We also imagined Voyager as a 1970s cartoon: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ott1d9ial-Clhas.html 🖖

Making the Borg cube purple was somehow perfect and EXACTLY what they would have done.

OMG - I cackled out loud when the pink Borg cube came on screen! As the co-author of Star Trek: The Official Guide to the Animated Series I have to say this is one of the best TAS homages I have seen!

I expected this to be funny and a bit snarky, but it was actual a beautiful, pitch perfect homage to The Animated Series and I got really invested in the story.

1:00 Oh my god, I adore that running animation Riker has. It's soooo from that era of animation.

The excellence of execution is in all the details: the original animation style, the sound effects, the smudging on frames, but most of all the music that makes it look and feel authentic. 10 out of 10. Couldn't be any better.

This almost justifies the existence of the Internet alone. The animation style and music are pitch perfect to The Animated Series. This may be the best thing I've seen so far this year. My hat's off to the creator.

Yes yes! The jerky animation...the sound effects...the music...the random ULTRACLOSEUPS! I'd love to see the entire episode!

It's amazing how well TNG works in the style of the 70s Star Trek cartoon.

The way Riker moved to take on the Borg was hilarious. Also his animated version put up a better fight than his real life one. Lol

The level of homage to all aspects of TAS is off the charts! You even nailed that slightly odd pacing. 10/10, amazing work.

The Riker 'run animation' is everything 🖖

The only thing missing is James Doohan's voice. Reflecting his start as an actor in radio dramas, James Doohan voiced nearly every male character besides Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Uhura. Probably the best example of this was the episode "The Slaver Weapon", where James Doohan voices the ancient alien device and all of the kzinti crew.

I am a HUGE fan of the Animated Series. Whoever made this, "gets it": the music, the pacing, the animation style right down to the pink Cube and purple Drones. Bravo!!!!!!

Perfection. Even down to the unnecessary extreme close ups of half of characters faces. Bravo.

Absolutely tremendous. As a ‘70s kid who first experienced Star Trek through TAS I can’t praise this effort enough.

1:25 you can see the background stars through the Borg cube cel. So subtle.

I think I've lost count of how many subtle touches you included, right down to characters expressing emotions by simply moving their eyes left or right, or "Running means pushing one elbow and forearm forward first." The Kzin at Ops is a fricking masterstroke, and the classic Filmation music has always been some of the best in Trek canon, it fits PERFECTLY here. This is absolutely everything and whoever was nutty enough to come up with it and put in the time and effort to make it happen deserves lifelong free access to a holosuite. MAKE IT SO.

I'd watch seven seasons of a retro-animated _TNG._ Absolutely incredible.

This is perfect, 100% spot on. My brother and I (who grew up watching TAS and TOS in about equal measure) were just dying of laughter watching this, but I think I lost it the most at the pink Borg cube. Runner up was realizing that the turbolift door was occasionally open for no reason. Just... so absolutely accurate!

All I can say is WOW. The attention to detail in that Filmation style is just on point. The look of the characters, the music, Riker's "running" animation as he charges the Borg drone, fantastic. And the inclusion of a Kzinti at the conn station was nice.

Perfect: The flesh colored eyes to save money by not having the cel painters do extra work adding white; The audio track, including having Worf in particular sound like he recorded his lines in a bathroom (Which Shatner did for the original animated series); the blank stares and for-no-reason-at-all glances to the right. Ooooh! Dramatic; the static shots of communication equipment, thus saving time on lip-syncing; and the oversimplification of elaborate costumes, so the Borg's appendages like the arm are shortened and look like painted toilet paper rolls. Oh, and of course, making the Borg cube pink to spruce up the color scheme for Saturday morning TV. Well done!

The PINK borg cube…the perfect tas touch!!

Happy 50th birthday to the original Filmation series!

Genius, 10/10, every single detail is dead-on. It's amazing seeing little TNG trademarks, like the Riker closeup fade to commercial, done in Filmation style. And Picard doing the KIrk eyes -- just great. Bravo.

0:51 They even got the classic shifty eyes right! What a treasure.

This is so utterly perfect I don't even have words to express my delight. The deadpan expressions, the music, the limited motion. You have so beautifully captured TAS I could swear you pulled this from an old VHS from the 70s

It's rare to find a work of art that CANNOT be improved upon. Thank you for this, it is utterly perfect.

THAT WAS PERFECT! I could easily believe that to have been a genuine cartoon from years back! Well done! I love how faithful this was to the original animated series.

I'm gonna need 20 full episodes of this, plus 20 DS9 episodes, ASAP.

The moment where you absolutely, completely demonstrated total mastery was at 1:03, when Riker started running toward the Borg. All that's missing is a crewmember with a mustache that disappears between takes and then reappears (and the ubiquitous shot of silhouettes running in the background). Honest to God, this was the best thing I've seen on KZfaq in months.

1:09 has such perfect Filmation energy, while still being a faithful recreation of the original shot. It's beautiful.

No one else has mentioned this detail… On TAS they often forgot to put the turbo lift doors in place when doing the animation so you often saw the turbo lift with the doors open. You even got that detail on here…the rear turbo lift doors are open. Amazing. And the purple cube. Just wow

If Lower Decks ever does a time travel "Tribble-ations" episode where they end up back in the 23rd century, your team should be hired to animate the episode in this TAS-parody style.

The side-eye, the Riker run, and the smudges/reflection of the animation cells make this perfect.

I love how the borg cube was pink!!! One of the guys working on the original animated series was color-blind and there were regular things miscolored pink.

This felt legit real. Man it felt like a real oldschool trek cartoon. Amazing

I love how things in the animated series were colored oddly because the guy choosing the colors was red-green color-blind. So a LOT of things ended up pink or purple, but he thought he was choosing brown.

This is incredible. I would actually watch the entire series recreated in this style.

This is so bomb! I love this!! It looks like the Saturday morning cartoons I would watch! ❤

this is awesome. please make the entire episode!

Being that I'm a big fan of the original animated series seeing the next-generation done in the same manner all I have to say is, it was totally.....AWSOME!!!!

I would legit watch a full series in this style. And the whole cast is still alive... Come on Paramount. Don't miss this opportunity.

I like that they somehow managed to put in a Kzinti crewman despite that they never showed a Kzinti in Next Generation

Perfection. There should be entire episodes and seasons

I can’t stop watching this! I just never want it to end! The awkward arms, the open turbolift doors, the slow moving ships, etc. You nailed it and I wanna see more!

This is ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT! I am a 61 year old man who remembers the original animated program upon which this is based and it hits EVERY mark in its replication. HIRE THIS FIRM (if we EVER return to the Golden Age of non-computer generated animation).

If this was a full series, I would watch the hell out of it. ❤

I have been a Star Trek Fan since 1969 (watching reruns at 7 years old)...when the animated series came out on Saturday mornings when I was 12, I was excited..it was exactly like the old Star Trek...the voices, characters, everything...I now own the limited edition set of the animated series in a designed plastic capsule...This Next Generation version (using voices from an actual episode) is a identical to the animation of Filmation..the style, movement of characters, the music, and the artwork!!! I wish they would make more Star Trek TNG in this style with new original stories...I would watch every episode!!!

This is incredible. Every detail, right down to the rotoscoping animation. The music, pacing, and style really evoke the classic TAS. This is a masterwork. Phenomenal.

You could describe that tribute as being 'the best of both worlds'

This is perfect, it brings back memories, so much attention to detail. I haven't heard that music in 35 years and yet it appeared in my head like I'd heard it yesterday. Fantastic job.

As I said on the Voyager video, how the heck did I go an entire year without seeing this great stuff? Very excellent.

This is glorious and clearly a work of talent and love. It even pulls off a perfectly animated “Riker Eyes to Commercial” shot.

Okay, the pink Borg cube? The Kzinti at helm? The sparkly Borg shields. 10/10

the pink Borg Cube, that's just too perfect.

I have never seen something so perfectly done in my life. No detail was missed. When you watch any recreation of classic media there's always something off or missing because the style and technique is so far gone but this, THIS is perfection. Your team really really get it.

Complete with dirty animation cells and a Kztinti helmsman. A masterpiece.

Omg this is the most brilliant omage to the original cartoon series complete with the music and animation style. Brilliantly done!!! 👏

I love the purple Borg aesthetic!

I can't decide what my favorite part of this is. The blank expressions on everyone's faces, the weird closeups, the Kzin at ops, the fact that the ships "fly" through space by slowly and awkwardly sliding across the frame. It's a pitch perfect recreation of the old cartoon in every aspect.

Nothing short of AMAZING. You completely captured the look and spirit of the original animated series. I will SERIOUSLY watch all 7 seasons of this with complete glee. Very professionally done!

I love how you got all of their likenesses downpat while still fitting the more minimalist style fantastic

This should be a full series

Wow, bravo to whoever put this together. They captured the 70's Trek animation to a Tee.

It’s really subtle, but I love how the audio is filtered to sound like an optical film audio track, and not videotape. Amazing.

The cube being the mauve of most TOS TAS ships was a nice touch.

A true artist is challenged by limitations rather than bound by them.

This was spot-on! The shifting eyes, the music, ridiculous close-ups, missing doors, the sound of the Borg adapting to the phasers, Riker running! Even Data's "Replacement." Camp factor 10!

One of the details that really jumps out at me is the open turbolift door. I ALWAYS noticed on TAS how that seemed to always be open for no reason. I love that you did that.

1:03 the running is the best!!!

Seen this video a number of times... just noticed a MAGICAL little touch at 2:12 with the officer at the starboard console. Legendary!

OMG!!! I was sitting there saying "please use the running and grappling shot!" And then Riker does it! I cannot tell you how much damned joy that short clip just gave me. I could watch a whole series of these. Amazing work!

The level of detail here is INCREDIBLE! Take note of the black ink outlines of the characters and everything else and then look at an episode of STTAS. Nearly identical. Curious what the workflow, software, and methodology that were used to create this.

I would unironically watch a whole series like this.

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!! I liked how you mimicked all the "forgetfulness" of the Original Animated Series i.e.) The doors being left open. Starfleet insignia being crooked on the uniforms. Well done! Do more clips!

The Dutch angle on the borg. The awkward closeups. The dropshadows and artifacts. The slow submarine way the ships move. The stock audio effects. This is *chef's kiss* perfection. I know it must've been a huge effort and I appreciate it all!

I've truly missed this music!

Making the Borg cube purple was a nice touch.

This needs to become an actual show. Remaking TNG episodes in the animated style of the old Filmation show.

This is absolutely amazing. Takes me back to my childhood, watching animated TOS on a saturday. The attention to detail is incredible. The shifting eyes, the deliberately misaligned registration on the "cels." Just brilliant. When Riker ran toward the camera, I laughed out loud. Also, love the groovy redesign of the Borg cube, in purple, no less. Bravo! Any chance of a DS9 edition?

The stiff "side glances"... I can't! 🤣👍

Well, this just relentlessly rocked. Filmation, when Saturdays were for mornings.

Absolutely love how perfectly imperfect this is to match the actual TAS. Incredible job!

Riker moving with the horizontal arms was absolutely the best

FANTASTIC!

You can tell it's not modern trek not by the cel animation, but by the fact that no one burst into tears.

This is brilliant! You've perfectly assimilated the animation style of Star Trek the Animated Series to service The Next Generation! The idiosyncracies of movement, even the theme music. And that Kzinti (or is he Caitian) helmsman tribute to Arex was an excellent touch!

Bravo, you totally nailed it. If "Best of Both Worlds" had been on The Animated Series in 1973, it would be exactly like this.

Totally love the original TAS incidental background music....it really sells it!

Absolutely digging the Purple Borg Cube, looks like something out of a Jack Kirby Comic

Sweet mother mystery, this is so pitch perfect!

If someone told me this was an actual show that aired back in the 80s i would have believed them instantly, this looks legit AF!!!! I love how you captured the feel of the original animated series perfectly!!!

Happy Star Trek Day. Heard about "Very Short Treks" and thought about this channel. Live long and prosper. 🖖

Im English and 50yrs and it feels like a Saturday morning again when im 10yrs old. MAKE MORE!!!!

This is amazing. As someone else said, the homage to TAS is amazing. I was wondering why the Borg was all purply at first until I remembered the story about the Kzinti uniform, how what was supposed to be gray became purple, allegedly because of Hal Sutherland's colourblindess. I'm very impressed that you haven't just replicated TAS' feel but even tidbits like this.

Really enjoyed seeing a Kzinti at the helm and a pink Borg cube. Watched something about the TAS where it was said the guy, maybe Larry Niven himself, who approved the Kziniti ship design was color blind so didn't notice it was pink. Why it was done in pink in the first place I don't know. But the nod to the Kzinti was very cool to see!

hahaha you even got the "pinks" correct! this is awesome! great job!

The raised arm pump run by Riker sold it for me.

This is incredibly well observed! Riker's run toward the camera was a pure Filmation He-Man move! Bravo. LLAP