Best Cartoons ever??

Kingp35

Ok what is your favourite cartoon from when you were younger and now??

When i was younger have to say that i loved bravestar with all that "strength of th bear,speed of the puma" stuff. it was coll and then horse with the sawn off shotgun. He-man was another great one.

Simpsons has to be the all time greatest tho. dunno any that really come close. Anyway what your favs??

HacksawEddie

obviously you have to say simpsons is the best cartoon ever, but aside from that, talking about typical after school or saturday morning cartoons i'd watch as a kid the childhood classics are:
thundercats
teenage mutant hero (NINJA) turtles
he-man (i hate the new version)
transformers

and then later on...
spiderman
batman
x-men

ah, those were the days, im only in my 20s but i have to say that cartoons were better in my day than now..pokemon/digimon/dragonball etc are torrible!

Ping Chow Chi

Transformers was the best cartoon ever - now that I have pointed out the obvious you may close the thread

Kingp35

yeah all those japanese cartoons on these days are rubbish dunno how kids can like them.

Oh i forgot about the turtles i used to love that casey jones guy who just wanted to break stuff. Dont like the new version tho. They seem to bringing back all the old ones but they have changed and they arent half as good.

ixoy

Transformers was very good, although I'm handing the best cartoon ever to Family Guy and not the Simpsons (now dead to me).

For me though, it was one of three cartoons that stuck with me growing up: Mysterious Cities of Gold, Ulysses 31, or Robotech (Macross, The Masters, and the Invid series). Most of these are memorable, I guess, becuase they had a storyline progressing, in some or other, throughout their life. So honorable mentions also to Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds as well as Ghostbusters. The best bit is that lots of other folks agree these shows are great and they're now all being re-released on DVD

Stark

I loved the Turtles and Mysterious Cities of Gold (great to see them for once reach their destination, and then deal with the aftermath of achieving their "ultimate goal"). Ulysses 31 was pretty good, although it was very slow on the progression front, Ulysses never seemed to get any breaks.

HacksawEddie

if we all agree that those remakes of the likes of turtles and he-man are crap..why do they remake the bloody things at all?
surely they could have just tried re-releasing them?!
the kids wouldnt exactly moan tht they've seen them before cause they havent been out on tv for years!
i need to see some old thundercats ep's asap!

Stark

I guess they think the "new graphics" look "cool". Like the way Shredder is all more bad-ass in the new Turtles. The new turtles doesn't seem to have any of the coolness of the old Turtles, stun guns, the Technodrome (wasn't that just the coolest, especially all the weird places it would get trapped, and you'd always gasp with joy when they got it free and started rampaging with it only to end up somewhere weirder), Dimesion X and other dimensions, Baxter Stockman (poor guy had all the rotten luck), Rock people, Neutrinos (I'd probably find them as annoying as god knows what now, but at the time I thought it was pretty cool having aliens from another dimension in it).

DrunkLeprachaun

Best cartoon of my youth is the Tick. Although I'm not sure if it was my favourite at the time, I can't actually remember, by my recent rewatchings of them all, it stands the test of time much better and is still very funny.

Right now, I think the best cartoon ever is FLCL. It's just brilliant.

AngelofFire

Turtles
Silverhawks
Xmen
Batman
Earthworm Jim
Spongebob squarepants
Simpsons

Makaveli

TRANSFORMERS

Ellesmere

Battle of the Planets,
Ulysse 31,
Dungeons & Dragons,
Thundercats,

Today-

House of Rock,
Southpark,
Family Guy,
Simpsons (although more so 10 years ago).

EpYon

have to say my fav cartoon of my youth was prob dragon ball or dragon ball Z ....it didnt get any better then thoose they weree GRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BlitzKrieg

i agree with alot thats been said but i also liked


The Sonic the hedgehog series (the one with the freedom force and the really evil robotnik, never saw underground)

The Battletech cartoon was cool.


Wanted to get into Bucky O Hare but i never got to see enough of it.


Earthworm Jim was brilliant (A....Minor setback)

The Tick as already mentioned is godly

i'm curious about how people felt towards the cartoons between the transformers/turtles era and the power rangers/pokemon era


On the re-releasing idea, The animation in them is pretty poor when put along side the japanese animes so producers feel the need to take the western characters and storylines and combine them with similar or better animation of the East.



I thought Transformers was originally japanese anyway?

Töpher

Family Guy, and Invader Zim

Stark

The Sonic the hedgehog series (the one with the freedom force and the really evil robotnik, never saw underground)

Was that the really dark series where he was teamed up with the Squirrel and they were living in a world which Robotnik had successfully taken over? Oh my god that rocked. What was underground then?

BlitzKrieg

yeah thats it....yes it did rock the nick name they have for it online is satam sonic (cause at the the time it was shown)


Sonic underground is rumoured to be the worst sonic cartoon ever (even worse then the new sonic x, which is actually good in its original japanese) it was about sonic, his brother manic (who was green) and his sister sonia who was purple. They were searching for their mother the queen of mobius, while avoiding Robotnik who ruled(same robotnik as in satam series). Knuckles appears in this one as does the chaos emeralds. But the sonic etc were a band and would sing really crappy songs in each episode.


also on a crappy addition, the voices the characters have in the first episode when they are babies are the same voices they have when they are grown up and for the rest of the series, so knuckles sounded like a whiney kid despite being the tough guy.



but on a positive note, it was a pro socialist cartoon, as it blamed the upper aristocratic for putting robotnik in power, and sonic etc were destined to lead a working class revolt etc to bring them all down. (Prob why it got cancelled very quickly in america...or maybe just cause it was crap)

Stark

Just found a dvd of it with the first 4 episodes and a hidden episode (Sonic & the scrolls - think I saw that one on tv it was pretty good) on www.amazon.com It's entitled "Super sonic". Will probably take ages to arrive though, had to get it through the "market place".

Creature

The Simpsons for being the all time classic that it is. South Park for taking the piss out of absolutely everything and leaving nothing taboo.

MASK, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers, Dungeons and Dragons, Thundercats and Bravestar were my favourites as a kid, so many fond memories.

Batman Of The Future, Samurai Jack and Teen Titans are pretty good too.

sleepwalker

he-man masters of the universe was the favourite for myself


dungeons and dragons haha aw god that was a classic
thundercats



there was strange ones though that i always watched every saturday morning like raccoons that i loved. what did they show on saturday mornings now ? it seems like saturday mornings have great memories for everyone i hope its a tradition that keeps going

jill_valentine

Johnny Quest f**king rocked. All through Donnie Darko I was trying to think of who Gretchen reminded me of, and biazrrely enough it was Jesse. Whats wrong with me? Captain Planet might have been better if there weren't so many damn mullets. Jesus. Mullets as far as the eye can see. Christ.

The Tick, Earthworm Jim and Freakazoid all had the same insanely brilliant sense of humour....but I can't decide do I love Family guy or Futurama more...

Fungtank

Not sure about the best cartoon ever but the best cartoon episode has to be the Simpsons one where homer get medicinal weed. Classic

Does anyone remember a cartoon where it was set inside the body. And the cells n crap all had charaters. They always used to be fighting germs or healing cuts n stuff.

It really sticks in my mind but i can't think of the name.

jill_valentine

That thing inside the body...was there a programe by the same people about historical figures...? They used the same characters as different people...there was an obnoxious guy with red hair...and a guy who was all beard...they had wierd little squiggles like antennae...Am I insane? This sounds ludicrous..

Töpher

Was this the one where the brain was a mad control room and there were crazy workers in the bloodstream?!

occams_razor

hey - I remember that one too! That was back in the days of Ulyssees and Lost City of Gold...or I think that's what it was called, it had some guy called Mendoza in it and some kids. Anyway, they were brilliant. I'd love to see them again

DMT

The Transformers
followed by Thundercats and Batman

I hope they get Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime) to do the voice for the cgi/live action movie - having him just do the "Day After Tomorrow" trailer voice-over just isn't good enough....

BlitzKrieg

anyone remember sharky and george?

jill_valentine

The Crimebusters of the Sea? (#Diddidle liddle leh#)?

Stark

Does anyone remember a cartoon where it was set inside the body. And the cells n crap all had charaters. They always used to be fighting germs or healing cuts n stuff.

It really sticks in my mind but i can't think of the name.

Once upon a time, life.

jill_valentine

I love you.

I mean...thank you!

http://www.procidis.com/gb/series/d_series06.html

timeout

Ya remember sharky and George and that Once upon a time, life one.

Ghostbusters was another good one, just can't remember what one I liked the most back then. But remebre everyone mentioned to date, thats just way too much TV.

Today, simpsons, south park, family guy, futurama.

DMT

Originally posted by Stark
Once upon a time, life.

"Once upon a time, man" was better.
They never showed the other series for some reason...

calculon

these are the cartoons that i watched as a kid(born 1982)
batman(early 90s)
battleplanets(mid90s)
bananaman(80s)
beast wars(80s)
beavis+butthead(early90s)
bosco(not a cartoon; honourable mention; also plasticine men things on bosco)
captain planet(early90s) (he's a hero, gonna take pollution down to zero...)
captain scarlett(60s)
dangermouse(early 80s)
dj kat(the koolest!,hon. mention)
dungeons and dragons(80s)
dogtanian and the muskehounds(80s)
earthworm jim(early90s)
ewoks(80s)
family guy(90s)
fantastic four(60s)
flintstones(60s)
gargoyles(mid90s)
he-man and the masters of the universe(remember the very end, after the moral bit where you found out where the little blue guy was, that was cool; or was that she-ra???)(early 80s)
hulk(70s)
james bon jnr.(early 90s)
jamie and the magic torch(80s)
jason and the wheeled warriors(80s)
jetsons(60s)
joe90(60s)
king of the hill(90s)
king rollo(70s)
looney toons(50s???)
M(obile)A(rmoured)S(trike)K(ommand)(80s)bruce sato was my favorite...
mr. ben(70s)
mysteriouslostcitiesofgold(80s)
postman pat(70s)
once upon a time...life(early90s)i used to hate the other versions tho...
raccoons(late80s)
real ghostbusters(80s)
simpsons
southpark(90s)
speedracer(80s)
spiderman(60s)
spiderman(90s)
superman(mid90s)
thundercats(early 80s)
tick(early90s)
tinytoons(early90s)
tom+jerry(???s)
topcat(60s)
transformers(early 80s)(check out the recent ps2 game)
trapdoor(early80s)dont you open that trapdoor, you're a fool if you dare...
ulyesses31(early80s)
voltron(mid80s)
xmen(90s)

im sure that ive missed tons, but i reckon this is most of what i watched... in fairnes i would probably watch most of the ones that are still playing given half a chance( tho i do still watch the more adult ones ie simpsons, king of the hill etc...

superfly

heres some more you might remember

Dr. Snuggles
Danger Mouse
Duckula
Pandamonium
California raisins
Moncheechees
Tarzan
The Champions (i think)
Thunderbirds 2086
Mr.Benn
Godzilla (and little godzuki)
Starcom

aaah memories!

Fungtank

Oh man soooo many memories coming back. This is class.

Okay here's another one i can't remember the name to,

4 or 5 troll doll lookin guys, come down in space and are a rock band. they've each got a colour or power and play different instruments!! Then when they need to save the universe the instruments are laser guns n sh*t.

It didn't run for too long maybe 1 series but its a memorable one.

Anybody know the name?


Ps thanks for the last one.

BlitzKrieg

DENVER THE LAST DINOSAUR (finish the lyrics gawan)

emmemm

the simpsons are mine but i hava few others
like futurama,family guy, south park

Fungtank

Remember Cadillacs and dinosaurs!!

or

Gigantor

tk123

DENVER THE LAST DINOSAUR (finish the lyrics gawan)

he's my friend and a whole lot more ...OMG!!?!?!?! :eek:

oh and Voltron was cool..and does anyone remember Diplodos the song went di-di-di-dip-lo-doooooooos..and there was this crazy thing on Super Chanel - I think it was called Telly Cat - it had this news reader cat with a broken arm and there was a bird......


btw I got Fraggle Rock and Dogtanian on dvd in hmv Grafon St yesterday...they also have all the episodes of Jamie and the Magic Torch!

Duffman

Diplodos was my favourite cartoon without a doubt.. Although no one remembers it so I'm usually dismissed as insane when I talk about brightly coloured dinosaurs that teleport through space...

Kids today are missing out...

BlitzKrieg

Originally posted by Duffman
Diplodos was my favourite cartoon without a doubt.. Although no one remembers it so I'm usually dismissed as insane when I talk about brightly coloured dinosaurs that teleport through space...

Kids today are missing out...

ahhh i remember that...loved it esp the opening theme song...sadly never got to see enough episodes of it.

D-Generate

All the lovely memories rushing back! But some cartoons today are still pretty damn good. Samurai Jack is one of the finest cartoons ever! Home Movies is hilarious and any of the superhero cartoons are generally enjoyable to watch. I don't get that anime crap though.
Battletech was such a great cartoon, big stomping robots and a massive war, what could possibley be better! The original Batman animated series was so dark and brooding that it was just excellent.

ARGINITE

Does anybody know about a cartoon, early 90's where there was these guys like knights who had these banners over their heads and each banner had a different animal as a source of their power. let me know if i am just imagining it or was it an actual cartoon, i say i think it was.
thanks

Fungtank

Oh yeah i remember that....NOT

hahahahahahahahahaha.

BlitzKrieg

Arginite...


I remember that. Centurians or something, the heroes where all blue i think and the villians green, and the images were holograms on their chests. Was made to make hologram toys look cool (buy figures with holograms on their chests...ooooooooo)

superfly

i think this was called the visionaries
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dimension/1549/visionaries/

Lemming

Originally posted by BlitzKrieg
Arginite...


I remember that. Centurians or something, the heroes where all blue i think and the villians green, and the images were holograms on their chests. Was made to make hologram toys look cool (buy figures with holograms on their chests...ooooooooo)

Yup. Visionaries. I had a few of the toys years back. I got the entire series (13 episodes) on DVD there last week from play.com and MANnnnnnnnnn is it cheesy. Some cartoons age well, this one doesn't ......

Lemming

Best cartoons ever?

Transformers, followed by transformers and more transformers

Robotech was wayyy ahead of it's time too. It hasn't aged much at all, and you'll get more out of it as an adult then a kid! Now THIS is an example of character & plot development. And a complete 'epic' of a series too. Went through 3 generations of characters!

The Mysterious Cities of Gold
GI Joe
Ulysses 31

Family Guy

BlitzKrieg

Originally posted by Lemming
Robotech was wayyy ahead of it's time too. It hasn't aged much at all, and you'll get more out of it as an adult then a kid! Now THIS is an example of character & plot development. And a complete 'epic' of a series too. Went through 3 generations of characters!

thats prob cause it was made up from 3 different japanese series and then dubbed to make one series...(dont know which three, only know one of them was Macross.)

Lemming

Originally posted by BlitzKrieg
thats prob cause it was made up from 3 different japanese series and then dubbed to make one series...(dont know which three, only know one of them was Macross.)

Actually, it's all one big continuity storyline - starting from before Robotech: Macross Saga (the best known and longest series).

Robotech: The Movie
Robotech: The Macross Saga
Robotech 2: The Sentinels (Movie #2)
Robotech: Southern Cross
Robotech: The Next Generation (aka Robotech: Mos Speada)

It's still 3 distinct series (with the two movies thrown in too), but all one big story

BlitzKrieg

*cough*

The first steps in the creation of Robotech were unknowingly taken in late 1984 when an American company, Harmony Gold, bought the rights to Super Dimension Fortress: Macross, a 36 episode anime series created by Tatsunoko Studios which aired in Japan in late 1982. Such purchases were common as Harmony Gold was the international distributor of Tatsunoko-produced works and their partnership resulted in the enormous popularity of series such as Speed Racer. Harmony Gold intended to release an English translation of SDF: Macross for television syndication in the United States but discovered it couldn’t as it was 29 episodes short of the minimum requirement for television syndication.
A producer at Harmony Gold named Carl Macek conjured up a creative way to meet the requirement by taking other anime series and blending it with SDF: Macross to create an entirely new series. Macek looked to series Harmony Gold already purchased and found Super Dimension Calvary: Southern Cross and Genesis Climber Mospeada. Both series were produced by Tatsunoko Studios and were aired in Japan in April of 1984 and October 1983, respectively. They were purchased by Harmony Gold around the same time SDF: Macross was aquired. Like SDF: Macross, they were intended to be translated into English and released separately, but in Macek’s hands, the three series would be reconceptualized, revised, redefined, and Westernized into the anime series known to the world as Robotech. The Robotech anime, which was comprised of 85 episodes, premiered in early 1985.

source: http://www.therobotechpage.com/