New 'Justice League Action' Animated Series Announced for Cartoon Network

TTgo style Justice league cool

Oooh, Alan Burnett is back? The producers involved seem cool. I'm fine with a lighthearted tone as long as it's smartly written and doesn't insult kids' intelligence.

Dat art.

Is wack

Seems like another show for the ADD generation. (The low running time)

Other than that not a big fan of the art and from the sounds of it we're only going to see Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman (as the focus). So that's disappointing as well. I do like that Kevin Conroy is doing Batman's voice though. Other than that I'd have to actually see something from it to get a real feel.

Well, at least Kevin Conroy is back.

The fact that one of the TTG producers is working on this has me concerned but I'll reserve judgement until it airs.

Hoping its good. I'd be nice to a DC cartoon to watch each week. I hate that I missed out on GL.

I am glad it is for younger audiences. DC needs to captivate potential readers from a young age and their movies aren't young audience material neither are their TV series.

I hate the eleven minute format.

Awful

Well, this clearly isn't for me, but I'm glad the kids are getting a JL show :) Plus we're getting the movies which totally aren't appropriate for younger viewers.

I have no faith in this being good.

That's terrible.

And all faith is lost. Who here was hoping for a JL/U kind of series with both serious stories and great character focused eps?

While I doubt it will compare to the DCAU, I'm hoping it's a decent series of shorts, much like the Fleischer Superman series of the 40's.

@feartheliving: There is a line about a rotating line up, so here's hoping guys like GL and Flash (among many others get a bit of the spotlight)

I need to see the animation in motion before I make a final call. I will in advance though, Why do they keep giving Superman terrible belt designs? It should be a yellow buckle with a red belt, not the other way around. Or just make whole belt Yellow like Injustice.

Lol they look like teenagers....

Idk is the cartoon market really that afraid of having more adult (mature?) art styles? Strange....

@heatblaze123: for u but kids are going to love it

If it's meant for kids I won't hold it against them. Nothing bugs me more then a bunch of salty adults hating on a show clearly aimed for children aged 5+

@timelordscience said:

This^

I hope the show is all ages, as in kids can watch it, but it's not insultingly stupid so adults can watch it too, and so kids can get a little something that doesn't talk down to them

I'm 24 years old, I'm clearly not the target audience, nor do I need another JL cartoon, so I won't Whine about this, as it's obviously not for me.

Mark Hamill returning as The Joker? Hell yea!! But if I recalled, I thought he said he was done voicing The Joker and retiring from it?

@derekvang: it's a paycheck. Mark had to come back. I'm disappointed that Clancy brown won't take up luthor. James woods is awesome but I would cast him as hush or sinestro

Style looks terrible but with Conroy and Hamill on board I'll be watching the first episode.

Producers of TTGO? Then we will know the result..

Animation looks a bit weird and simplistic, the length seems way too short and the mention of Teen Titans Go beside this announcement gives me bad feelings. But the voice cast seems neat and at least there's a DC cartoon to show these characters to kids again. They've been losing out to Marvel in that area when the tables are usually inverted. Maybe I'll try it but I won't be surprised if it's not good.

TTgo is now gonna ruin an even better, iconic, and more well known team than the TT?... Dang I'm sad now.

I was but I'm always hoping we'll see shows like that again sadly that doesn't seem to be the case. Not to say these shows are bad, they have their demographic they just happen to not be me. : \

I enjoy TTGo for what it is.

But this JLA, meh.
For a comic JL sitcom, JLI seems like a more natural fit.

Excited to watch this with my little siblings. So I'm guessing tv is for kids, and the movies will be for the older audience.

I dont know how to respond to this. Overall Id say it sounds great, but there are a few areas of concern. The first being who they have playing Booster Gold. It was awesome seeing that Booster would be in this, but I cant see Bader being charming and suave like Booster should be. Secondly is the art and design for it as it seems to heavily influenced by the Snyderverse with the costumes and the art looks very simple. The third and final issue is that it could end up being too close to Teen Titans Go in awfulness. Other than that Im excited as it could be a fun and awesome series.

Don't know how to feel about this...Like the voice cast, hate the animation style, uncertain about the run time because this honestly means the target audience is kids (which just makes me sad), is clearly following in the footsteps of TTG which actually is a funny show, just not what I would've hoped for...I'll just wait and see.

Though I dont get what some people are complaining about it being targeted towards kids. If kids like them, then kids will probably want to get into comics at some point.

The lack of Bruce Timm makes me suspicous

I'm probably too old for this anyway.

11 minute run times similar to Steven Universe could work. Doubtful the writing and vision will be there to replicat what makes that show great. But hopefull either way. The era of great 30 minut action adventure series is over, time to just watch them on Netflix.

Sure why not. Maybe it'll be cool. Hopefully. As long as they actually give it a shot and not suddenly cancel it like 3 other DC shows that were on Cartoon Network *COUGH COUGH* (looks over at the short-lived Young Justice, Beware the Batman, and Green Lantern animated series).

Wish it was like the good old days but whatever.

Hopefully kids like it.

~MiB

No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no nooooooooo

I'll check it out. Hopefully, either George Newburn or Tim Daly return to voice Superman.

Speaking of Alan Burnett, where's Bruce Timm? Wouldn't mind seeing a new animated series based on a DC superhero in his art style.

I think this'll be less Teen Titans Go and more The Brave and The Bold. Hoping for the best.

So many salty crybabies in this thread. Love it.

I'm all for another kid-appropriate comicbook show for me to watch with my kids.

Well to me, it's not so much that they're geared towards kids, it's what that seems to mean nowadays. It's like they diminish the art quality, add a bunch of silly humor, and overall just water down the product, all for the sake of "targeting kids". BTAS, Batman Beyond, JL/U, Spider-Man, X-Men, and Teen Titans all came out when I was a kid, and I don't think anyone would argue that they weren't great shows (not to mention successful). In fact, those shows are what got me into comics. I'm not saying they have to be as serious as YJ, but kids are capable of recognizing and appreciating a great show too. Hopefully this show will be better than it looks. I'm not a fan of the animation, but more often than not, DC puts out good products so I'll be optimistic.

Please be good. That's all I ask.

I am not upset with the artwork like other people are. Spectacular Spiderman proved that interesting characters can still be developed with simple art.

The 15 minute run time for each episode makes me suspicious though. That doesn't leave much time to develop compelling plots.

Not like this, DC. Not like this.

Well...I guess that these producers have forgotten the age group for kids...Kids are people between the ages of 0-18 and these people used to watch cartoons a decade or 2 ago....But now there isn't any show which they all can watch...I will give it a try tho....

And all those saying the movies are not appropriate for kids, you are wrong....Just because the story would be a bit darker doesn't mean kids can't watch them...The only inappropriate movie from them is Suicide Squad and a potential Batman film with Joker as a villain(That shit is just scary for kids) and even those can be watched by most kids....The threshold for kids is not what it used to be and they can watch violent films....Just not films like Saw or anything....

And the main focus would not be on these three, as one of the voice actors mentioned is of Booster Gold BEFORE the voice actors of Superman and Wonder Woman....

People say that it's sad that young adults/adults are complaining about a kids show being a kids show.

That's not the point. It's what kids shows are nowadays, for the most part. Most aren't charming, or challenging, for kids. They just try to be colorful, have action, be funny (in a poor way), and sell toys. Look at the recent Green Lantern tv show. It was clearly directed towards children, but could be watch by all ages. Same with Spectacular Spider-Man, JLU, BTAS, STAS, etc.

What about the teenagers between the ages of 12-17? If they can't give them narrative driven, 20-30min stories, why not put them digital networks, like Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime? Or put it on Adult Swim/Toonami?

It's just sad that, in a year where we're getting Samurai Jack back, we're getting this kind of JL show.