Though there hasn’t been any official word, it looks like the new ThunderCats animated series has been cancelled.
A reboot of the 1980s ThunderCats TV show, the new series debuted on Cartoon Network last July with the first of 26 installments. The season was broken up into two parts and the finale aired this past Saturday. There’s been no word of plans for a second season.
What’s more, Cartoon Network announced their plans for the 2012-13 season and ThunderCats was noticeably absent from their list of returning series.
Matthew Mercer is the voice actor for Tygra. His girlfriend is actress Mirisha Ray and she believes that the show has been cancelled so she’s started a website to rally support.
While ThunderCats hasn’t been officially cancelled yet, the signs certainly don’t look positive. When/if we hear something definitive, we’ll be sure to let you know.
What do you think? Has ThunderCats been cancelled or will the show return for a second season? If it has ended, will you miss the series?
Yeah, I would miss ThunderCats TV show.
I feel greatly missed, many many many many missing.
Tcats has been cancelled despite good sales of merchandise in Eruope
actually been canceled?
Everyone on here have made some very good points. I would be disappointed if the new Thundercats series was cancelled. I really got into it from day one. Watched all the episodes and I really liked it. So I hope they come back for a second season.
I think the problem lies with the there being 12 minutes of actual content with 18 minutes of commercials. The last 10 minutes of the time slot is nothing but commercials.
Growing up with Thundercats in the 80’s, I was so excited when the Thundercats reboot first aired. And then, as the episodes progressed, my excitment turned to worry then disappointment. I find that the threat of cancellation looming over Thundercats has very little to do with corporate boardrooms and more to do with an overall lack of quality. Sure, the VA’s do a fantastic job and the animation is great (big shout of thanks to Studio 4C for their work) but great VA’s and animation does not a success make. Thundercats lacked many key elements to really push it ahead… Read more »
I grew up on this stuff in the 80s. I wasn’t the biggest fan of the original ThunderCats/SilverHawks style stuff. I didn’t plan on watching this show but ended up watching one of the first episodes anyway. I really liked it. I agree the writing was a little uneven at times, but they fleshed out the characters and took out some of cheesier things that were in the original 80s series. When the writing was good, it was really enjoyable. I even felt they did a good job tying the anthropomorphic animal world together in a way that made at… Read more »
I was a huge fan of the original when it was brand-new on TV in 1985-1987 or thereabouts, so I didn’t want to like this, but I watched it because it was there and it grew on me a bit. There are a lot of cringe-worthy moments and it didn’t grow with its original audience, but rather, tried to strike a balance between them, and their kids. I felt weird watching it with my wife late at night (we DVR’d it) but it was still enjoyable. I wouldn’t really mind if they cancelled it — they gave us 26 solid… Read more »
Don’t forget to add the Thundercats Ho! movie, too.
I think the Cartoon Network and/or Boomerang should air both versions (80’s and newest versions)every Saturday morning until school returns in late August/September.
Pretty good for a reboot, was not so crazy about the “love” stories… I will always remember that Cheetara was MUCH older then Lion-o and hence he would never had had feelings for her.
But if they do not continue the series, what a way to leave the fanbase hanging.
To be honest, I think the real issues is that when it comes to a reboot of a series. Most people expect the remake to follow in the path of the original seeing as that is the point of a remake but when it comes to the media remakes in general are usually never on the mark of the original and often end up being poor or sub-par in quality. I don’t feel that was the case for this particular show as it stands on it’s own two feet rather nicely, it doesn’t follow the feel of the original but… Read more »
At least Will Frieldle had a job. This reboot sucks! Bring back the original show from the 80’s! Also, bring back REBOOT!
I never watched it because I was against them remaking ThunderCats to begin with, so I don’t know if it’s any good. But if they did cancel it, then they should air the original like they used to.
I love this show and I’ll definitely miss it! Cheetara is the best! The writing’s been a bit uneven, but that would be solved by having one person at the top make sure the characterizations are spot on every time. I personally think they’d be fools to cancel it, as it was initially the only thing I watched on Cartoon Network (granted, I’m in my 20s, so I’m not their target demographic), but has caused me to stick around for Green Lantern, Young Justice (which I now watch regularly thanks to ThunderCats), and Mad Magazine (which is much more relevant… Read more »
You can’t advertise products from the show you’re watching. There’s a law in the US that blocks this. IE: Pokemon games can’t be advertised during Pokemon. Etc.