Scooby-Doo Gets First Anime Series in Japan for Tubi and Cartoon Network

The iconic mystery-solving dog Scooby-Doo is heading to Japan for his first-ever anime series. Warner Bros. Animation has produced "Yokoso Scooby-Doo!", a new animated series that will stream exclusively on Tubi in the United States and air on Cartoon Network internationally.

The series will feature longtime franchise voice actors Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo and Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers. According to the official synopsis, the story follows the pair on a food-focused trip to Japan where they accidentally unleash hundreds of mythical monsters across the country. To contain the chaos, they team up with new allies: Scooby's uncle Daisuke-Doo, a magical girl named Yume, and a tech expert called Takumi.

Tubi's chief content officer, Adam Lewinson, stated that the goal was to reinvent the beloved franchise in a fresh way while maintaining its core elements of humor and mystery. He said the anime setting in Japan connects with global fandoms and delivers a fun, chaotic mystery that travels across generations.

Sam Register, president of Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe, welcomed the partnership with Tubi for this new chapter. He said...