What would kind of TMNT show would you like to see after this one ends?
 

Assuming this cartoon isn't getting renewed for sixth season, it should end after summer next year. Regardless of wheter or not that happens, the show still isn't going to go on forever.

So what kind of show would you like to see replace it?

A more darker show like the 2003 one. Possibly a show based on IDW comics.

A live-action show based on the original comics in the manner of the Netflix-Marvel-series...

I dunno, mane. I want Mirage & IDW adaptions as direct-to-DVD animated features, but those aren't whole shows. Would love to see an actual anime treatment, produced in Japan. Slice of life with action episodes mixed in.

I think that'd be way easier to F up than make decent.

Yes, you're right, but I would like have a decent one... Dream big! :D

I think I would be satisfied already with a show, where the Turtles actually use their weapons... I always roll my eyes, if I see this fist punches with a katana/sai/whatever in the hand...

When they don't want to hurt somebody, then they should keep the weapons in the drawer...

I seriously hope they renew it, at least bring it to 11 seasons to beat the 1987 series' record
anyways I agree with the other people, an IDW based one. But only after the IDW series ends.

I hope the IDW comics are adapted to a cartoon someday.

I definitely wouldn't mind seeing the IDW TMNT comics made into an animated series with a style similar to Santolouco. I also wouldn't mind seeing a live action series as long as the costumes and production value was top notch.

What? "The Invasion" and "Annihilation Earth" (among others) don't fit the mold?

Myself, I'd actually like to see a Mutanimals spin-off--I like them--with Mutagen Man, Karai, and Old Hob (formerly known as Tiger Claw) added to the team.

An IDW-based show with less humor and goofiness, with a focus on serialized storytelling and tangible character development.

And hell, while I'm wishing on a star, I'll take a pony, too.

Basically this minus the humor less humor part, I feel a show that can be super funny yet really good plot and character wise would be ideal. I'd also like some occasional filler and some side stories that develop characters too.

Apropos: I wish an R-rated, black&white TMNT-live-action-arthouse-movie based on Zulli's "Soul's Winter" arc directed in the style of Terrence Malick (let's just hire A.J. Edwards as director) with a focus on nature, spirituality and environmental thoughts...

Would so like to see a series with 20s+ Turtles. Whether something new or a spin-off/update of what we currently have but they've been aged up and are more advanced in their skills and maturity. Splinter looks aged, we see Nick April and Casey as adults. Could be fun to see done after the current series wraps up, and aim it at an older audience. (To keep the young audience content, continue producing Half Shell specials now and then.)


Alternately... Due to decent fan art of the 2014 guys that is more flattering to their designs, if said art was inspiration for the art style I wouldn't be against a series of young adult Turtles based on them since they already come across as seeming older. And paired with better writing of course, aimed at teens and adults. Though I'm not sure I could see them being a Nick show, maybe put them on another Viacom channel.

As said above, an anime series with the turtles in their 20's would be fun. I can feel it already.

Uh, you don't want an animated show to have eleven seasons, most of the turn sour by being that long.

The DCU that began with Batman and ended with JLU being the honourable exception, of course.

Not sure IDW sounds awesome but not entirely based off of them kinda like 2k3 build off of it.

I would like a version that's a bit darker and embraces more of the adult elements, but still is okay for older kids. Since more and more adults are buying collectibles for TV shows and stuff, I think TMNT could still run on toy sales even if it's more dark. I'd want to see a live-action version with suits enhanced with a little CGI. I don't have Netflix but I think that's where it would thrive.
Maybe it could have a similar tone to IDW - fun but with a lot of interesting themes to explore.

IDW big budget adaptation. Release the arcs as direct to dvd movies and do the minis as well

I know I am a minority in this, but I wouldn 't want an idw based anything.
That comic line is so hollow to me, I can never unterstand how people really like it so much.
Good for them at least...but I would enjoy a Black and White Animated series based on mirage with real handdrawn animation and beautyful handcrafted look and feel...as unlikely as That is going to be happening however...

IDW is more entertaining for me than Mirage or Archie.

Well if we're just making unrealistic wishes then I'll say some kind of Tales of the TMNT show that picks up where unfinished story lines / concepts left off and attempts some kind of closure, conclusion, or continuation. Or something that just directly embraces the trans-dimensional multiverse that has been slowly building and just has different incarnations doing stuff together via the Battle Nexus or what have you.

IDW TMNT in cartoon form is all I want.

anime version that was darker

Well if it doesn't have to be realistic:
A show based on the original Playmates toyline. I mean the designs the packaging had, the origin stories the characters had in the book etc. I don't know about y'all but growing up I didn't play with my turtle toys like in the cartoon or archie comics but I'd follow the artwork and storylines the playmates toys implied.

I'd take that, but only if it strictly followed the old stuff. The new minds at Playmates don't work so good.

To even ponder that question in any kind of serious matter -- to me -- is infinitely more agonizing than just accepting that it will never, ever happen.

Imagine Playmates Shredder walking around with no shirt and his chest/armor in every episode and a long purple cape with a blue helmet. Also we'd see brown/dark skinned Donatello.

Can we not? I'm the minority that doesn't like his art design for the turtles.

This thread is premature for a couple of reasons:

1. The Nick show is not in danger of ending. It already has Season 5 confirmed, and we don't know what will happen after.

2. When the Nick cartoon does end, there's no way they're going to make another cartoon immediately after. They're most likely going to let the property rest for at least 5 years before deciding to do another show. If there's waning interest in TMNT from kids they're not going to bother until the next generation of kids come in, which would be about 5 years later. The only alternative is if Nick sells the property immediately after...but I find that unlikely.

It doesn't matter what the minority think. If there's money and high viewership to be had over Santolouco's style, then they'll produce it but don't worry about it. It's likely not to happen anyway.

Dude, I just prefer the other artists that worked for the IDW series more. I don't mind his work for the other characters, just don't dig his designs for the turtles. Personal preference.

Dan Ducan being my personal favorite when it comes to IDW.

if nick is trying 2 pull wat i think they r, then there is a definite chance itll fail

That would be fun, if we had different artistic takes for each story (just like in Tales), perhaps even different animation techniques: Cartoon, stop-motion clay-animation, CGI-animation, live action, whatever possible...

Well yeah but the thing is that it's going to end eventually, it's just speculation. However, I have some other suspicions (which I hope aren't true). I have a nagging feeling this cartoon only got renewed for five seasons because of circumstance.

It was mentioned in an interview that Auman suspected Nieli's pitch was the one picked picked up because it was the one closest to the base idea rather than a reimagining, which makes me think Viacom might have thought of it as a placeholder to see if the franchise was still profitable. While it didn't debut until 2012, it pretty clear they begun production shortly after buying TMNT, implying they didn't spend much time thinking about what they wanted from the show other than making it as simple as possible. The idea (I think) was to make kids aware of TMNT so they would want to see the movies, which were probably intended to replace the placeholder brand the cartoon presented.

And let's remember here that the movie was originally going to be released in 2012, the same year as the cartoon, so I suspect there was definitly meant to be some marketing synergy there. But then the movie got delayed by two years and the placeholder had to be extended as well, otherwise the plan to keep TMNT popular with the kids wouldn't really work out. So if my theory that the current cartoon was only ever meant to be a placeholder, then it probably won't last beyond season five if Out of the Shadows is a commercial success (and it will most likely make money). Then they will, ugh, make a cartoon based on the Platinum Dunes TMNT...

And in case you don't believe me, this sort of crap has happened a lot in recent years. As soon as the movies overshadows the cartoon (and trust me, the 2014 movie has certainly overshadowed the Nick cartoon) the cartoon tends to get cancelled in favor of one that's more in line with the movie.

I recently read in an instagram photo that Ciro commented on that they wanted the turtles to have "Ninja Eyes" (I'm guessing eyes without the pupils like in the comics) but the company wanted them to look all happy.

I would like to see something lighter and cartoonier. Nick's current series takes itself too seriously. "Half Shell Heroes" is far closer to what I was hoping for from the current series.

How does it take it's self too seriously? It has a lot of goofy jokes and very rarely gets dark. Do you just want a rehash of the 80s toon and want the franchise to just be thought of as a kidy property?

There are far too many people that want it to be an exact copy of the Fred Wolf show. I can't understand the desire to focus on a version of TMNT so poorly done with horrible jokes, terrible bloated art style for the TMNT (They look like blow up dolls) and poorly done animation with loads of mistakes. TMNT deserves better, much better but as long as the little kiddies keep demanding Fred Wolf because that's the only thing shoved down their throats, we'll never get anything better.