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Plot Summary:
Blackstar is an American animated television series, a science fantasy story sometimes reported as being inspired by Thundarr the Barbarian. It was produced in 1981 by Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott for Filmation. The series was Filmation's second fantasy epic, the first being tucked in as a segment of Tarzan and Tarzan and the Super 7, The Freedom Force. Blackstar has many notable similarities to He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, which was produced shortly afterwards.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 847
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime
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Clangers (1969)
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The Clangers are strange, long-nosed, pink, woolly creatures that live inside a small blue planet, which lies far, far away in space.Under the dustbin-lidded craters that cover the planet's surface is the cave system where the these strange yet cuddly extraterrestrials live. They share their world with the bizarre Soup Dragon, who lives in a soup well and provides them with their staple diet of green soup and blue string pudding; the Glow Buzzers, which supply light and tasty glow honey; and the tiny orange Froglets, magical creatures that live inside a travelling top-hat. Other beings encountered by the Clangers are the Iron Chicken, originally found in pieces and who, once reconstructed by the little planet's inhabitants, now lives in a nest in the sky; the large, odd, blue-skinned Skymoos; and the water-providing Cloud.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 717
Genere: Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 10 min
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Rocket Robin Hood (1966)
Plot Summary:
Rocket Robin Hood is a Canadian animated television series, placing the characters and conflicts of the classic Robin Hood legend in a futuristic, outer space setting, produced by Krantz Films, Inc. from 1966 to 1969.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: futuristic, canadian science fiction
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Galtar and the Golden Lance (1985)
Plot Summary:
Galtar and the Golden Lance is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera in the 1980s. It was originally produced and released as part of a five-in-one omnibus program, The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera, of which Challenge of the Gobots, The Jetsons, Paw Paws, and Yogi's Treasure Hunt as part of the 1985's inaugurated allstar 1st lineup. Galtar and the Golden Lance lasted two seasons. The TV series has been considered to have been created due to the rise and popularity of the He-Man franchise.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Action, Animation, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime
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Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors (1985)
Plot Summary:
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors is a French/North American animated TV show which was first broadcast on September 16, 1985. It was produced by DIC Entertainment and animated by the Japanese animation studios Sunrise, Shaft, Studio Giants, Studio Look and Swan Production. The show, which extended to 65 thirty-minute episodes, was created to support Mattel's Wheeled Warriors toy line. The show has an ongoing plot. However, it does not have a finale, and thus the plot was left unresolved. The show featured two duelling forces. The heroes are humans, called the Lightning League. They drive white and silver vehicles with assorted weaponry, and are led by teenager named Jayce. The villains are organic green vegetable-based creatures called the Monster Minds, who tend to take the shape of black and green vehicles. They travel via large green organic vines which can grow in and across interstellar space, and sprout seeds that rapidly grow into further Monster Minds. They are led by Saw Boss.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Canada, USA, Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, offbeat, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, children's program
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He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special (1985)
Plot Summary:
In this special Christmas episode of the He-Man and She-Ra cartoons, their sidekick Orko accidentally gets beamed to Earth during a test of a new spy satellite. Orko manages to get back Planet Eternia, but brings along two Earth children, Alisha and Manuel, with him. Since it's Christmastime on Earth, the kids are naturally filled with the holiday spirit, but this overflowing goodwill attracts the unwelcome attention of the Horde Prime and Skeletor. Will the combined power of He-Man, She-Ra and the spirit of Christmas be enough to stop them?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: christmas special, exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, campy
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Star Wars: Ewoks (1985)
Plot Summary:
Star Wars: Ewoks is an American/Canadian animated television series featuring the Ewok characters introduced in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. It aired for two seasons between 1985 and 1986. The series was produced by Nelvana on behalf of Lucasfilm and broadcast on ABC, both by itself and later, as part of The Ewoks and Droids Adventure Hour. The first season was advertised as simply Ewoks, but the second season was advertised as The All New Ewoks. The series lasted 35 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: saga, anime
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The New Adventures of He-Man (1990)
Plot Summary:
The New Adventures of He-Man is an animated series which ran in syndication in the fall of 1990 while Mattel released the toy line He-Man, an update of their successful Masters of the Universe line. The cartoon series was intended to be a continuation of Filmation's He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 605
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France, Japan, Canada
Duration: 30 min
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Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor (1967)
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Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor is a science fiction animated series created by Alex Toth for Hanna-Barbera Productions, which ran on CBS from 1967 to 1969. Despite Moby's name coming first, he had only one short per half-hour episode, sandwiched between two with Mightor; the same structure was used the previous season for H-B's Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, children's program, prehistoric
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The Pirates of Dark Water (1991)
Plot Summary:
The Pirates of Dark Water is a fantasy animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera in 1991.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, anime, dark fantasy, serious
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Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)
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Set on the subterranean Mine-World, a band of human worker are treated like slaves under the power of the evil overlord Zygon until one, Orin, unearths the hilt of a mythical sword that only he can master. Escaping the planet, he runs into the rogue smuggler Dagg and a pair of helpful droids and the princess, who all team up to return to the Mine-World with a plan to defeat Zygon and free Orin's enslaved people.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, anime, adult animation, exciting, humorous, semi serious
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Thundarr the Barbarian (1980)
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Thundarr and his companions Ariel and Ookla wander a devastated future Earth and fight evil wherever they find it.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, exciting, humorous, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious
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Voltron: Defender of the Universe (1984)
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Voltron is the name of a giant robot in an anime television series that features a team of space explorers known as the Voltron Force. The space explorers pilot robot lions who join together to form the giant robot with which they defend their galaxy from evil. Initially produced as a joint venture between World Events Productions and Toei Animation, the original television series aired in syndication from September 10, 1984 to November 18, 1985. The program was entitled Voltron: Defender of the Universe.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, semi serious, computer animated, vintage, campy
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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002)
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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is an American animated television series. Developed for television by Michael Halperin, who created the original series, it was animated by Mike Young Productions. It served as an update of the 1980s series of the same name, produced to coincide with Mattel's revival of the Masters of the Universe franchise eleven years after its previous attempt. The series made its premiere on Cartoon Network's Toonami on August 16, 2002. Unlike the previous He-Man series, set on the futuristic planet of Primus, this version sought to return to the roots of the storyline and provide broader explorations never reached in the first series, including origins for each character, and some first time animated debuts of familiar toyline faces. The series also brought back several writers from the original series, such as Larry DiTillio. The remake is noted for the many similarities it shares with the original. For example, it has an homage intro to the 1980s version's intro speech but in this version, Prince Adam is interrupted by an explosion and invasion by Skeletor and his henchmen. Prince Adam transforms into He-Man when he says "By the power of Grayskull... I have the power!". It also features "scene change" sequences, but only the one involving the Sword of Power was taken from the Filmation series; all the others were created for this series, and the sequences occur less frequently than on the previous series.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, cult classic, dark fantasy
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Masters of the Universe: Revelation (2021)
Plot Summary:
The war for Eternia begins again in what may be the final battle between He-Man and Skeletor. A new animated series from writer-director Kevin Smith.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, devastating, adult animation, epic fantasy, 2d animation
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Silverhawks (1986)
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SilverHawks is an American animated television series developed by Rankin/Bass Productions and distributed by Lorimar-Telepictures in 1986. The animation was provided by Japanese studio Pacific Animation Corporation. In total, 65 episodes were made. It was created as a space-bound equivalent of their previous series, ThunderCats. As was the case with ThunderCats, there was also a SilverHawks comic book series published by then-Marvel Comics imprint Star Comics. Currently, Warner Bros. owns the rights to the series.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Family, Adventure, Animation
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, retro, exciting, serious
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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983)
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When Adam, Prince of the planet Eternia, raises his magic sword he transforms into He-Man (the most powerful man in the universe). With his allies and friends, he battles the evil Skeletor and his minions to protect the secrets of Castle Greyskull.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, psychedelic, epic, children's program, exciting, serious, dark fantasy, cult classic, homoerotic, 2d animation
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King Arthur and the Knights of Justice (1992)
Plot Summary:
King Arthur and the Knights of Justice is an American animated series. It lasted for two seasons and 13 episodes each. The cartoon was produced by Golden Films, C&D Entertainment and Bohbot Entertainment. The series was created by Diane Eskenazi and Avi Arad who were also executive producers of the series. Its first episode aired on September 13, 1992, and the last episode was on December 12, 1993.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 559
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: arthurian, exciting, serious
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She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985)
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She-Ra, He-Man's twin sister, is leading a group of freedom fighters known as the Great Rebellion in the hope of freeing their homeworld of Etheria from the tyrannical rule of Hordak and the Evil Horde.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: retro, epic, homoerotic, exciting, serious, campy
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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2021)
Plot Summary:
Mighty teen Adam and his heroic squad of misfits discover the legendary power of Grayskull — and their destiny to defend Eternia from sinister Skeletor.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: anime, futuristic, 3d animation, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, computer animated
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Wild C.A.T.S: Covert Action Teams (1994)
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WildC.A.T.s is a half-hour animated television series based on the comics series of the same name. WildC.A.T.s is about the universal war between two prehistoric alien races. One of the races is the heroic Kherubim while the other is the evil Daemonites.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 735
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: adult animation, anime, 2d animation
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Super Friends (1973)
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Super Friends is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes, which ran from 1973 to 1986 on ABC as part of its Saturday morning cartoon lineup. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera and was based on the Justice League of America and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics. The name of the program have been variously represented at different points in its broadcast history. There were a total of 109 episodes and two backdoor-pilot episodes of The New Scooby-Doo Movies, with Batman and Robin appearing in "The Dynamic Scooby Doo Affair" and "The Caped Crusader Caper.".
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: retro, anime, exciting, serious
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Conan: The Adventurer (1992)
Plot Summary:
Conan the Adventurer is an American-French-Canadian animated television series adaptation of Conan the Barbarian, the literary character created by Robert E. Howard in the 1930s. Produced by Jetlag Productions and Sunbow Productions, the series debuted on September 12, 1992, ran for 65 episodes and concluded on November 22, 1993. The series was developed by Christy Marx who served as the sole story editor. The episode "A Needle in a Haystack", written by Jean Chalopin, is considered a lost episode, as it was never released on the complete DVD set for Australia which only included 64 episodes. " A Needle in a Haystack" was the show's 33rd episode when it originally aired. It is unclear why this episode was left out of the collection or why this episode is not even listed in most online sources at this time. The series was produced in association with Graz Entertainment for the first 13-episode season; AB Productions and Jean Chalopin's Créativité et Développement for the remaining episodes. The series also spawned a small toyline in 1992 created by Hasbro. This first incarnation of Conan in cartoon form performed much better than its follow-up cartoon, Conan and the Young Warriors, which lasted only 13 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, semi serious, epic fantasy
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Return to the Planet of the Apes (1975)
Plot Summary:
Return to the Planet of the Apes is a short-lived animated series, by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in association with 20th Century Fox Television, based upon Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle. Boulle's novel had previously inspired five films and a TV series, beginning with the 1968 film Planet of the Apes starring Charlton Heston. Unlike the film, its sequels, and the 1974 live action TV series, which involved a primitive ape civilization, Return to the Planet of the Apes depicted a technologically advanced society, complete with automobiles, film, and television; as such it more closely resembled both Boulle's original novel and early concepts for the first Apes movie which were changed due to budgetary limitations in the late 1960s. Produced following the last of the big-screen features and a short-lived live-action television series, this series was among the last Planet of the Apes projects for several years following a number of comic books from Marvel Comics and a series of audio adventures from Power Records in 1974. Aside from a number of comic book series published by Malibu Comics in the early 1990s, the next project based upon Boulle's concepts would be Tim Burton's reimagining in 2001.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic
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Battle of the Planets (1978)
Plot Summary:
Battle of the Planets cast five young people as G-Force, consisting of Mark, Jason, Princess, Keyop, and Tiny. G-Force protects Earth from planet Spectra and other attacks from beyond space. The most prominent field commander of the Spectra forces was a villainous, masked individual known as Zoltar, who received his orders directly from the "Luminous One". Battle of the Planets is an American adaptation of the Japanese anime series Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, adult animation, stylized, semi serious, vintage
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Star Wars: Rebels (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set between the events of Star Wars: Episodes III and IV, the story unfolds during a dark time when the evil Galactic Empire is tightening its grip of power on the galaxy. Imperial forces have occupied a remote planet and are ruining the lives of its people. The motley but clever crew of the starship Ghost — cowboy Jedi Kanan, ace pilot Hera, street-smart teenager Ezra, the “muscle” Zeb, warrior firebrand Sabine, and cantankerous old astromech droid Chopper — is among a select few who are brave enough to stand against the Empire. Together, they will face threatening new villains, encounter colorful adversaries, embark on thrilling adventures, and become heroes with the power to ignite a rebellion.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: stylized, serious, exciting, anime, adult animation, saga, captivating, action adventure, adult cartoon, futuristic
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Thundercats (1985)
Plot Summary:
ThunderCats is an American animated television series that was produced by Rankin/Bass Productions debuting in 1985, based on the characters created by Tobin "Ted" Wolf. The series, for which Leonard Starr was the head writer, follows the adventures of a group of cat-like humanoid aliens. The animation was provided by Japanese animation company Pacific Animation Corporation whose artists later went on to join Studio Ghibli. Season 1 of the show aired in 1985, followed by a TV movie entitled ThunderCats - HO! in 1986. Seasons 2, 3, and 4 followed a new format of twenty episodes each, starting with a five-part story. The series was originally distributed by Rankin-Bass Productions' then-parent company Telepictures Corporation, which would later merge with Lorimar Productions in 1986. In 1989, Lorimar-Telepictures was purchased by and folded into Warner Bros., whose television syndication arm would eventually assume distribution of the show; Warner Bros. have had the rights to the series from that point on. There were also several comic book series produced: Marvel Comics' version, 1984 to 1988; and five series by Wildstorm, an imprint of DC Comics, beginning in 2003. Items of clothing featuring the ThunderCats logo and DVD boxsets of the original series have enjoyed a resurgence in recent years as nostalgia for the former children's favorite has grown.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, retro, adult animation, children's program, stylized, dark fantasy, epic fantasy, 2d animation
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ThunderCats (2011)
Plot Summary:
ThunderCats is an American/Japanese animated television series, produced by Ethan Spaulding and Michael Jelenic. A reboot of the original 1980s TV series of the same name, ThunderCats was developed by Warner Bros. Animation and Studio 4°C, and combined elements of western animation, with Japanese anime. The series began with an hour-long premiere on Cartoon Network on July 29, 2011. Following the destruction of their home, the kingdom of Thundera, the ThunderCats are forced to roam the planet Third Earth, in order to find a way to defeat the evil sorcerer Mumm-Ra, who plans on taking over the universe. Story-wise the series attempts to take a much darker and more cinematic approach than the original show, featuring a lot more focus on characterization and more sophisticated themes. Initially planned for 52 episodes, it was confirmed by ThunderCats art-director Dan Norton in early 2013 that the show had been canceled after only one season. Reruns of the show later aired on Adult Swim's Toonami block.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, serious, anime, epic, cult classic, dark fantasy, children's program, 2d animation, nostalgic
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Ben 10: Alien Force (2008)
Plot Summary:
Five years later, 15-year-old Ben Tennyson chooses to once again put on the OMNITRIX and discovers that it has reconfigured his DNA and can now transform him into 10 brand new aliens. Joined by his super-powered cousin Gwen Tennyson and his equally powerful former enemy Kevin Levin, Ben is on a mission to find his missing Grandpa Max. In order to save his Grandpa, Ben must defeat the evil DNALIENS, a powerful alien race intent on destroying the galaxy, starting with planet Earth.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, anime, light, entertaining, feel good, captivating, futuristic, cult classic, serious, suspenseful
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Dave the Barbarian (2004)
Plot Summary:
Dave the Barbarian is an American animated television series created by Doug Langdale, creator of The Weekenders and Savage Steve Holland, "Eek! the Cat" and "The Terrible Thunderlizards" that premiered on January 23, 2004. The show follows a barbarian named Dave, his sisters, uncle, talking sword, and pet dragon on their daily adventures. The show is a Disney Channel Original Series.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, not serious, parody, absurd, nostalgic
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The Transformers (1984)
Plot Summary:
The Transformers is the first animated television series in the Transformers franchise. The series depicts a war among giant robots that can transform into vehicles and other objects.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, South Korea
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, anime, humorous, captivating, stylized, mecha, semi serious, fast, weird