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Post by commond on Sept 5, 2024 16:14:54 GMT -5
Epic space opera, Legend of the Galactic Heroes.
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Post by Batflunkie on Sept 5, 2024 16:52:21 GMT -5
Epic space opera, Legend of the Galactic Heroes. They semi-recently started releasing the original light novels in English. Have volume 1, need to give it a read-through at some point |
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Post by driver1980 on Sept 5, 2024 18:28:16 GMT -5
Still makes me smile that 1986 featured TWO Ghostbusters cartoons:
I had no idea of the history and legal issues pertaining to ghosts and the Ghostbusters when I saw these. As a kid, I just presumed Filmation’s Ghostbusters was a rip-off of The Real Ghostbusters.
I like both. I like that Filmation’s show had a recurring villain, Prime Evil (wonder if he has an Amazon Prime account?). It’s fun and silly, and I’d revisit it. But I like The Real Ghostbusters very much, and feel it had some real good stories, many of them different from each other, e.g. one featured the Ghostbusters giving up ghost hunting to become criminal hunters, and another where they ended up in 19th-century Britain, where they encounter Ebenezer Scrooge and the three Ghosts of Christmas.
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Post by commond on Sept 6, 2024 5:42:55 GMT -5
Another awesome 80s anime.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 6, 2024 8:01:15 GMT -5
I clearly need to watch more 80s anime!
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Post by driver1980 on Sept 6, 2024 8:19:07 GMT -5
I don’t think “classic” is the right word, but “forgotten gem” might be a good word:
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Post by commond on Sept 6, 2024 8:43:52 GMT -5
Lum-chan!
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Post by driver1980 on Sept 6, 2024 13:16:38 GMT -5
I still can’t believe a violent film series like Rambo got a cartoon spin-off:
And this is a real blast from the past, I haven’t seen it repeated in decades:
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Post by commond on Sept 6, 2024 15:44:14 GMT -5
This was the anime Japanese boys obsessed over (and still do in their 40s and 50s.)
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Post by driver1980 on Sept 6, 2024 17:56:33 GMT -5
Great cartoon (and a great toyline, too):
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Post by commond on Sept 6, 2024 18:35:02 GMT -5
This was one of those shows where there was a toy line, you bought a couple of figures, and then the TV execs moved on to something else because it wasn’t a sales phenomenon.
This happened a lot in New Zealand because we were such an insignificant sales market that we could generally pick up the rights to shows for dirt cheap. We were always years behind the US, so they’d pick up a season of something, air it every day after school, and move on to the next thing. Sometimes they’d bring back a show with all new episodes but mostly we got a season or two of a show.
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Post by driver1980 on Sept 6, 2024 19:34:29 GMT -5
Am I right in remembering that COPS stood for Central Organization of Police Specialists?
It had a pretty cool theme tune, eh? I liked the names for the heroes and villains in this.
I really don’t remember this airing until at least six years after its US debut, but don’t quote me on that. Not sure I saw any of its toys here in the UK.
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Post by Confessor on Sept 7, 2024 2:49:29 GMT -5
I was almost 13 by the time the 1980 Saturday cartoon season started, so I had pretty much stopped watching cartoons. I think the only 80s children’s cartoon I watched even semi-regularly was Ducktales. It came out when I was an undergrad and we would sometimes have it on in the house. Other than that, all I have is The Simpsons shorts on Tracy Ullman abs the first couple of episodes of the series that aired in December of ‘89. If you ever had an inclination to check out anything else from this time, I might suggest Danger Mouse which ran from 1981 through a good part of the 80's (and a couple of additional seasons in the early 90's). It's a British comedic cartoon that spoofs the spy agent trope (ala Danger Man and James Bond). While it was made for kids, it was super witty and could get rather surreal as well. I had planned to talk about this one shortly in fact. The spin-off Count Duckula that launched in 1988 is highly recommended as well. I consider both series miles above the Simpsons (and I loved the first decade or so of the Simpsons). Danger Mouse was brilliant! |
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Post by Confessor on Sept 7, 2024 3:04:51 GMT -5
This was another Saturday morning fave. I wish, and this isn’t a criticism of just that show, that we could have had some resolutions to the series. Would have been nice to see them get back to their dimension? (Didn’t they return at least once, but were forced back?) And did anyone in the U.S. government actually bother to check on that ride? Missing rollercoaster riders should have drawn some attention! Loved it, though, and I like that a certain piece of incidental music was shared between this series and The Incredible Hulk. I'm a big fan of the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon and have all three series on DVD. There actually was a final episode written by the series' frequent screenwriter Michael Reaves, but it was never made, due to he show getting cancelled. It was meant to be a proper conclusion to the story and a re-imagining of the series in case it had continued into a fourth season. This unmade final episode was titled "Requiem" and the full script was leaked on the internet in the early 2000s. Later, some enterprising person actually animated the script in the style of the old 80s cartoon and posted it on YouTube. So, if want to see how the series was meant to end, do a search for the "Requiem" episode of Dungeons & Dragons. I bet the fanmade animated version is still around. |
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Post by driver1980 on Sept 7, 2024 4:08:21 GMT -5
I wish, and this isn’t a criticism of just that show, that we could have had some resolutions to the series. Would have been nice to see them get back to their dimension? (Didn’t they return at least once, but were forced back?) And did anyone in the U.S. government actually bother to check on that ride? Missing rollercoaster riders should have drawn some attention! Loved it, though, and I like that a certain piece of incidental music was shared between this series and The Incredible Hulk. I'm a big fan of the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon and have all three series on DVD. There actually was a final episode written by the series' frequent screenwriter Michael Reaves, but it was never made, due to he show getting cancelled. It was meant to be a proper conclusion to the story and a re-imagining of the series in case it had continued into a fourth season. This unmade final episode was titled "Requiem" and the full script was leaked on the internet in the early 2000s. Later, some enterprising person actually animated the script in the style of the old 80s cartoon and posted it on YouTube. So, if want to see how the series was meant to end, do a search for the "Requiem" episode of Dungeons & Dragons. I bet the fanmade animated version is still around. I shall certainly do such a search, thank you. |
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