Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Paul S Person Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.animation Subject: Re: [NEWS] "Golden Axe" animated series, based on arcade game Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 08:32:42 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 61 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 17:32:45 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a990e812c646cab168a76db1fb4a36b1"; logging-data="2457828"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/qCplGU4kWoysCY2Ta4x4lAroWPFqlroE=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:6eNSkJs1GKoxPYLOnZ5Bc7jWFHc= Bytes: 3787 On Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:49:46 +1200, Your Name wrote: > >As usual, "based on" is a very loose term, since this animated series=20 >is going to be a comedy and have an entirely new character ... i.e.,=20 >nothing like the arcade game at all. > > > Golden Axe Animated Series Ordered at Comedy Central > ---------------------------------------------------- > Comedy Central has officially granted a 10-episode series order > to the upcoming animated TV adaptation of Golden Axe, based on > Sega's popular medieval-set video game series of the same name. > The project is being described as a hilarious and loving homage > to the 1989 video game series. > > "The series follows veteran warriors Ax Battler, Tyris Flare > and Gilius Thunderhead as they once again battle to save Yuria > from the evil giant Death Adder who just won't seem to stay > dead. Fortunately, this time they have the inexperienced and > underprepared Hampton Squib on their side," reads the logline. > > Who's the star-studded cast of Golden Axe? > Comedy Central's Golden Axe series will feature a star-studded > voice ensemble cast consisting of: Emmy winner Matthew Rhys > (The Americans) as Gilius Thunderhead, a grumpy battle dwarf > with exceptionally poor hygiene and a chip on his shoulder; > Danny Pudi (Community) as Hampton Squib, a naive, inexperienced > first time adventurer who has dreamt of questing his entire > life; Lisa Gilroy (Jury Duty) as Tyris Flare, a fearsome battle > sorceress, deadly in a fight and even deadlier with her sharp > wit; Liam McIntyre (The Flash) as Ax Battler, a barbarian > warrior with a strict code of honor and sweet golden retriever > demeanor; Carl Tart (Star Trek: Lower Decks) as Chronos "Evil" > Lait, originally from Golden Axe III, is a 100% badass humanoid > panther. > > The animated series is executive produced and written by Mike > McMahan and Joe Chandler, with the latter also set as the > showrunner. Executive producers are Haruki Satomi, Shuji Utsumi, > Toru Nakahara, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Toby Ascher, Chris > Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, Antonio Canobbio and Ben Kalina, It > hails from animation studio Titmouse (Big Mouth), CBS Studios > and Sony Pictures Television. > > =20 >=20 Nonsense.=20 It has the /title/ in common with the arcade game. That's something, not nothing. Otherwise, of course, you can expect to be correct. --=20 "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino, Who evil spoke of everyone but God, Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"