I look at my Netflix list and see "Stranger Things", "Voltron" and "Magic School Bus" (I watched it, I didn't enjoy it, but that's another story). Many older shows are becoming more easily available as well, such as "Power Rangers."

With all this in mind, there's one 80's/90's series that I wish would join the trend: "Animorphs."

There has never been a better time to reboot this somewhat obscure franchise.

For those of you (most of you) who don't remember "Animorphs" it's the book series about kids who turn into animals and fight brain-invading aliens. You might remember the goofy covers.

In this book, the POV character gets split in half and the two sides of her personality are forced to work together to go back to sharing the same body.By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8587823

There was a short-lived TV series in the early 2000's but it looked like a B movie. The technology was just not up to the task of animating the animal transformations or the many strange alien species.

However, nowadays, technology like that is cheaper and easier to use. I've seen TV-quality animation come from one individual and a basic animating program.

I think the best route to go would be to make the animation more stylized instead of trying for realism, because we're not quite out of the Uncanny Valley yet, especially for low budget shows.

In other words, 2D animation is the way to go.

And now that streaming sites like Netflix exist, there's less restrictions on what TV shows can do with runtime and other things.

And who are the people most likely to be binge watching Netflix?

90's kids. The people who grew up alongside the digital world and now have enough disposable income and free time to take advantage of it.

And what is something that grabs the attention of every 90's kid?

Nostalgia.

Animorphs has a special place in the heart of many 90's kids and if it were to be made into a show on Netflix, Hulu, etc. it would appeal to them as well as bring in new fans. Many of the issues it addresses are still relevant today.

The Sharing, the evil Yeerk-led organization in the book series, has a lot of similarities with real-life cults. This propaganda poster was made for a parody Tumblr account.The Sharing Official Tumblr http://the-sharing.org/post/158649966689

Animorphs is at times campy, at times profound, and at times surreal, and there is no better time to bring this unique series to screen. I just hope this opportunity isn't wasted.