starring Danny Pudi, Carl Tart, Lisa Gilroy, and Matthew Rhys in the Comedy Central animated series.
An additional demonstration that we are currently living in a golden age of video game adaptations is the fact that Comedy Central has just given the go-ahead for a cartoon that is based on the legendary Sega arcade cabinet Golden Axe. The first season of the animated program will consist of ten episodes, and it will have a voice cast that is comprised of comedy heavy hitters like as Danny Pudi from Community and Carl Tart from Grand Crew (RIP) and the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast world.
Jessica Gilroy, a comedian, and Matthew Rhys, who is known for his roles in The Americans and Perry Mason, also appear in it. Both Joe Chandler, a regular writer for American Dad, and Mike McMahon, the creator of Star Trek: Lower Decks and Solar Opposites, are contributing to the writing of the pilot episode. There is McMahon on board as the executive producer, and Chandler is the one in charge of running the show. It is interesting to note that a number of prominent Sega figures are also working with the show. These individuals include Haruki Satomi, Shuki Utsumi, and Toru Nakahara, the latter of whom is primarily accountable for the management of the Sonic the Hedgehog cinematic universe during its development.
Due to the fact that those old arcade cabinets did not contain a great deal of narrative, the tale appears to be properly bizarre. The show advertises itself as a “hilarious and loving homage to Sega’s 1989 video game series,” and it follows a group of warriors as they seek to preserve the realm from Death Adder, the nemesis of the genre. In light of the fact that one of the characters is the panther/man hybrid beast from Golden Axe III, it appears that the game is taking a comprehensive look at the franchise. Comedy Central has assured viewers that there will be “plenty of exciting cameos” from the imagined realm. As of right now, there is no release date for the show, and the drafting of the script is still under progress. The animation process takes a very long time, so please be patient.
To put it another way, when it comes to game adaptations, we have actually gone from zero to sixty, right? We have featured presentations based on a variety of games and movies in the past year, including The Last of Us, Fallout, Twisted Metal, and others. Other than that, there is a movie that is not very well known about two Italian plumbers, and it may or may not have been a huge success at the box office. On April 26, Paramount+ will debut a television show that is based on Knuckles, which is another property owned by Sega.
When it comes to the Golden Axe franchise, there hasn’t been a new installment since 2008, but that is about to change. Sega has just recently made the announcement that it will be regenerating the property, along with other classics such as Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio.