Saturday, July 24, 2010

Toon NEWS! SDCC: Young Justice details~

Remember that Young Justice new cartoon? Well, there's a lot of new infos about it now, thanks to Comic-Con!



It seems like this show will be the new "Teen Titans"-like show. Only, in DC continuity now. (on Earth-16)
The show will have at least 16 regular Justice League characters (!!! why didn't Brave and the Bold get as much characters?!) 

The core Young Justice team will consist of Robin/Dick Grayson (Jesse McCartney), Kid Flash/Wally West (Jason Spizak), Aqualad (Kari Peyton), Superboy/Connor Kent (Nolan North), Miss Martian (Danica McKellar), and Artemis (Stephani Lemelin)
And we also have now a list of some more voice actors: Batman (Bruce Greenwood), Aquaman (Phil LaMarr), Captain Marvel (Rob Lowe) and Green Arrow (Alan Tudyk!!!! Woow! Excellent choice!)


Aqualad will be the leader.
This isn't an adaptation of the comic going by the same name (oooh...) and will feature some new dynamics, such as Robin/Dick Grayson being the youngest member.
Miss Martian getting mainstream!!
And Artemis is the female archer. She doesn't just represent the Archer of the group (Green Arrow) but Wonder Woman as well. The show will have the real Arrowette and Wonder Girl show up at some point, it seems.
Roy Harper (Speedy/Red Arrow) will be a regular as well.


Here's some concept designs, from the same chara designer as the Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths animated movie:




And a little feature about the upcoming show:





Looks pretty cool so far.
But I'm not a big fan of some decisions here... remember, it's not an adaptation but part of an alternate DC universe, Earth-16! (this will sure help me accecpt those changes a bit...)
On the bad side: I absolutely do not like the Hawks (Hawkman and Hawkgirl) design up there! Ugh.... ugly, bulky, stupid.. where's the classic Egyptian/Alien/Warrior/WingedSuperHero meet Conan concept?!