Thundercats, Thundercats, Thundercats, HOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

If you were lucky, you glimpsed Thundercats on their day of birth - January 23^rd, 1985 - the original air date of the first two animated episodes - Exodus and The Unholy Alliance - of Thundercats. THUNDERCATS, HO! Sorry, I got carried away. If you weren't so lucky, you didn't catch your first episode of the animated cartoon until September 11^th, 1985, when it began airing regularly, to the tune of racking up 65 episodes by the season finale on December 20^th, 1985. That's 100 days of Thundercats. The cartoon played during 65% of the days between September 11^th, 1985 and December 20^th, 1985. That's 4.55 new episodes a week.

If you ever watched animated cartoons in the mid to late eighties, you're probably familiar with Lion-O's call, "THUNDERCATS, HO!" One hundred thirty episodes of the animated series were televised during the two seasons Thundercats aired in 1985 and 1986. Season two of the animated series compressed 65 episodes into 86 days. That's 5.29 new episodes a week.

Nonetheless, Thundercats only lasted two television seasons, in spite of its' 8.3/10 rating on the Internet Movie DataBase. Who wouldn't want to see "A team of humanoid cats fight evil in their adopted home world."?

I guess we're ready to see humanoid cats fight evil, again, outside of cult classic circles.

Thundercats Animated Cartoon Hits Televisions in 2011

In 2011, Cartoon Network is expected to televise a fantasy, anime television series of the popular 1980's cult classic Thundercats. Warner Bros. Animation will return the likes of Lion-O, Mumm-Ra, Panthro and Cheetara to the television with the help of Japanese animation studio Studio4°C. A Warner Bros. Press release on the matter can be seen here, courtesy of Thundercats Lair.

Actor Matthew Mercer is slated to play the voice of Tygra. Larry Kenney, the voice over actor who narrated for Lion-O in the 1980's cartoon, will perform the voice over work for Claudus, the father of Lion-O and Tygra, in the 2011 television series.

A sneak-peak picture has been released of the Thundercats cartoon. The picture was unveiled at the London Toy Fair and can be veiwed at Thundercats Lair.

Thundercats Cartoon Hits Movie Theaters in 2012

Warner Bros is expected to release a theatrical movie adaptation of Thundercats in 2012, which is expected to use a type of animation called Machinima.

Members of the Thundercats Lair are petitioning to reprise Larry Kenney as the voice actor of Lion-O in the movie adaptation of Thundercats. It only takes a name and a valid e-mail address to sign the petition. (Responding to an email confirmation is required to sign the petition.)

Thundercats HO!