‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Animated Series Drops Full Poster and Premiere Schedule, You’re Welcome

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy may have a new volume of cinematic adventures in their future, but we’ll see Star-Lord and co. much sooner than that in animated form. Now primed for a September premiere, Disney XD’s animated Guardians have a brand-new poster, full roster of premiere dates, and a new tricked-out synopsis with some of the Marvel universe’s biggest names!

IGN managed to obtain the full poster for the new Guardians of the Galaxy series, now prepping for a September launch on Disney XD, rather than the initial 2016 projection. In addition to that trademark Guardians humor, the new poster also gives a better look at the team, including Will Friedle’s Star-Lord, David Sobolov’s Drax, Vanessa Taylor’s Gamora, Kevin Michael Richardson’s Groot and Trevor Devall’s Rocket Raccoon.

Not present in the image, but also cast for the animated Guardians of the Galaxy is James Arnold Taylor as both Yondu and Cosmo. As if that weren’t enough, check out the full premiere schedule, which includes multiple character shorts leading up to September, an early September 5 sneak peek, and a proper premiere on September 26:

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).
o 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.

Had enough? No? The full synopsis for the series teases the Guardians’ new adventure, also throwing a certain Asgardian trickster into the mix …

[Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy] follows the newly-formed team who 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.

We’ll get a fresher taste of the new series from Comic-Con 2015, but does the new animated series sound like a worthy follow-up to its filmic inspiration? What should we hope for from the Guardians, while we wait for the team to return to theaters in 2017?

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