We recently brought you the news of the trailer for the new ThunderCats animated series and now a few of the members of the voice cast have been revealed.

It has been known for some time that the voice actor who lent his vocal talents to Lion-O in the original series will be returning but voicing Lion-O’s father Claudius but now we have a couple of other names who will be voicing the beloved characters.

In an interview with MTV at a Fox press event; voice actor Kevin Michael Richardson revealed that he’ll be voicing Panthro. Richardson is a hugely accomplished vocal actor who has worked on the likes of The Cleveland Show, American Dad, Ben 10, Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Star Wars: The Clone Wars amongst others.

During the brief chat he also revealed that Will Friedle will be voicing Lion-O. Friedle is another actor who has done a considerable amount of vocal work over the years and some of you may remember him from the TV series Boy Meets World.

Things seem to be shaping up nicely for the series and we’ll bring your more news as and when it becomes available. In the meantime here’s the MTV video interview.

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