A new trailer for the ThunderCats reboot ThunderCats Roar has arrived, introducing us to each of the redesigned characters we remember from the classic animated series from the 1980s. All of our favorites are here – Lion-O, Cheetara, Tygra, Panthro, Wily-kit, Wily-kat, and even Snarf. Even the antagonists, such as Mumm-Ra and Jackalman, are present in the rebooted cartoon as well. Still, a major overhaul to the show’s artwork has some longtime fans of ThunderCats scratching their heads, as the changes are so severe it’s left all of the aforementioned characters almost completely unrecognizable.
ThunderCats Roar was first announced in 2018, and though a first look at the characters was revealed at the time, the story largely went under the radar. Now that the actual premiere of the series is drawing much closer, we’re starting to see more footage from the rebooted series, and let’s just say it’s bringing about a mixed variety of opinions. Perhaps the idea of the reboot is to see if giving the series a makeover with a more modern animation style will make the series popular again with a new generation, but that’s not stopping a lot of fans from labeling this as sacrilege.
In any case, the show will premiere on Cartoon Network in February 2020 with an exact day yet to be revealed. You can watch the new ThunderCats Roar trailer below, courtesy of Cartoon Network on YouTube.
Synopsis: Fleeing the destruction of their home planet Thundera, Lion-O and the ThunderCats land on the mysterious, dangerous, all-around awesome world of Third Earth! But their enemies, the Mutants of Plun-Darr have followed them and it turns out Third Earth already has a Mumm-Ra problem, can Lion-O learn the ropes of being a leader in time?
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