Metal Hurlant Chronicles is inspired by the popular comics anthology Métal Hurlant, which in turn inspired the well known fantasy magazine Heavy Metal. Each episode takes place on a different planet - fantastical in its own way - with the common thread between stories being a traveling asteroid that impacts the lives of all it encounters.
Episode 1
In an alternate universe, a tournament is held, to determine the successor sovereign. The fighting takes place under the eyes of the king robot.
Episode 2
A woman regains consciousness in a bomb shelter. Her only companion, a man tells her that the end of the world just happened.
Episode 3
A man tries to escape from a prison located on a distant planet. In 2312, scientists discovered a cryogenically frozen man of the twentieth century.
Episode 4
Three survivors on a sinking spaceship, competing for scarce oxygen supply on their rescue shuttle whose hull is damaged.
Episode 5
Two mercenaries are found on the planet Masters of Doom, which, according to legend, know the date of death of all living beings.
Episode 6
A demon has escaped and is about to surface in humans. A warrior is sending to the world of mortals.
