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A bizarre host of creatures and villains stand in their way, including the evil Mumm-Ra, Third Earth’s wicked ruler who will let nothing, including the ThunderCats, stop his tyrannical reign over the planet. Lion-O, the newly appointed Lord of the ThunderCats, attempts to lead the team as they make this planet their new home. Staying true to the premise of the original series, Lion-O and the ThunderCats - Tygra, Panthro, Cheetara, Wilykat, and Wilykit - barely escape the sudden destruction of their home world, Thundera, only to crash land on the mysterious and exotic planet of Third Earth. The series’ animation is a much more cartoony style than the original series, looking closer to Cartoon Network’s OK K.O or Gumball.īelow we’ve got the synopsis for ThunderCats Roar.
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5.A behind the scenes video for the series showed off the new animated opening, which doesn’t include the original theme song but a brand new (vocaless) piece of music. But you mortified me.”Īnimaniacs season 1 is currently streaming on Hulu. It.” Harnell also shared, “I’ve seen a lot of these tattoos of characters that people have me sign on very inappropriate places. MacNeille said, “I did talk a fan out of getting a neck tattoo. And I’m like, ‘do not cash in your calf with my signature.’” He shows up the next day with my signature tattooed on his calf. LaMarche said, “Oh yeah, I signed a man’s leg, a doctor’s leg.
You got 18 months to screw it up.”Īlthough they were not at NYCC in the flesh, the voice cast recollected attending conventions and seeing fans with tattoos of their characters. They gave us a year and a half of lead time, which is sorta unusual to get something fully funded and the orchestra. Paulsen said, “We started recording the first 28 in 2018 and it dropped in 2020. The first season was recorded with the upcoming second season. Unabashedly referential with mallet-mashing cartoon violence, Animaniacs resumes its spiel for slapstick and satire of current events - at least as much as animation production can catch up to the times as lampshaded in the first revival “Catch-Up Song” number. It’s funny for kids because it’s visually engaging and it’s also intelligent on an adult level so the parents who are in the kitchen making the cereal will say, ‘I can’t believe they said that.’ It’s an adult musical satire disguised as a kid’s cartoon show.” Harnell called Animaniacs a “Trojan Horse of cartoons.” He said, “Any great cartoon is great because it works on two levels. Don’t ever talk to me about stunt casting.’” “Not only to get another crack, but it has an exponentially larger audience and the King of Hollywood to say, ‘If we do this trust.
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Paulsen expanded, noting how rare it was to make something for TV for art’s sake. And Steven just wanted to honor the Warner Brothers tradition of making it the funniest place on Earth.” A lot of stuff on Saturday mornings and weekday afternoons were commercials for toys.
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Honor the old designs and update them.” A lack of toyetic motivation was evidently part of the show’s appeal compared to other cartoons. “He keyed into the idea that if you’re going to give somebody their childhood. “Thank Steven Spielberg for that,” LaMarche said. But then when it happened, hallelujah, we went on the time machine and went back to 1993.” We always felt like it was a possibility. Harnell shared, “At other personal appearances for other projects, we’re often asked, are they gonna bring back Animaniacs? We said that would be great.
Reviving a 1993 beloved franchise after years of development hell with the original voice cast, the 2020 Animaniacs had loads to live up to after 22 years in static. Voice cast members Rob Paulsen (Yakko, Pinky), Tress MacNeille (Dot), Jess Harnell (Wacko) and Maurice LaMarche (Brain) participated in the virtual panel moderated by David Holbrook of TV Guide. The new season, due out later this fall, also got a new teaser: a Thundercat riff “’80s Cats” where the Warner siblings are transformed into jacked-up muscular warriors and square off with a giant robot as the theme song chants “’80s ’80s ’80s ’80s cats.”.
The 2021 New York Comic Con hosted the “Hellloooo, season two! Animaniacs Voice Cast Panel” to dig into the Hulu revival of the beloved 1993 Animaniacs cartoon produced by Steven Spielberg.