Season 2 Details ?

[oldmanwinters]

Maybe there's already a thread for this, but a recent NYCC panel revealed some concept art (can't find it on the net, though) and details about Season 2.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=41667

Here's some highlights from the article:

Possible SPOILERS

New Roles for April and Shredder:

Rahman then showed a picture of April O'Neil, describing her as the "leader" of the upper side of the city while Shredder led the underground.

New Mutants:

Handing the microphone over to Nieli, the animator thanked the audience for tuning in and giving the show "huge numbers" before showing off images of new mutants and villains for the recently ordered second season. The first image on the screen was of Donatello's pet roach, which he had trained to be a spy. Nieli revealed that, while on assignment, the roach falls into acid and mutates into the "Cockroach Terminator," a huge, evil cockroach. Nieli then showed an image of the roach'' second mutation, "Cockroach Terminator 2" which was a huge, gloopy green monster with wings.

"He has sweet little butt flaps!" Nieli said, pointing to his 3D model as the audience laughed.

Comic-inspired looks:

Nieli then brought up an image of the original Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" comic book, saying that he modeled the Mousers in the show after their design in the original comic. He also displayed sketches for the appearance of season two's Leatherhead, another character from the original comic.

April's future?

Talking about the show, Nieli and Hastings said their process of picking what stayed from the various "TMNT" animated series, movies and comics was less a weeding out process and more prioritizing what they wanted to use first.

"I haven't discarded anything, we'll get to it when we get to it," Nieli said.

Adding that he loved the spirit of the animated series, Nieli explained that while April went through the most changes it was important to him that she never becomes a, "damsel in distress every week."

"To me, she's the same April," he added. "She will grow up to become the yellow-jumpsuit girl."

And, for good measure...
The origin of "Booyakasha":

Paulsen, a veteran of the first animated series, praised the new cast and director Romano, adding, "It's a pleasure to work with such competent folks on another iteration of an iconic show."

Citing that the show was being made by fans, for fans, Paulsen also stated that Nieli and Hastings really "got" the show and the spirit of the Ninja Turtles. Cipes then told fans he accidentally changed Michelangelo's iconic catchphrase from "Cowabunga" to "Booyakasha" during the pilot.

"There was a moment in the script where it was empty, and it was the catchphrase moment, and they're like, 'Hey Cipes! Try something!' And I'm all, 'Booyakasha!' And it stuck!" Cipes said.

"'Cowabunga' is my roots and I hear it might come back at some point but for me 'Booyakasha' is such an awesome thing, it's actually a call to action in a positive way," he added, explaining it was a real term that means "all praises to the most high," before leading the audience in a huge cheer of "Booyakasha!"

"How perfectly cast is Greg Cipes?" Paulsen asked as the audience applauded.