Rockstar reveals Macca & Friends animated series for Grand Theft Auto VI

Rockstar Games released a teaser trailer for Macca & Friends, an animated series set to air on the in-game Weazel TV network within Grand Theft Auto VI, on Nov. 13, 2026.

The show follows Macca, a pink anthropomorphic alligator, and his wetland friends across Leonida, the fictional state where Grand Theft Auto VI takes place. Macca & Friends will debut on Weazel TV on Nov. 19, 2026. Grand Theft Auto VI releases for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles on Nov. 19. Yahoo Tech reports that a PC release date remains elusive.

DiscussingFilm revealed the approximately 30-second first teaser trailer on Nov. 13, 2026. The 2D animation opens with Macca holding a baseball bat, almost beating his crab friend Pinche, who tells him, “Macca. It’s me, Pinche.”

Macca’s crew includes a talking sun and a police officer. The sun talks before Chunkee the Manatee appears laughing. The animal friends ride in a vehicle called The Bouncer that uses hydraulics. Macca rides in a police car alongside Chunkee the Manatee, an unnamed flamingo and a blonde male police officer who attempts to scream like a panda.

The crew disguises itself to commit crimes, and the trailer ends with the entire gang dressed in police uniforms inside a precinct. The teaser also features Macca’s adventures across Vice City, Grassrivers, and other Leonida locations, along with a walrus and a flamingo among the animals shown.

A boar in a police uniform appears in the teaser, an animal last seen in Red Dead Redemption 2. The airboat appeared in the Grand Theft Auto VI Extended Look on Netflix in Aug. 2026. Doomscrolling is an activity in Grand Theft Auto VI with dual protagonists Jason and Lucia, and watching TV adds to the experience.

Pinche is a crab landlord who intends to evict Macca if he does not pay rent. Insider Gaming calls the crab landlord Pinchy, while Beebom calls him Pinche. Macca’s motivations and personality traits are not yet defined apart from needing to get money. Information about episode count, voice actors, and plots for the cartoon is currently unknown.

Rockstar has not confirmed how many shows or episodes will ship in the final game. Rockstar also has not said anything publicly about Macca & Friends despite the teaser’s release. IGN reports that reaction to the teaser is a mix of disbelief that Grand Theft Auto VI contains an entire in-game cartoon and growing hype ahead of the Nov. 19 release.

The series sits inside a longer in-game television tradition. Grand Theft Auto IV introduced watchable TV in safehouses with three channels: Weazel, CNT, and a public broadcasting channel. Grand Theft Auto V continued with Weazel and CNT and featured shows including Fame or Shame, Republican Space Rangers, and Kung Fu Rainbow Lazer Force. The dual protagonists Jason and Lucia can watch the series on their in-game television through the Weazel channel.

Weazel is a Fox-like television channel that exists within the Grand Theft Auto universe and appears in both the 3D Universe and HD Universe of the series. The show’s in-universe billing describes Macca & Friends as characters from “the hit Leonida TV show.” The animation is 2D rather than short looping 3D clips longtime players may remember from earlier games.

Rockstar’s real-world marketing has already brought Macca into physical spaces. The company displayed a Macca and Friends mural inside a Burger Shot at Miami’s Kaseya Center during October and put up a billboard for the show in Miami. Macca also appears prominently on physical Leonida maps.

Macca the Gator appears as a $399.99 figurine in the premium collector’s box, while Beebom and The Hype Magazine place him in the $400 Collector’s Box alongside merchandise. The broader rollout included a “Welcome to Vice City” sign appearing in Miami, Vice City-themed Miami Heat branding, and a live festival featuring artists from the game’s soundtrack. Rockstar is preparing for a major Miami Heat event on Nov. 18 and markets the game with a real-life Burger Shot food stand at Kaseya Center in Miami.

Rockstar rejected claims that Grand Theft Auto VI cost more than $1.5 billion to make, though the game stands as the most expensive video game of all time. IGN, citing Bloomberg, reported that Rockstar Games employs 4,711 people across 12 offices, up from 2,441 staff at the time of Red Dead Redemption 2’s 2018 launch.

The publisher set up a new studio in Los Angeles packed with writers, producers, and directors just to make non-player characters. Rob Nelson, Rockstar North co-studio head, told The New York Times it took him about 80 hours to finish Grand Theft Auto VI back in February. Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto V are around 30 hours long, while Red Dead Redemption 2 is around 50–60 hours long. IGN also reports a scripted system that makes Jason and Lucia, or any character, exert different amounts of sweat depending on how much effort they put into an activity.

We have so much watchable media in this game

a Rockstar team member, The Hype Magazine