As revealed as part of this year’s Ghostbusters Day, Netflix is currently developing a new Ghostbusters animated series.
With little known about the project other than those responsible for last year’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife cast Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan attached as executive producers, fans are eager to voice their preferences. on what they would like to see, including the tone of the animation style.
Given that the story of Ghostbusters: Afterlife was steeped heavily in nostalgia, with strong ties to the 1984 film, it wouldn’t be too surprising if the Netflix series took a similar example, deciding to make one. little more, ahem, “real.”
We’re of course referring to the wildly popular 1980s series The Real Ghostbusters, which was a financial juggernaut for Columbia Pictures Television, quickly becoming a beloved cartoon show and spawning Kenner’s famous toyline, as well as ties food and other merchandise.
Favorite Ghostbusters News Fan Artist Badoochi Studioswho took part in the official Ghostbusters Day celebrations last year, shared his potential pitch for an animated series that brings back The Real Ghostbusters, tying them together with the cast of Afterlife.
Whereas Badoochi decided to keep the original team as it was in 1986 because, you know, it’s cartoons, after all, some changes have been made. These include a spectral version of Egon, as he appeared in Life after deathas well as the character’s granddaughter, Phoebe, receiving a slight makeover, adapting her to the lively Spengler family.
Various Ghostbusters gadgets have also been designed to resemble the cartoon series, including the modified Remote Trap Vehicle, as well as the Podcast Controller, likely being a nod to early concept art. Oh, and I love the adorable renditions of Muncher and the Mini-Pufts!
The upcoming Netflix series will mark the third Ghostbusters animated TV show, with previous entries including the aforementioned The Real Ghostbusters, which aired for 140 episodes between ABC and syndication from 1986 to 1991. In the fall of 1997, a series of a follow-up called Extreme Ghostbusters was introduced, which aired for 40 episodes in syndication, continuing the characters and stories featured in the previous anime series.