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Plot Summary:
The Jackson 5ive was a Saturday morning cartoon series produced by Rankin/Bass and Motown Productions on ABC from September 11, 1971 until 14 October 1972; a fictionalized portrayal of the careers of Motown recording group The Jackson 5. The series was rebroadcast in syndication through Worldvision Enterprises during the 1984–1985 Saturday morning season, during a period when Michael Jackson was riding a major wave of popularity as a solo artist. The series was animated mainly in London at the studios of Halas and Batchelor, and some animation done at Estudios Moro, Barcelona, Spain. The director was Spanish-American Robert Balser.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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The LeBrons (2011)
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LeBrons is an original animated series from the mind of the NBA's back-to-back champion, four time MVP and pop-culture icon, LeBron James. Much like a modern day "Fat Albert," the series is designed to help empower and give back to today's families and young adults.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 6 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, computer animated, 2d animation
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Josie and the Pussycats (1970)
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Josie and the Pussycats is an American animated television series, based upon the Archie Comics comic book series of the same name created by Dan DeCarlo. Produced for Saturday morning television by Hanna-Barbera Productions, sixteen episodes of Josie and the Pussycats aired on CBS during the 1970-71 television season, and were rerun during the 1971-72 season. In 1972, the show was re-conceptualized as Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space, sixteen episodes of which aired on CBS during the 1972-73 season and were rerun the following season. Reruns of the original series alternated between CBS, ABC, and NBC from 1974 through 1976. This brought its national Saturday morning TV run on three networks to six years. Josie and the Pussycats featured an all-girl pop music band that toured the world with their entourage, getting mixed up in strange adventures, spy capers, and mysteries. On the small-screen, the group consisted of level-headed lead singer and guitarist Josie, intelligent tambourinist Valerie, and air-headed blonde drummer Melody. Other characters included their cowardly manager Alexander Cabot III, his conniving sister Alexandra, her cat Sebastian, and muscular roadie Alan.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, not serious, nostalgic
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Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (1985)
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Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling is an American animated television series that originally aired on CBS Saturday mornings from September 14, 1985 to December 6, 1986, with reruns airing until June 27, 1987.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: children's program, 2d animation
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The Croods: Family Tree (2021)
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Two very different families join forces to create a new community, an us-against-the-world, cave person co-op on the most amazing farm in the history of prehistory!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, prehistoric
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Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty (2019)
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When a spirited kitten acquires magical powers, it transforms her into a part rainbow, part butterfly and part unicorn hybrid, and she goes on adventures with her best friends, a book-smart owl and a yeti, across a magical world, called Mythlandia.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 11 min
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Lazor Wulf (2019)
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Lazor Wulf follows the adventures of a wolf who carries a laser on his back...obviously.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: adult animation
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Class of 3000 (2006)
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Class of 3000 is an American animated television series on Cartoon Network that was created by, was executively produced by, and starred André 3000 of the Hip Hop group OutKast as superstar and music teacher Sunny Bridges, set at Atlanta, Georgia's Westley School of Performing Arts. Mr. Bridges is a jazz and blues artist who occasionally lectures in Atlanta's Little Five Points residential area. It was produced by Tom Lynch Company, Moxie Turtle and Cartoon Network Studios. As of September 25, 2011, it's currently the last Cartoon Network series to be given a TV-Y7 rating without the Fantasy Violence side rating to accompany it as an ironic result. It is also the final Cartoon Network show which aired at the time Jim Samples had been in charge of Cartoon Network.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, cult classic, touching, realistic, nostalgic
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Luna Petunia (2016)
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Luna Petunia follows the adventures of a girl who lives in our world and plays in a dreamland where she learns how to make the impossible possible.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
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Sunny Day (2017)
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10-year-old Sunny, Friendly Falls's best hairstylist, learns that problems can be solved by using determination and creativity.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min
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Nina's World (2015)
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Tag along with imaginative 6-year-old Nina on her neighborhood excursions with her best friends Carlos, Chelsea and Star – celebrating family, community, diversity and wonder.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
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P. King Duckling (2016)
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P. King, the daring but hapless duck, teams up with best buddies Wombat and Chumpkins to find wacky and wild ways to solve their problems.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration:
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Alma's Way (2021)
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Inspired by Manzano’s own childhood, ALMA’S WAY centers on 6-year-old Alma Rivera, a proud, confident Puerto Rican girl who lives in the Bronx with her family among a diverse group of close-knit friends and community members. Infused with Manzano’s humor and grounded in a social and emotional curriculum, the series will give children ages 4-6 the tools to find their own answers, express what they think and feel, and recognize and respect the unique perspective of others.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
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Wish Kid (1991)
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Wish Kid starring Macaulay Culkin is an animated television series that originally aired on Saturday mornings from September 14, 1991, through July 1992 on NBC, although a few repeats aired from 1998, through 2002 on Toon Disney after that. Produced by DIC Entertainment, the series starred pre-teen movie star Macaulay Culkin.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: children's program
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Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater (1987)
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Hello Kitty and other Sanrio characters star in adaptations of various fairy tales from all over the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, anime
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Phantom Investigators (2002)
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Phantom Investigators is a cartoon show that aired on Kids' WB, premiering on May 25, 2002 and ending on June 29, 2002. It was created using a surprising mixture of stop-motion animation, puppetry, and live-action.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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My Knight and Me (2016)
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My Knight and Me is a medieval comedy led by Jimmy the Squire, his father Henri the Knight and Cat, the rebel princess who stages their incredibly zany adventures against evil witches, dragons and giant cyclopes. With Henri's unique enthusiasm, Cat's gumption, and Jimmy's faultless reasoning, our heroes are setting out to make the Dark Ages a little less dark and a whole lot more fun!.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 11 min
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Teacher's Pet (2000)
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Teacher's Pet is an American Disney animated television series about a 9 year old boy and his dog who dresses up as a boy. Created by Gary Baseman, Bill Steinkellner and Cheri Steinkellner and directed by Timothy Björklund, it was broadcast on Disney's One Saturday Morning on ABC and later Toon Disney. The show ran from 2000 to 2002. The show was influenced by Gary Baseman's dog, Hubcaps. He would wonder what the dog would do while he was gone. He made this show in honor of him, with Spot portraying Hubcaps.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 590
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: nostalgic
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Ozzy & Drix (2002)
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Ozzy & Drix, also known as The Fantastic Voyage Adventures of Osmosis Jones & Drixenol and Osmosis Jones: The Animated Series, is an American animated television series based on the Warner Bros. film Osmosis Jones and it was produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It takes place inside the body of teenager Hector Cruz. The series premiered on September 14, 2002 on the Kids' WB; the final episode aired July 5, 2004. Unlike the original movie it spun off from, Ozzy & Drix was entirely animated and contained no live action. It stars Phil LaMarr as the replacement for Chris Rock as Osmosis Jones, and Jeff Bennett as the replacement for David Hyde Pierce as Drix. As of July 2011, episodes of the series are still available via the Kids WB website. The show also aired on Teletoon in Canada. The show is also slightly less violent than the movie, having the characters treated like people rather than simply cells, and having none of them killed off, unlike the movie where Thrax managed to kill off several cells. There are also new characters that replace the ones from the original movie such as Maria Amino replacing Leah Estrogen, Mayor Spryman replacing Mayor Phlegmming, Sylvian Fischer replacing Tom Colonic, Chief Gluteus replacing The Chief of Police, The Mole replacing Chill the Flu Shot and Scarlet Fever replacing Thrax.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, disgusting
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The Jellies (2017)
Plot Summary:
After learning his jellyfish parents adopted him, a teen boy tries to find himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: adult animation
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Fillmore! (2002)
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Fillmore! is an American animated television series which was produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The series was created by Scott M. Gimple and directed by Christian Roman. It was the last series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation alone, without association with Disney Channel.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, exciting, parody, realistic, black cinema, nostalgic
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The Berenstain Bears (1985)
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The Berenstain Bears is an Australian-American co-produced animated television series based on Stan and Jan Berenstain's Berenstain Bears children's book series, produced by DIC Entertainment, Hanna-Barbera and Southern Star Productions. It aired on the United States from September 14, 1985 until March 7, 1987 on CBS with over 52 11-minute episodes in 26 half-hour shows produced. Each show consisted of two episodes, the first being an adaptation of one of the books, the second being an original story. The series was nominated in 1987 for a Daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming; it was also nominated that year for a Humanitas Prize in the category of Non-Prime Time Children's Animated Show. Reruns aired briefly on TLC's Ready Set Learn block from September 28 to November 13, 1998 when a contract dispute forced TLC to pull the show off the schedule. During the early 2000s, reruns were later seen as part of a kids' programming block from DiC Entertainment on the now-defunct UPN, but the episodes were edited and time-compressed by DiC.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, educational, 2d animation
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
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From the award-winning children?s series Happily Ever After: Fairytales for Every Child, HBO presents this magical, animated musical special that puts a feminist spin on one of the world?s most famous fairy tales. With the help of her faithful band of ?Merry Chicas,? Robinita Hood (Rosie Perez) saves her village from the evil Sherriff de Jamon (Rick Najera) in this salsa-fied adaptation of the classic adventure tale.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 784
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anthology, fairy tale, exciting, feel good, humorous
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The Wuzzles (1985)
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Disney's The Wuzzles is an animated television series created for Saturday morning television, and was first broadcast on September 14, 1985 on CBS. An idea of Michael Eisner for his new Disney television animation studio. The premise is that the main characters are hybrids of two different animals. The original thirteen episodes ran on CBS for their first run. With only 13 episodes of The Wuzzles, it was one of the shortest running animated series produced by Disney. One season later, Wuzzles moved to ABC for reruns, and disappeared from network television after that.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 805
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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Franklin (1997)
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Franklin is an Canadian educational animated television series, based on the Franklin the Turtle books by Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois. The television series was named after its main character, Franklin the Turtle. It was produced by PolyGram Television, Alphanim, LuxAnimation, Nelvana, Neurones Enterprises, Reader's Digest for Young Families, TF1, Funbag Animation Studios, Europool, Mini TFO, and Family Channel, and syndicated by Summit Entertainment.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, retro, educational, exciting, feel good, humorous, edutainment, 2d animation
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Doc McStuffins (2012)
Plot Summary:
A young African-American girl aspires to be a doctor like her mom.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, computer animated
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Craig of the Creek (2018)
Plot Summary:
Craig and his friends, Kelsey and JP, venture out into a kid-controlled wilderness in the creek.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, South Korea, Mexico, Spain
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, captivating, visually appealing, 2d animation
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Gerald McBoing Boing (2005)
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Gerald McBoing-Boing is an original Canadian-American 2D animated children's television series based on the original cartoon. It premiered on Cartoon Network on August 22, 2005, as part of their Tickle-U programming block, and on Teletoon in English and French on August 29, 2005. It uses the same basic art style as the original, but with more detail. Each 11-minute episode features a series of vignettes with Gerald, of which the "fantasy tales" are done in Seussian rhyme. There are also sound checks, gags, and "real-life" portions of the show. Gerald still only makes sounds, but he now has two speaking friends, Janine and Jacob, as well as a dog named Burp, who only burps. Gerald's parents also fill out the regular cast. The television series was produced in Canada by Cookie Jar Entertainment, and directed by Robin Budd and story edited/written by John Derevlany. The animation was done by Mercury Filmworks in Ottawa & Vancouver. The music and score for the series was composed by Ray Parker and Tom Szczesniak. It is shown on ABC TV in Australia, Channel 5's Milkshake! in the UK and RTE Two's The Den in Ireland.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, nostalgic
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Creative Galaxy (2013)
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Follow the adventures of Arty and his sidekick Epiphany, as they search the galaxy to solve creative problems with art! Whether Arty needs to create a painting for the new children's library, a stuffed animal for his sister, or make a mask for his jungle pretend play, Arty and Epiphany come to the rescue by enlisting the help of the most creative of all - the preschool home viewer.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
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Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972)
Plot Summary:
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids is an animated series created, produced, and hosted by comedian Bill Cosby, who also lent his voice to a number of characters, including Fat Albert himself. Filmation was the production company for the series. The show premiered in 1972 and ran until 1985. The show, based on Cosby's remembrances of his childhood gang, centered on Albert, and his friends. The show always had an educational lesson emphasized by Cosby's live-action segments, and in early episodes the gang would usually gather in their North Philadelphia junkyard to play a rock song on their cobbled-together instruments at the end of the show.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, weird
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The Proud Family (2001)
Plot Summary:
"The Proud Family" follows the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl who's doing her best to navigate through the early years of teen-dom. Penny's every encounter inevitably spirals into bigger than life situations filled with hi-jinks, hilarity and heart. Her quest to balance her home, school and social lives are further complicated by friends like the sassy Dijonay, Penny's nemesis LaCienega Boulevardez, her loving, if not over-protective parents and her hip-to-the-groove-granny, Suga Mama.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, sitcom, multicultural, realistic, educational, smart, clever, black cinema