Last millennium, one of the best cartoons around was Cartoon Network’s The Powerpuff Girls. The year was 1998 to be exact, and Powerpuff Girls creator Craig McCracken was riding high with one of the other best cartoons around in the late ’90s, Dexter’s Laboratory. The Powerpuff Girls won 2 Primetime Emmys in their original run and went on to have a movie and a few TV specials. So, Cartoon Network, in what will likely be a great move, is bringing back Bubbles, Blossom, and Buttercup for a Powerpuff Girls reboot in 2016.
Rob Sorcher, Cartoon Network chief content officer remarked, “The original ‘Powerpuff Girls’ was a franchise phenomenon for Cartoon Network, paving the way for a new generation of innovative storytellers and enthusiastic fans worldwide. We are calling these girls back into action based upon an overwhelming demand for sugar, spice and Chemical X.â€
Cartoon Network is a much different place than it was in 1998 or even 2005 when the Powerpuff Girls, as a series, came to an end. Adult Swim is more popular than ever and live action programming now exists where there used to be cartoons exclusively. Still, 2016 should be a more than welcoming time for a new Powerpuff Girls considering the show’s now-adult original fans, as well as a brand new young audience.
There’s no official word whether all the original voice actors will return, but it would be surprising if there were any replacements considering how the cast returned for the CG TV special Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed that premiered earlier this year.
Are you excited to get another dose of Chemical X? Let us know in the comments below.
HT: Variety
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very excited, powerpuff girls still my favorites
Their my favorite too!
I HOPE EDD AND EDDY ,JOHNNY BRAVO AND DEXTERS LABORATORY ALSO RETURNS…
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I rather Craig bring back Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends.
Yes ! I don’t know about u but their season finally sucked. Bring back fhfif!
You don’t think their good enough for you? Oh well then it’s your loss.
The special was a fun love letter to the original series, but a new show without Craig McCraken? It’ll take quite a bit to get me on board.
Who knows. Maybe his wife will make it. She did make the very successfully mlp reboot.
SAMURAI JACK!
I think it would be funny as long as you make a drinking game of it…
I am SO EXCITED I can’t wait!!!!!! Some of the episodes are on Netflix, and my kids love the Powerpuff Girls, I can’t wait to show them NEW episodes! This is going to be so amazing! 🙂
I actually love the new animation style a lot. But the writing on the new special was atrociously bad.
They made them SOOOOOOOOOOO cheesy! I actually hope they go back to the old animation style for this, but since it’s a reboot, I very much doubt it.
the original animation was better I hope they go with the original over the animation they used for that special that was awful it drove em bananas.
Are they gonna b adults or kids still?
Please no. Move on. The latest one didn’t do it justice, another one won’t make it better. Something original, please.
Come on! Can you give the new another chance? Cause new is better than old.