~ Best Collection Reminiscence ~ Cartoons of the 70s 80s 90s

[t0yrobo]

Best Intros

The intro for the GI Joe movie was crazy awesome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok-DrfFJAgw ,
to bad the movie goes downhill pretty quick from there.

[xbl0x180]

sorry Dad.

Back on topic:


Anyone actually interested in the art behind these shows? This is probably the best starship design in animation. And it was 'filmed' almost like a studio miniature. So much detail in all those close ups. Definately the best thing about this show (which was pretty infantile, looking back.)

big version: http://i47.tinypic.com/152dfzd.jpg

I was agreeing with you until the "infantile" bit. Some of those episodes were fairly dark and demented, esp. the one about King Sisyphus or the one with the space pirates who open up those mystery coffins. Again, you're confusing MLP girly, badly-animated garbage with 80s sci-fi awersomeness

[Sly Cherry Chunks]

Some of those episodes were fairly dark and demented

not really

Again, you're confusing MLP girly, badly-animated garbage with 80s sci-fi awersomeness

The let's troll bronies thread is here: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... &start=600

If you think Ulysses 31 is 'dark' then you'd probably love mlp. The only way is up - if you find 6teen entertaining.

[MX7]

Anyone watch 'The Pirates Of Dark Water'? I remember watching when I was very young, and since no one else could remember it I often thought I'd made it up myself. Seem to remember it being my favourite program.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_5F1zYQ ... ata_player

Anyone remember this fucker? I can't remember anything about Willy Fogg apart from the theme tune, but it's fucking awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nqN_7eG ... ata_player

Another Spanish produced, Japanese animated effort, Dogtanian has the most obnoxious theme tune ever devised. I want it played at my wake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-xO72s5 ... ata_player

The Racoons was a bit shit, but the ending theme is great. Its inclusion at the end of Hobo With A Shotgun is perhaps the most delightful use of intertextuality and nationalistic self depreciation ever committed to film. Also, why is the ending theme so stoic and resolute when the cartoon was pretty breezy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYfzH4HM ... ata_player

Thanks to whoever it was that posted that HI NRG GERMAN MEGA MAN THEME. It fair made my day.

[Skykid]

Pirates of Darkwater/Willy Fogg/Dogtanian

Yes to all of those, they were some of the best anthropomorphised adaptations going - especially Dogtanian which I absolutely loved as a kid (the theme tune will stay with me for life). Around the World in 80 Days was also fantastic, I remember spending a day watching episodes of it back to back.





I was never a huge fan of Pirates of Dark Water as my interest in cartoons had started to wane when it came out. The Super Nintendo game is very slick, if a little repetitive.

[Specineff]

No love for Star Trek TAS? I am disappoint.

[Skykid]

Presenting the greatest leap-through-the-air-and-kill-three-people-before-you-hit-the-ground scene ever committed to film.

No matter the cost

[xbl0x180]

Some of those episodes were fairly dark and demented

not really

Again, you're confusing MLP girly, badly-animated garbage with 80s sci-fi awersomeness

The let's troll bronies thread is here: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... &start=600

If you think Ulysses 31 is 'dark' then you'd probably love mlp. The only way is up - if you find 6teen entertaining.

Yeah, some were dark. MLP is the bar for how much worse/low something could get. Paring anything to MLP suddenly makes that thing look much better

Ex: You watch 6Teen?! Well, at least it's not as bad as MLP.

[Ruldra]

I know I'm late to post this, but...



Guy in the middle looks incredibly badass. Fedoras ftw.

[1up]

Anyone remember a Cartoon which takes place in space with these monsters that can turn into trucks and cars? I remember the heroes car has a Big drill on the roof. Monsters spawn from these big plants or trees.


Sh!t... Its the 2 pics in the 2nd post. Whats it called?

Also, who remembers this guy? Stupid theme song is stuck in my head forever
http://www.google.dk/search?q=roger+ram ... Ngt3aQwN_M:

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors!

Yes, thats it. thanks

[Herr Schatten]

Sadly our own cartoons were really bad. I have a hard time of thinking of a good German cartoon, maybe "Heidi", but that was co-produced with the Japanese and I hated it as a kid.

Is it the one animated by Miyazaki? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi,_Girl_of_the_Alps

Yes, that's the one. The title theme was a huge chart hit in Germany in 1977. Written by the same guy who made the awesome German Soundtrack to Captain Future I linked to in a previous post. Sung by a duo called "Gitti & Erika", the latter being the songwriter's wife.

That guy wrote the music to a lot of TV shows (at least the German editions), among them Wickie, Marco, Sinbad, and Alice in Wonderland. And that's just the animated stuff. If you grew up in Germany watching TV during the late 70s / early 80s, there was practically no escaping his works.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

I enjoyed watching that funky Bill Cosby's "Fat Albert and the Gang" back in the early '80s...always something new to watch with it on Saturday mornings + it'd cut to some witty banter from Mr. Cosby himself.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Leader Bee]

The UK couldnt do 'bad-ass-toy-driven shows' but they still had a lot of memorable titles:


That wierd furry version of treasure island I cant remember the name of

Did it involve an island that had broken off the continent and was drifting through the sea? they were all led by a polar bear and there was some ferret called sascha?
Oisky poisky !

That'd be Noah's Island.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQd7merYF70

[Sly Cherry Chunks]

That wierd furry version of treasure island I cant remember the name of

Did it involve an island that had broken off the continent and was drifting through the sea? they were all led by a polar bear and there was some ferret called sascha?
Oisky poisky !

That'd be Noah's Island.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQd7merYF70

No sorry, it wasnt that, I've never seen that before. I found it now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rikjz5ZuWP4 Legend Of Treasure Island. I thought this was from when I was a kid, turns out it was from when I was 17!

Yeah, some were dark. MLP is the bar for how much worse/low something could get. Paring anything to MLP suddenly makes that thing look much better

Ex: You watch 6Teen?! Well, at least it's not as bad as MLP.

Your anti-pony rage doesnt help reinforce your position. Quite the opposite infact, let's list the ways:-

symptoms:

- blind refuseal to accept that a show aimed at children is infantile
- flies into ad-hominen (or in this case, anti-pony (???)) rage when above is suggested
- insecure; justifies own tastes by claiming they are 'dark' ie; 'mature'

Diagnosis:


yes, I read the previous discussion about Weeboos: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=37110 so I'm calling you out on your inability to see things the way they are. This is kinda sad, because I actually fucking love Ulysses 31. I have the PAL boxed set, almost put money down on the chogoukin from a few years ago and just wanted a nice conversation about the art direction.

Treatment:

Bad news - the only cure is more ponies.

Back on topic: anyway, further to Specineff's post about Visionairies - my problem with that show was that the characters in the show all had these powers that the toys couldnt do: The girl could turn into a shark, all the characters could turn into animals and big monsters came out of the magic banners they all had. The figures couldnt actually do any of this, they just had holograms. The cartoon was pretty excellent but the toys were lame.



This was the exact opposite. The show was kind of lame but the toys were unquestionably amazing. Made by Coleco actually, they had little figures with magnets, clockwork parts, no need to replace batteries and they were the perfect scale (sorry, Zoids)

More info here: http://www.starcomspaceforce.com/

[Bloodreign]

You know, I'd like to see Thundarr again at some point. In a very obvious way it was pretty dark, but it was also just a mash up of Conan, Star Wars and D&D (I don't know if that's really a complaint.) Don't really know if it was particularly good, but there's no forgetting some of the weird designs and...well...a saturday morning cartoon that started with the world being destroyed.

Yeah, watching Thundarr The Barbarian was an ol' favorite of mine. Used to watch Tarzan (the Filmation produced version) back in the early '80s as well.

You might recall the short lived arcade game cartoon series that aired on NBC with:

Pac-Man
Q*Bert
Dragon's Lair

For the super old-school live action Saturday morning stuff, Sid & Marty Krofft's "The Land of the Lost" series was different.

Even the live-action sci-fi series of "Jason and the Star Command" (circa 1978) was a direct rip-off of Star Wars straight down to Jason's outfit reminscient of Han Solo's garb. At least, they used minature models for the cool spaceships. Sid Haig looks like he just woke up outta bed with that garrish garb on.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Thundarr was great, shame it only lasted 23 episodes, but I do remember at that time in 1980 my brothers loving it more than I did.

As for Pac-man and Dragon's Lair, here in the Southern US those were aired on ABC, Q*bert was part of CBS's Saturday Supercade along with Pitfall, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr, Frogger, and a few other game related cartoons.

[Skykid]

symptoms:

- blind refuseal to accept that a show aimed at children is infantile
- flies into ad-hominen (or in this case, anti-pony (???)) rage when above is suggested
- insecure; justifies own tastes by claiming they are 'dark' ie; 'mature'

Hold on... isn't "blind refusal to accept that a show aimed at children is infantile" exactly the criticism being aimed at Pony obsessors?

[Specineff]

Thanks for the explanation on Visionaires, SCC. I only knew of them about the toys, as the series never made it to Mexico, where I was living around the time it broadcasted.

[drauch]

Another thread falling victim to silly meme pictures with internet lingo and text? More pony arguments? What a surprise!

[Specineff]

Skykid, I guess that what SCC is trying to say, is that you have the same fault you accuse pony fans of. I don't think that any of the cartoons you listed wasn't made with kids in mind, as cool as they ended up being. (Especially Dogtanian and The Raccoons, though Cyril Sneer was F-ing awesome.)


Yes, it's okay for you to dislike the show for whatever reasons. Yes, there are ponyfags in the fandom. Yes there are creepy fans of the show who are into it for the porn-related art and fics. That's the minority that stands out the most because it contrasts sharply with the lot of nice, good, creative and brilliant people in the fandom churning out amazing art, music, and fan-based projects. It's just something that happened, and that may eventually go away when its time is done, and something that certainly shouldn't be causing anyone to lose sleep over it.

I mean, can there be peace between the pony fans and the non-fans?

[Sly Cherry Chunks]

Hold on... isn't "blind refusal to accept that a show aimed at children is infantile" exactly the criticism being aimed at Pony obsessors?

I'd say so, yes. What are you trying to say? -That I'm in denial about something? Cos I know exactly how infantile I am. The point was more about Xcocks obvious insecurity. The discussion is fine whatever, but his constant HAAATE over in that thread and now here was getting tiring.

(edited for clarity)

[D]

Just for the record, what is all this referral to ponies?
Surely you don´t mean:




Found while googlin´ . . . awesome

[Skykid]

Plz no more Pony related posts here. Keep it on topic, this thread is meant to be the antidote, not fall foul to the same debate.

If you want to flog, insult, bully, poke fun at, belittle or question the sexuality of Pony people, go here.

If you want to talk about the general badassness of 70's, 80's and 90's cartoons, carry on.

[xbl0x180]

Another thread falling victim to silly meme pictures with internet lingo and text? More pony arguments? What a surprise!

Hahahah. Leave it to an emotionally-stunted brony to s*** all over an otherwise totally awersome thred about cartoons that shred

[null1024]

Best Intros

Germany had some of the best Anime Intros ever. I mean just check out Sailor Moon. But the German Mega Man Intro pretty much shits on all the other Intros out there.

Christ, that is every kind of awesome ever. Especially that Mega Man one.

[O. Van Bruce]

Maaaaaan... to much manliness here. My childhood was quite shoujo, which was completely unussual in my time... I still remember all the spaghettis I cooked while my friends talked about the cartoons they liked. Still, it's a crime nobody has posted this shows.

Click the image to see the openings.


Because it was epic, because is a tear jerker and because my cousin liked it and we talked about it.


You fucking monster! you didn't have a a childhood if you didn't watched this!


This was my first spaghetti factory... man... such an splendid and terrible guilty pleasure, watching this show while pretending to hate it in front of my friends


Oh man, Koga... poor Koga. And I simply loved the way Shampoo was so blunt and sincere


OK, this was my (very strong) cup of manliness during my childhood. Dragon Ball Z is overrated. I laugh nostalgically when I remember how confused I was when I saw that episode in which Andromeda revived the Dove on the house of Scorpio


FEELS.... FEELS AND SPAGHETTI EVERYWHERE. NOSTALGIA AT MAX LEVEL ALSO. She's the queen of my childhood. And if you loathe this show or the manga go to japan, cry it out loud and set a camera... I wanna see the video of an angry mob stone you to death.

[NTSC-J]

Some choice picks in this thread so far. Nostalgia'd hard.

Another I really enjoyed as a kid (that I don't think has been mentioned yet) is Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics. I remember loving the animation and how the characters talked in an interesting rhythm (not knowing that it was a dub).

I've said it before, but I'm a sucker for all 80's and early 90's animation. I don't care if it's Denver the Last Dinosaur, I'll take it.

The intros especially are all so fantastic. The shows themselves had nice animation, but they went all-out for the intros. Here's a nice collection of 100+ good ones.

[Skykid]

That MASK theme tune is too awesome.

Here's an intro from the Japanese Mega Man OVA, looking a lot more similar to his videogame incarnation.



There's an even better one about somewhere, but I'm struggling to find it now.

[D]

It was featured in Dexter´s Laboratory, but was so great I wish it had it´s own show. If you hated Dexter you might still have enjoyed this....

[O. Van Bruce]

It got a complete eppisode when fake-Galactus tried to cook the whole earth on his barbecue

[Leader Bee]

It was about the time when Dexters lab appeared that animation, at least in my opinion, began taking a nose dive into the realm of lazy and ugly with very poor art direction.

Dexters lab was cool, but it's ugly as sin. Every cartoon I can recall after it's appearance looks as if it was drawn with a set square.