New ThunderCats “Anime” to be Animated by Studio 4°C
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Jun 3, 2010 12:15 JST
- Tags: Remakes, Retro, Studio 4°C, USA, Warner Brothers
Warner Brothers have announced that popular eighties cartoon ThunderCats is to be revived, and Japanese animation studio Studio 4°C has been tapped to animate the series.
Cartoon Network is set to air the series, and they are quick to cash in on the anime connection.
Sam Register, Cartoon Network’s Executive Vice President of Creative Affairs, was quoted as saying the series will be “Warner Bros. Animation’s first anime series,” conveniently forgetting that the original was also animated in Japan by Pacific Animation Corporation, which would go on to became Studio Ghibli.
Indeed, they lay it on quite thickly in their press releases:
Roaring to life through WBA and Studio4°C’s use of the Japanese animated artistry of anime, “ThunderCats” characters Lion-O, Mumm-Ra, Panthro, Cheetara and others will spring off the screen with realistic cat-like characteristics inconceivable in previous incarnations.
Studio 4°C already has strong ties with Warner Bros., as they are also working together on the anime adaptation of Halo.
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Mum-ra was my favorite character for he might have been the bad guy, the way he always showcased his powers was top notched. Plus the way he chanted away that 'Mumm-ra lives forever'. Such as the episode called Pumm-ra were he formally introduced himself to the Thundercats.
Goosebumps to a little kid in the 80's watching it. And the 80's had better anime shows than the ones out now. So maybe a release date sometimes next year hopefully.
Normally remakes aren't too great, but..come on, Thundercats! It's at least worth a look.
wow, just wow, i fancied the fur off cheetarah in the 80's version, i can't wait to see how she is portrayed in the new one, rawr nekomimi's for the win, #dribbles#
"sword of Omens give me sight beyond sight"
hehe, marvelous news, lets hope they drop the comic releif of the monkey crap thing and focus on the inherent evil of Mum-ra
THUNDER! THUNDER!! THUNDER!!!
It's going to be a furry festival for this one...
if only they also remake samurai pizzacats
"ThunderCats on Loose"...
well i hope they remake samurai pizzacats..
Damn man, just leave my old franchises dead.
I hate it when they bring them back as awful zombie things.
Kaminari Neko!!
I'm going to shoot myself over the sheer awfulness of the setup here. >_______<
Eye of Omens, give me sight beyond sight!
... to watch some free pr0n.
No, that was the Eye of Thundara, in the Sword of Omens... And I'd guess one of the first things Lion-O did was to use it to give him sight beyond sight...
Well, Lion-o was a tweenager trapped in a young adult body at the start of the series. Wouldn't surprise me if he and WileyKat did something like that. -_^
Galaxie Rangers and Silverhawks being next? ^^
Hm, a remake of Saber Rider would be nice...
Studio 4°C, please don't base the new anime on the stupid ThunderCats movie version.
americanized anime sux
I think I just came a little bit.
Anime Thundercats?
Delicious loli Wilykit?
We can only hope, brother.
I applaud this decision!
It been forever since I saw this show as a kid, let the good time come in (I wonder if they'll design a game, one that didn't suck; scratch that)
That's good news. I've seen only a few episodes on VHS. Maybe next they can do Sailor Moon.
thunder... Thunder! THUNDERCATS!HOOOO! ^^
The Cheetara fanservice is going to be something to behold. They'll probably turn her into a sex symbol like Jun the Swan in that Gatchaman OVA. Yeah, Jun was attractive but that felt like a more of a fan disservice.
Not just Cheetara. If I recall, there was also Mandara the Evil Chaser, Mumrana, and that female Thundarian commoner who appeared in the final season of the show. And don't forget the Warrior Maidens. And who knows, maybe Wilykit will be used for loli-service. Unless, of course, they decide not to use any of the secondary characters from the old series.
Think there will be a giant Thundercats robo?
Thunder...
Thunder...
Thunder...
Thundercats!!!
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
my childhood iz back!!!!!
thunder, thunder, thundercats, ohhhhooo
Wow.. thats.. wow just WOW.
Damn, thats the best news ever, i saw the Thundercats when they were shown in Germany and i always wished that they would make a new one.
And after all this years, i read this.
Awesome, thanks for that.
thunder, Thunder, THUNDERCATS! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I don't know whether this will be awesome, or soulcrushingly dissapointing...
A Snarf is Fine Too....
Studio 4C was the one that did The Babysitter story in Halo Legends, if they at least animate this new Thundercats anime like they did in Legends then hope is not yet lost. XD
Studio 4°C? They are the ones who animated Transformers Animated right? I just hope the animation isn't bad...
this is a bad idea, though i never cared for thunder cats in the first place. Swat kats was cooler.
lets hope they do swat kats as well ^_^
^^this Swat KAts was the shit
A cat's fine too.
:P
SCNR...
you people love cats dont you?
swat cat remake? hell yes!
Oh yeah! This is great news.
Thundercats! HOOOOOOO~!
nekomimi!
nah just kidding, its great to have a classic series come back. Now if japan could just restart the project to Martian successor Nadesico and Uchuu no Stellvia, and my dreams are fullfilled
This is sweet but there is gonna be so much fucking Thundercats furry porn now. I'm going to have to hide that tag on gelbooru.
This is epic! Seriously, I just can't wait for this!
This is great! The Thundercats was a very good series that I watched when I was young.
Now there's a possibility that a good anime will show up without the always stupid premise of fanservice, nothing against it, but it just fucks up the story or the vibe.
How nostalgic...those were the times...
ThunderCats? oh my god, I think I'll as much fun as banging my head against the rock with centipedes going up my ass. I remember wanting to kill myself just watching this piece of shit cartoon>> and I was 10 years old....
america anime is like getting on your knees and sucking uncle sam's sweaty , old , saggy ballz . Its just too disgusting to be allowed to exist .
If you don't like it don't watch it
no use in complaining
I pray they don't fuck this wet dream up. Remembering watching each new episode back in the day (and yes, I'm old enough to actually have watched each episode before they started doing reruns of it later).... good times, good times.
Looking forward to this like the advent of the Lolibot.
no fukken way.
that's way too cool
And I was starting to worry about the rumour of Micheal Bay making a live action movie of thunder cats
I hope that they spend more money and time in the animation... because even if the intro was really cool, the animation sucked!!
Also they have to cast the same voice actors of the old show... specially the guy that voiced ''Leono''
I guess you are from Latin America, so the actor you are talking about is Victor Trujillo, who dubbed James P. Sullivan (Sulley) in Monsters Inc. and his most known character is the clown Brozo.
I know, but i dont think that they would cast the same hispanic actors for this. . . i can only hope for the original english voice actors. . .