Thanks to TimmyTuan who just posted on our previous post today: The Official Animorphs.com Website is now updated with an entirely new relaunch look! Check it out:
The new update includes all of the new models for Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Marco, and Tobias, as well as cover morphing animations for all of them! On top of this, the Animorphs #6 cover we posted today is now also available in colour (see right).
That’s all I’ve noticed at this point. I’ll be doing more archive-worthy things later, but I just wanted to update about this before I left for work. Major thanks again to TimmyTuan for letting us know!
See, now THAT’S a Cassie I can understand Jake liking. Oldskool model for Cassie was atrocious-looking IMO and I could never understand how Jake could like her.
Comment by Jeff — March 18, 2011 @ 3:48 pm
WOW! I just morphed into happy town and I’m never morphing back.
Comment by Gary — March 18, 2011 @ 3:51 pm
Argh! Cassie has SHORT hair! Not long enough to tie back. GET IT RIGHT, SCHOLASTIC!
Comment by Lissa — March 18, 2011 @ 3:56 pm
Wow, the reboot of the series looks good! Here’s hoping an all-new generation of kids discovers the magic and awesomeness of “Animorphs.”
Comment by Brandon — March 18, 2011 @ 4:08 pm
i gotta say i realy like all the new models they are amazing!!!!
Comment by shlomi — March 18, 2011 @ 6:48 pm
It looks like that quiz is the one they had on the old site. I wonder if they had to rework the answers to exclude Ax…?
Comment by Ember Nickel — March 18, 2011 @ 10:05 pm
Thanks for the update (and all the hard work you put into this site)! Love the models, especially Rachel. I hope they’ll be consistent with the models this time.
Comment by Claris — March 18, 2011 @ 11:47 pm
Wow, this is awesome! Makes it feel very official. Did anyone notice on Rachel’s info page it gives her nickname as ‘Storm (from X-men)’, not Xena? I hope they’re not changing that!
Also, any speculation on how they’re going to be doing Ax on the covers, do you think they’ll stick close to the old Ax design, or make a new version? I hope they do something closer to the version of Elfangor on the Andalite Chronicles covers, that seemed a lot more how I imagined the Andalites to look.
Comment by Luckster — March 19, 2011 @ 3:31 am
Ughh! I hate the new models!
I think the only one I actually like is Jake.
What the heck? Marco never had curly hair!
Tobias is not nearly as handsome as the original
#3 book model. (Half the reason I had a crush on him as
a kid was because of the book model!)
Rachel looks like a very, very young Scarlet Johansson to me. That’s…weird.
Cassie isn’t how I would picture Cassie, and she
certainly never had long hair.
I always though Jake should have brown hair, but
other then that I actually like his model.
Other then that, I do like that they actually updated the site just for the re-release. I’m not sure most
companies would even bother.
Those are just my opinions, I hold no ill will against
the models themselves. I’m just set in my ways since
Animorphs was a huge part of my childhood.
Comment by Tobias Fangirl — March 19, 2011 @ 5:14 am
Claris – you do realize that kids grow right? Way faster then they do in the books. They’re going to HAVE to change models every year or so.
Lissa – Honestly, who gives a crap about how long/short Cassie’s hair is? Way to focus on the tiny things…
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OH!These models are great! but actually I think Rachel a bit look older than others (esp than Tobias!)
please post more photos of them XD
Comment by Valencia — March 19, 2011 @ 10:09 am
Just to remind everyone: Of the original book models, we actually know the first name of the girl who posed for every single appearance of Cassie: Biko.
It says so in the downloadable Flash-based Anibase application for your computer.
And yeah, the ones I like the least are the Marco and Tobias models. Marco needs to look more hispanic, with longer hair (for the first 9 books), and Tobias needs blonder hair.
Comment by Jordan — March 19, 2011 @ 1:01 pm
That’s excellent. Can’t wait to get my hands on those re-releases.
Comment by King9 — March 23, 2011 @ 12:32 pm
Hmm… so honestly, I think I’m okay with most of the models, especially Jake. I do have a bit of a problem with Cassie’s long hair, and the fact that Rachel looks way too old for 13, but things I do like are how Tobias is crouching, and the new clothes.
Marco doesn’t really look very Hispanic to me, but that’s just my opinion. Also, didn’t he have long hair for the first, I dunno, 10 books?
Anyhoo, mostly nitpicky little things like that.
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I was disappointed to their looks. The previous was more okay, but I guess they keep changing the model on the previous covers.
Comment by Katiewho — April 3, 2011 @ 7:43 pm
hey what have you done for MARCO ,he seems to be a handsome guy also he should have little humor in the face
Comment by Manisha — April 10, 2011 @ 7:39 am
I’m hoping they have the cover morphs with morphing suits more true to the book. It always annoyed me that on the book covers and on the show they morphed full clothing and shoes. In the book they could only morph minimal clothing. Though parents may object to such little covering their bodies…
LONG LIVE ANIMORPHS!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Briannon — April 23, 2011 @ 6:39 am
Cassie does not have long permed hair. SMH
Comment by lilian — June 20, 2011 @ 7:14 pm
I can’t wait to see #8s art. Please please please dont make Ax looks stupid please don’t make Ax look stupid please don’t make Ax looks stupid.
He was my favorite character of the series, but for some reason I just HATED his art. I mean, c’mon, Elfangor was BA…yet Ax just looked like…I dunno, a total dweeb? He was the main Andalite of the series yet all of the other Andalites that had art done of them had pictures that were vastly smoother looking.
Comment by NW — October 11, 2011 @ 11:12 pm