Thundarr The Barbarian Animation cels

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Thundarr the Barbarian fans??? I know you're out there! These cels are for you These are the actual cels used in the pre-production/planning for the animated series from the 80's. There are FOUR cels being offered. These are all handpainted CELS with no BACKGROUNDS. Notice the last photo showing the back of one of the handpainted cels. I know you're gonna love 'em! ONE PRICE FOR ALL FOUR! ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Twenty-one half-hour episodes were produced by Ruby-Spears Productions , an animation house formed by former Hanna-Barbera head writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears from October 1980 to September 1982, when the show went off the air. The show ran on the ABC network . Reruns of the program appeared on NBC 's Saturday morning lineup in 1983. Plot Directly inspired by comic books, with the likes of R.E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian and Flash Gordon , Thundarr the Barbarian is set in a future (3994 AD) post-apocalyptic wasteland divided into kingdoms or territories — the majority of which are ruled by wizards — and whose ruins typically feature recognizable geographical features from the United States , starting in New York City and working itself to Los Angeles , Las Vegas , Mount Rushmore , San Francisco or Washington, D.C. Other episodes with recognizable settings are located in Central America , while one is in London . Another notable feature of this future Earth is that the Moon was broken in two pieces, but the gravity of the pieces drew them back together, orbiting at roughly the same height as the intact Moon once did. The shattered moon and the ruins of the former human civilization were caused by the passage of a runaway planet (more resembling a comet) between the Earth and the Moon in 1994, which, from scenes shown in the opening sequence, caused radical changes in the Earth's climate, geography and tidal effects. However, by the time period in which the series is set (2,000 years later), the Earth and Moon seem to have settled into a new balance. Earth is reborn in a world of savagery, super-science, and sorcery. The hero Thundarr (voiced by Robert Ridgely ), a muscular warrior, was meant to be strongly akin to the comic book characters Thor the God of Thunder and Conan The Barbarian . In this setting, Thundarr and his companions Princess Ariel, a formidable young sorceress, and the Wookiee -like Ookla the Mok traveled the world on horseback, battling evil wizards who combine magical spells with technologies from the pre-catastrophe world. Other enemies include The Brotherhood of Night (a group of werewolves who could transform others into their werewolves by simple touch), the cosmic Stalker from The Stars (a predatory, malevolent cosmic vampire ), humanoid lizards and mutants . Intelligent humanoid-animal races include the rat -like Groundlings, the crocodile -like Carocs, and the cat -like Moks. Further Star Wars influences can be seen in Thundarr's weapon of choice, the Sunsword, which projects a blade-like beam of energy when activated, and can be deactivated so that it is only a hilt . The Sunsword's energy blade can deflect other energy attacks as well as magical ones, can cut through nearly anything, and can disrupt magical spells and effects. The Sunsword is magically linked to Thundarr and as such, only he can use it; however, this link can be disrupted. [2] Comic book writer-artist Jack Kirby worked on the production design for the show. While many people believe that Kirby was the primary designer of the show (mainly due to his similarly themed Kamandi: The Last Boy On Earth ), the main characters were in fact designed by fellow comic book writer-artist Alex Toth , who also designed the popular character Space Ghost for Saturday morning television. Toth, however, was unavailable to continue working on the show, so most of the wizards and other villains and secondary characters that a... read more

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