Many of you will know of the awesomeness that is Thundercats.
[quote]ThunderCats was an animated television series produced by Rankin/Bass Productions (the same that created the Silverhawks, Tigersharks and The Comic Strip) debuting in 1985, based on the characters created by Tobin "Ted" Wolf. The animation was provided by Pacific Animation Corporation, the working name for a collective of Japanese studios including Topcraft, a group who would later go on to form Studio Ghibli. Season 1 of the show aired in 1985 (65 episodes), followed by a TV movie entitled ThunderCats - HO! in 1986. Seasons 2, 3, and 4 followed a new format of twenty episodes each, starting with a five-part story; these aired from 1987 to 1988, 1988 to 1989, and 1989 to 1990, respectively.
The series was originally distributed by Telepictures Corporation (which would later merge with Lorimar Productions). Near the end of 1988, Lorimar-Telepictures was purchased by Warner Bros., whose television syndication arm would eventually assume distribution of the show; Warner Bros. have had the rights to the series (and all Lorimar-Telepictures programming) from that point on.
On March 17, 1997, ThunderCats was the series seen on (Warner Bros' corporate sibling) Cartoon Network's new action-animation afternoon block, Toonami. The series would depart and return in various timeslots including Saturday mornings and late night marathons until 2002.[citation needed]
There were also several comic book series produced: Marvel Comics' version, 1985 to 1988; and two series by Wildstorm, an imprint of DC Comics (another Warner Bros. corporate sibling), beginning in 2003. Items of clothing featuring the ThunderCats logo and DVD boxsets of the original series have enjoyed a resurgence in recent years as nostalgia for the former children's favorite has grown.
It was announced on June 5, 2007, that Aurelio Jaro is making a CGI-animated feature film of ThunderCats, based on a script written by Paul Sopocy. In October 2007, Variety magazine revealed that Jerry O'Flaherty, veteran video game art director, had signed on to direct. The film is being produced by Spring Creek Productions. It was originally set for a summer 2010 release,[1] but it has since been reported that the movie is on hold.[2] Concept art for the film has also been leaked online.[3]
In May 2009, the first new merchandise related to the ThunderCats property was announced by Hard Hero, a company specializing in highly detailed fantasy statues. The first statue will be released in early 2010.[4][/quote]
This was by far one of the most badass cartoons to brace this Earth. I saw no threads and so I created my own.
I don't know what I liked more, the show or that one game on the cartoon network site where you had to save the thundercats.
Needs more pictures
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I have some VHS tapes for these somewhere. Nostalgia'd quite a bit.
I got chills everytime the sword became full sized, was like "okay now he's going to kick ass"
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Oh fuck, that animation is godly
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A live action of this movie could kick ass...
Absolutely LOVED Thundercats as a kid. Could never understand tho how at the very beginning when they escaped their homeworld Wilekit, Wilekat AND Lion-O were all kids but when they got to the new planet Lion-O was an adult but the other two were still kids (cubs?).