
rival Disney), 1984 to 1988 and five series by Wildstorm, an imprint of DC Comics (Warner Bros.' corporate sibling), beginning in 2003. There were also several comic book series produced: Marvel Comics' version (currently owned by Warner Bros. Leisure Concepts which helped co-develop the show acted as a licensing agent for the series.

have had the rights to the series (and all Lorimar-Telepictures programming) from that point on. In 1989, Lorimar-Telepictures was purchased by and folded into Warner Bros., whose television syndication arm would eventually assume distribution of the show Warner Bros. The series was originally distributed by Rankin-Bass Productions' then-parent company Telepictures Corporation, which would later merge with Lorimar Productions in 1986.

Seasons 2, 3, and 4 followed a new format of twenty episodes each, starting with a five-part story.
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Season 1 of the show aired in 1985 (65 episodes), followed by a TV movie entitled ThunderCats – HO! in 1986. The studio was acquired in 1989 to form Walt Disney Animation Japan. The animation for the episodes was provided by the Japanese studio Pacific Animation Corporation, with Masaki Iizuka as production manager. The series, for which Leonard Starr was the head writer, follows the adventures of a group of catlike humanoid aliens.

ThunderCats is an American animated television series that was produced by Rankin-Bass Animated Entertainment and Leisure Concepts debuting in 1985, based on the characters created by Tobin "Ted" Wolf.
