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''What's New, Scooby-Doo?'' is the ninth incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon franchise ''Scooby-Doo''. A revival of the original ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' after a decade-long gap in a new ''Scooby'' television show, it debuted in 2002. The series was developed and produced by Warner Bros. Animation and originally aired as part of the ''Kids' WB'' Saturday morning block on The WB Television Network. Reruns currently air on Boomerang in the United States, Teletoon in Canada and CBBC, and Cartoon Network & Boomerang in the United Kingdom. ''What's New'' was the first ''Scooby-Doo'' series to feature Mindy Cohn and Grey DeLisle as the voices of Velma and Daphne, respectively, the first where Frank Welker voiced Scooby, and the last to feature Casey Kasem as the voice of Shaggy. ==Production== For this incarnation of the franchise, Frank Welker, the voice of Fred, took over as Scooby's voice (replacing both Scott Innes who voiced Scooby in the direct-to-video movies released between 1998 and 2001 and the late Don Messick, the original voice of Scooby, who died in 1997). Casey Kasem returned as Shaggy, seven years after he had quit the role; Grey DeLisle returned as Daphne's voice (having previously voiced the character in ''Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase''). Actress Mindy Cohn of ''The Facts of Life'' fame, took over as Velma's voice. The show itself is a modernized version of the original ''Where Are You!'' series. It takes place in the 21st century and is more "realistic" than the previous, more cartoony incarnations, and features music from contemporary genres and all-new, original sound effects to replace the classic Hanna-Barbera sound effects. Even a distinctive thunderclap sound that was used frequently on older Scooby-Doo TV series was very rarely used on the show. A laugh track was only used for the Halloween special. The classic formula was also frequently parodied throughout (in a manner similar to ''A Pup Named Scooby-Doo''), including the line "And I would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids." As such, it returns to the formulaic version of humans in monster disguises, rather than the real monsters and ghosts of the prior four direct-to-video films (or the 1980s versions that preceded them). The show was produced by Warner Bros. Animation, the studio famous for bringing the Looney Tunes to life, which had by this time absorbed Hanna-Barbera Productions in 2001, after being bought by Time Warner from Turner Broadcasting since their merger in 1996. As is the standard for other classic Hanna-Barbera properties (''Yogi Bear'', ''The Flintstones'', ''Wacky Races'', etc.), the studio is still credited as the copyright owner, and Joseph Barbera, co-founder and co-chairman of Hanna-Barbera, served as an executive producer. Barbera's longtime partner William Hanna had died the year before. The band Simple Plan is strongly connected to ''What's New, Scooby-Doo?''. They perform the theme song (written by Rich Dickerson), and appeared as themselves in the episode "Simple Plan and the Invisible Madman". Two of their songs appeared in chase scenes: "I'd Do Anything" in the episode "It's Mean, It's Green, It's the Mystery Machine", and "You Don't Mean Anything" in "Simple Plan and the Invisible Madman", which also had the song "The Worst Day Ever" serve as the song the band plays during a scene where they practice, and a scene where they are in concert. Also, they contributed to the theatrical movie ''Monsters Unleashed''. ''What's New'' aired for three seasons on The WB Television Network's "Kids' WB" programming block as a half-hour program, before being put on an indefinite hiatus in 2005. Reruns are shown on both Cartoon Network and its sister channel Boomerang. Each season contained thirteen normal episodes and one holiday-themed special. The series has begun airing on the UK CBBC Channel at 4:00PM all week (Mon-Sun). It also debuted on Boomerang and Cartoon Network. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「What's New, Scooby-Doo?」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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