Grownup Swim has simply introduced the upcoming launch of Emmy Award-winning Genndy Tartakovsky’s long-awaited 2D animated sequence Unicorn: Warriors Everlasting. The primary two episodes will premiere Thursday, Might 4 at midnight on Grownup Swim and the following day on HBO Max. After that, episodes debut weekly with encores on Grownup Swim and Toonami. The sequence will roll out globally in LATAM and EMEA on Might 5.
The steampunk fantasy story produced by Cartoon Community Studios is harking back to Tartakovsky’s previous works and cinematic model. Unicorn: Warriors Everlasting is a supernatural animated-action sequence that follows a crew of heroes who reawaken to battle an ominous pressure all through eternity. When the heroes awaken within the our bodies of recent unsuspecting hosts, they need to discover a option to defend the world towards the prevailing darkness.
“This present is actually a marvel,” mentioned Michael Ouweleen, president Cartoon Community, Grownup Swim, Boomerang and Discovery Children. “It exhibits that within the arms of a inventive visionary and an insanely proficient crew, there’s no restrict to the sorts of tales animation can inform. By programming this throughout peak hours and re-airing throughout a number of dayparts, we’re making certain that each one generations of animation followers can see this event-level sequence.”
“This present was created in my early days at Cartoon Community Studios greater than 20 years in the past,” added Tartakovsky. “All of the tasks we labored on had been like a coaching floor getting us prepared for this sequence. It took all of that point to lastly be capable of deal with a present like Unicorn: Warriors Everlasting.”
Within the present, an evil pressure looms throughout the darkish, thick-aired streets of commercial revolution London when a gaggle of heroes, dubbed Unicorn – Melinda, a robust sorceress, Seng, a cosmic monk, and Edred, a warrior elf – woke up within the our bodies of youngsters as an alternative of the grownup hosts they’ve embodied up to now. With distorted reminiscences and their magical skills weakened and fragmented, the trio should work along with assist from their steam-powered robotic, Copernicus, to unravel the mysteries of their pasts and current that can reveal their path to defeating a timeless menace.
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Unicorn: Warriors Everlasting is created and directed by Tartakovsky (Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal, Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack), with character designs from Stephen DeStefano (Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal), music by Tyler Bates (Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal, Guardians of the Galaxy, Samurai Jack), and Joanne Higginbottom (Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal, Samurai Jack), and sound results design by Joel Valentine (Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal, Samurai Jack). The voice forged consists of Hazel Doupe as Melinda, Tom Milligan as Edred, and Demari Hunte as Seng.
Following the Unicorn: Warriors Everlasting program rollout, My Adventures with Superman can even shift its sequence debut to Grownup Swim. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, the DC animated sequence will debut later this yr throughout Grownup Swim’s late-night primetime hours with encores on Toonami and the streamer. Grownup Swim is increasing its hours to start at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT Monday by way of Saturday beginning Might 1.
Supply: Grownup Swim
Debbie Diamond Sarto is information editor at Animation World Community.
