I’m actually really surprised that this hasn’t happened sooner. HE-MAN, GI JOE, TRANSFORMERS and almost every other giant of the 80s Saturday morning cartoon have come back,  several, but somehow, THUNDERCATS has been left alone. I suppose the powers that be didn’t want to disturb Lion-O’s catnap? 
 
I’m sorry, I’m sorry…

Silly puns aside, THUNDERCATS is coming back to TV screens next year, according to a press release Mania received from Warner Bros Animation. WBA says they’re going for “realism and [a] dynamic visual style” for the series, which should actually be pretty cool since it’ll be animated by Japanese outfit Studio4°C. They’ve already worked with WBA a number of times on projects like HALO: LEGENDS, BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS and THE ANIMATRIX (they did the “Beyond” segment about the kids finding a glitching “haunting house.”) They also did the incredible anime anthology feature, MEMORIES, so I can vouch that this series is going to have top notch animation. == TEASER ==

It’s been more than twenty years since any new THUNDERCATS cartoons have been on airways, so I’m sure some of you need a refresher or (GASP! You’ll make us feel old) introduction. The ThunderCats are noble warriors who’ve escaped from the destruction of their home-planet Thundera and their ranks include Prince Lion-O, Panthro, Cheetara and Snarf. After they crash land on the strange Third Earth, they enter into a seemingly never-ending battle with the undead sorcerer Mumm-Ra and his minions.

Actually, a simple synopsis doesn’t do the show justice. You have the watch the opener and be prepared for “Thunder! THUNDER! THUNDERCATS! HOOOOOOOO!!!” to be running in your head over and over again, for the rest of your life.  

See what I’m saying? The show’s coming to Cartoon Network next year but we’ve got this teaser poster above for you to purr over in the meantime. As you can see, they’re definitely skewing a little darker, edgier and more realistic. 

Now that the ThunderCats are loose once more, can we get working on a BRAVESTARR revival? Come on, people!

-- Tom Pinchuk is the writer of UNIMAGINABLE for Arcana Studios and HYBRID BASTARDS! for Archaia. HYBRID BASTARDS! is available  here and UNIMAGINABLE is available here for pre-order on Amazon.com.  

Hell yeah

Yes!! I grew up on 80's cartoons and this was one of my favourites. Plus that teaser is badass. 

meh, I always found this show to be a joke

I hope they don't mess it up...

Good to see the ThunderCats landing on their feet. The comics have been pretty solid over the years and the original series had some of the worst voice acting ever. . . but in an unintentionally entertaining way.
Bravestarr sucked. Silverhawks was better at the wild-west themes in space.

I used to love this show as a little kid :P

Cool , though it was up for a live-action film as well but don't think it got green lit.

"Cool , though it was up for a live-action film as well but don't think it got green lit. "

It's good to see the old cartoons come back on the air.

EPIC WIN!

" Hell yeah "

" meh, I always found this show to be a joke "

never saw this show in my life, this was the frirst time i ever saw the opening that being said everthing from the eighties always looks bad and the moderen day conter-parts are pretty cool, so I check out the new show.

It looks like it will be going the route of Batman Gotham Knights instead. 
Hope it's good.
 
Can't wait to tell the wife... she's an even bigger T-cats fan than I am...

I remember watch T-cats as a kid, and that was so long ago that only thing I remember about them is that:"...Mum-Ra LIVES!"......
I guess the heroes didn't stay memorized in my mind so  deeply....

i remember Dan Norton showing me the designs for this stuff almost 10 years ago. I just heard from CP that they were pretty much done a month ago. pretty exciting stuff.

I hated that show mostly because of that stupid snarffing thing

I am SOOO STOKED!

Totally why I brought out my Lion-O av. I love Thundercats.

Sweet I will watch this for sure.
 
R.i.P. Steve Perry

That sounds great!

I hope they don't butcher my childhood

Wow, this is certainly unexpected. I'm gonna keep my eye out for this once it starts airing next year.

hoorayy!i loved watching the re runs as a kid,and i cant wait to see the show and if its big in my generation,also they still should bring back ronin warriors,i now the rebbot sucked but,third times the charm!.........right?

Awesome. 
 
PS go see the spoof blundercats on newgrounds.com if you haven't seen it already.

Now this is super kick ass news! I love that show! can't wait.
now all we need is M.A.S.K, another of my childhood favs.

Is this because Steve Perry died they just NOW decide to remake this? Still, this is incredible news. 
 ThunderCats - Ho!!!!!!!

This is AWESOME news Tom, I'm old enough that I don't even need a reminder - But I still have my ThunderCats T-shirt!! 
 
And Tom is 100% correct I still hear it my head all the time- THUNDER THUNDER THUNDERCATS HOOOOOOOOOOOO!
 
Thank you for the news!

FINALLY! ill watch this.
CAN THIS BE MADE INTO A MOVIE PLEASE!

AWESOME!!!!

hmmm cool

Best news ever!!! =)

Good way to end a good day.

scared