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ThunderCats is an American/Japanese animated series based on a group of catlike humanoid aliens. The show was created by Tobin "Ted" Wolf and animated by Japanese animation studio Pacific Animation Corporation. The characters were originally featured in an animated television series named ThunderCats, running from 1985 to 1989.
The original ThunderCats show was animated in Japan while being produced, written and voice acted in the United States. The series was originally distributed by Rankin-Bass Productions' then parent company Telepictures Corporation, which would later merge with Lorimar Productions in 1986.
In January 1989, Lorimar-Telepictures was purchased by and folded into Warner Bros., whose television syndication arm would eventually assume distribution of the show; Warner Bros. has had the rights to the series (and all Lorimar-Telepictures programming) from that point on.
There were also several comic book series produced. A ThunderCats comic book series based on the animated series was originally published by Marvel Comics through its Star Comics imprint in 1985, lasting for three years and twenty four issues. During this time, a new series was published by Marvel UK consisting of 129 issues and was also published for three years. Beginning in 2002, ThunderCats titles were published by Wildstorm Productions, an imprint of DC Comics (Warner Bros.' corporate sibling), and included five non canon mini series and several one shots. A side scrolling video game based on the series, ThunderCats: The Lost Eye of Thundera, was published in 1987.
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