Armorsaurs

Armorsaurs
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Genre	Action Science fiction Adventure Fantasy[1]
Based on	Armored Saurusby Daewon Media[2]
Directed by	David Feiss[1]
Starring	Jailen Bates Jacob Makabi Avianna Mynhier Sade Louise Derrick Kwak Yvonne Chapman Andrew Russell Julien Kang
Voices of	Michael Dorn
Opening theme	"Armor Up Armosaurs" by Will Fuller, Alex Geringas, and Sqvare
Ending theme	"Eyes" (From "Armored Saurus") by TOMORROW X TOGETHER
Country of origin	United States United Kingdom South Korea
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1[1]
No. of episodes	13[1]
Production
Executive producers	Isaac LarianTom van Waveren[3]
Running time	22 minutes[4]
Production companies	MGA Entertainment MGA Studios CAKE Entertainment[1] Daewon Media (original footage)
Original release
Network	Disney XD
Release	October 13, 2025 (2025-10-13) –present

Armorsaurs is a live action/animated hybridscience fiction television series developed by, MGA Entertainment, MGA Studios, an audiovisual division of MGA Entertainment, and British producer and distribution outfit CAKE Entertainment for Disney XD. The show is based on the South Korean series Armored Saurus by Daewon Media and combines live-action with computer-generated dinosaurs and visual effects. It premiered on October 13, 2025, on Disney XD in the United States. The series is scheduled to release on Disney+ in early 2026.

Premise

Millions of years ago, an alien race has taken all the dinosaurs away. Millions of years later, they have returned. In the near future where evil aliens threaten Earth, Armorsaurs follows a group of teenage pilots who are genetically linked to dinosaur companions thanks to the Avian Anomaly they have and are equipped with advanced battle armor. Together, they form part of a secret defense program known as the Armorsaurs Initiative. Each pilot bonds with a different dinosaur species, fusing ancient strength with futuristic technology to fight against an alien force attempting to reintroduce prehistoric war beasts to the planet.

Characters

Armorsaur Pilots

• Liam Roberts (portrayed by Jailen Bates) - An Armorsaurs scientist who is partnered with Ajax. In battle, he wears red armor and wields a sword.
• T.J. Shirazi (portrayed by Jacob Makabi) - A professional basketball player who is partnered with Cobalt. In battle, he wears blue armor and wields a war hammer that has a laser gun form.
• Paloma Silva (portrayed by Avianna Mynhier) - A professional vlogger who is partnered with Blaze. In battle, she wears yellow armor and wields a pair of nunchuks.
• Prisca Silva (portrayed by Sade Louise) - The younger sister of Paloma and the youngest of the Armorsaur pilots who is partnered with Pulse. In battle, she wears orange armor and wields a bo staff.
• Joon Park (portrayed by Derrick Kwak) - A karate student who is partnered with Velox. In battle, he wears black armor and wields a bow and arrow.

Armorsaurs

The Armorsaurs are dinosaurs who can don the armor associated with their pilot's vehicles.

• Ajax - An armored Tyrannosaurus who becomes Liam's partner. His armor is equipped with retractable cables.
• Cobalt - An armored Triceratops who becomes T.J.'s partner. Her armor is equipped with large lasers.
• Blaze - An armored Velociraptor who becomes Paloma's partner. Its armor is equipped with retractable lasers. Unlike the other Armorsaur, Blaze can partially bond with Paloma's vehicle parts due to its small size.
• Pulse - An armored Velociraptor and Blaze's sibling who becomes Prisca's partner. Its armor is equipped with retractable blades. Unlike the other Armorsaurs, Pulse can partially bond with Prisca's vehicle parts due to its small size.
• Velox - A large armored Pteranodon who becomes Joon's partner. Its armor contains blades on the top part of its wings.

Supporting characters

• Lt. Col. Jessalyn Helmsworth (portrayed by Yvonne Chapman) - A military member who is behind the Armorsaurs Initiative and becomes the Armorsaur pilots' mentor.
• Dr. Chandler (portrayed by Andrew Russell) - The field operations leader for the human forces who comes up with different inventions to help out in missions.
• Su Park (portrayed by Jin Kwon Song) - Joon's older brother who originally owned Cobalt that T.J. later bonded with. He was previously attacked by the Chromedrones and hospitalized during a mission to reclaim Ajax.
• Kex (portrayed by Carson Allen) - A member of the Armorsaurs Initiative and leader of Armorsaurs Team Six who wears an eyepatch over her left eye, which was injured during a failed attempt to bond with a dinosaur. She is a friend of Joon and Su. Like the other members of her team, Kex rides an armored Triceratops.
• Rexley - A half-armored baby Tyrannosaurus.

Villains

• Karter Klay (voiced by Michael Dorn) - The leader of the alien invasion force.
• Johnny / Switchblade (portrayed by Julien Kang) - A mercenary working for the alien invasion force. He has a history with Jessalyn and Kex due to originally being a part of the Armorsaurs Intiative and a first generation pilot in Armorsaurs Team Six until he left without explanation.
• Venom Walkers - Small quadrupedal robotic minions who can scale walls.
• Exo-Drones - Large bipedal robotic minions with heavy artillery.

Chromedrones

The Chromedrones are robotic minions of the alien invasion force.

• Velociraptor Chromedromes - Velociraptor-type Chromedrones who were used by Switchblade to catch Ajax. In "Busting the Myth-Ventures", two Velocirator Chromedrones were seen guarding a warehouse where Switchblade is holding Joon. They were destroyed by Blaze and Pulse.
• Crocodile Chromedrones - Crocodile-type Chromedrones who were sent by Switchblade to target the submerged Armorsaurs ship that Paloma was on. In "Father's Day", four Crocodile Chromedrones attacked the outskirts of the Armorsaurs Intiative's base. Because Prisca was still recuperating from the strange headaches, Jessalyn ordered Liam, T.J., Paloma, and Joon to retreat.
• Mosasaurus Chromedrone - A Mosasaurus-type Chromedrone who accompanied the Crocodile Chromedrones into targeting the submerged Armorsaurs ship that Paloma was on.
• Mountain Gorilla Chromedrones - Mountain gorilla-type Chromedrones who were sent to steal a shipment of dinosaur DNA.
• Pteranodon Chromedrones - Pteranodon-type Chromedrones who accompanied the Mountain Gorilla Chromedrones in stealing a shipment of dinosaur DNA.
• Smilodon Chromedrone - A Smilodon-type Chromedrone who escorted a transport containing the stolen dinosaur DNA.

Production

Armorsaurs was developed as part of a long-term collaboration between MGA Entertainment, MGA Studios and CAKE Entertainment, with distribution handled by Disney Branded Television.^[2] The series is directed by David Feiss and produced by Isaac Larian and Tom van Waveren.^[3] The production blends live-action filming with digital animation, using motion capture and virtual production tools to bring the armored dinosaurs to life. The creators described the show as combining “the energy of a Saturday-morning cartoon with the scale of a live-action adventure.”^[1]

Episodes

No.	Title [5]	Written by	Original release date [5]
1	"Here Come the Armorsaurs (Part 1)"	Chuck Austen, Paul McEvoy & Konnie Kwak	October 13, 2025 (2025-10-13)
1,000,000 years ago, an alien force had taken the dinosaurs away. 1,000,000 years later, the dinosaurs have returned. The mercenary Switchblade leads the Velociraptor Chromedrones in trying to target the Tyrannosaurus Ajax. An Armorsaur Pilot named Su Park tries to rescue Ajax with this Triceratops Cobalt, but he ends up injured. His brother Joon is later ambushed in his dojo by Switchblade until the Armorsaurs Initiative operatives led by Kex shows up and save him.
2	"Here Come the Armorsaurs (Part 2)"	Chuck Austen, Paul McEvoy & Konnie Kwak	October 13, 2025 (2025-10-13)
Following what happened to Su, Joon is brought in alongside other teenagers T.J. and the Silva Sisters Paloma and Prisca. They meet with Liam, Lt. Colonel Jessalyn Helmsworth, and Dr. Chandler. Jessalyn and Chandler explains that the teenagers each have the Avian Anomaly that enables them to speak with dinosaurs and also explains why Switchblade is after them. While Joon fails at bonding wit his brother's Triceratops, T.J. is successful at that. The teens become Armorsaur pilots as they begin their mission to rescue Ajax. Despite the difficulty with Switchblade and his minions, they managed to rescue Ajax who bonds with Liam. Switchblade's master Karter Klay is not pleased with the outcome and orders him to capture the Armorsaur pilots.
3	"Sister-Sister"	Chuck Austen	October 20, 2025 (2025-10-20)
Paloma and Prisca's sisterly argument and their bonding with the Velociraptor siblings leads Paloma to hijack a transport with a sentient A.I. for home only to crash in a river and needs rescue from underwater Chromedrones. While the Armorsaurs managed to defeat the Crocodile Chromedrones, they soon take on a Mosasaurus Chromdrone and only managed to short out its programming. Afterwards, Paloma and Prisca fully get to know the Velociraptors Blaze and Pulse. Displeased with what happened to the Mosasaurus Chromedrone, Switchblade orders his men to prepare the Venom Walkers.
4	"Bonded"	Chuck Austen	October 27, 2025 (2025-10-27)
With most of his teammates having bonded with their dinosaurs, Joon has not had any luck. While his teammates go to a canyon and get into a difficult battle with the Venom Walkers and Exo-Drones, Joon is later contacted by Kex who gives the progress on a hospitalized Su. Hearing the advice from Kex on how Cobalt was the one who originally chose Su, Joon goes to the dinosaur habitat to see if any of the dinosaurs will choose him. With Jessalyn right on his trail, she witnesses Joon being chosen by a large Pteranodon named Velex. With Velex armored up, Joon comes to his teammates' aid and helps to defeat the Venom Walkers and the Exo-Drones. Afterwards, Joon has no hard feelings over Cobalt choosing T.J. over him.
5	"Teamwork Makes the Dream Work"	Chuck Austen	November 3, 2025 (2025-11-03)
When Chromedrones modeled after mountain gorillas and Pteranodons attack a transport containing the dinosaur DNA, the Armorsaurs must learn to stick with the plan. After being injured in battle and meeting a baby Tyrannosaurus named Rexley, T.J. learns the meaning of teamwork on and off the basketball court as he directs the team through a challenging mission when it comes to a transport associated with Switchblade that is guarded by a Smilodon-type Chromedrone. The Armorsaur pilots managed to defeat the Smilodon Chromdrone and recover the DNA samples. As the Armorsaur pilots play basketball, Dr. Chandler informs Jessalyn that half of the DNA samples were stolen. Jessalyn then encounters Switchblade, recognizing him as Johnny.
6	"War Games"	Chuck Austen & Paul McEvoy	November 10, 2025 (2025-11-10)
The Armorsaur pilots find Jessalyn in the hall with Johnny. Joon chases after him for hurting Su. Kex also recognizes Johnny as Switchblade who claims that he has no intention of hurting Joon or Su. After Switchblade gets away, Liam has trouble with Ajax who chases after Rexley and knocks down the solar array that powers the cloaking field. While lucky that the backup generators kicked on, Dr. Chandler assumes that Rexley is the problem and suggests re-atomizing Rexley into an improved state much to the dismay of the pilots. In an argument with Jessalyn and Kex, Chandler preps Armorsaur Team Six led of Kex and consisting of their armored Triceratops to go up against the pilots in a dart-themed game of tag to see who is best handled the mission against the aliens. The contest is fierce as Liam and Ajax were the only one darted. Afterwards, Jessalyn and Chandler argue about the aftermath as Chandler admits that he is not good with feelings. Chandler later tells Liam that he will stay on the team and that Rexley will not be re-atomized as someone needs to care for it. Liam and Chandler work to re-introduce Ajax to Rexley.
7	"Bust the Myth-Ventures"	Unknown	November 17, 2025 (2025-11-17)
T.J. starts to work on a social media following. This causes him not to hear the call to suit up as the Armorsaur pilots answer a distress signal in Sector 7. The Armorsaur pilots are led into a trap where they are ambushed by Switchblade and the Venom-Walkers which ends with Switchblade making off with Joon with Velex being wounded. Jessalyn reprimands T.J. for his lack of availability. To make matters worse, she and Dr. Chandler find footage that two vloggers named Jess and Kass who make up the Myth-Ventures were sighted at the scene of the fight as Paloma recognized them as rival vloggers. Unfortunately, the Myth-Ventures are also captured as Switchblade tries to get answers on where Su is as Switchblade claims that Jessalyn knows more than he does. The Armorsaur pilots managed to track Joon to the same warehouse that Ajax was rescued from and head out to rescue him and the Myth-Ventures while contending with the Venom-Walkers and the Velociraptor Chromedrones. Following the rescue with Jess and Kass recognizing Paloma, Jessalyn and Chandler dare them to release the video as they plan to discredit them. Chandler does a discrediting video where he poses as a time-traveling scientist who saves the dinosaurs and the Armorsaur pilots posing as animatronic cavepeople from a meteor. Afterwards, the Armorsaurs get a lot of likes. T.J. deletes his profile as he already has the likes of his friends and the dinosaurs. Joon confronts Helmsworth where he wants to know where Su is.
8	"Choose Your Weapons"	Unknown	November 24, 2025 (2025-11-24)
Prisca has been having a series of nightmares revolving around an icy cave. Dr. Chandler finds that she has no temperature as Paloma notices that Blaze and Pulse are also exhausted. Jessalyn decides to do a new training exercise with the Armorsaur pilots by having them learn how to fight without their dinosaurs by giving them their own weapons. Once they have mastered their weapons, Prisca suffers a dizzy spell as Chandler starts to figure out that what Prisca is going through is connected with the tremors. An earthquake happens which affects Prisca and the dinosaurs enough for them to flee the base. Meanwhile, Karter Klay is displeased with Switchblade's failure and that they have not located Su. While sending Switchblade to find the dinosaurs, he will send something else to find Su while warning Switchblade that the day Switchblade becomes obsolete will be his last day alive. The Armorsaur pilots look for the dinosaurs, but are soon attacked by robotic soldiers. With power back on, Chandler sends the pods to the Armorsaur pilots' locations. The robot grabs Joon's helmet and starts to download information to find Su. The Armorsaurs' dinosaurs show up as Prisca collapses. Chandler runs some tests on Prisca. Jessalyn is proud with the Armorsaur pilots for how they stepped up. She and Chandler note that the robot will return as it was trying to access Joon's mind. Note: This episode ends with a music video to "Eyes" featuring clips from this show.
9	"Terror in the Sky"	Chuck Austen, Melissa Flores & Paul McEvoy	January 19, 2026 (2026-01-19)
Joon encounters Switchblade and learns that Su is at the security hospital Larian Medical Center. This ends up setting off a security perimeter as T.J. and Kex are sent to investigate the coordinates. T.J. and Kex come across Joon with Switchblade as Joon demands to know from Switchblade how he knows Su as a Pteranodon Chromedrone is sighted. Switchblade attempts to entice Joon into coming with him to no avail. Jessalyn reprimands Joon for this parley as Joon counters that Jessalyn is hiding information about Su and Switchblade. Jessalyn confines Joon to his quarters until further notice and dismisses everyone else. Joon is later visited by Kex, who decide that they need to get some answers, only for Jessalyn to initiate a lockdown as a perimeter group is dispatched. They get through as Jessalyn finds out where Joon and Kex are going. At Larian Medical Center, Joon finds Switchblade attacked by KVIN, the same robot that attacked Joon, as Su's body is gone. He and Switchblade fight KVIN and manage to defeat it. Later that night, Kex tells Jessalyn about the robot fight as Dr. Chandler analyzes it. Kex justifies her actions by stating that Jessalyn has not told the Armorsaur pilots who Switchblade really is. Jessalyn caves and informs the Armorsaur pilots that Johnny was a former Armorsaurs Initiative member who worked in Kex's squadron as a first-generation pilot until he left without explanation. Jessalyn states that she should have told them sooner and that they will do everything they can to find Su. When asked about the robot in question, Chandler states that it appears to be a human equipped with extraterrestrial mecha technology and that its organic parts died some time ago. Johnny is shown to be strapped to a bed in a controlled coma with internal damage.
10	"Father's Day"	Chuck Austen & Paul McEvoy	January 26, 2026 (2026-01-26)
Karter Klay orders his robots to send out more Chromedrones, intending to get one of the Armorsaur pilots for his next plot. A group of Crocodile Chrome Drones fight the Armorsaurs Initiative's tanks outside the Armorsaur Initiative's headquarters. Liam, T.J., Paloma, and Joon are dispatched to fight the Crocodile Chromedrones. Jessalyn assumes that Switchblade has been working for someone as Dr. Chandler clears Prisca to rejoin the Armorsaur pilots. Liam is told by Jessalyn that he did not mess up as he is told that he has a visitor. This visitor is Liam's father Professor Dwayne Roberts, who got a new job in a paleontology expedition and wants Liam to join his paleontology team in the Arctic. Jessalyn and Chandler reluctantly clear Liam to help out his father. Liam later tells Chandler about his father having expectations on him as Chandler gives him a device to contact him. At the Arctic base K-24, Roberts tells Liam that they have discovered some strange technology as Roberts is called to meet with his benefactor. In the Arctic, Liam finds a tank containing a human specimen. He contacts Chandler about what he found and broadcasts it. Prisca senses that a Tyrannosaurus is being dug up in the Arctic. Liam is then confronted by Klay and his robot minions. The rest of the Armorsaur pilots are dispatched to the Arctic. Klay states that his father is not who he wanted and that he wanted Liam due to him being a Tyrannosaurus rider.
11	"Klay's Mission"	TBA	February 2, 2026 (2026-02-02)
12	"Confession"	TBA	February 9, 2026 (2026-02-09)
13	"Brother in Armorsaurs"	TBA	February 16, 2026 (2026-02-16)

Release

The series premiered on Disney XD on October 13, 2025, and airs new episodes weekly on Monday nights. It is set to be added to Disney+ on February 18, 2026.^[6]

CAKE Entertainment handles international distribution rights outside of Asia. Daewon Media, the original creator of Armored Saurus, distributes the series in territories including South Korea, China, and Japan.^[7]

In the United Kingdom, the series is slated to premiere on CBBC and BBC iPlayer on February 18, 2026.^[8]

Reception

Armorsaurs received mixed reviews after its premiere on Disney XD in October 2025. Critics and viewers praised the show's visual effects and action sequences, but some felt the story was derivative and compared it to Power Rangers.^[9]Common Sense Media recommended the series for children aged nine and up, noting its “cool dinos and vehicles” and “mild fantasy violence.”^[10] On Rotten Tomatoes, there are no critic reviews yet, and audience reactions were mixed.^[11]

References

1. Kaminska, Karolina (September 26, 2025). "Disney Branded Television picks up live-action/animation/VFX series Armorsaurs". C21 Media. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
2. Hilowitz, Alan; Peck, Tanya (October 16, 2023). "MGA Entertainment, MGA Studios, and CAKE sign multi-year agreement for Armorsaurs". MGA Entertainment. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
3. McGowan, Andrew (September 25, 2025). "Disney Branded Television Signs Two-Season Deal For Armorsaurs from MGA Entertainment and Cake". Variety. Retrieved October 12, 2025.
4. Miller, Natalie (September 25, 2025). "Disney XD Goes Dino with All-New Armorsaurs Series". The Toy Insider. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
5. "ARMORSAURS (DISNEY XD)". The Futon Critic. Retrieved October 21, 2025.
6. "Next on Disney+: February 2026 Disney Plus Press". January 15, 2026. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
7. Kaminska, Karolina (September 26, 2025). "Disney Branded Television picks up live-action, animation, VFX series Armorsaurs". C21Media. Retrieved October 13, 2025.
8. "CBBC - Armorsaurs".
9. Alexa, L'Wren (September 29, 2025). "Disney Branded Television Signs Global Deal for Armorsaurs Series". Animation World Network. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
10. "Armorsaurs TV Review" – Common Sense Media. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
11. "Armorsaurs – Season 1" – Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 30, 2025.

External links

• Armorsaurs at Internet Movie Database