Monday, March 12, 2018

Rein-Toon-Ation: Lassie (2013)

Forty years after Lassie's Rescue Rangers, Lassie, after two live-action follow-ups to her original TV series, returned to animation, this time in a Canadian produced series.

As far as I know, YouTube and maybe other online streaming services are the only way to see this show here in the US, unless Universal Kids has picked up the series. NBC-Universal-Comcast owns the rights to the Lassie franchise now, so maybe it's there.

Anyway, one huge difference between this show and Rescue Rangers is the fact that Lassie and the other dogs, and, we must assume, other animals, can talk. Like, you knew that was inevitable, didn't you?

Otherwise, it's the same old Lassie, under the care of another human family, and caring for them in return. Here's a sample episode, "Gold Rush!":



Keep an eye for this if Universal Kids did pick it up, or it could be available on your cable system's On Demand channel.

Rating: A.

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