Nick ’s new animated take on the heroes in a half - shell , Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , made wave last class when it announced that its version of Turtle buddy April O’Neil would be African American . Today , we have a first look at her and the rest of the team in natural process .
TheTMNT Facebook pageheld a big announcement this afternoon to reveal new info and art . Kat Graham will voice the character when the serial publication debuts later this class , alongside Josh Brener , Omar Miller , Brandon Mychal Smith , and Ben Schwartz as Donatello , Raphael , Michelangelo , and Leonardo — who you’re able to also see with their nutty redesigns above — severally . As ever , Graham ’s April will be one of the first humans the turtles encounter , becoming a firm friend and their pathfinder to the unearthly human race above the New York City gutter .
Although this tick off a first for April in life , whether or not this is the first ever African American interpretation of the case as part of the wider TMNT mythos has long been a enquiry of debate . Some fans regard the earliest versions of April , as seen in Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird ’s original comics for Mirage , as being depicted as darker skin and potentially African Americanor of assorted - race inheritance , before the character evolved into the red - haired Caucasian loop that plump on to appear in the animated series .
Eastman and Laird have also had ahistory of disagreeingabout April ’s inheritance in the original funnies — Laird always ascertain the case as white , and Eastman has said she was originally modeled after his then - lady friend and eventual wife , who was African American . But even away from the muddled bloodline of April in the comics , Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ’ April marks a pretty major first for the Turtles ’ animated oeuvre .
And , in lawsuit you were funny , today also brought a coup d’oeil of one more non - turtle lineament from the unexampled serial : Splinter .
[ Entertainment Weekly ]
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