What 80's Cartoon Series Do you most want to see released on DVD?

[Villano]

Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends and the Incredible Hulk series that aired at the same time.

 

[diaglo]

was Starblazers in the 80's or late 70's?

 

[Klaus]

Starblazers was 70s originally, but was aired outside of Japan in the early 80s (circa 81-83)

 

[Testament]

Let's see. Lion Force Voltron's available in Australia, so nope to that, even though I loved Voltron. Never like She-Ra or Centurions, and always HATED Gummi Bears, so sod them off. I don't know Bravestarr, and Go-Bots was nothing but a Transformers knock-off.

MASK, looking back, was an even more blatant toy ad than Transformers, with none of the memorable characters. Conan the Adventurer was damned cool, as was Pirates of Dark Water, but they lose out to two things: Cities of Gold and Exo-Squad.

Cities of Gold was just such a long, epic and altogether brilliant saga, and haven't seen hide or hair of it since I was about 5 years old. I still have memories of literally running back from school to see it every weeknight though. I'd buy it in a second.

Exo-Squad I remember as early 90s, and there's one series I'd like more from then (Teknoman), but still, it was great. I remember it as being as close as the Americans ever got to creating as awesome a war/space opera saga as Super Dimensional Fortress Macross/Robotech (which I will be buying this year). The thing I remember most is just how often humanity got the snot kicked out of it in the series. I think by the end they were on the Resolute III as their flagship.

Thanks for the nostalgia!

 

[Capellan]

Samurai Pizza Cats. Didn't come out until the mid-90s in the US, but was originally dubbed in 1991, which means it was probably made in Japan in the late 80s.

 

[Capellan]

Robotech - Any of the three series would be cool, though I prefered the Invid.

It's already out - in several different versions, even

 

[lrsach01]

Does anyone remember Blackstar from the late 70's to early 80's? Hero and villiam each had half of the PowerStar (a white crystalline sword). Each Saturday the villian would attack our hero and his friends (basically some cheap Hobbit knock offs). Good times!

 

[Pants]

As for the poll: I may just be too old too, but my answer is "none of them." To me, '80s cartoons represented one of the lowest points in animation, when cartoons became nothing but 1/2-hour toy commercials.

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who feels this way.

Sure, I remember liking a lot those shows back in the day, but rewatching them destroys any nostalgic sense of fun and enjoyment. Meanwhile, the 90's had some great shows; Batman, Superman (yeah, I liked the Superman show), X-Men, Spiderman, Exo-Squad, Gargoyles, plus more I can't remember.

But for the poll, I vote Exo-Squad, but I'm fairly positive that it's a 90's creation.

 

[Klaus]

Does anyone remember Blackstar from the late 70's to early 80's? Hero and villiam each had half of the PowerStar (a white crystalline sword). Each Saturday the villian would attack our hero and his friends (basically some cheap Hobbit knock offs). Good times!

Blackstar was done by Filmation between the 70s Tarzan and the 80s He-Man. You can seen many of the classic He-Man moves on Blackstar. And Blackstar's origin as an Earth astronaut got a nod with Queen Marlena's origin as an Earth astronaut in He-Man.

 

[Krieg]

Starblazers was 70s originally, but was aired outside of Japan in the early 80s (circa 81-83)

It aired in the US in 79.