Dr. Animaction is a certified authority (certification, like all credentials, less than valid) on all things combining eighties, animation, and action. This channel is an opportunity to discuss that specific combination of adjectives. A lot.
The channel is a mix of thoughtful fanboying, random thoughts, and of course lists. All revolving around those wonderful 80's properties that my generation was raised on.
If you love these properties, then stick around and share your thoughts. If you don't, then maybe watch a couple of videos and you'll grow to love them like I do. Either way, welcome to the channel and thanks for watching.
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My very first Joe. Pretty sure I got him the year he came out. Always thought the visor on the helmet was the COOLEST little feature.
@Dorelaxen That visor was cool, but with those early figures any additional accessory was a bonus!
Short-fuze likes his weapon a lot. 😀👍
Yes, applied math would have been a better term as abstract refers more towards coming up with the theories and postulates in geometry than the actual use of them. And thanks for the nod. lol Also, maybe he is like Roadblock and is so crazy strong that he can carry everything that would normally take 3 people *and* can use the launcher as a direct-fire weapon. lol
@TenNoZeorymer72 SO like a Spider-Man situation, where he looks skinny but has super strength? lol
@@dr.animaction Actually, with so many 11B in the Joes, wouldn't most of them be helping each other carrying and setting up equipment that no one *but* Duke, Scarlett and Snake Eyes are available on the front line?
@@TenNoZeorymer72 I'm thinking there are just a whole lot of green shirts we don't get to see lol
Ah...the unnamed ones. Down there with the unnamed support staff.
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo just being mentioned brought me back as soon as I heard the theme song play
@judybelanger2176 Music is so awesome in its ability to do that!
I absolutely love the 80s and 90s cartoons! I'm a big fan of that era. I was born in 1994, so I have a soft spot for those shows. Have you considered reviewing animated series from the 2000s and 2010s, or even going back to the 70s? There are so many great cartoons from different decades!
@MichaelN1994 I'll definitely be going back to the 70s soon with an Animated 70s series, but the 2000s-2010s may be off a ways. There's a lot of programming there to cover!
I didn't see Pup named Scooby Doo as #1. Was I singing along, yeap.
@grune8975 So catchy!
Kidd Video, catchy theme song, very strange show even for the 80's.
I loved that show. Always wanted that one kid's Subaru Brat.
I prefer the animated movie's version of Transformers theme song.
@DragonKingX78 Look for that one when I do an animated movie themes for sure!
My favorite is Jem & The Holograms. I do agree with you on Season 2 of The Transformers. I also want to mention Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (shout out to the end theme Rangers Are Forever), Silverhawks, and MASK.
@Rhomega Love the Galaxy Rangers theme! There's definitely some great stuff that I couldn't fit on the list!
To be honest, I'm surprised that Inspector Gadget, Duck Tales, Pole Position, Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers, or Defenders of the Earth didn't make your list. I might have to add some British shows on there, like Danger Mouse, Bertha, The Trap Door, Postman Pat, and Count Duckula into the mix, but I am a sucker for those that have some intro as part of its opening sequence.
@andynortonuk I never really had much exposure to any of the British programming until I did the UK as part of my Animated 80s series. I'll have to go back and listen to all of those intros again without any distractions!
@@dr.animaction No problem. It has sparked a lot of fun debate over opening themes from that decade, which is fun to recollect.
Thank you for the vid, we didn't get Camp Candy, I'll look it up. I would have added somewhere the intro for MASK and Ghostbusters (the filmation version). I agree with the songs :D but I would not have guessed the #1.
@CarlosLopez-oc9nh Camp Candy is definitely a fun show if you just want some wholesome 80s humor with some John Candy delivery!
Duckula’s theme is good pick to make if you like spooky comedic theme in a similar vein to Beetlejuice.
@mindwipe8788 I do like the Duckula theme, and honestly had forgotten about it. Not sure it would have made the list, but fun song!
Fun video, I definitely was shocked to see MASK not on here, a lot of us probably have it at the top. Jayce and DuckTales are also up there for me. Alvin tends to be underrated, it's a pretty fun rock theme. And Danger Mouse might be a dark horse for me.
@km_9 Some great picks in there, and definitely all songs I would sing along with!
New subscriber here. I definitely think it would be interesting if you were to focus on your study and analysis of each series before moving on to the next year ('82 in this case). The theme of your channel - understanding Joe from a real world perspective - is brilliant. Keep up the good work!
@GammaFitInc Thanks for subscribing, glad you're enjoying the series! I definitely plan to go through one entire year before moving onto the next, so I hope you keep following along!
If this was my list, I would have wormed 'DuckTales', 'Alvin & the Chipmunks', 'Ninja Turtles', 'Chip N Dale RR', 'Heathcliff', and even *'Jem!"* onto the list, with honorable mentions to the credits music for 'He-Man' and 'She-Ra'. ...So many good ones, though. A solid list, NTL.
@chrisrj9871 Honestly, I stretched it out to top 20 and even that was tough. Too many great songs from 80s cartoons to count!
@@dr.animaction - I totally agree, I shouldn't have added so many in my comment but they just kept flooding in!
My favorite 80's cartoon theme songs are M.A.S.K., Thundercats, Robotech, G.I.JOE., Dinosaucers, Spider-man and His Amazing Friends, and more. 😀👍
@jamesmoss3424 I love the G.I. Joe and Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends Themes as well, they're just too heavy on exposition for this list!
My fave TF theme is the one from the '86 movie. :)
@TenNoZeorymer72 Love that one! 80s Power Rock at it's finest!
is it me or does any one else notice that the Thunder cats respond to The sword omens call by chasing a laser dot in the sky.
@billhoffer3247 I never thought of it that way before, but you're absolutely right!
I couldn’t stop smiling when you had Camp Candy. John Candy was a treasure he could make anyone smile.
@geoffodensos7187 Couldn't agree more!
@@dr.animaction his role in Stripes as Ox was great
Adventures of the Galaxy, Rangers, Darkwing Duck, M.A.S.K., SilverHawks, Gummie Bears
@Straightened-Slinky. Solid picks, one and all. You'll probably see Darkwing Duck on my 90s list!
My top twenty would be, in no real particular order and not all from the 80's... BraveStarr M.A.S.K. Voltron Masters of the Universe Alvin and the Chipmunks Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats Gummi Bears Batman Beyond Robotech Animaniacs Silverhawks Super Friends The Tick Thundercats X-Men Diplodo (listen to it some time, it's a BANGER) G.I. Joe The Movie (specifically the movie version) Freakazoid! Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot Transformers (the '85 version, which I also prefer) Honorable mention to Kidd Video (which I also adore), Pole Position, Pink Panther and Sons, and Pac-Man.
@Dorelaxen Great list, not a dud in the bunch! I'll definitely look up Diplodo!
They making new cops toys soon
@WillisWheeler I'll have to check those out. I loved C.O.P.S.!
Mystery inc was the best Scooby doo by far. I would have added the Gummi bears
@joshuamountz6891 I definitely liked Gummi Bears too. Cutting it down to 20 was tough!
Nice list! I'm curious to know what your Top 20 Favorite Cartoon Theme Songs of the 1990s will be like...
@tmfuentes2001 I'll definitely be doing one of those at some point!
Cool! Thanks for the update!
Also, can't wait to see what else you've got planned coming up!
I love cartoon and anime
@stevenlisten Same!
I mighta belted out the Scooby theme. XD
@MalWave Can't blame you!
Cool, fun topic! For me: The bangers of this era are TMNT, Thundercats, Duck Tales, Jaycee and Bionic Six. LOL at the Camp Candy comment.
@KnowledgeLost Solid picks. I love both TMNT and DuckTales. Bionic Six just feels a little sitcom-y or After School Special for me lol
@@dr.animaction the narration in the middle of the theme is also awkward with the B6 theme.
Alright list I guess. Apologies, but where you put MASK Crusaders?
@matthewhenningervonada9914 M.A.S.K. was just a little too "new wave" feeling for my personal taste.
@@dr.animaction Oh. Fair enough, I just ask considering that's usually in a lot of people's greatest 80's cartoon themes. You're good though.
@@dr.animaction Doc. I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to insist you hand over your 80's Kool Kid card. You'll get it back after you listen to some Flock of Seagulls, Duran Duran, and Oingo Boingo.
My top 20 list are 20. Super Mario Brothers Super show 19. Danger mouse 18. Voltron 17. C.O.P.S 16. Gummy bears 15. Centurions 14. Heathcliff 13. Scooby-Doo where are you 12. M.A.S.K 11. He-man 10. Inspector gadget 9. Bravestarr 8. Visionaries 7. Chip and Dale's rescue rangers 6. G.I. Joe 5. DuckTales 4. Teenage mutant Ninja turtles 3. Transformers 2. ThunderCats 1. Silverhawks
@jasonscott1978 Good list! I almost put Heathcliff on there, and as much as I love some of the others I don't know why they don't resonate with me as much. DuckTales and TMNT always put a smile on my face, and I'll always sing along, so I don't know why they didn't hit the list for me!
@@dr.animaction Here's my top 15: 15. Adventures of The Gummi Bears 14. Denver The Last Dinosaur.(The Cartoon is Terrible, but the theme song is not) 13. The Littles.(Season 3) 12. Meatballs and Spaghetti. 11. Pink Panther and Sons. 10. Get Along Gang. 9. It's Punky Brewster. 8. Heathcliff and the Catallic Cats. 7. Snorks Season 2 Opening. 6. TMNT '87. 5. Thundercats. 4. MASK. 3. Snorks S3/Syndication theme. 2. The World of David The Gnome. #1. Ducktales. Bonus: The New Archies.
I only started watching Robotech back last year, got the DVD of Season 1 from a retailer that was about to close due to hard times and I was thankful that I got it when I did because even if Macross Saga of Robotech has it's localization flaws, the storyline itself is allot darker than most shows on TV at the time. Even had some spicy elements too that made me smile. Makes me want to look for the Japanese original to see what we missed out on.
@TBoneTony I definitely love Robotech, and I'm doing my first watch of Macross again in a long time!
Time Baken series. (I was already writing this comment while listening until you mentioned it at the end) For those who don't remember, think of the main villains as Team Rocket before Pokemon started. Yattaman is the most famous of the Time Baken series because of the attention the villain group in that series gets. But there are many other Time Baken series where there are many versions of that same villain trio.
@TBoneTony And they all do a great job of incorporating humor!
Space Pirates sure had a fun time in Japan during the 80s. With Star Wars being as popular as it was, there was many series even as far back as the 1970s that saw their revival seasons in the 80s and perhaps inspired many OVAs that involved Space Pirates and Space Bounty Hunters.
Space Cobra, I remember that movie as I have the DVD of it back in the day that I haven't watched in more than 10 years. Perhaps I should recommend it to those who want to watch some fun Retro Anime.
Minky Momo's ability to transform into an adult version of herself depending on the situation she is in, should sound familiar to those who remember the early episodes of Sailor Moon during the time when she used the magical pen to transform into different adults working in jobs that a high school girl like Usagi/Serena wouldn't be able to do. Perhaps one of the inspirations that the Sailor Moon anime took before Usagi met her Sailor Guardians.
Ninjaman Ippei looks like a kid friendly version of Ninja Nonsense, which means it must have been fun for the kids watching it despite the fact that the series itself seems to focus on the mildly tame stuff when it comes to Ninja Fiction.
Maya the Bee (Japan version) and Barbar (European) during the 80s weren't afraid of the darkness of the complicated moral and ethical dilemmas that each character faces. Sadly the modern day 2000s and 2010s versions of those characters are completely toned down and it has lost their original story and theme of those characters. Watching Barbar in the 80s was like a fun and enjoyable romp for me as a kid, sadly when I tried watching the newer stuff with my niece and nephew when they were younger I was like "WTF is this????" I think we in the 80s and 90s were told to grow up tough and the importance to protect those who mean the world to you, but somewhere when the world got darker, the animation companies were somehow forced to tone things down and the quality of story telling for shows like this went downhill as a result.
Game Center Arashi. Looking at his red vest and his red cap, he looks allot like another popular Gaming Protagonist from a really well known game that would have been released a decade later if my memory is correct. Maybe Game Center Arashi was one of the inspirations for this particular character?
Don Dracula looks like something that Go Nagai would have been involved in. He was the master of Ecchi Horror and trying to put Dracula into a Japanese modern day slice of life Gag Comedy would have been up his ally if he ever had a hand in working on it. But to hear it came from Osamu Tezuka, now that is surprising to know but not out of the possibility.
Good to know that you got around to this one. Trying to study Japanese TV content back in the day isn't gonna be easy. Animal themes are almost universally loved by the younger audience so it's no surprise that there were many of them on TV in Japan during the 80s.
Digimon escaped the moral panic.
@dwainsimmons3447 Yeah, lucky for them that Pokemon came out first to take that hit for them!
Sakebi is "shout." Manga is pronounced "monn gah." 2nd: South Rainbow Lucy Superbook & The Flying House used to be run on Jim Bakker's religious Trinity Broadcasting Network. They probably paid for them. Robotchi is pronounced with 2 Long Os. Aka Ro Bo Chi. The t is there for a double consonant in the Chi syllable. Kabocha is "pumpkin." グループ タック - Group Takku but since the trailing U isn't pronounced, it's just "Tak" or "tokk." If you're seeing it as "TAC," that seems wrong. Really odd the kana say Dairagaa (Dairager) but the name we got told was "Dairugger?" or some variation with eu or ue.
@Mrshoujo Thanks for the linguistic insights! As I said, I'm pretty terrible with languages lol
The Dairugger localization is in reference that the three teams have a total of 15 members...the same as a rugby team. ;) And I gave up trying to pronunciation to gaijin tongues long ago. lol
Another banger, Doc. Certainly a few series on here I'd like to check out in the near future. Any chance of doing a movie related year-by-year similar to what you did for US animation?
@KnowledgeLost Thanks! I plan a movie edition (or multiple) once I finish the series! No promises when I'll get there though lol
@@dr.animaction keep up the good work, and enjoy the content!
Super Dimension Fortress Macross aka Robotech part 1 is excellent. 😀👍
@jamesmoss3424 One of the best!
@@dr.animaction you got that right. 😀👍
I like to see Space Cobra episodes get an English dub one day. 😀👍
@jamesmoss3424 I prefer dub as well, which probably explains my pronunciation issue!
You'll read your anime & be glad for it!
I remember watching The New Adventures of Gigantor on the sci fi channel when I was a kid it's excellent and I hope that the hold series get a dvd boxs set one day. 😀👍
13:08 Oh no! Truck-kun!!! :'(