Cartoons new/old which are better

[young paddy1]

What are the top ten cartoons you turned on to watch, not just sat through if they were there. And did you prefer the cartoons of your childhood or the stuff they churn out now?


Futurama
Thundercats
Earthworm Jim
Super Dave
Samurai Pizza Cats
Batman of the Future
Teen Titans
Trap Door (it's claymation so what)
Galaxy Rangers
phantom 2040

I still watch cartoons but they'll never grab me like they used to. 80's/90's cartoons all the way.

[MuffinMan]

What about Invader Zim?!

[HugeHarHar]

Scooby Doo (the original series)
Voltron
Thunder Cats
Cowboy Bebop
Blue Seed
Family Guy
Aqua Teen
Sea Lab
Space Ghost: Coast to Coast
He-Man

[nil]

seems most of the good cartoons these days are aimed at adults. but perhaps that perception is because we are now adults.

[talbot]

You guys forgot Ren & Stimpy. Just picked up the box set of the first two season and I forgot how twisted they were. I can't believe how some of those passed the censors!

Also:
The Adventures of Batman
Silverhawks
M.A.S.K
Superfriends
Spiderman (re-runs of the 60's show)
Danger Mouse (which is coming to DVD in May!!!)
Sea Lab 2021
T.M.N.T.
The Simpsons (only seasons 1-6)

[Ssenkrah Semaj]

Well I do believe that the 80's where the golden age of American cartoons...things seem to have gotten off tract with cartoons like Pokemon, Digimon, Yugi-oh (don't know how to spell it) now being the most popular instead of dramatic based cartoons. But thankfully there has always been the good with the bad.

The dramtic/action based cartoons are my favorite all funny toons (cept Furi Kuri!!!!) come a distant third.

X-Men 90's version (the first American cartoon that really kicked ass and took names later)
Justice League Unlimited (Wow!)
Batman the Animated Series
Robotech (alltime favorite)
Cowboy Bebop
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Gargoyles
Transformers (Original series)
G.I.Joe
Batman Beyond

[evildisco]

Getter Robo
Mazinga
Goldrake
Lupin
Saint Seya
GI Joe(but Joes suck Cobra rules!)
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Hokuto No Ken
Blue Submarine No. 6
Ninja Scroll
Ghost In the shell
Nausicaa
Porco Rosso
Aeon Flux
Alexander
Centurions
Silver Hawks
Macross

[R'john]

captain n and the game masters(I think)
he-man
thundercats
gi joe
transformers
tmnt
ducktales
gummi bears
silver hawks
batman animated

there are some cool shows now like teen titans,naruto,the batman,clone wars,but I have to say,the old ones for me anre better...especially the old he-man compared to the new he-man...which wasn't bad...but the old one just had something special...as for the new transformers...bah \w/...beasties/beast wars...bah

R'john

[JoshuaTheJames]

American Action Adventure Cartoons died with Gargoyles.

-JtJ

[JoshuaTheJames]

And the first round of Batman the Animated Series...not that Batman and Robin and Batgirl and Nightwing team stuff...


heh.


-JtJ

[Daunting]

Amen on the gargoyles man. I grew up (litterally since i was born) on that stuff.

Just my personal favorite you either love it or ya hate it,

Trigun.

All the rest that you guys have said are just the greatest.

[Ssenkrah Semaj]

American Action Adventure Cartoons died with Gargoyles.

And were reborn with Justice League Unlimited...incredible series.

-JtJ And the first round of Batman the Animated Series...not that Batman and Robin and Batgirl and Nightwing team stuff...


heh.


-JtJ

No way bro your being to harsh...Have you seen the episode "Over the Edge". The best one of the series in my opinion....you should download it dude then edit your post :)

[egerie]

American Action Adventure Cartoons died with Gargoyles.

-JtJ
:S I wouldn't be an artist today if it wasn't for that Cartoon. At least it's first season...... *snifff* I still have a grudge toward that air head at Disney that decided to push the original creator of the serie on the side and "refocus the show" to younger viewers, which really meant just dumbing it down with stupid storyline and horrid story arcs.

Today's Oblongs seemed very promising. But I can't catch it on TV anymore... Does Rex The Runt count ?
Cartoons aired in France when I was a kid rocked. They weren't censored (Ken of the north star, Saint Saya, COBRA, etc.) until some parents realised what was actually going on in those cartoons. We didn't turn up so bad :devil:

As for todays' cartoons, seems like the animation industry was too busy churning crap titles for shameful mounds of money and didn't pay attention to the ratings. Kids don't like cartoons because they were so bad that no one would want to watch them for a at least 4 years. Some more recent titles have given me new hope for the genre like Teen Titans, etc.

[young paddy1]

Rex the Runt kicked series arse, especially the one with the miniature cities, and vince getting hold of a minced rex.

Other favourites (well at the time anyway) no particular order

jayce and the wheeled warriors, pirates of darkwater,
visionaries, justice league,
aeon flux just coz its mental, rocko's modern life,
the tick, stressed eric,
toxic crusaders, duck man,
megas xlr, family guy,
cowboy bebop, brave starr,
danger mouse, cities of gold,
count duckula, M.A.S.K,
gummi bears, Gargoyles (early episodes),
D+D, xmen original and evolutions,
dexter's lab, mighty max,
ren and stimpy, transformers,
he-man the 3 series get progressively worse though,
prince valiant, TMHT,
Dogtanion, the real ghostbusters,
bucky o'hare, captain simian and the space monkeys,
swat kats, stoppit and tidyup,
pole position, defenders of the earth,

if you can't tell I watch a lot of telly

[MuffinMan]

And the first round of Batman the Animated Series...not that Batman and Robin and Batgirl and Nightwing team stuff...


heh.


-JtJ

dude i loved that show, in fact batman is my favorite comic superhero ever since i was a little kid.