animated series
Thunder, Thunder, Thunder, Thundercats returning in new animated series and as toys
Warner Bros. has joined forces with Bandai to resurrect (like Mumm-Ra) the Thundercats franchise.
Don’t lie, you know you’ve been waiting almost two decades for this.
Alternate Disk-Tractions: X-Men animated series Volume 5 on DVD
The fifth and final volume of X-Men is out now, volume 5. Join Wolverine, Rouge, Professor X, and all the others (including Captain America) as they stop the evil antics of that troublesome Magneto.
This volume picks up right where 4 left off with the X-Men battling the strange mutant villains of the world while trying to protect Professor Xavier in the process. Because the Old Soldiers are in this volume you will see Captain America and some other hero’s as well. Including old favorites like Longshot and Red Skull.
Alternate Disk-Tractions: Iron Man: the complete series on DVD
Oh man, I forgot how incredible awesome ’90s graphics were. First you have the slow moving action, the jumpy scene changes and the awesome expressions on the characters faces. It reminds me of being ten years old again and watching TV on a Saturday morning. You might also recognize a lot of the voice actors, like War Machine who is voiced by the dad from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air James Avery.
Alternate Disc-Tractions: Ruby-Spears Superman complete series DVD review
Celebrating Supe’s 50th anniversary, Ruby-Spears Productions miraculously got the rights to create Superman the animated TV series.
It exists in an awkward gap between the kitche-y late-1970s-to-early-1980s Super Friends cartoons and the slick 1990s Superman: The Animated series. It’s a series that only those who could bear the live-action Superboy TV series recall.
Superman goes far to embrace elements from print, film and even previous animated series, sometimes seeming disjointed but, by the time you get through all 13 episodes, becomes appropriate.
Hanna-Barbara announces Pac-Man animated series
Further fueling Pac-Man fever, Hanna-Barbera Productions has announced its newest cartoon based on the popular arcade game Pac-Man by Namco to begin airing September 25, 1982.
The cartoon follows the adventures of Pac-Man, his wife Pepper and their child Pac-Baby as they deal with…















