Best 80's cartoon of all time?

[Turrican]

Hmm, shit.

This thread is fail - not enough poll options.

You bet it fails without MOTU.

[Nuke]

Shi- I almost forgot Count Duckula, the funniest cartoon show ever to be produced! Not even classic Simpsons comes close to it's greatest moments!
I need to order the dvds...

[Nei First]

Speaking of edutainment: I also recall two excellent French cartoon shows about this bearded professor that lectured a group of kids on the inner workings of the body and history. Sounds lame, but it was done in such a fun manner that you really wanted to become a scientist/doctor when you grew up.

Think that cartoon was called 'Once upon a time', used to come on at like 6am, that brings back some memories!

Oh, and the Centurions is severely underrated.

[Nuke]

Think that cartoon was called 'Once upon a time', used to come on at like 6am, that brings back some memories!

Ah, the Il était une fois... series (or Einu sinni var as it was called over here).
Thanks for jogging my memory Nei First
The variations of that program that they showed over here were Once Upon a Time... Life, The Explorers, Discoverers and Space. I don't seem to recall if they showed The Americas as well but they kind of mashed all series together anyway.

[FIL]

Its a trick question they were all equal best.

[dpful]

Thundar the Barbarian was 79 I think, but it annihilates all cartoons mentioned. I've never seen an episode without my immagination being stretched to the utmost limits.
I also think the animators got paid by the hour.

[BulletMagnet]

Hells yeah! 70's/80's historical and literature-themed anime series were the best!

I vaguely recall Nickelodeon showing anime renderings of a bunch of the old traditional fairy tales (I most vividly remember "Rumpelstiltskin"), IIRC they were usually aired during the "Nick Jr." part of the day...I wonder if they're related to the stuff you've mentioned? Probably the first anime I ever saw, come to think of it.

Though I also once remember glimpsing an anime version of the "golden calf" section of the Bible while flipping through the channels...wonder who commissioned that one?

[Specineff]

Thundercats. It was so awesome it was scary sometimes.

[sven666]

never saw a single episode of any of em.

my family only had the government funded channels (they did show mcguyver tho).

[JoshF]

Hey where's Muppet Babies? I used to watch that show just to see the CG Spider-Man at the end.

[The Coop]

I had a steady diet of Transformers, G.I. Joe, The Real Ghostbusters, and Thundercats to be sure, but some of the short-lived (or little remembered) cartoons from back then were quite enjoyable too. Bravestarr, Inhumanoids, Spiral Zone, M.A.S.K.... stuff like that. To pick an absolute favorite would be brain-achingly tough.

[JoshF]

Batman, Spider-Man, Bobby's World, The Tick, Eek the Cat, Captain Planet, Turtles, Toxic Crusaders, Ren & Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life. 90S WIN.

[Thunder Force]

Ummmmm...Robotech...

The correct answer.

[Bloodreign]

Thundar the Barbarian was 79 I think, but it annihilates all cartoons mentioned. I've never seen an episode without my immagination being stretched to the utmost limits.
I also think the animators got paid by the hour.

The episodes are copyright 1980, I was a wee lad when I first saw them, and now seeing on them on Boomerang makes me feel old.

[Ed Oscuro]

what the fuck is batman TAS doing in there

because I'm going to vote for it and then feel bad that a 90s show is in the wrong poll

[Rob]

it's a duck blur

[Daedalus]

I'm surprised Transformers won. Going back and watching it, it's kind of... bad. Poor quality animation, every episode is the same (Decepticons try to get energon, autobots stop them) and it's largely an unapologetic 20 minute toy ad.

I loved the movie, which was pretty edgy even for modern times (When they bust in the shuttle and just start killing major characters!) but the TV show just didn't measure up.

[Rob]

Guessing people haven't seen it recently. Agreed, it's total crap and maybe the worst of the list. Thundercats is the best of the action figure series.

[D]

Duh!
For the 90's I vote Spiderman.

[Nuke]

Hells yeah! 70's/80's historical and literature-themed anime series were the best!

I vaguely recall Nickelodeon showing anime renderings of a bunch of the old traditional fairy tales (I most vividly remember "Rumpelstiltskin"), IIRC they were usually aired during the "Nick Jr." part of the day...I wonder if they're related to the stuff you've mentioned? Probably the first anime I ever saw, come to think of it.

Would that be Grimm's fairytale classics?
I remember that one and a bunch of other similar shows, like one who focused mainly on more obscure tales from around the globe and another one that was horribly animated (it was basicaly a narrated storybook) but was interesting due to it's oriental focus.

[D]

Me and me brother had Transformers. If you had any other toys we'd whale on you.
Just kiddin', but if you had Mask toys it meant automatic dorkness.
The concept of Mask was just plain silly.

[drboom]

MASK was excellent! Yup, silly concept, I'll grant you that, but the toys were fun and the writing was actually good - just go back and watch a few episodes and they blow the Transformers out of the water. I mean, how many friggin' episodes can you have about getting energon cubes?

[D]

I love those energon cubes, they are important. That's the food.
Also you can power powerful death rays with it. And also revive almost dead bots. It has many qualities. They're pure energy. Sorry if I was a bit harsh about Mask.
There also was Rambo, which meant GI JOE with a Rambo sprite.

[RGC]

.

[mr_m0nks]

Jayce and the Wheeled warriors get my vote, used to have to get up really early to catch that one!

[Skykid]

No one like the Wuzzles then. Rinoki and Bumblelion?

And where's all the Captain N love?! That show was fantastic - I used to watch it and then whack the Nes on straight after, it was awesome.
A shame about the recent DVD re-release though, in which they substituted the musical highlights of each episode because they wouldn't pay for the license. Ruination!
Those mid-cartoon musical action pieces to 'Thriller', 'The Heat is on,' and 'Danger Zone' from Top Gun were fantastic fun!

Great show. It was Anime thru and thru.

[BulletMagnet]

Would that be Grimm's fairytale classics?

Holy crow, that takes me back.

Watching it now, though, I'm somewhat surprised that they used such a varied vocabulary in a show aimed at little kids...I can only wonder how many of them ever knew what "drab" or "dwindled" meant. Though I suppose that the familiarity of the stories made them easier to keep up with.

The show about foreign fairy tales I can't recall having seen...I do happen to have a book of them stashed away around here someplace though. And those things don't pull punches, let me tell you.

[jonny5]

M.A.S.K.
Fist of the North Star
Robotech
80 Days around the world (Japanese 1981 TMS version, includes animals instead of humans and way more characters than in original story, it's unique)

are you referring to the puss'n'boots '80 Days around the world' movie?

...that was awesome

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Does anyone remember the 1985 DIC produced "The Mighty Orbots" anime series? It was shown in it's entirety just for one season. Plus the fact that it was all original anime produced just for the North America market. I noticed that no Mighty Orbot toys or merchandise ever was created or sold when it first aired...strange but true. (This also applies to Robotech when it first made it's intial USA TV debut...Matchbox came to the rescue about a year or two later with toys, action figures, etc.) ^_~

Or how about another DIC produced anime series called "The Littles" where there was this family of tiny elves who got into such dangerous excursions with the human world?

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[jonny5]

Does anyone remember the 1985 DIC produced "The Mighty Orbots" anime series? It was shown in it's entirety just for one season. Plus the fact that it was all original anime produced just for the North America market. I noticed that no Mighty Orbot toys or merchandise ever was created or sold when it first aired...strange but true. (This also applies to Robotech when it first made it's intial USA TV debut...Matchbox came to the rescue about a year or two later with toys, action figures, etc.) ^_~

Or how about another DIC produced anime series called "The Littles" where there was this family of tiny elves who got into such dangerous excursions with the human world?

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

do you mean the 'go-bots'?