast that includes Matthew Rhys, Lisa Gilroy, Danny Pudi and Liam McIntyre. I…
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