Rocket & Groot

Rocket & Groot is a short-lived American animated television series based on comics published by Marvel Comics. The series features the characters Rocket Raccoon and Groot.^[1] It premiered on April 10, 2017, on Disney XD.^[2]

Rocket & Groot
Genre	Superhero
Based on	Rocket Raccoon by Bill Mantlo Keith Giffen Groot by Stan Lee Larry Lieber Jack Kirby
Written by	Kevin Burke & Chris "Doc" Wyatt
Directed by	Arnauld Delord
Voices of	Trevor Devall Kevin Michael Richardson
Composer	Guy Michelmore
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producers	Alan Fine Joe Quesada Dan Buckley Cort Lane
Producer	Cara Speller
Editor	Maggie Maciejczek
Running time	2 minutes
Production companies	Passion Animation Studios Marvel Animation
Original release
Network	Disney XD
Release	March 10 (2017-03-10) – May 1, 2017 (2017-05-01)

Plot

Rocket Raccoon and Groot encounter travel problems and attempt to raise money to fix their broken ship.^[3]

Characters

• Rocket Raccoon (voiced by Trevor Devall)^[4]
• Groot (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson)^[5]
• Broker (voiced by Charlie Adler)
• Maitre D (voiced by Charlie Adler)
• Space Phantom (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson)^[6]

Additional characeters are voiced by Susanne Blakeslee and Sam Riegel.

Production

The Disney XD channel was interested in creating short-form media with Marvel characters.^[7] Rocket & Groot was created by Marvel Animation and Passion Animation Studios with animation done by Blue Spirit Studio and compositing done by Fortiche Production in France.^[8]

Release

The complete series aired on Disney XD on April 10, 2017.^[9]

Reception

Critical response

Ethan Anderton of SlashFilm praised the animation and character designs of Rocket & Groot.^[10] Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the series a grade of three out of five stars, noting the presence of positive messages and role models, and called the show a "best fit for "Guardians" fans."^[11]

Accolades

Rocket & Groot was nominated for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program at the 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards.^[12]