ThunderCats (1985 TV series) be quite divorced from what had gone before, with adventures consigned almost entirely to New Thundera, and most villainous opposition coming from either Mumm-Ra or assorted new villains. The Mutants, Lunataks, and Captain Cracker all returned for one episode each, however. In the series finale, several conclusions are reached: Despite its large cast of characters, "ThunderCats" featured a rather small circle of voice actors, with only six actors providing voices for the entire first season. Every actor provided multiple voices, although the distinctive baritone of Earle Hyman (Panthro) left the actor providing only very occasional guest voices in comparison with
Lambert the Sheepish Lion to "The Two Mouseketeers", a "Tom and Jerry" cartoon which shared one of 7 Oscars for the Tom and Jerry series. A picture book adaptation for children was also released in the 1970s as part of the "Disney's Wonderful World of Reading" series. The original print of the film was given as a gift to Emperor Hirohito of Japan because it was his favorite Disney cartoon. The short was included as an extra on the 25th anniversary DVD release of "The Fox and the Hound". It also aired as a prelude to Disney's "The Lion King" when originally released on