Star Trek is celebrating 50 years of animation with a new animated project, Star Trek: Very Short Treks. Star Trek: Very Short Treks are five, all-new promotional shorts which will launch on Star Trek Day, September 8.
The shorts will feature characters voiced by current Star Trek actors including Jonathan Frakes, Doug Jones, Armin Shimerman, Ethan Peck, Gates McFadden, Celia Rose Gooding, Connor Trinneer, Bruce Horak, Noël Wells, and George Takei.
The first animated spot will launch on September 8 exclusively on StarTrek.com and the official “Star Trek” YouTube channel, with four additional animated spots releasing weekly on Wednesdays through October 4, at 10:00 a.m. PT/1:00 p.m. ET.
The titles and schedule are below:
Sept. 8 – “Skin a Cat”
Sept. 13 – “Holiday Party”
Sept. 20 – “Worst Contact”
Sept. 27 – “Holograms, All the Way Down”
Oct. 4 – “Walk, Don’t Run”
In addition, Casper Kelly will also release a brand new comic book with IDW Publishing titled Star Trek: The Animated Celebration Presents the Scheimer Barrier, where the first chapter will debut digitally on September 8 on StarTrek.com. Physical copies will also be available at New York Comic Con. Additional chapters will drop weekly on Wednesdays on StarTrek.com, also at 10:00 a.m. PT/1:00 p.m. ET.
