CBR: WC11: Cartoon Network's New "ThunderCats"

[CBR News]

The producers of the '80s reimagination join original voice of Lion-O Larry Kenney on stage at WonderCon for an inside look at the anime take on "ThunderCats" including the new Thundera and a "SilverHawks" tease.


Full article here.

[maniacmatt]

In Lion-O voice:
So! So! So! So stoked for this!

The trailer looked awesome. I'm excited.

[Phil Clark]

It looks like they looked at photos of the cosplay versions of the ThunderCats from a few Cons and used that as the design basis for the characters.

[jayce77]

Love the animation look. And this seems so much more faithful and has more heart than the 2003 He-man remake series. But Lion-O just looks like a skateboarder punk who just walked out of Juvie hall.

[madrox1977]

looks ok, agree with the skaterboi look for Lion-o only problem for me so far is not seen Panthro as yet, or have i missed something

[rasx]

So looking forward to this!

[I-Ching]

Well well well, look at this! A reboot that's been done RIGHT?! Color me surprised.

To take a story so rich in backstory and characters and make ANOTHER great series should be easy and yet we see it messed up so so often (2nd attempt at He-Man I'm talking to you) so it's great to see the Thundercats amped up a notch.

Also can't wait for Silver Hawks info. Such a great concept never fully realized.

[baltiroo]

So no Panthro?

[thwhtGuardian]

Panthro is the big, bald, blue guy with the mutton chops in the picture.

[ayof]

I really want to like this but nope.

Lion-O looks like something out of Naruto. Good luck with getting 40 episodes on CN. For a network that largely favors DC shows, Lucasfilm (now of course) and self funded efforts with very little room for exceptions.

[Sighphi]

So Thundara is Japan being all isolationist and the mutants are the USA Gaijin barbarians coming to forcibly open trade with their army that uses new technology.

[G. Wayne]

It's pretty much a given that re-designs for something like this will borrow from what's currently popular.

That aside, still looks a hell of a lot better than I was expecting.

[Nevets F]

It looks freaking amazing. The designs are awesome.

I can't wait to see Bengali, Lynx-O, and Pumyra. And whatever that comment was about the Silverhawks is exciting.

This appears to be a remake done the right way. Can't wait.

[AdamYJ]

Looks pretty good, considering I never expected this to actually materialize. I mean, they talked about it for years, but it never happened. And the "80s nostalgia wave" is long since over.

[jubilees_boyfriend]

I am so excited for this!!!

Better yet... I saw a glimpse of Wiley-Kit and Wiley-Kat in the trailer :D

Thundercats was one of my fondest television memories from the 80s :)