"Thundercats" (1985) TV series 1985-1987

Director:

Katsuhito Akiyama

Writers:

J. Larry Carroll (writer)
Sandy Fries (writer)
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Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

23 January 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A team of humanoid cats fight evil in their adopted home world.

Plot Keywords:

Sword | Cult Favorite | Forces Of Evil | Magic | Surrealism

Cast

Larry Kenney

...

Lion-O (130 episodes, 1985-1986)

Series Directed by
Katsuhito Akiyama		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Leonard Starr		(5 episodes, 1985)
Julian P. Gardner		(4 episodes, 1985)
Ron Goulart		(2 episodes, 1985)
J. Larry Carroll		(unknown episodes)
Sandy Fries		(unknown episodes)
Annabelle Gurwitch		(unknown episodes)
Peter Lawrence		(unknown episodes)
Lee Schneider		(unknown episodes)
Bruce W. Smith		(unknown episodes)
Chris Trengrove		(unknown episodes)
Heather M. Winters		(unknown episodes)
Ted Wolf		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Jules Bass	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Lee Dannacher	....	supervising producer (unknown episodes)
Arthur Rankin Jr.	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Bernard Hoffer		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Masaki Îzuka	....	executive in charge of production (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Pete Cannarozzi	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
John Curcio	....	dialogue recordist (unknown episodes)
Larry Franke	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Tom Perkins	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Bob Camp	....	character designer (65 episodes, 1985)
Katsuhito Akiyama	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Atsushi Aono	....	inbetween artist (unknown episodes)
Yukimatsu Itô	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Tsuguyuki Kubo	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Masayuki	....	animator: opening animation (unknown episodes)
Jim Meskimen	....	co-character designer (unknown episodes)
Minoru Nishida	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Kazufumi Nomura	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Toshihiko Sato	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Akihiko Takahashi	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Yûji Yatabe	....	animator (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Bernard Hoffer	....	composer: theme music (130 episodes, 1985-1986)
James Lipton	....	composer: theme music (130 episodes, 1985-1986)
Michael Farrow	....	music recordist (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Tony Giovanniello	....	production staff (unknown episodes)
Robert Kuisis	....	psychological consultant (unknown episodes)
Peter Lawrence	....	script consultant (unknown episodes)
Connie Long	....	production staff (unknown episodes)
Matthew Malach	....	production staff (unknown episodes)
Heather M. Winters	....	production staff (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Rankin/Bass Productions
• Telepictures Corporation (1985-1986)
• Lorimar Telepictures (1986-1989)

Distributors

• Telepictures Corporation (1985) (USA) (TV)
• Lorimar Telepictures (1986) (USA) (TV)
• Warner Bros. Television (1989) (USA) (TV)
• Family Home Entertainment (FHE) (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• AVRO Television (1989-1991) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Cartoon Network (1997-2002) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Pacific Animation Corporation  animation
• Leisure Concepts  project development

Runtime:

30 min | USA:30 min (130 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:G | Iceland:L (some episodes) | Iceland:LH (some episodes) | South Africa:PG (DVD rating) | UK:U (video rating) | Ireland:G (video rating) | USA:TV-Y7 | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Rankin/Bass Productions

Trivia:

The first season was actually completed in 1983, but was not publicly shown until two years later.

Quotes:

Mumm-Ra: Where evil exists... Mumm-Ra lives.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Knight of the Living Dead (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Thundercats

Thunder, Thunder, Thunder, THUNDERCATS HO!

Another brilliant series to come out of the 80's though it kind of remind me of He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe at first, but quickly established itself as something differen't

The story is basically about a small group of Thunderians, who are Thundercats which is basically their equivilent of a royal family who have ot abandon their homeplanet of Thundera as the planet is destroying itself, led by Jaga the few reminaing Thunderian ships are attack by Mutants form the planet plundarr and are taken out with no trouble by the mutants ship, all except the flagship which they know is carrying the eye of Thundera, which is ebedded in the hilt of the mystic sword of omens.

Lion-O is the yound lord of the Thundercats who often receives advice from the ghost of Jaga and is keeper of the sword of omens, he has the look of a Lion like his name.

Cheetara is one only 2 females in the show at first, she can run at very fast speeds, but can only keep it up for about two miles, she has the look of a Cheeta hense her namesake.

Panthro is the engineer of the group who manages to build anything you can think of out of just about any ammount of scrap he can find, he resembles the look of a Panther.

Tygra the scientest who's bolowhip allows him to become invisible giving him an advantage in fights, Tygra also has the ability to trick people's minds (a bit like the jedi mind trick) he resemble a tiger.

Wiley Kitt a Thunderkitten who along with her brother Wileykatt is always getting into some kind of trouble.

Wiley Katt a thunderkitten like his sister Wiley Kitt and is always getting into trouble.

Snarf is Lion-O's trusted companion,keeper and friend, not sure what snarf is supposed to be only he is a feline like Thundercat not like the others who are part humanoids part cats.

Bengali was a blacksmith on Thundera before it was destroyed he was almost left on Thundera along with his companions Lynx-O and Pumyra, bengali resemble a Bengal Tiger.

Lynx-O lost his sight when flames caused by Thundera's destruction engulfed his eye's, but his other sense where hightend by the loss of his sight, he uses a brail board made by Panthro to hepl him with his duties in the Cats Lair and the Tower of Omens, he resembles a Lynx.

Pumyra the third female of the Thundercats, she resembles a Puma.

Ssslythe is the leader of the mutants who attacked the Thundercats, Ssslythe wishes only to possess the eye of Thundera, Ssslythe is a lizard type humanoid.

Monkien is a monkey type human and a part of the mutants.

Jackalman is a jackal typehumanoid, and is also a part of the mutants.

Vultureman is a vulture type humanoid, doesn't really like Ssslythe ordering him about most of the time but does obey him.

Mumm-Ra is the devil priest of third earth and is everliving as long as evil exists, Mumm-Ra is over a thousand year old and his body is decayed, even though Mumm-Ra's appearance is that of a weak frail old creature his magic is very powerful, Mumm-Ra serves the ancient spirits of evil who do not exist on the same plain of existance as Mumm-Ra does on third earth, but they do communicate with him via the four giant statues in the black pyramid where Mumm-Ra lives, the ancient spirits of evil grant Mumm-Ra the power to transform himself into Mumm-Ra the ever living, a more powerful, more hideous looking and stronger version of his normal self, Mumm-Ra the everliving's power is beyond question, and his voice was one of the most evil and best bad guy voices in cartoon history in my opinion.