Disney XD announces premiere for ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ animated series

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Besides Captain America: Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy is one of, if not THE, best movie Marvel has ever produced. I’ve been a fan of James Gunn’s work since Super, so to see one of his true passions get this much success is rather bad ass. And make no mistake, if James Gunn doesn’t write Guardians, then this show doesn’t happen.

The show in question is the new Guardians of the Galaxy animated series which will premier with a one-hour special featuring back-to-back episodes, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 (9:30 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney XD. A sneak peek at the first episode premieres Saturday, September 5 (9:00 p.m., ET/PT).

Disney XD will also telecast 10 two-minute shorts delving into the backstory of each of the five main characters throughout the month of August. Here’s the schedule for the air-dates:

AUGUST 1 – AUGUST 29

  • Each Saturday throughout August, two new character shorts will telecast on Disney XD.

o   August 1: Star-Lord – Part 1 (8:58 p.m., ET/PT) & Part 2 (10:28 p.m., ET/PT)

o   August 8: Groot – Part 1 (8:58 p.m., ET/PT) & Part 2 (9:58 p.m., ET/PT)

o   August 15: Rocket Raccoon – Part 1 (8:58 p.m., ET/PT) & Part 2 (9:58 p.m., ET/PT)

o   August 22: Drax – Part 1 (8:58 p.m., ET/PT) & Part 2 (9:58 p.m., ET/PT)

o   August 29: Gamora – Part 1 (8:58 p.m., ET/PT) & Part 2 (9:58 p.m., ET/PT)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

  • Disney XD debuts sneak peek at first episode of “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy” at 9:00 p.m., ET/PT.

o   “Road to Knowhere” – The newly christened Guardians of the Galaxy come into possession of a dangerous artifact that has Thanos’ new lieutenant, Korath, after them.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

  • One-hour premiere of “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy” featuring back-to-back episodes on Disney XD (9:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m., ET/PT).

Encore presentation of “Road to Knowhere” followed by “Knowhere to Run.” In “Knowhere to Run,” the Guardians struggle to subdue the suddenly sprung-to-life Celestial head that is the Knowhere space colony, as well as storm Korath’s ship to rescue Quill, Gamora and the mysterious CryptoCube that holds the Cosmic Seed.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

  • “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy” available to WATCH Disney XD users on WATCHDisneyXD.com and the WATCH Disney XD app for smartphones, tablets and connected TVs.

“Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy” features themes of redemption and the importance of friendships and family told through a series of riveting sequential story arcs. The series follows the newly formed team that finds a strange artifact keyed only to the DNA of Peter Quill. Upon opening it, Quill unleashes a treasure map leading to a powerful weapon known as the Cosmic Seed, which is capable of giving birth to the next universe. It’s up to the Guardians to find, protect and ultimately destroy the Cosmic Seed in order to keep it out of the hands of those who would abuse its power, from galactic big boss Thanos to the conniving brothers the Collector and the Grandmaster, to a resurrected Ronan, to the ultimate trickster, Loki, in order to save the universe.

The voice cast for Guardians of the Galaxy includes Kevin Michael Richardson (Groot), Will Friedle (Star-Lord), Vanessa Marshall (Gamora), and a slew of others fill out the rest of the cast. Here’s your first-look with test footage of Guardians of the Galaxy.