Jan 27 2011THUNDERCATS IS COMING BACK, BABY!
Note: Full-size shot HERE in case you're looking for a new wallpaper.
So apparently a revamped Thundercats is coming back to television, and let me tell you: Lion-O looks like some sort of confused emo-anime caricature of his former self. Battle Cat will never let you ride him looking like that! "Uh GW? Battle Cat was He-Man's." REPRESSED ENTIRE CHILDHOOD IS REPRESSED.
Based on the Rankin/Bass sci-fi jungle adventure cartoon, the new "ThunderCats" debuts later this year on Cartoon Network and promises an anime look to the series courtesy of Warner Bros. Animation and Japanese partners Studio4°C. "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 during the series announcement last June. "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."
Aaaaaah, so they were actually going for an anime look, good to know. Cheetara: still 150% doable though. Tygra too! And, from the look of things, even kinkier than ever. I know an anal-bead bullwhip when I see one! (I see one every time I look under the bed for my cell phone is the thing)
OFFICIAL First Image From "Thundercats" [comicbookresources]
Thanks to Black and Shirik, who're both happier than kids in candy stores. Uh, guys? You're not actually supposed to say that anymore because it promotes childhood obesity.
Reader Comments
1. Wooooooo - January 27, 2011 10:47 AM
Maybe first!?
2. GW - January 27, 2011 10:49 AM
Maybe sexy as hell? WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
3. Erik - January 27, 2011 10:53 AM
will watch but won't have hopes up
4. Emotional Molly - January 27, 2011 11:03 AM
God I could just cry
5. frosted blue - January 27, 2011 11:05 AM
Def watch, enjoyed original. Skeletor better be a bad ass, lol! (yes I know what I did)
6. Migo - January 27, 2011 11:05 AM
Ohhh Studio Studio4°C... I am on it!! they do amrvels..but sure, I hope they don't ruin the thing...
Mumm-Raaaaaaa the Ever-Living!!!
7. Migo - January 27, 2011 11:10 AM
On second though, this will have a "ben 10's " touch ...if they are following that splash screen. Cheetara without her muscle legs..looks she got the anorexia treatment ...Lion-o is now an average teenager with superpowaaa , and Panthro from bad-ass Experienced wrestler-Engeneer-Body-Guard allseing and omnipresent presence, became a Pedo-Redneck Thundercat..
Ok, Tygra now has a Pistol... I am loosing hopes,...
8. Justin - January 27, 2011 11:25 AM
Looks like mediocre fan art.
9. nards - January 27, 2011 11:28 AM
Thunder, thunder, thunder cats! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
O.
Thats what he says right?
10. nards - January 27, 2011 11:29 AM
And instead they should bring back Conan...he was the mightiest warrior ever...his quest...
11. wesxninja - January 27, 2011 11:30 AM
just so long as they either don't bring back Snarf at all, or kill him off quickly.
12. Brandy - January 27, 2011 11:39 AM
They did it with He-man too. Same story lines but with dorky dialogue. I was slightly disappointed.
13. McFeely Smackup - January 27, 2011 11:39 AM
Thundercats came out when I was in college...so...don't care
14. David Crandall - January 27, 2011 11:55 AM
Dear McFeely Smackup,
You sir are dead inside.
Sincerely,
My childhood
15. Underwhelmed - January 27, 2011 12:00 PM
I foresee Snarf having a huge mouth when he's talking, and almost totally not there when he's quiet. Along with floating "drips" next to Mumm-Ra's head when he's getting beat, this is gonna suck.
16. nards - January 27, 2011 12:15 PM
That and swirly eyeballs every time someone is knocked out. And random chibi moments....yick....
17. notthelimejuice - January 27, 2011 12:17 PM
Loved Thundercats as a kid and this is just so sad. Lion-O looks like he is going to burst out into song, Cheetara used to look so sexy, now she just looks like peter pan needs a sandwich and lol @ Migo: "Panthro...became a Pedo-Redneck Thundercat." Sadly, that was perfect.
@ McFreely, seriously?
18. cyberslackz - January 27, 2011 12:39 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV4gr6oo1ec
19. flyppster - January 27, 2011 12:42 PM
Lion-O looks like will yell "MEOWWWW", rather than "HHHHOOOOO!!!". Where's Snarf and Wily Kit and Wily Kat? Loved the original, I'm hopeful for this one.
20. Disappointed - January 27, 2011 12:49 PM
I see Teen Titans written all over this frelling dren.
I hope this fails, I'm sick of everything getting remade.
21. emptyaddy - January 27, 2011 12:53 PM
...funny how anyone in their 20's (including late 20's) talk about He-Man and Thundercats with any form of nostalgia as if they were anything more than a fetus when those shows were new...
...generation x inclusion fail...
22. Turdboat - January 27, 2011 12:57 PM
cheetara is not hot enough
23. McFeely Almighty - January 27, 2011 1:16 PM
I am cooler than everything and nothing impresses me. I just put my penis in an apple fritter and instantly created a new race of apple fritter people... a race of creatures which do not impress me at all as they are not nearly as cool or amazing as myself. It might be best if all the internets were to just shut down and all life cease to exist as none of these things are worthy of sharing my existence.
Proceed with mass extinction of everything... after which... I will not be impressed.
24. Kat - January 27, 2011 1:20 PM
And once more the American style animation continues to vanish.
25. Killing Joke - January 27, 2011 1:53 PM
@24: Anime was originally influenced by American cartoons. It's come full-circle. But still, damn you, Disney.
Looks like a cross between Thundercats and Dragonball. Lion-O has Goku's Super-Saiyan hairstyle :(
26. Joe, the Turk - January 27, 2011 2:03 PM
Cheetara looks like a teenage cheerleader, Tigro looks like the lovechild of Master Chief and a wildcat, Panthro looks more like an orangutan who loves monster trucks and Liono loos like a level 1 Novice from RO.... I forsee a failure...
27. Dave - January 27, 2011 2:24 PM
Panthro = Jet Black
28. ciao - dancing with a tree - January 27, 2011 2:42 PM
Anime is being rather over done, why not a rubber hose Thundercats. Now that would be sweet.
29. Please no - January 27, 2011 2:42 PM
Hitler video of this please.
30. Hammer - January 27, 2011 2:47 PM
Thank god i was getting tired of working it to the old 80's cheetara. Finally i will have some new material.
It is my penis
31. Darebear - January 27, 2011 3:09 PM
RUINING EVERYTHING ANIME IS RUINING EVERYTHING
32. Harkonnen - January 27, 2011 3:21 PM
OMG, they look like pussies now.
See what I did there?
33. andywattbulb - January 27, 2011 4:13 PM
OH SNARF
34. Brittiny - January 27, 2011 4:41 PM
Whats with cheetara? I liked her old look were she looked strong. Not like shes hungry :(
35. Bob - January 27, 2011 4:51 PM
Haters gonna hate...
Just sayin'
36. Flalaski - January 27, 2011 5:12 PM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3403/3550421231_05e7939d58.jpg
37. Angel Mass - January 27, 2011 5:54 PM
Nooooooo :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(((((
38. Lion-O - January 27, 2011 6:40 PM
Sword of Omens. Give me sight beyond sight!
I see that this series will blow.
39. DudeL - January 27, 2011 6:52 PM
Haha, people complaining about the "animoo" style of the new show despite the fact that the original was pretty animoo looking too since the majority of Rankin/Bass' animation was done in Japan.
40. JJtoob - January 27, 2011 7:23 PM
American made/inspired anime sucks giant donkey bawls.
41. RIck - January 27, 2011 7:28 PM
@40... I dunno... Avatar's pretty cool....
42. Melmacs Revenge - January 27, 2011 9:34 PM
Lets hope this turns out better than the new Transformers and GI Joe cartoons. Those new ones blow! I would be pissed if they ruined Thundercats.
43. matt - January 27, 2011 10:34 PM
seeing this being some kind of prequel to the original were Lion-o didnt age as much in the stasus pod snarf will look like some kind of garfield-yoda love child and the sword of omens extends only when cheetara is in view.
44. Fortune - January 27, 2011 10:55 PM
Tygra is wearing spartan armor... is that what hides under master chief's helmet?
45. OhGodpleaseno - January 28, 2011 5:18 AM
What in the name of all that's holy have they done to Lion-o? He was HOT in the old series and yes, I am totally not embarrassed to admit I had a huge crush on an anthropomorphic cartoon cat. Now he's just some scrawny geeky teen. I'm sooo disappointed. The only thing that could even come close to making up for it is if Snarf is left out entirely or killed horribly in the first episode.
46. mike - January 28, 2011 9:30 AM
i am a fan of anime, but these new school remakes just ruin classics with attempts to strongly emulate contemporary anime art. same thing happened to comics imo. jim lee era comics is american comic book art in my minds eye.
47. Cara - January 29, 2011 2:19 AM
@40 yessss, love Avatar.
48. Cara - January 29, 2011 2:19 AM
I meant, @41*
49. Ruby - January 29, 2011 3:54 AM
where are the thunderkittens or whatever, and snarf?!
50. vernes - January 29, 2011 6:13 AM
shtop raping mah childhood memories!
51. Jona - January 31, 2011 6:12 AM
Thundercats, NOOOOOOOO! :(
52. akira - February 2, 2011 12:12 AM
to much cat and not enough thunder. They should have made it like the opening of the thundercats show back in the day. that wouldve been awesome