"Thundercats" (2011) TV series 2011-

Writer:

Brandon Easton (2011)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

29 July 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

It's an Animal thing.

Plot:

After his home kingdom is destroyed by the ancient devil priest Mumm-Ra, the young Thundercat Lord Lion-O leads a team of survivors as they fight evil on Third Earth.

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Will Friedle	...	Lion-O / ... (24 episodes, 2011-2012)
Matthew Mercer	...	Tygra / ... (22 episodes, 2011-2012)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Panthro / ... (21 episodes, 2011-2012)
Emmanuelle Chriqui	...	Cheetara (20 episodes, 2011-2012)
Satomi Koorogi	...	Snarf (20 episodes, 2011-2012)
Madeleine Hall	...	WilyKit (18 episodes, 2011-2012)
Eamon Pirruccello	...	WilyKat (18 episodes, 2011-2012)
Robin Atkin Downes	...	Mumm-Ra / ... (14 episodes, 2011-2012)
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Slythe / ... (11 episodes, 2011-2012)

Series Directed by
Sean Song		(8 episodes, 2011)
Shin'ichi Matsumi		(6 episodes, 2011-2012)
Yoshiharu Ashino		(5 episodes, 2011-2012)

Series Writing credits
Ted Wolf		(10 episodes, 2011-2012)
Todd Casey		(7 episodes, 2011-2012)
Tab Murphy		(6 episodes, 2011-2012)
Paul Giacoppo		(4 episodes, 2011-2012)
J.M. DeMatteis		(3 episodes, 2011-2012)
Brandon Easton		(1 episode, 2011-2012)

Series Produced by
Toshiyuki Hiruma	....	line producer (13 episodes, 2011-2012)
Michael Jelenic	....	executive producer / producer (13 episodes, 2011-2012)
Ethan Spaulding	....	executive producer / producer (13 episodes, 2011-2012)
Eiko Tanaka	....	animation producer (13 episodes, 2011-2012)
Sam Register	....	executive producer (10 episodes, 2011-2012)
Arthur Rankin Jr.	....	consulting producer (9 episodes, 2011-2012)
Ayako Sekine	....	animation line producer / assistant producer (9 episodes, 2011-2012)
Kunitoshi Yamada	....	animation producer (7 episodes, 2011)
Jules Bass	....	consulting producer (5 episodes, 2012)
Hiroto Yonemori	....	animation line producer / animation producer (4 episodes, 2012)
Hiroyasu Hirano	....	animation line producer (2 episodes, 2012)

Series Original Music by
Kevin Kliesch		(26 episodes, 2011-2012)

Series Film Editing by
Damon P. Yoches		(23 episodes, 2011-2012)

Series Casting by
Andrea Romano		(26 episodes, 2011-2012)

Series Art Direction by
Dan Norton		(13 episodes, 2011-2012)
Yusuke Yanagisawa		(8 episodes, 2011-2012)

Series Production Management
Brian E.S. Jones	....	executive in charge of production (20 episodes, 2011-2012)
Scott Shinick	....	post-production manager (13 episodes, 2011-2012)
Will Feng	....	production manager (10 episodes, 2011-2012)
Jeff Prezenkowski	....	executive in charge of production (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Tramm Wigzell	....	executive in charge of production (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Bobbie Page	....	production supervisor (7 episodes, 2011-2012)

Series Art Department
Yu Sato	....	color designer / color stylist / ... (9 episodes, 2011-2012)
Kôji Watanabe	....	mechanical designer (6 episodes, 2011-2012)
Seung Eun Kim	....	storyboard supervisor (5 episodes, 2012)
Brian Uchida	....	prop designer (5 episodes, 2012)
Takashi Nakamura	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2011-2012)
Karl Östlund	....	prop designer (2 episodes, 2011)

Series Sound Department
Roger Pallan	....	foley artist (26 episodes, 2011-2012)
Carlos Sanches	....	sound re-recording mixer (26 episodes, 2011-2012)
Bill Devine	....	original dialogue recording engineer (17 episodes, 2011-2012)
Gerardo Gonzalez	....	sound editor (17 episodes, 2011-2012)
Sarah Baluch	....	recording machine operator (9 episodes, 2011-2012)
Jeff O. Collins	....	recording machine operator (9 episodes, 2011-2012)
Kelly Ann Foley	....	adr editor / dialogue editor (9 episodes, 2011-2012)
Patrick J. Foley	....	adr editor / dialogue editor (9 episodes, 2011-2012)
Mike Garcia	....	adr editor / dialogue editor (9 episodes, 2011-2012)
Mark Keatts	....	supervising adr editor / supervising dialogue editor (9 episodes, 2011-2012)
Wilson Martinez	....	sound reader (9 episodes, 2011-2012)
Fred Salinas	....	sound reader (9 episodes, 2011-2012)
Jeff Shiffman	....	supervising sound editor (8 episodes, 2011)
Max Conklin	....	adr recordist / dialogue recordist (3 episodes, 2011)
Justin Kaupp	....	adr recordist (3 episodes, 2011)
Brian Seagrave	....	audio post-conform (3 episodes, 2011)
Robert Shellhorn	....	dialogue coder (2 episodes, 2011)
Matthew Thomas Hall	....	sound effects editor (2 episodes, 2012)

Series Special Effects by
Koji Watanabe	....	mechanical designer (1 episode, 2011)

Series Visual Effects by
Masaya Inaba	....	director: CGI (6 episodes, 2011-2012)
Yoichi Kousaka	....	compositor (6 episodes, 2011-2012)
Kosuke Kawamura	....	director: CGI (4 episodes, 2011-2012)
Ami Nakai	....	director: CGI (4 episodes, 2011-2012)
Tomoko Washida	....	director: CGI (4 episodes, 2011-2012)

Series Animation Department
Matthew Girardi	....	effects animator / main title animator / ... (9 episodes, 2011-2012)
Takahiro Tanaka	....	character designer / animation director (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Damon P. Yoches	....	animatic editor (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Sean Yoo	....	background designer (6 episodes, 2011-2012)
Kim Bowen	....	color designer (5 episodes, 2012)
Youa Vang	....	background color designer (5 episodes, 2012)
Todd Uyeminami	....	background designer / background color designer / ... (4 episodes, 2011)
Kazuya Fukuda	....	background designer (2 episodes, 2011-2012)
Kyle Stafford	....	animatic editor (2 episodes, 2011-2012)
Jirô Kanai	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2011)
Masahiko Sasaki	....	key animator / animation director (2 episodes, 2012)

Series Casting Department
Liz Carroll	....	casting administrator (9 episodes, 2011-2012)
Susan Chieco	....	casting administrator (5 episodes, 2011-2012)

Series Editorial Department
Steven White	....	on-line editor (26 episodes, 2011-2012)
Christopher D. Lozinski	....	on-line editor (2 episodes, 2011)

Series Music Department
Dan Goldwasser	....	soundtrack producer (24 episodes, 2011-2012)
Kevin Kliesch	....	soundtrack producer (24 episodes, 2011-2012)
Patrick Murray	....	musician (10 episodes, 2011-2012)
Niki Sherrod	....	executive in charge of music (9 episodes, 2011-2012)
Clinton Rusich	....	musician (6 episodes, 2011-2012)
Peter Rotter	....	music contractor (6 episodes, 2011)

Series Other crew
Andrea Romano	....	voice director (26 episodes, 2011-2012)
Ed Adams	....	production management (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
John Michael Beach	....	business and legal affairs (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Lori Blackstone	....	business and legal affairs (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Luisa Guzman	....	production accountant (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Vivian Hernandez	....	production support (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Audrey Kim	....	production support (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Sharmalee Lall	....	business and legal affairs (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Debbie Lindquist	....	production accountant (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Nicole Martin	....	production administrator (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Tamara Miles	....	production support (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Bonnie Negrete	....	business and legal affairs (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Maral Simonian	....	production accountant (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Joulene St. Catherine	....	business and legal affairs (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Kira Tirimacco	....	production support (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Renee Toporzysek	....	production support (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Athena Wingate	....	production accountant (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Janet Yi	....	production support (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Brian Uchida	....	production coordinator (3 episodes, 2011)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Animation
• Studio 4°C

Distributors

• Cartoon Network (2011) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• La-La Land Records  soundtrack (limited edition)

Also Known As:

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Singapore:PG

Company:

Warner Bros. Animation

Trivia:

Larry Kenney the original voice of Lion-O in the 1980s series is now the voice of King Claudus, the father of Tygra and Lion-O. Jim Meskimen, character designer of the 1980s series will be voicing character(s) in this series.

Quotes:

Claudus:The Book told that it was the ThunderCats, our ancestors, who first defeated Mumm-Ra! It was the ThunderCats who brought law and order to a world of waring animals! And it is now the ThunderCats who are strong enough to maintain this fragile peace!

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Mad: Betty White and the Huntsman/Ancient Greek Mythbusters (#3.4)" (2012)

Amazingly detailed

I remember seeing the original series whilst young and young enough to have a memory of everyone having the thundercats bag, the lunch boxes, the toy swords and if it was more fun to watch then He-Man. Thundercats was big and whilst not new in regards to formula it was a different take on the series given it barely included any humans (with exception to Mumm-Ra who i think was human) with striking character designs and a cool sword chant Thundercats was a shining example of a cartoon made marketable.

Looking at Thundercats (185) via youtube and DVD's you see how dated it has become, the writing unbearable sometimes but still the masculine design of Lion-O, Mumm-Ra and the ancient spirits of evil servant 'Pyron' Both have good designs that could be tuned into any show today.

Nonetheless the idea to make a remake was based on the idea that at the core there was a lot the original show could have offered still and this is what the remake does. It goes further much further into detail.

Thundera is now a Kingdom but the cats have lost the moral good to become more muddled, there is genuine rivalry, even dislike between lion-O and Tygra, Lion-O's father prides on posture and is essentially all pride. Other characters have been polished up quite well including the Lizards who are now a race with a strong background.

And cheetah, er wow, she's not bad looking (I'm I confessing to furry here?!)

The voice acting is strong as is the flow of animation. The show reinvents itself whilst being clever with its source material, the writing is very good also.

This series has a great start and will surely have a great run as well. I can see kids who were my age when I first saw the original series be taken in by this as well.

All together now. THUNDERCATS! HO!