Thundercats original series, and the original Dungeons & Dragons.
Starblazers
Saber Rider and the star sherrifs
Galaxy rangers
Professor Kitzel.
Transformers, robotech, thunder cats, M.A.S.K, starcom.
For a shameless toy commercial cartoon, MASK had a pretty slappin intro theme
Robotech
Mighty Orbots, just for the theme song alone. Now that I think about it I will have that song stuck in my head all day.
Reboot
It may not be the answer I gave at the time, but it’s the best balance now of “liked it as a kid” and “like it as an adult”
Make sure you check out the documentary that was released last month on YouTube! It’s called ReBoot Rewind.
I’m terrified of rewatching it and it not living up to my nostalgia.
A documentary was released on the show last month. During production they were given the original master tapes for the show and have been slowly releasing all of the episodes in glorious 4k for free on YouTube. Check them out - they hold up to nostalgia better than you’d expect.
Alphanumeric!
Doraemon
This is a very big franchise in Asia but rarely mentioned in the west, so let me introduce it to (most of) you :>
Doraemon is a robot cat from the 22nd century who has gone back in time to help a kid named Nobita. He has a lot of wacky gadgets to offer. Each episode is basically a story about one of these gadgets. They also pump out a new movie every year.
Ninja Hattori is big in Asia but unknown in the rest of the world as well right?
Arabian Nights. The adventures, Jeenie, Magic carpet, Abu, and everything was awesome.
Jem and the Holograms
Danger Mouse
The Smurfs
The Snorks
The Jetsons
David the Gnome
MarsupilamiCame here to say David the Gnome, just rewatched it recently and loved it. Never met someone else in real life who has ever seen it.
So many… The earliest cartoon I remember loving was The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. It was incredibly cozy. Then I discovered Cartoon Cartoons, especially Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo, and Dexter’s Laboratory with their throwback art styles, and got obsessed with those for a while.
Eventually SpongeBob came out and became my personality, because he was basically an annoying kid trying his best to be friends with everyone like I was. (It’s played out now, it wasn’t back then.)
ETA how did I not mention classic Looney Tunes. Before we had cable I was really into the classics.
Tiny Toon Adventures, then Animaniacs.
Kinda giving away my age, but Animaniacs was right around the time I just started appreciating characters such as Minerva Mink and Hello Nurse.
Pinky and the Brain.
Although now as a middle aged man, Bluey.
Bluey is GOAT level.
As a kid in the '70s, all the cartoons on Wednesday afternoons kids matinee…Vicky the Viking, Maya the Bee, Heidi, Remi, Pink Panther & Hong Kong Phooey.
Hong Kong Phooey holds a weird place in my brain. Like, I love it, but not for any good reason.
