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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.
Doraemon is incredibly popular in Spain, to the point that basically everyone no matter the age knows at least the premise and the main characters. It baffled me when I found out that it was largely unknown in other western countries.
Edit: I just remembered Shinchan, another anime that is huge in Spain but not very popular elsewhere.
Ninja Hattori is big in Asia but unknown in the rest of the world as well right?
I don’t know about that. The authors of Ninja Hattori and Doraemon shared the same pen name though
Bamse — världens starkaste björn!
Then or now?
5 year old me: She-Ra
10 year old me: maybe Bugs Bunny honestly
Adult me: Bluey hands down forever. And my kids like it too.
The new she-ra is rad.
totally
Starblazers
Robotech
Battle of the Planets
Dinosaucers
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Haven’t thought about Harlock for decades, thanks for the reminder! I never saw Dinosaucers but the rest were ace.
Basically any fantasy cartoon that featured a voyage or some kind of quest was a favorite when I was little.
- The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Pirates of Dark Water
- Conan the Adventurer
The opening theme to Tintin is playing in my head right now. What a beautiful cartoon.
Pirates of Dark Water was such an underrated show. It still makes me mad that it got canceled.
Dungeons & Dragons is such a classic. I still watch it on occasion.
SpongeBob. The early seasons were and still are god-tier
Thundercats original series, and the original Dungeons & Dragons.
SpongeBob
Justice League and Justice League Unlimited
Imma bend the rules:
Thunderbirds.
Invader zim
Wtf no one said TOM&JERRY??
ah, but only some of it was good. i disliked the czech ones or the ones by chuck jones.
I had a love/hate relationship with that show because I felt so sorry for Tom. Kept watching it though so clearly it did something right.
The background art in the early ones was beautiful.
I used to watch a lot of Boomerang in Latin America, they aired either OG Looney Tunes or Tom and Jerry for 1 hour daily
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.
Duckman. I still fall asleep with it sometimes.
That’s not quite a children’s cartoon…
