New Animated Series GI Joe Renegades Announced!

The producers of the upcoming GI Joe animated series, GI Joe Renegades appeared at the GI Joe Con to reveal a number of details regarding their newly announced animated series.

Details after the jump!

 

• The series will premiere in the fall on the Hub network, a partnership between Hasbro and the Discovery Channel
• Margaret Loesch is the Executive Producer
• 26 episodes will be a part of the first season, with a 2 part pilot and the 7th & 8th episodes focusing on Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow
• Additional mini-arcs will also occur during the season
• The new series has no continuity with prior classic series, Resolute or the film series
• The series is essentially "GI Joe Year One" and will focus on the characters as grunts and spooks during the beginning of GI Joe
• The team is on the run from Cobra
• We will learn where the characters got their nicknames
• Cobra Commander will wear his distinctive mask
• Destro's mask has a purpose
• The core team consists of characters with distinctive personalities
• The animation is traditional 2D with extensive focus on light and shadow. The backgrounds appear to have a watercolor look
• The stories are not written for kids, but the series will not use bullets or any traditional weaponry. Characters will have signature weapons
• Toy line will launch in Fall 2011