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by Rich Keller, posted Jun 18th 2010 2:20PM
Over the last few months we've reported the return of '80s cartoon classics 'G.I. Joe,' 'Pound Puppies,' and 'Voltron.' Now comes word of another revival of a character that graced the television screens and arcades in the early years of that decade.Variety is reporting that Avi Arad, executive adviser at Namco Bandai, plans to bring Pac-Man back to the small screen in a new 3-D animated series. During a 3-minute teaser shown at this year's E3 event, Arad said he wanted the new version of Pac-Man to speak to a different age-range of kids by putting Pac in high school; having him deal with situations that normal teenagers would deal with.
According to Arad, these situations may include questions of who Pac's parents actually are. "He's the only yellow one in Pac-Land; what does that mean?" asked Arad. "Is it a social statement? We'll find out."
In this version of the animated series, it's up to Pac to battle a series of ghosts that are attempting to take over Pac-Land. To accomplish this, he enlists a number of his friends and four "friendly" ghosts named Pinky, Inky, Blinky and Clyde. Those familiar with the Pac-Man franchise know that those are the four bad ghosts that endlessly chase Pac through the arcade game's maze of power pellets.
No studio or distributor has been named yet for the new 'Pac-Man' series.
First released as an arcade game in May of 1980, Pac-Man became a smash hit all across the globe. In 1982, Hanna-Barbera produced a 'Pac-Man' animated series that featured Pac (voiced by Marty Ingels), his wife Pepper, child Pac-Baby and dog Chomp-Chomp as they relentlessly battled Mezmaron and his Ghost Monsters. 'Pac-Man' aired on ABC's Saturday morning schedule until 1984.
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