Consider me on board. Looks like Thundera will actually be a kingdom on Third Earth instead of a distant planet. Watch the trailer and let us know what you think in the comments!

ShoutFactory has announced that they are putting together a DVD set for the 80’s animated television series, M.A.S.K.. The set will feature 65 of the 75 episodes. The last 10 episodes are actually owned by a different rights holder and Shout Factory has not been able to acquire those rights yet. Some may remember those last 10 episodes featured a longer overall story arc of M.A.S.K. pit against V.E.N.O.M. in a really big race. M.A.S.K. also boasted one of the most awesome intros of any animated series ever. See below.

Press release after the jump!

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Big news! The Powet.tv staff have decided to start a news blog based on a fandom which is dear the hearts of all our readers! Coming soon is the Ponyville Gazette, the definitive My Little Pony news source for all you die hard My Little Pony fans!

Pinkie Pie can't contain her excitement at the thought of a Powet.tv My Little Pony news site!

We’re still working out the details but we’re confident this is something everypony will be happy with! We’re hoping to get this underway in April but at this point we’d be fools to commit to a firm date.

This weekend is GIJoeCon in Orlando, Florida. The Terrordrome is live tweeting from the Renegades panel and has reported that GI Joe Renegades will indeed end after just one season. This confirms the fears of fans who have been dreading the end of the series after it was announced the show would be going on hiatus after the first season. The show will essentially end before the toys ever make it to store shelves. Most unfortunate for everyone involved. On the bright side, a question asked during the Q&A confirmed that Renegades will have a DVD release.

A new GI Joe animated series will come out in 2012 based on the GI Joe 2 movie.

JoeCon 2011: Renegades Panel – Renegades on hiatus for GI Joe 2. But GI Joe animation will return, didn’t say Renegades will return though.

JoeCon 2011: Renegades Panel – They just keep saying “animation”, not “Renegades”, so probably not returning as Renegades.

JoeCon 2011: Renegades Panel – To add on to previous statement, it is all “industry talk” and Renegades is done after Season 1.

JoeCon 2011: Renegades Panel – Look for a new series based off of GI Joe 2 in 2012.

JoeCon 2011: Renegades Panel – Ok, Renegades is done, but when the “animation” returns, it will look the same, same characters…

JoeCon 2011: Renegades Panel – …but will be more closer to GI Joe 2 in story. So same look, but farther along story than Renegades is now.

Thanks to the Terrordrome for keeping us up to date on this news.

Disappointing news all around for Joe fans. It seems the GI Joe: Renegades, the newest animated incarnation of Hasbro’s All American Hero currently airing on The Hub network, will be going on hiatus after its first season runs to completion in the summer. General’s Joes had the news up after noticing Renegades being suspiciously absent from The Hub’s Upfront presentation for its future programming. The news was confirmed from The Hub’s own PR. Transformers: Prime, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and other programming seems to have escaped the same fate. The reasoning given was to put full focus on the upcoming live action sequel to the Rise of Cobra movie.

From the Hub:

“…we’re very pleased with the performance of G.I. JOE RENEGADES on The Hub. The series will go on hiatus at the end of season one while the second installment of the G.I. Joe movie franchise is being produced so Hasbro and Hasbro Studios can ensure the creative and storyline continuity that fans of the films and the series expect. We’ll have original episodes into the summer and we envision resuming new animation following the movie.”

Many fans of the show see this as its death knell similar to Transformers: Animated. I don’t think that is a fair comparison, though, since this is airing on Hasbro’s own Hub network and they have stated that they have stories going out as far as five seaons. Its hard to say what the fate of the show will be, but the toys haven’t even made it out to retail yet in another show of unfortunate timing for this series.

This post includes a press release as that will take you the rest of the day to read, but here are the basics…

Cartoon Network historically has had huge success with shows based on DC Comics characters (JLU, Batman Brave And The Bold) as well as Warners Bros Animation (Looney Toons, Ben 10), and so they’re ordering several new series as well as renewing some successes.

The hotly anticipated Green Lantern The Animated will follow in the footsteps that Batman The Animated series did in 1992 by bringing a character to the small screen following a big movie opening. Differing from previous DC animated presentations is that this GL series will be entirely computer animated, unlike the past 19 years of Batman, Superman, and other series.
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corp will join the renewed Young Justice and Batman Brave and The Bold as part of the “DC Nation” block, which the press release implies may see other DC properties down the line. Safe bet on some of the DC direct to video movies over the last 3 years such as New Frontier and Under The Red Hood airing in these slots as well.

Thundercats is also now officially being announced as part of Cartoon Networks falls schedule from Warner Bros Animation. WB will also relaunch Looney Toons in a “contemporary” animated style. CN is renewing Ben 10 and Scooby Doo as well.

In related news, Cartoon Network has ordered a series based on the How To Train Your Dragon series of books and CG movie.

Rounding out the announcements: “LEGO Ninjago” which is a cartoon series based on ninjas made out of LEGO.

You may now read the press release.
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The Geek News blog over at MTV posted some of the first images of the lions from the new Voltron Force cartoon coming to NickToons later this year. No Yellow Lion to be seen, unfortunately, but all the rest are here. We’ve seen some of these images before in various forms of completeness as teasers on the VoltronOfficial twitter feed. Its nice to see them completed and colored though. Things are definitely shaping up for the series so far.