Thundercats, Hooooooooooooooooooooooo!

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Lion-O, Cheetara, Panthro and friends will return in 2011, as Warner Bros. Animation announced today it has begun production on an all-new ThunderCats.

The update of the popular mid-1980s cartoon will air on Cartoon Network alongside such other Warner Bros. series as Batman: The Brave and the Bold and the forthcoming Young Justice and MAD Magazine. The “21st-century reimagining” of ThunderCats is a collaboration with Studio4°C, the Japanese animation house whose credits include Tekkon Kinkreet, The Animatrix, Batman: Gotham Knight and Halo Legends.

“In addition to being Warner Bros. Animation’s first anime series, ThunderCats marks our most ambitious foray yet into fantasy,” WBA’s Sam Register said in a statement. “The realism and dynamic visual style we’ve achieved are sure to thrill viewers, and the cool weapons, vehicles and technology should help the show appeal to a diverse audience.”

According to Warner Bros. Animation, the new incarnation is “a sweeping tale combining swords and science and boasting ferocious battles with the highest of stakes” that focuses on the story of Prince Lion-O’s ascension to the throne: “As the forces of good and evil battle each other in the quest for the fabled Stones of Power, Lion-O and his champions learn valuable lessons of loyalty, honour and mortality in every episode.”

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Anyone not excited about this can eat a bowl of AIDS and razorblades.

Furry faggot shit.

warner bros. animation

does that mean the new thundercats are going to be some x-treme anime garbage like all the other cartoons these days

edit: IT WILL! I didn't read beyond the first line

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The old Thundercats opening had a heavy Frazetta influence going on, I'd love to see that carry over to the show as a whole.

More like "Thundercats, Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!" imo

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Originally Posted by cka

warner bros. animation

does that mean the new thundercats are going to be some x-treme anime garbage like all the other cartoons these days

edit: IT WILL! I didn't read beyond the first line

pass

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Technically, the original was Anime, since a lot of the animators eventually became part of Studio Ghibli.

That's stupid. Being farmed out to a Japanese studio = / anime.

As was the original Transformers and the newer animated one, and I believe G.I.Joe also, so yeah, sounds pretty okay to me. And have any of you tried watching the old Thundercats, because they have not aged well, I'm looking forward to this.

It's been awhile since I've watched them, but I'm sure the intro still holds up and is as awesome as ever. As for the overall plots of each episode - if memory serves - as long as they weren't Snarf-centric or invloved teddy-bear robot Ewoks, then they were decent.

But then again, I also remember pretty much every episode ending like this:

"Oh, Snarf!" <cue laughter, roll credits>

One ep waqs about a muck monster that you defeated with soap, so yeah, an update would be nice.

This show sucked even when we were kids. Let shit stay dead you fucking losers.

The show was awesome to a 5 year old Timber. Now I can see what total garbage it is. It's aged far worse than G.I. Joe & Transformers (neither of which is still great).

Studio 4°C is handling this.

Looks all right as far as anime redesigns go.

Record of Lodoss Thundercats

Haha yeah kinda

Panthro is not 80s black enough.

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Originally Posted by DirtySouth

Technically, the original was Anime, since a lot of the animators eventually became part of Studio Ghibli.

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That is not how things work. Stupid.

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Originally Posted by Fe 26

Panthro is not 80s black enough.

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How are they gonna throw MORE clothes on Cheetara? I thought that was supposed to go in the opposite direction.

underdeveloped kim possible copy. Calling it now.

Avatar shits all over this show.

Nevermind that. Better than the original by a mile!

Looks like a decent enough reboot. I probably won't watch this regardless, but at least it's better than trying to go back to the original.

Did anyone ever post the aborted CG attempt released a few months ago?

That was fucking rad and now I'm pissed.

The only good thing about the original was the intro, which was out of control. The show itself was beyond shit.

I want a show to live up to the promise of that intro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gufXf67qBcc&amp;

is this show any good? It has spawned some memes that are making rounds now. But I haven't actually seen it.

I watched every episode. Leagues better than I expected.