Star Trek: Voyager: The Animated Series 

We also imagined TNG as a 1970s cartoon: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Jyz2pVqrEkI.html 🖖

I suddenly feel like getting a bowl of cereal and sitting in front of the tv 😂😂

The fact you chose this episode out of all of them is both hilarious and amazing.

Perfect use of Tuvok eyebrow. PERFECT

This actually works much better as a cartoon.

It took 26 years, but we finally know why the episode Threshold exists. It was to give us this very moment. You people are doing the Founder's work 🖖

The comedy music dropping in when the lizard babies appear is absolute perfection! Well done!

1:17 Chakotay turning into Shatner with his "WHAT?!" was hilarious

You captured the styling of old Filmation animation perfectly. I'm in awe.

As someone who watched ST: TAS during its original run, I found this to be unbelievably charming. Not just the artistic style, but also the little touches, like adding in an alien at navigation who never otherwise appeared in the series. To the people who did this, my hat is off to you. Wonderfully done.

Honestly this episode's plot fits TAS more than any other series.

God, just... the "moving the cell that isn't perfectly clean" artifacts at 1:25. Just absolute perfection and the kind of problems TAS used to run into all the time due to the realities of its production. This is just a masterclass in replicating a certain feel. Great work.

Chakotay's reaction to seeing the little ones is incredible.

God playing the comedy music when the alien kids turn up is simultaneously so wrong and perfect at the same time. The hand over the mouth was the cherry on top.

This whole production is brilliant, but the best part is when the babies show up. The music, the surprised hand over Chakotay's mouth reaction...just absolutely amazing! I loved this and can't wait until the next one you produce.

Perfectly emulated The Animated Series' style - the frame jitters, the zooms, the ship external shots; it's hilarious and equally impressive.

Bizarrely, this makes the story work 10x better. The lonely janky vibe of the music and the animation, the way you translated the styles perfectly while retaining its boxiness (especially with the shuttle bay and the computers). It's beautiful. You did such a good job with that tricorder too, they're suspiciously hard to get looking good in 2D. All the extra reaction shots and cutaways, and that medical diagram of Paris' evolution were brilliant too!!

I like how you can see the smudges on the animation cells when the spaceships move around.

I’ve watched this twice now. The Easter eggs are everywhere: the bridge speaker, the planet from space, the running lights on Voyager & best of all, a tribute to all the animation errors in TAS by placing the com badges on the reverse shoulder! Super! Love the use of the old transporter effect + the Andorian...

1:27 The "dust" on the "animation cell" as the _Cochrain_ leaves _Voyager_ is a great touch

It's amazing how well this episode fits the old TAS style.

03:16 Love Tuvok's "well that smells like bullshit to me" eyebrow raise.

1:25 My favourite part is seeing the film cel blemishes move along with the spacecraft like the cel itself is being pulled to simulate movement (how they'd do it decades ago). It's SO perfect! Give this team all the money to make more!

A pity that Filmation no longer exists, they would have to hire you to do a real animated Voyager series. Even with its glitches and mistakes, I have fond memories of ST:TAS.

The music when the babies crawled put was so authentic! It had me dying! Wow, this whole thing is like I'm watching the animated series but on voyager! Bravo!

Please tell me next month’s is DS9?! Would be cool if all the series got a chance to be adapted in this style. Maybe make TOS look like a modern cartoon? Loved it!

It is becoming clear that every Trek series is incredibly cool when rendered in this beautiful homage to the original 70s animation

The soundtrack at the end perfectly encapsulates the goofiness of that entire episode.

Majel Barrett as the voice of the computer is so classic!

You took Threshold and somehow gave it both the comedy and dignity that it deserved. Chatokay's face palm and Tuvok's "here we go again" eyebrow raise is PERFECT. Also, thank you for adding more aliens on the bridge and with the landing party!

They even added cell dragging artifacts with the shuttlecraft. This is a master work in fan filmdom.

I would honestly love to see one whole episode done just like this.

1:27 I love that shuttle shot, with dust on the transparency moving along with the shuttle 😁

I loved the close-ups of Tuvok's facial expressions. The whole episode is great. I hope you are enjoying the process as much as we have been loving watching them.

At first I was like "Oh man, why'd they choose the worst episode of Voyager!" then I realized... It was the most TAS episode of the entire series. VERY well done!

A year old? How the heck did I miss this great stuff?

Now this is top tier content. I'm literally crying while laughing. 10/10

Re-envisioning "Threshold" as an animated episode is a genius move. The plot and story make sense now.

Lol, I love these 70's style animated Treks. And to choose Threshold as the episode to parody... beautiful! And that green alien helmsman was a hoot! Well done, as always.

Dear Justin: As a BIG fan of the original Star Trek series with special emphasis on the animated version, that debuted in 1973 when I was nine years old, I CONGRATULATE YOU for your work on both Voyager: The Animated Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation The Animated Series. They are faithful renditions and excellent tributes to the original Star Trek animated series. You’ve done an outstanding job! I’m such an admirer that if I was a woman I’d marry you!:-) I also appreciate the fact, that in your commentaries you judge the HISTORY of animation made back then in the time frame it happened, rather than by the standards of to-day. As a Historian and livid fan of history, I cannot get over how ABSURD it is for people to call something ‘cheesey, cheap (whatever!)’ WITHOUT careful analysis of the environment surrounding the subject in question. Cartoons of the 1960s were experimental, a move AWAY from the more expensive cartoons on the screen that at the time had become prohibitively expensive (as a children we had no computers, no cellphones, no VCR's, no video games. I had ONLY a B/W 13” TV in my bedroom as a personal piece of electronic gear). By the time the 1970s arrived Inflation was ever-present and the ‘BIG 3’ ABC, NBC and CBS (there was no cable TV or Satellite in the early 1970’s) were mandated by an overzealous FCC and groups like A.C.T (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_for_Children%27s_Television) to lower violence on ‘children’s’ TV. Additionally the Big 3 had to contend with the now-defunct Television code en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Practices_for_Television_Broadcasters#:~:text=The%20Code%20of%20Practices%20for,programming%20from%201952%20to%201983 In turn the Big 3 passed the mandate on to animation companies back then while at the same time demanding as many cartoons possible from the limited number of animators who did their work WITHOUT computers. So that for those of us who were children at the time, we really didn’t have much in the way of programming to choose from having exceptional quality, writing and animation other than what Hanna-Barbera, Filmation Associates, Rankin-Bass, Depatie-Freleng (Pink Panther, Ant & The Aardvark) and Ruby-Spears gave us. The Star Trek: Animated Series was one of the first cartoons at the time that didn’t insult our intelligence as children. To see it re-done NOW but using current Star Trek characters yet, retaining the same classic instrumental music emphasizing violins, Cello and horns IS AWESOME. And Justin, in case anyone points out hints of error or anything like that in the fine work you’ve produced, just ask them IF they can do BETTER. Never forget the old adage; “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.” - George Bernard Shaw Incidentally I really enjoyed in Voyager; the Animated Series, Tuvok’s facial expression at time index 00.58 - 1.00; it’s so reminiscent of how Mr. Spock looked in the animated series, and the two of them Vulcan, which is what I’m sure you had in mind. The substitution of a humanoid with EM-3 Green from the original animated series episode Jihad at time indexes 1.38 - 1.40 was a MARVELOUS idea! - Vinnie :'‑)

Can you, by any chance, do Deep Space Nine or Enterprise next? I'd love to see an episode of these shows in this animation style!✨️✨️✨️

As someone who was alive and watching the original animated show back in the early 1970's, I can say without pause that you've done an incredible job matching it in tone and style. An absolute perfect match.

THE ---- BEST! You guys actually managed to redeem that episode, meaning, it's whole purpose this whole time was for it to serve as the inspiration for this piece of art! The end is hilarious! Works waaaay better than the original, because this media and format offers the appropriate tone for such a ridiculous idea. What did not work at all in serious live action format, here it meets its full potential. Amazing, perfect choice of episode to adapt. Please keep them coming!

I burst into laughter upon seeing the alien helmsman. Excellent imitation of TOS animated series! And B'Lana's lips 😂

This really needs to be a thing!! Have a show with two 15 min episodes. One would be Voyager and the other TNG! I would so watch it every week!

I honestly love the attention to detail you put into the dust particles on the ships' cels. The goofy music at Paris' and Janeway's kids had me howling. Great work!

It's very strange, but as terrible as 'Threshold' was as a live action episode, it sort of works as an animated one. Truly stellar work by the way. As a great bonus, I discovered your wonderful Miikshi series thanks to this video

“I’m not sure which one is the captain.” “The one with her hair in a bun, obviously.”

lmao at the music when the babies come out.

Truly a Work of Art, authentic in every way! The sounds, the color palette, and especially the camera work screams FILMATION in a manner akin to Kirk shouting out KAHN! Definitely the best production since the original. Nothing but RESPECT and Admiration!

Absolutely fantastic work. The authentic animation style, the music, the lo-fi quality of the voice tracks, additional alien crewmembers, it’s all so on point. And you even kept Tuvok’s “wrong” rank, as well! More please! I’m just imagining what you could do with an entire episode…

Man, animated Chakotay looks way livelier and attentive than the actual one.

I used to watch the original cartoon series when I was a kid in the 70’s. Such great memories!

Magnificent! The detail in this in incredible; the "cell" motion as the shuttle moves away at 1:26, the music at 5:18, and the inclusion of the alien helm officer and the Andorian away team member. This is fantastic!

Of COURSE you did this episode. Good job on the animation; the shakey or too fast zoom ins on animation cells, the vulcan brow asset and that stupid tackle charge/running animation they always used. You even got the hand gasp in there at the end, with the good use of the music. Good stuff. Is bad that I kinda still what the 'evolved' Tom Paris action figure they made off this episode?

There’s levels of detail in this which I love; and it’s the things like the faint animation cells you can see when the shuttle or Voyager. The fact they’ve animated mistakes in like the position of the com badges! Even the dialogue is in mono. Very authentic feel

Chacotay's "WHAT?" At hearing that shuttlebay 2 was decompressed isn't because of that news, but that Voyager doesn't even HAVE a shuttlebay 2.

Once again AMAZING work! The attention to detail of the crappy Filmation animation is second to none. You even have dirty cells as they slide across the screen! And I'm sure there are tons of other comments saying that this is better than the actual episode.... well it's true!

The homage continues! Thank you. Everyone watching please appreciate what you are seeing. The exact recreation of the filmation style is flawless. Take note of the backgrounds especially. This is true art. The sound effects, hand drawn frames and the fps animation is a tribute to this long lost style. Thank you Gazelle. This makes my day.

5:17 The silly music playing when the offspring are revealed nearly killed me, lol.

Lt. Paris hairline never recovered from travelling at infinite speeds.

This is brilliant on every level. You took one of the most notorious episodes in Trek history, matched it with flawless TAS graphics and audio...and somehow created a masterpiece that makes total sense. It makes me realize that Voyager could have been a far better show if it simply hadn't taken itself so seriously.

That was STUNNING. I know a lot of people have been saying this, but this was SO much more fun to watch than the actual episode. I actually laughed out loud at the end. Great job!

You've turned one of the stupidest episodes of Voyager into a piece of living art... this is absolutely brilliant! The music, the art style... also when everyone was running, I felt the urge to say 'jinkies!' This is a brilliantctake on TAS animated art style, as well as many other cartoons of the era. My hat off to you 😊❤

Another detail I noticed: the voices were also changed to sound as if they were recorded by sound equipment of the 70s.

I never thought I'd enjoy Threshold. It's amazing what a change of tone can do for a show.

Despite the fact that this was one of the stupidest episodes of Voyager, they did a great job creating this animated short. Fortunately for us, Voyager had excellent casting and scripts for the most part. I hope to see future animation for this show.👍

(4:50) I just love how the salamanders go "thump" when they get hit by the stun level phaser. 🤪

Star Trek the Animated Series is how I discovered Star Trek TOS. I was a kid in the 70s when the Star Trek cartoon was out, and my lifelong love of all things Trek started with the cartoon. I feel lie I just time travelled back to my childhood living room in front of the giant wood panel-surrounded TV, and I'm sitting on the burnt orange shag carpet with a can of Dr Pepper, cross legged and so close to the TV "that you'll go blind." Dang you got everything, from the campy dramatic music that ran nonstop throughout the episode, to the crazy weird closeups, the Vulcan eyebrow raise EXTREME CLOSEUP, and the random aliens on the bridge and in the landing party that no one could ever account for. So damn brilliant, I want to see this and more as a regular TV series on today! BRAVO!!

OMG OF ALL THE EPISODES !!! love it 😍 lol! Love the green lizard alien throwback to the original cartoon Edit: This episode fits so well with TAS style with how silly it is, TAS had some weird episodes like the Enterprise going to a magic universe so this fits very well

That was absolutely brilliant! The look on Chakotay’s face and the whimsical music when he sees the babies, lol. Perfect!

This is absolutely phenomenal (and as an avid collector of cels, I appreciated that some of the stars moved with the Delta Flyer)!

Amazing how this is so much better than the Very Short Treks...

It’s amazing how similar the actors chosen for the live action version of this 60s cartoon were so so perfectly cast for the roles! They really were a lot like their original cartoon counterparts! 😉

3:36 VERY impressive. You even created the shadows of the cel layers when there was more than one character because they weren't bothering to get the cels completely flat against each other under the platen glass before clicking the camera.

Of all the episodes of all the seasons, you choose THAT one? Yet, somehow, you redeemed it. It felt like ST:TAS. Well done

Star Trek: Prodigy just did an episode using audio from TOS of Spock and Uhura, Odo from DS9 and Chakotay from Voyager. Captain Janeway is on the show too.

Oh my. Please do all the shows. I'd love to see DS9 and ENT in this style. Great job.

Favorite moments: 1:15 "WHAT?" 1:39 "Aye, Commander" 5:17 Another Chakotay shocked expression followed by a whimsical music interlude scene done so well it became the highlight I'll remember most from any of The Animated Series, original or reimagined. Maybe the writers of this horrible live-action episode will be somewhat redeemed when everyone sees how well it works when handled by talented people in a different format. I was too young to have seen the first run series, yet just old enough that TAS was my first encounter with Trek. Both of these Filmation tributes are pitch perfect and so much fun to watch - I can't wait for more.

Of course it's the time they went so fast they turned into lizards. That's definitely an animated series idea. Fantastic job. The audio was a great touch.

I love the random alien sitting at the helm. That's very appropriate to the medium.

The occassional smudges on the plastic is just a sublime detail.

Wow! This was so well done! I used to watch a few of those Filmation shows every Saturday morning as a kid back in the '70s, and this was spot on. The art style, the facial expressions, stances, zoom-ins, camera angles, music, etc. were indistinguishable from the old shows. If it weren't for the fact that the dialogue wasn't recorded in a sound studio and Filmation went defunct before Star Trek: Voyager premiered, I might have believed this was really one of theirs. Kudos on such a convincing job!

“I don’t know how I’m going to enter this into the log...” 😂

Tuvok doing the Spock Eyebrow is so priceless! 😂

Thank you SOOO much! You have perfected “Threshold”! I particularly appreciated the Proto-Seven of Nine on Tuvok’s security team, and the much needed increase in species diversity. The musical notes at the very end were perfection! Qapla’

You guys actually brought redemption to a Voyager episode which in the past I considered pretty dumb. To that I say BRAVO! As well, I just love how the TAS animation effects make things work for a episode that didn't work as live action. For instance, that cheesy blurred light effect when Janeway wakes up on the shuttle as it goes into transwarp. Please keep up the excellent work.

The musical score is like a familiar old friend to me. Along with the red alert alarm.

The comical music at the end made this perfect

Loved it. Loved every part of it. The janky combadges, the random Em/3/Green insectoid, the Andorian, Neelix being a static drawing looking COMPLETELY out of place, the visible cell layer moving when the shuttle departs Voyager, absolutely all of it.

This is so incredibly amazing! You somehow took Threshold, what is considered one of, if not the WORST episode of Voyager, and made it something truly special. And that ending is so much funnier now! I would suggest sharing this with Brannon Braga, the original writer of the episode, and see what he thinks. He once admitted in an interview that Threshold was probably the worst script he ever wrote and was so ashamed of it, he did not consider it Trek canon. I bet he's gonna love your version if he sees it.

1:25 I like how you even included the dirt bits on the glass frame for the shuttle animation. Overall, unlike the actual show this is quite exciting! It's amazing how important music can play a vital role in giving something life. 2:30 oh NO! They've gone PLAID!

That was amazing. Spot on to the classic cartoon as well. Nice job

Brilliant move picking Threshold. It's the only episode that casual Voyager viewers like me would instantly remember the infamous plot to. And you've definitely improved it.

This is fantastic; it feels almost exactly like a real episode of the Animated Series. Thank you for producing and sharing it!

The patterns of annoymous lights going on and off, on the control panels, is a nice touch.

1:37 Ah yes, Slippy Toad's Sister who works on the bridge, what a classic an iconic character.

Incredible! This excerpt, just like the TNG one, are both very faithful and accurate interpretations which feel like TAS versions of their respective shows. Also, the salamander Janeway and Paris on the planet are, oddly enough, adorable! Much cuter than the live-action models.

Tuvok being incredibly unhelpful was always my favorite part of this freaky episode. Seriously, as a kid this episode freaked me out 'cause Tom was melting into something hideous. The part were he pulls out his own tongue still gets me to this day. Great job.

a Labour of Love for not only Voyager, but also the original Filmation series. if only Paramount, Disney and the BBC cared as much for their IPs... 😞