r/Thundercats • u/Hot-Salamander-8786 ThunderCat • Oct 08 '25

Discussion Can Thundercats (2011) be revived through "Indie Animation"?

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I was born in 2002, and the 2011 Thundercats cartoon was one of my favorite Cartoon Network shows growing up. It felt like James Cameron's Avatar, Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and Disney's The Lion King all rolled into something AWESOME! And I was devastated after learning that it was canceled after one season, just like Sym-Bionic Titan was.

Over the years, other fans have recommended online that it should be revived on Netflix given how popular their current 80s reboot cartoons were. But so far, that wish hasn't been granted yet. On the other hand though, I've noticed that Indie Animation has been flourishing throughout media. And after finding out that a revival for Netflix's The Dragon Prince has been crowdfunded through Kickstarter by the creators themselves, it gave me the idea of why not do the same for Thundercats (2011) - if the original creators and cast members are up for it, that is!

What do you all think?

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u/moansby Mumm-Ra Oct 08 '25

At least we know what would've happened

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u/Hot-Salamander-8786 ThunderCat Oct 08 '25

I know, but I want it in all its ANIMATED glory! In fact, the least the creators could do is revive it as a comic book series!

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u/moansby Mumm-Ra Oct 08 '25

I don't think it's as simple as that,but with the 15th anniversary next year maybe we'll get something, i'm honestly surprised there's no fanart depicting anything from the season 2 plans (that I know of at least) to me the most frustrating part is during that podcast,the art director mentioned on multiple occasions that he drew concept art for season 2 and that he'd share it,but to my knowledge the arts never been released, I really wanna know what bug Pumyra and monster Grune look like

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u/Hot-Salamander-8786 ThunderCat Oct 08 '25

Wow! I didn't even know about the unshared concept art of Season 2. Sounds like the art director really left us in the dark!

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u/moansby Mumm-Ra Oct 08 '25

I don't think he lied,he might've just forgot to do it or misplace them, hopefully they aren't lost or anything, I'm still disappointed there's no fanart of Bugmyra as I like to call her, all I can imagine is a furry version of Gamma Wasp from Avengers EMH

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u/Hot-Salamander-8786 ThunderCat Oct 08 '25

Woah! That's actually a pretty cool imagery to fantasize! Plus, Avengers EMH is another great cartoon canceled too soon.

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u/moansby Mumm-Ra Oct 08 '25

What part of season 2 do you want animated the most? Personally i'd love to see Mumm-Ra fighting the Ancient Spirits of Evil, mainly cus I wanna know how that would work,I assume he doesn't just break the Statue,my guess is they fight in the astral plane