DuckTales Returns to TV in 2017!
Life will once again be like a hurricane in Duckburg, because a new DuckTales animated series is on the way!
DuckTales will return to the airwaves in 2017! A new DuckTales animated series (I really don't want to use the word "reboot" if I can avoid it, because there's no need to mess with the canon, here) will air on Disney XD in 2017. That's all the hard info we have right now, but it's good enough.
Disney promises that all the familiar DuckTales supporting characters will return. No word yet on whether this will have a "hand drawn" feel to the animation. It had better, though. A 3D, computer-animated DuckTales just wouldn't feel right.
DuckTales, in case you don't know, was a wonderful animated series that aired 100 episodes between 1987 and 1990. This was a cartoon with an impressive legacy. Based on the Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics of Carl Barks, which are not only some of the finest comics ever made, but helped influence the Indiana Jones franchise (which the cartoon then borrowed some flavor from), DuckTales was a perfect blend of adventure and afternoon cartoon comedy. It also boasted the catchiest theme tune in history, and spawned a video game that still holds up as one of the best ever produced for the NES.
Here's the word from Marc Buhaj, Senior Vice President, Programming, and General Manager for Disney XD:
“DuckTales has a special place in Disney’s TV animation history, it drew its inspiration from Disney Legend Carl Barks’ comic books and through its storytelling and artistic showmanship, set an enduring standard for animated entertainment that connects with both kids and adults. Our new series will bring that same energy and adventurous spirit to a new generation.”
Until then, sing that theme tune over and over, play DuckTales Remastered on one of your consoles, and track down some of these amazing Carl Barks duck comics that Fantagraphics has been putting out in hardcover. You won't regret it.