{"id":647688,"date":"2026-08-20T18:19:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/647688\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T18:19:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:19:13","slug":"golden-axe-animated-series-starring-matthew-rhys-gets-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/647688\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Golden Axe&#8217; Animated Series Starring Matthew Rhys Gets Release Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/golden-axe\/\" id=\"auto-tag_golden-axe\" data-tag=\"golden-axe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Golden Axe<\/a> is set to make the official leap from classic arcade game to animated series next month. <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/paramount-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_paramount-2\" data-tag=\"paramount-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paramount+<\/a> will drop all 10 episodes of the new animated series featuring the voices of <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/matthew-rhys\/\" id=\"auto-tag_matthew-rhys\" data-tag=\"matthew-rhys\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Rhys<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/danny-pudi\/\" id=\"auto-tag_danny-pudi\" data-tag=\"danny-pudi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Danny Pudi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/liam-mcintyre\/\" id=\"auto-tag_liam-mcintyre\" data-tag=\"liam-mcintyre\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam McIntyre<\/a> and more on September 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe adaptation of SEGA\u2019s iconic video game 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\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEmmy winner Rhys stars as Gilius Thunderhead, a grumpy battle dwarf with exceptionally poor hygiene and a chip on his shoulder;\u00a0Pudi\u00a0is Hampton Squib, a naive, inexperienced first-time adventurer who has dreamt of questing his entire life;\u00a0Lisa Gilroy\u00a0is Tyris Flare, a fearsome battle sorceress, deadly in a fight and even deadlier with her sharp wit;<strong> <\/strong>McIntyre\u00a0is Ax Battler, a barbarian warrior with a strict code of honor and sweet golden retriever demeanor; and\u00a0Carl Tart\u00a0is Chronos \u201cEvil\u201d Lait, an uncomfortably cheesy humanoid panther.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tGolden Axe\u00a0is produced by CBS\u2019 Eye Animation Productions, CBS Studios\u2019 animation arm; Sony Pictures Television; and Original Film. Mike McMahan and Joe Chandler co-wrote the first episode and co-created and executive produce the series, with Chandler serving as showrunner. SEGA\u2019s Haruki Satomi, Shuji Utsumi and Toru Nakahara also executive produce alongside Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty and Toby Ascher of Original Film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tTitmouse serves as the animation studio for the series, with Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, Antonio Canobbio and Ben Kalina serving as executive producers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Golden Axe is set to make the official leap from classic arcade game to animated series next month.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[265],"tags":[273975,18,117,273976,19,17,254246,42153,5997,47515,128],"class_list":["post-647688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-danny-pudi","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-golden-axe","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-liam-mcintyre","tag-matthew-rhys","tag-paramount","tag-premiere-dates","tag-tv"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}