I just turned 54 and still remember those Saturday morning cartoons growing up in S FL. To this very day and especially after watching this, I still want a Sun Sword, dammit and a date with Princess Ariel wouldn't be frowned upon either. Oh hell, Ookla could come by the house too.
My favorite line(s) came from Gemini. Evil Gemini, "The Barbarian has humiliated for the final time, I too will return to Manhat and claim the pearl." Head spin. Eviler Gemini, "AND SEAL THUNDARR'S FATE!!!"
@@williamhaynes4800 Gemini was voiced by the same actor who voiced Ookla. That actor voiced Fred Flintstone for many years after the original Fred, Alan Reed, died.
Love this show. I remember the show being interrupted for Charles and Diane’s wedding one Saturday. I was so upset. I remember thinking, “who cares about this dumb wedding!” Update and clarification… Weddings are beautiful things. But I was a kid looking for adventure at that time in my life. That haven’t changed. These shows took me to other “worlds” that fired my imagination. That haven’t changed either.
I didn't realize how few episodes this show had. Picked up the blu-ray yesterday and it's on its way to my house. Thanks, Warner Archive, for still releasing stuff on physical media.
Yup. The show was cancelled in order to make room on the schedule for the Laverne & Shirley in the Army cartoon, which ironically, lasted for the same amount of episodes.
It was essentially "Conan the Barbarian meets Star Wars", and I luved it! How this still hasn't been made into a live-action movie astounds me! - Chris
@@presidentevil9951 from wikipedia: "Despite decent ratings, the show was cancelled, as Paramount wanted to make room in the programming schedule for Laverne & Shirley in the Army." And that is sad.
I fondly remember this show but didn't remember that Dick Tufeld of Lost In Space did the opening narration. And holy shit! this has Jack Kirby's signature written all over it! (topped off with some Frank Frazetta)
I cannot thank you enough for producing these physical media sets. Seriously, they are incredible! Been watching the original Jonny Quest series on blu-ray, and it looks incredible. Recently reviewed your Jetsons Complete Series too - I hope to see more new Hanna Barbera releases. Touché Turtle and Quickdraw are my biggest wants. Keep making dreams come true!
Already bought! The quality of the HD restoration is really on another level. It all really helps to make you appreciate the beautiful animation even more. Please give other classic shows this HD love. I would definitely buy an HD release of Pirates of Dark Water and an HD remaster of the original Thundercats, Silverhawks and Tigersharks is a must.
Aaah 1994, what a crazy weekend! Tidal waves, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and hurricanes all happening at the same time. That was a with 9th Birthday Party for me.
It was a great show for kids and adults. I loved Thundarr. It was more intelligent than many other cartoons of the time period. Despite good ratings they canceled. I cried when my uncle told me it had been canceled. He lived with us at the time and we would watch the show together on the weekends. He completely understood and immediately told the family he cried too LOL.
Love this! The concept, the wild artistry...this was one of my favorite cartoons as a kid on Saturday mornings. The opening sequence and theme were enough to hook me into watching the first episode.
In Mexico this show was broadcasted in XHGC channel 5 in 1984. Id 5 years old, this show provoque me fear by the siniestre future. I loved the drama and music, the postapocaliptics atmosphere. Warner have a grear jewel vintage animation.❤ recently I bought the blue ray series and I store as a tresaure.
This show was worthy of 12 seasons, not the barely 2 it was given. Nielsen must of done crap job gathering ratings back then too cause' every kid loved this show
They don't make good cartoons like they use too. Saturday mornings was strictly for kids. Even the commercials. The good ole days with a bowl of cereal.
I got up at 6am on Saturday to a quiet house while everyone else was sleep. Dragged my blanket to a comfy corner of the couch with a big ass bowl of King Vitamin and my portable Defender game and began a marathon of the best cartoons ever with Thundarr up there with the best.. We did not know how good we had it back then.
Digging the resolution! Much sharper than mine! For the literal, thousand+ times I've watched the opening sequence, I never noticed 0:32 the magic runes on the sorcerer's chamber wall when he is conjuring that winged monster!
I noticed recently in the intro, it sounds very much like the reports/legends of planet x/nibiru and it's eventual return past the earth that is supposed to cause serious devastation. I wonder if that is where the show creators got the idea?
@@bigguy130 You seem to be much better versed on these matters than I! It would be cool if the creators got the idea from real discoveries! I dig that kind of thing!
This show was absolutely phenomenal for its time. As Is the animation... background paintings... Even the story line was somewhat decent. Several years later the following generation was HEman which was a much cheesier version and worse animation
I would prefer a reboot as an animated version, with a similar art style to original. The visuals of the original are so great, just improve the main characters a bit, and such, but use a vintage style for post apocalyptic world, or something that doesn't look too modern.
I agree but I would also love to have Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle! The previous release was not only poorly done but missing over 1/2 of the episodes. Color correction was not even attempted. A really awful job.
It was only ahead of its time in the melding of high fantasy and low fantasy - like a mixture of Conan the Barbarian stories with a crazy post-apocalyptic future Earth setting. I can't help but think that its creator Steve Gerber was inspired by the Gamma World RPG (made by the same company that made the Dungeons & Dragons RPG series), which was released in 1978.
As soon as I saw the male lead, I was surprised to know that it was He-Man. If you look at the muscular macho with tremendous strength, Another savage Conan I thoroughly enjoyed it just my style kid It was perfect for my taste and I was so happy and good This manga needs no words, it is a manga that you see with your eyes and with your heart. It was really fun to be able to recall the memories. I will forever remember the anime I loved the most A work more interesting than this will never come out again. A masterpiece of original hero action fantasy
This needs to be on streaming so on Saturday mornings while my kids are on TikTok I can watch & eat with my bowl of Captain Crunch. Glad that comet thing didn't happen in '94!
The soundtrack and music cues were really well done. There are some parts of the arrangement that are a bit dated with the palm mute guitars etc. But the music really sells the budget animation on a Saturday morning with a big bowl of cereal about 43 years ago.
Easily one of the best if not the best cartoon from the great Saturday morning cartoon era of the early 80's. Kids today couldn't handle this cartoon now. It's way too dark for their delicate little souls.
My favorite cartoon from my youth. What was not to love? Attractive Sorceress, a light sabre ( er sunsword,) a wookie ( er Mok,) and a cool post apocalyptic setting. Great villains from super powered wizards to werewolves. I smile whenever I think of it. It was short lived, too adult? I would kickstart a reboot.
What if this had taken off in widespread popularity and had defined 80's cartoons, instead of Transformers, GI Joe and Ninja Turtles?!? Released in 1980/1981, the 80's hadn't truly "kicked in" yet. (Post-Apocalypse worlds were more a 70's thing).
1994 was a rough year! Man we barely survived that cataclysmic event. Even though we had to have our graduation on Astroid Volcano Flood Island. Ahh, that was one hell of a apocalypse 😂
I just turned 54 and still remember those Saturday morning cartoons growing up in S FL.
To this very day and especially after watching this, I still want a Sun Sword, dammit and a date with Princess Ariel wouldn't be frowned upon either. Oh hell, Ookla could come by the house too.
I'll turn 54 in September.
I loved this show and Black Star.
He's not potty trained though😂
I have a"sunsword" by way of color changing lightsaber from sabermach
And i just turned 50... 7/29
54 last May. Loved this show as a kid on Saturday morning. Grew up in Central Florida.
N Florida. And I'm 55.
8 years old when this came out. Cereal, my blanket...7am with my brother watching cartoons till noon. Great nostalgia thanks!
And still confused years later Iam 61 too much tube
Sounds like heaven
YES! I got my 23 year old daughter & her friends hooked on stuff like this when they were younger!
I saw this series when it was played on Cartoon Network in 1993 (when the network made its debut as I was nine years old and my brother was six).
41 years later and I can still recall almost every line.
Wrong barbarian....flip.....GEMINI LIVES1
My favorite line(s) came from Gemini.
Evil Gemini, "The Barbarian has humiliated for the final time, I too will return to Manhat and claim the pearl."
Head spin.
Eviler Gemini, "AND SEAL THUNDARR'S FATE!!!"
@@williamhaynes4800 Gemini was voiced by the same actor who voiced Ookla. That actor voiced Fred Flintstone for many years after the original Fred, Alan Reed, died.
@@censorshipsucks9493
Henry Cordon, who also played several roles on Hogan's Heroes.
@@williamhaynes4800 He has since passed, and they have a new Fred for the Pebbles cereals.
Love this show. I remember the show being interrupted for Charles and Diane’s wedding one Saturday. I was so upset. I remember thinking, “who cares about this dumb wedding!” Update and clarification… Weddings are beautiful things. But I was a kid looking for adventure at that time in my life. That haven’t changed. These shows took me to other “worlds” that fired my imagination. That haven’t changed either.
Those demon dogs! I think I remember that suppressed memory.
@@dbloyd2 hahahah love your comment. DEMON DOGS!!
Lol!?! Other than Aqua man & Scooby this was.one of.my.favorites. considering I just.came.across this guess I'm going.to have to watch!!
Weddings ‘can be wonderful’. The flowers in the attic pantomime we were all forced to imbibe wasn’t that by a stretch.
Naw, kid you was right. That particular wedding was dumb.
I didn't realize how few episodes this show had. Picked up the blu-ray yesterday and it's on its way to my house. Thanks, Warner Archive, for still releasing stuff on physical media.
yeah, it's not a long watch, but sooo good!
Yup. The show was cancelled in order to make room on the schedule for the Laverne & Shirley in the Army cartoon, which ironically, lasted for the same amount of episodes.
@@Dhampir101980 That's why it was cancelled???
@@olternaut yes. Crazy, isn’t it
Loved this when I was a kid. Couldnt go a Saturday without watching this show.
I always wanted to see him battle the Wizard Gemini.
I used to get upset when college football and golf preempted Thundarr in my area. I was 5.
It was essentially "Conan the Barbarian meets Star Wars", and I luved it! How this still hasn't been made into a live-action movie astounds me! - Chris
I’m working on it bro
I was so innocent as a kid never Knowing that one day it would be over, it was much funner as a kid to watch this. I miss the 80's
Yeah, me too. I had such a fun childhood, I hated to turn 18.
Wow!! I have never seen the opening in HD! I remember seeing it in England in 1980!
i see this later in the 90s on Cartoon Network!
Saturday morning cartoons in the 80s were the best
from 80 - 86 was awesome
Thank you
FATHER GOD
Not a cartoon, but Bigfoot and Wildboy was always awesome to watch.
@@justice77justice Ronald Reagan would be Father God, lol.
One of the best animated series, the stories were great and not childish at all. too bad it was canceled.
it was canceled?
did they have more episodes planned for production or something?
why WAS it canceled?
@@presidentevil9951 from wikipedia: "Despite decent ratings, the show was cancelled, as Paramount wanted to make room in the programming schedule for Laverne & Shirley in the Army." And that is sad.
@@jasond4949 NBC picked up the show from ABC, however.
where can i see it?
Loved this show as a kid.
I never thought I’d see this on Blu-ray. Great set!!! So happy it was released.
I fondly remember this show but didn't remember that Dick Tufeld of Lost In Space did the opening narration. And holy shit! this has Jack Kirby's signature written all over it! (topped off with some Frank Frazetta)
Wow...you got good ears.
Alex Toth too! :D He's the guy who designed Thundarr, Ariel and Ookla.
I think if you look closely, you will find very little fantasy animation or film from the 1970s, 80s or 90s that does NOT have some Frazetta in it.
Frazetta what a great artist!
I cannot thank you enough for producing these physical media sets. Seriously, they are incredible! Been watching the original Jonny Quest series on blu-ray, and it looks incredible. Recently reviewed your Jetsons Complete Series too - I hope to see more new Hanna Barbera releases. Touché Turtle and Quickdraw are my biggest wants. Keep making dreams come true!
Already bought! The quality of the HD restoration is really on another level. It all really helps to make you appreciate the beautiful animation even more. Please give other classic shows this HD love. I would definitely buy an HD release of Pirates of Dark Water and an HD remaster of the original Thundercats, Silverhawks and Tigersharks is a must.
Aaah 1994, what a crazy weekend! Tidal waves, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and hurricanes all happening at the same time. That was a with 9th Birthday Party for me.
Don't remember that happening. Nor the Eugenics Wars mentioned in Star Trek TOS episode Space Seed.
My senior year of HS was a bad time for humanity.
1994...and not a single blessed thing happened.
We lost Kurt Cobain
@friedchickenicedtea O.J. Simpson was on trial for killing his wife and what about Tanya Harding.
Ah the 80's. A magical time in my life.
Yup! High school freshman in 1980
It was a great show for kids and adults. I loved Thundarr. It was more intelligent than many other cartoons of the time period. Despite good ratings they canceled. I cried when my uncle told me it had been canceled. He lived with us at the time and we would watch the show together on the weekends. He completely understood and immediately told the family he cried too LOL.
Keep it up with these classic cartoon blu-ray releases!
I hope we get Birdman, Shazzan, and The Centurions someday.
You're in luck--they're all out on DVD now.
@@FaytLinegod already got them on DVD, I want to see them in 1080p
I always liked Thundarr over He-man and Blackstar
It was a much darker series than either of those, and I always loved Thundarr's sword.
It had so much potential. I have the DVD set. I would like a Blu Ray collection.
No Mightor ? Or Herculoids?
So did I. Original concept by Jack "The King" Kirby.
@@burnikshrapnel 🤓
Watched this with my little sister every chance we got. This brought so much joy to a couple of 1st generation American immigrants.
So happy to have this series on Blu-ray
i really do miss this 80s cartoon alot!!😥
Fantastic and looks great in HD! Well done! What a great surprise. Please keep it up. I would love to see "The Pirates of Darkwater" next. Thanks!
It's out on DVD now.
@@FaytLinegod Thanks! Any word on a Blu-ray release?
This was way ahead of its time.
When the narration started with, "The year 1994"...: I thought it was kinda eerie because it was still just 1980. Was this really in Earth's future?
It had one of the darkest openings in all the cartoon history, but I love it. Would love to see a full real thundar movie....
I will be getting this for sure.
Love this! The concept, the wild artistry...this was one of my favorite cartoons as a kid on Saturday mornings. The opening sequence and theme were enough to hook me into watching the first episode.
In Mexico this show was broadcasted in XHGC channel 5 in 1984. Id 5 years old, this show provoque me fear by the siniestre future. I loved the drama and music, the postapocaliptics atmosphere. Warner have a grear jewel vintage animation.❤ recently I bought the blue ray series and I store as a tresaure.
This show was worthy of 12 seasons, not the barely 2 it was given. Nielsen must of done crap job gathering ratings back then too cause' every kid loved this show
Always liked how they set up the beginning of the cartoon and how the Earth and moon were forever changed in the story...
Me too. I loved the intro.
One of my favorite cartoons. Miss the good days. 😊
Lightsaber, check. Wookie, check. Princess Leia, check.
Hah! The princess reference eluded me ;)
@@Felhawk_N7 no, Sun Sword . Lightsabers were in Star Wars.
List of things Star Wars "borrowed" from previously existing fiction: check :p
Magical Princess Leia…
This cartoon brings back So many memories I didn’t remember I had. Firstly, Seeing this for the first time in colour is crazy !!!
They don't make good cartoons like they use too. Saturday mornings was strictly for kids. Even the commercials. The good ole days with a bowl of cereal.
Warner Archive, upload Thundarr The Barbarian rest of the episodes so it will be fun to watch.
I loved this show as a kid.
I used to love this show. Saturday mornings used to be a treat
I got up at 6am on Saturday to a quiet house while everyone else was sleep. Dragged my blanket to a comfy corner of the couch with a big ass bowl of King Vitamin and my portable Defender game and began a marathon of the best cartoons ever with Thundarr up there with the best.. We did not know how good we had it back then.
One of the best Saturday morning cartoons ever made. I want that sword.
I loved this show as a kid. This would make a great movie.
Best Saturday Morning Cartoon ever!
Digging the resolution! Much sharper than mine! For the literal, thousand+ times I've watched the opening sequence, I never noticed 0:32 the magic runes on the sorcerer's chamber wall when he is conjuring that winged monster!
I noticed recently in the intro, it sounds very much like the reports/legends of planet x/nibiru and it's eventual return past the earth that is supposed to cause serious devastation. I wonder if that is where the show creators got the idea?
@@bigguy130 You seem to be much better versed on these matters than I! It would be cool if the creators got the idea from real discoveries! I dig that kind of thing!
Planet Nibiru/Planet X shown back in 1980. Subliminal programming.😎🧐
This show was absolutely phenomenal for its time. As Is the animation... background paintings... Even the story line was somewhat decent. Several years later the following generation was HEman which was a much cheesier version and worse animation
I remember back in '80s as kid I was addicted to Thundarr and later on Masters of Universe
Thundarr was an awesome character, not the typical "perfect" hero, but sort of a meat head. Plus I loved Ariel.
Loved this show as a kid.
This needs to be made as live-action.
facts!
I would prefer a reboot as an animated version, with a similar art style to original. The visuals of the original are so great, just improve the main characters a bit, and such, but use a vintage style for post apocalyptic world, or something that doesn't look too modern.
I was 9 when this came out. Wow. I still think it's one of my favorite cartoons. Would make an amazing movie.
I love to see a live action movie of this.
Yes Yes Yes. Update all of these Hannah Barbera shows like this and I will get them all. You have got to do the The Herculoids: Complete Series next.
I agree but I would also love to have Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle! The previous release was not only poorly done but missing over 1/2 of the episodes. Color correction was not even attempted. A really awful job.
Ruby Spears were the studio behind Thundar.
@@stephenholloway6893 Yeah, but Hanna Barbera has the rights now.
@@FaytLinegod Technically Turner since he bought both studios with Warner handling distribution.
@@wwsvs What about Tarzan and the Super Seven?
This cartoon was ahead of his time
THAT i don't agree with
It was only ahead of its time in the melding of high fantasy and low fantasy - like a mixture of Conan the Barbarian stories with a crazy post-apocalyptic future Earth setting. I can't help but think that its creator Steve Gerber was inspired by the Gamma World RPG (made by the same company that made the Dungeons & Dragons RPG series), which was released in 1978.
This setting is so amazing.
WOW. Ordering now!
As soon as I saw the male lead, I was surprised to know that it was He-Man.
If you look at the muscular macho with tremendous strength,
Another savage Conan
I thoroughly enjoyed it
just my style kid
It was perfect for my taste and I was so happy and good
This manga needs no words, it is a manga that you see with your eyes and with your heart.
It was really fun to be able to recall the memories.
I will forever remember the anime I loved the most
A work more interesting than this will never come out again.
A masterpiece of original hero action fantasy
This is a great great cartoon love thundarr the barbarian even as a now 47 year old it was a great premise for a cartoon
This needs to be on streaming so on Saturday mornings while my kids are on TikTok I can watch & eat with my bowl of Captain Crunch. Glad that comet thing didn't happen in '94!
Looks sooo good in HD!
This and Pirates of dark water, was my fave.
The soundtrack and music cues were really well done. There are some parts of the arrangement that are a bit dated with the palm mute guitars etc. But the music really sells the budget animation on a Saturday morning with a big bowl of cereal about 43 years ago.
Love Tundarr the Barbarian ooooooowee missing Saturday morning cartoons best EVER ❤❤
Wow..hd looks awesome!....need to get my hands on this blu ray release!!
Love this show.
Am I the only one who thinks the Sun sword should have been called a Lightning sword? Cause the character's name is Thundarr
You wouldn't want him to get sued by Sundarr, wielder of the Lightning Sword
@@joelkurowski7129 oh mighty Sundar and his feared team of ravenous lawyers
lol @ Sundarr@@joelkurowski7129
This show needs to be remade into a live action.......it would slap hard AF.
Thank you Warner Archive!! Pre-ordered! Please look into doing Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle too.
Tarzan was made by Filmation.
His Sun Sword is "FABULOUS."
Knocks the bow of his hand. Picks up his enemy to use him as a weapon against his comrades. I ❤️ this show so much.
How i miss these days
Easily one of the best if not the best cartoon from the great Saturday morning cartoon era of the early 80's. Kids today couldn't handle this cartoon now. It's way too dark for their delicate little souls.
I loved this show
I remember watching there's a kid couldn't wait for Saturday morning
I remember watching Thundarr early Saturday morning. Miss those days
This should get a big screen adaption without question
Wow .2000 years and the upholstery in that truck still looked good.
Just got the complete series in the mail today , on blu-ray
Wow... I reckon I had 3-4 of the cartoons of this vintage mashed into one blissful childhood memory.
This, Herculoids, Galtar... etc
It would be cool if Thundarr get a reboot for today's generation.
1994 + 2000 = 3994
Looks like Thundarr and his pals are in the 40th Centuray!
Math is hard.
@@testodude Yep
Lmao
@@kubanitos ??????
My favorite cartoon as a kid. I'm one of the last lucky generations who got to enjoy the simpler life of Saturday Morning Cartoons.
My favorite cartoon from my youth. What was not to love? Attractive Sorceress, a light sabre ( er sunsword,) a wookie ( er Mok,) and a cool post apocalyptic setting. Great villains from super powered wizards to werewolves. I smile whenever I think of it. It was short lived, too adult? I would kickstart a reboot.
This cartoon was is Great, loved it from my childhood!!⚔️
I loved watching Thundarr the barbarian when I was little
Used to go to my friends house down the street and watch this every Saturday. His dad had a big console TV in his basement.
Use to watch this every Saterday Morning.
this looks really good in HD, that intro is so good
Big fan of Thundar & Gargoyles, great shows
Fond memories every Saturday morning.
Thundarr's scream makes me scream and cry tears of fear.
What if this had taken off in widespread popularity and had defined 80's cartoons, instead of Transformers, GI Joe and Ninja Turtles?!? Released in 1980/1981, the 80's hadn't truly "kicked in" yet. (Post-Apocalypse worlds were more a 70's thing).
Oh man, I remember 1994... It was tough.
I read that Messrs Ruby and Spears worked on older shows like The Hurculoids, and it really shows in the vibe of this one.
Dude looks like Darkseid. 0:48 LOL
to a young child watching this cartoon it was great....
This show is so underrated unfortunately.
Please bring cartoons like this back!!!!! 🙏
He-Man
Thundarr The Barbarian and
Voltron takes me back to my childhood years😊
1994 was a rough year! Man we barely survived that cataclysmic event. Even though we had to have our graduation on Astroid Volcano Flood Island. Ahh, that was one hell of a apocalypse 😂
This was my favorite cartoon. I like this cartoon of Apocalyptic world and all you need is strength and a little scientific weapons to survive
Loved this show