Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout! - Disney's animated series featuring the beloved group of intergalactic a-holes - is kicking off a new four-part storyline next month that'll feature different animation techniques to to visually support the storytelling.
The upcoming multi-party story, dubbed Black Vortex, sees the Guardians jump into the Black Vortex Mirror, separating and trapping them in strange new worlds. These unique worlds, existing across different time and dimensions, have been created using a variety of different animation techniques, including CG-stop motion, children's book illustration, 8-bit, motion comic - all firsts for a Marvel animated series - as well as Golden Age and traditional CG.
Marvel has shared some photos of these new worlds and their different animation styles, as well as a breakdown of each of the four new episodes.
Sunday, May 5 (9:30 pm ET/PT)
"Black Vortex, Part One" – When the Guardians become separated in the Black Vortex, Gamora wakes up in a children's fairytale, while Drax is trapped in a comic book.
"Black Vortex, Part Two" – While caught in a CG sinister packing factory, Rocket must search for his best friend Groot and escape.
Sunday, May 12 (9:30 pm ET/PT)
"Black Vortex, Part Three" – Quill finds himself in a claymation world where the Milano is flying into the sun, threatening to melt him. Meanwhile, Groot and Drax must fight Ronan in a Golden Age world.
"Black Vortex, Part Four" - Gamora and Quill battle their way through an 8-bit Super Marvel World.
The four-part
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout! story will kick off on Sunday, May 5, with two back-to-back episodes airing at 9:30pm ET. The final two episodes will air the following week on Sunday, May 12. You can catch the animated series on Disney XD and DisneyNOW.