![]() ![]() ![]() I loved a lot of little details about this show when I was a kid. It's a cartoon which both kids and adults can love. This was my favorite cartoon as a kid and I find now watching them on DVD, I love them more than ever. Cartoons today stink, the 80's rocked for the best cartoons and ThunderCats were the best ever. And that most kids love cats didn't hurt either. The cartoon blended three very important elements which helped it become a success: action/adventure storytelling, humor, and moral & ethical values. All the ThunderCats were superb characters, though I must say Tygra is my favorite. Kids also related well to Wilykit and Wilykat, two kids on the team who had to deal with adults telling them what to do. As Tygra said in the second episode, he missed those important growing up years where a person matures into adulthood. In a time when heroes were macho beyond macho, Lion-O had the vulnerability of having the mind of a child trapped in the body of an adult, the result of his body aging while spending 10 Galacto years in a suspension capsule. It had sensational, original music which had a different theme for each character and the theme song was catchy and simple enough for kids to pick up and sing along. With the most talented voices of any cartoon, ThunderCats reached the top of the charts, an instant hit. In a time when Anime was not yet that popular in the U.S., the creators of ThunderCats had the sensibility to try something new, to make ThunderCats stand apart by using Japanese cartoonists. ThunderCats is the absolute best cartoon ever created. ![]() ![]() This was a great series with a brilliant theme tune. My favourite part of each episode was where Lion-O used to call his friends with the aid of the Sword of Omens whenever he was in trouble. The stories were very good like most 1980's stories. They helped him in his battle against the evil Mum-Ra (one of the best cartoon baddies ever in my opinion, certainly more evil than Skeletor from He-Man). He had a team he could depend on-the strong Panthro, the reliable Tygra and the beautiful Cheetara who could run really fast. Lion-O was the leader who was full of courage. Thundercats was based on Third Earth which had the most beautiful scenery of any cartoon. However, I picked up a couple of videos of it in late 2001 and watched them. The world can be a tough place sometimes so it's nice to be able to sit down and watch a bit of escapism, to be able to watch a world where the heroes always beat the bad guys. Thundercats is the type of cartoon you can watch and it makes you forget your troubles. Thundercats was pure fantasy for me when I watched it in the 1980's. That may be rather rash to say, but it is pretty much my way of saying how wonderful ThunderCats is. Overall, a brilliant show, one of the best animated shows of the '80s, maybe even ever. The voice acting is superb and fit with the characters wonderfully, especially Earl Hammond as Mumm-Ra. Even more impressive are the characters, Lion-O is a courageous hero and leader, Cheetara is a beautiful, vivacious character and Mumm-Ra is a mysterious and sometimes frightening villain with a very sinister yet effective voice. The writing is very intelligent and thoughtful with a sense of adventure, and the story lines are incredibly deep(like I just said reviewing Gargoyles) and complex. The music is also wonderful, the theme tune is one of the most memorable theme tunes in an animated show ever. There may be the odd occasion where it was perhaps imperfect but that is very minor. The animation is amazingly detailed in general, the colours and backgrounds are very sophisticated and the characters are all drawn wonderfully. As I have said before I have seen plenty of exceptional shows, animated and non-animated, and ThunderCats is definitely one of those exceptional shows. ThunderCats is nothing short of brilliant. The concept intrigued me, so I decided to watch a few episodes to give it a try. I am a huge fan of animation, and when I came across ThunderCats I was interested. ![]()
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