As expected, with the new Thundercats 2011 Cartoon coming this Fall, Warner Home Video is planning on re-releasing the original series on DVD. Thanks to a report from TVShowsOnDVD.com, we have the details. The series will be released in small 2-disc sets containing 12 episodes each. Each season will be comprised of roughly 5 sets.
From the sounds of it, there is nothing new compared to the original releases, save for the smaller sets and redesigned box art. Thundercats Season 1: Volume 1 is scheduled fro release on July 12, 2011 at an MSRP of $19.97 (most stores will likely have it cheaper). Here’s what is included:
Springing into action: the first animated adventures of the feline-inspired fantasy! A noble band of survivors from the peaceful world of Thundera bravely faces off against vicious mutants intent on destroying them. Make way for exotic creatures, mystical powers and action-packed battles of good versus evil in the exciting saga of the Thundercats!
In these first-season adventures – 12 Episodes on 2 Discs – from the dynamic animated series, the Thundercats adopt Third Earth as their new home and encounter alien beings galore…some friendly, some looking for a fight! And while they brave their strange surroundings, their young leader Lion-O struggles with his new responsibilities as head of their foundling civilization. Crash with these cats for Over 4 Hours of Classic Cartoon Thrills!
Episode List:
• Exodus
• The Unholy Alliance
• Berbils
• The Slaves of Castle Plun-Darr
• Pumm-Ra
• The Terror of Hammerhand
• Trouble with Time
• The Tower of Traps
• The Garden of Delights
• Mandora the Evil Chaser
• The Ghost Warrior
• The Doomgaze
Bonus Feature:
• “Feel the Magic, Hear the Roar: ThunderCats Fans Speak Out” (same as 2005 release)
So, if you missed out on the initial release, then this is your chance to relive your fond childhood memories. If you currently own the original DVD releases, it doesn’t appear as if you will be missing anything. Click the thumbnail for a look at the box art.
- Thundercats Season 1 Volume 1 DVD
Warner is going to re-release ThunderCats: The Original Series starting July 12, 2011.
-New "lighter" 2 disc set
-Each Volume will contain 12 episodes (5 volumes per season)
-MSRP: 19.95
-"Feel the Magic, Hear the Roar: ThunderCats Fans Speak Out" featurette from the 2005 set is included
In these first-season adventures - 12 Episodes on 2 Discs - from the dynamic animated series, the Thundercats adopt Third Earth as their new home and encounter alien beings galore...some friendly, some looking for a fight! And while they brave their strange surroundings, their young leader Lion-O struggles with his new responsibilities as head of their foundling civilization. Crash with these cats for Over 4 Hours of Classic Cartoon Thrills!
EPISODES:
• Exodus
• The Unholy Alliance
• Berbils
• The Slaves of Castle Plun-Darr
• Pumm-Ra
• The Terror of Hammerhand
• Trouble with Time
• The Tower of Traps
• The Garden of Delights
• Mandora the Evil Chaser
• The Ghost Warrior
• The Doomgaze
Source: Thundercats DVD news: Announcement for Thundercats - The Original Series: Season 1, Part 1 | TVShowsOnDVD.com
Oh that's awesome!
Nice find. Moved to the news forum and frontpaged.
So, anyone taking the plunge on these? I think I'm going to skip due to being the same as the original releases. If they were being remastered in any way, then I'd buy them immediately.
Hey Warner, FINISH SILVERHAWKS!
they should release it on blu-ray
Film (35MM, 70MM, 17MM) can hold far more visual information than even blu-ray. Most older titles transferred to blu-ray are actually scanned at 2K or even 4K resolution and then down sampled to 1080P. Video tape has a maximum output resolution of 480i. That means the tape holds 320x240 lines of resolution that is then interlaced to give it a 640x480 resolution, aka broadcast TV quality.
So if they tried to take their current transfers and put them on blu-ray, it would be very poor quality result. Here's a quick comparison.
Click on the attachments to see the full sized versions.
As you can see, the regular Thundercats DVD screen cap is already poor quality due to the source. It sports a lot of artifacting, color banding and video tape noise. Upscaling it to HD, which is all they can do right now, only amplifies those problems.
Definitely awesome news. Re-mastering them would have been cool, but no biggy. They should look just fine on my TV (20" oldschool flatscreen, as in the screen is flat, but the TV itself is still big).
Though I'm not sure if I'll get them as they come out, or wait for them to do a big boxset (it's what I'm doing with the Ultimate editions of the Harry Potter movies).
Surprised my Hisstank/TFW/Toyark didn't work here...
Anyways, this is a rip-off. It's the same discs in a new box. The original box sets, which are still in print I beleive, go for $20 each (though one is still $50 on Amazon for some reason). These sets aren't hard to find online either (and Walmart still carries S1P1 here). That's 30+ episodes per set for the same price as this new set that only has 12 episodes.
If it had new extras or was remastered (and had chapter breaks. My pet peeve) it would be different, but these are reprints for the original price when the originals don't sell for even that. This here is a rip-off.
Sorry to bump an old thread, but I was thinking about this, and if they stick to the twelve episodes per volume, five volumes per season, what are they going to do with the last ten episodes?
Found volume 1 at Target today for 15 bucks.
I would say avoid this set at all costs. The original sets aren't all that expensive still. You'll wind up spending more in the long run buying these small volumes.
Part of me wants to wait and see if they eventually release a full series box-set at some point. Would probably be a little pricey, but it'd be nice to get the entire show in one package.
Part of me wants to wait and see if they eventually release a full series box-set at some point. Would probably be a little pricey, but it'd be nice to get the entire show in one package.
Cool. I sadly don't own any of the show other then a vintage VHS tape that is in storage at my parents. I would love to have this or the first release on dvd.
Tired of space wasters. Either give me a hard drive with every episode or release SD quality on a blueray disk so you can fit like a whole season on 1 or 2 disc. Is love a hd shaped like the eye of thundera the thunder tank or cats lair.
I'm not sure if it's at every Walmart location but you can get Season 1 Volume 1 for 19.99at Walmart. It has 33 episodes I believe. If the new DVD's aren't any different quality wise might be better to pick that up. Considering the volumes I believe are 15.00 a piece this is more of a bargain.
Walmart.com: Search Results for "thundercats"
It's even cheaper on Walmart.com. Plus you get free shipping to your nearest store.
Anyone know where to get these DVD? Or best places to look?
I'm actually kinda surprised we haven't seen a volume 2 for this re-release yet. You would think that with only twelve episodes per volume they would be cranking them out a bit faster.
This may be irrelevant but will there be (or are there) any Blu-Ray releases?
Edit: woo hoo, 500th post...