"It's been almost a decade since the first season premiered in 2016, yet only a few years have passed within the story, resulting in quite a few jokes about its 20-something stars riding their bikes around like little kids. But ahead of the final season of Stranger Things premiering later this month, the streamer has found a way to keep the Hawkins gang eternally young: Stranger Things: Tales from '85, an animated series set between Seasons 2 and 3."
"In the clip, Stranger Things showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer reveal that they've always had animation in mind for the franchise. "When we started talking about was there anything else we wanted to do with Stranger Things, this was one of our first ideas," Ross Duffer says. "The idea was kind of to evoke a feeling of an '80s cartoon," his brother adds. The result has a Real Ghostbusters vibe, and it appears to follow a classic Monster of the Week format."
"That, of course, is the biggest strength of animation: these characters will never grow up. The series is called Tales from '85, so this is clearly set at a specific moment in the timeline, but 1985 can last as long as Netflix wants it to. Given how popular Stranger Things is, that could be another nine years. While the show is ending, the franchise itself shows no signs of dying out."
Stranger Things expands with Tales from '85, an animated series set between Seasons 2 and 3 that preserves characters at their mid-1980s ages. Showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer conceived the idea to evoke an '80s cartoon feel, resulting in a Real Ghostbusters vibe and a Monster-of-the-Week structure rendered in painterly 3D computer animation. The format allows the Hawkins gang to remain perpetually young and opens the timeline of 1985 to potentially last indefinitely on the streamer. The franchise continues beyond the final live-action season, with Broadway adaptations and possibilities for future spin-offs like Tales from '86.
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