I grew up during the golden age of animation when you had a multitude of art styles and genres of shows being on the same network. CN and Nick might have one or two decent shows (Steven Universe, We Bare Bears and Loud House), but looking at their lineups from even a few years ago makes me sad for the industry. the Forces of Evil, a really good DuckTales Reboot and Gravity Falls, which has ended. Now you turn on your TV and you have endless marathons of Teen Titans Go! on Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon is still riding the Spongebob SquarePants train, and the only company that has continued to produce quality series over the last few years is Disney with Star v.s. The 2000s saw series like Justice League, the original Teen Titans, Avatar: The Last Airbender and many other fantastic series. The 90s had Batman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, Animaniacs, Darkwing Duck, Rugrats and so many more incredible series. Here in the West, the 80s were home to He-Man, Thundercats, Transformers and TMNT. The 90s brought us Dragon Ball Z, Ghost in the Shell and Cowboy Bebop. Gundam started in 1979, the 80s gave us films like Grave of the Fireflies and Akira. Japan is killing it in terms of animation and has been for a very long time. Thundercats Roar really makes me want to ask: What has happened to Western Animation? Thundercats isn’t just some beloved franchise, it’s an important show that helped lead to the golden age of animation we got in the 90s and early 2000s. And the backlash on this has been severe. I didn’t grow up in the 80s, I’m 24, but I understand the importance of Thundercats and what it means to people. I started writing this article around the time of the announcement of Thundercats Roar. Titled Thundercats Roar, the series falls very much in line with Cartoon Network’s line of Rebooted series, including Powerpuff Girls (2016), Ben 10 (2016) and Teen Titans Go!. On May 18th, Cartoon Network announced, via Entertainment Weekly, a new reboot of the 1980s classic Thundercats.
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