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Plot Summary:
Fantastic Four is the second animated series based on Marvel's comic book series Fantastic Four. It aired on NBC from September 9 to December 16, 1978.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: retro, saga, anime
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Captain America (1966)
Plot Summary:
In 1941, Steve Rogers is the test subject of the top secret Operation: Rebirth. The experiment is a complete success with Steve Rogers' physiognomy suddenly raised to the maximum human potential. Unfortunately, at that triumph, the lead scientist was immediately assassinated by a Nazi spy and the formula was irretrievably lost. The US government, aware that war with Nazi Germany was imminent, decided to make the most of their resource by appointing Rogers as their propaganda symbol/government agent, Captain America. Armed only with an indestructible shield, we follow his adventures in World War II with his sidekick, Bucky. In addition, we follow his further adventures after he reemerges in contemporary times out of suspended animation to face all the threats to America and its ideals.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 18 min
Plot tags: retro, saga, anime
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Dynomutt Dog Wonder (1976)
Plot Summary:
Dynomutt, Dog Wonder is an American animated television series produced for Saturday mornings by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The show centers around a Batman-esque super hero, the Blue Falcon, and his assistant, bumbling yet generally effective robot dog Dynomutt, who can produce a seemingly infinite number of mechanical devices from his body. As with many other animated super-heroes of the era, no origins for the characters are ever provided. Dynomutt was originally broadcast as a half-hour segment of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour and its later expanded forms Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics and Scooby's All-Stars; it would later be rerun and syndicated on its own from 1978 on. The cast of The Scooby-Doo Show appeared as a recurring characters on Dynomutt, assisting the Daring Duo in cracking their crimes. Originally distributed by Hanna-Barbera's then-parent company Taft Broadcasting, Warner Bros. Television currently holds the television distribution to the series. Between January 2 and March 9, 2008, repeats of Dynomutt, Dog Wonder were shown on Boomerang. On June 4, 2009, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder returned to Boomerang and airs Thursdays through Sundays at 10am Eastern.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 837
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, parody, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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The New Adventures of Superman (1966)
Plot Summary:
The New Adventures of Superman is a series of six-minute animated Superman adventures produced by Filmation that were broadcast on CBS between 1966 and 1970. The 68 segments appeared as part of three different programs during that time, packaged with similar shorts featuring The Adventures of Superboy and other DC Comics superheroes.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 967
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, anime
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Astroboy (1980)
Plot Summary:
In 2030 AD, after being abandoned by his creator, a young boy robot is rescued by an Android Advocate, Dr Elefun, who adopts him as his own and guides him in the use of his special powers to aid and protect mankind and robot-kind.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 987
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime
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Space Ghost (1966)
Plot Summary:
Space Ghost is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. It first aired on CBS from September 10, 1966, to September 7, 1968. The series was composed of two unrelated segments, Space Ghost and Dino Boy in the Lost Valley. An alternative title, Space Ghost and Dino Boy, is used in official records to differentiate it from Cartoon Network's late-night talk show Space Ghost Coast to Coast. The series was created by Alex Toth and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, anime, exciting, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, children's program, vintage
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Astroboy (1963)
Plot Summary:
This show is about a robot boy who fights crime and other robots not mega man.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, adult anime, vintage
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The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1967)
Plot Summary:
The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure is a Filmation animated series that aired on CBS from 1967 to 1968. Premiering on September 9, 1967, this 60-minute program included a series of six-minute adventures featuring various DC Comics superheroes.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 530
Genere: Animation, Action, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anthology, retro
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Fantastic Four (1967)
Plot Summary:
Fantastic Four is an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and the first animated series based on Marvel's comic book series Fantastic Four. The program, featuring character designs by Alex Toth, aired on ABC from 1967 to 1970. It lasted for 20 episodes, with repeat episodes airing on ABC until the network cancelled the program. It was also rerun as part of the continuing series Hanna-Barbera's World of Super Adventure. Through a series of transactions, Disney currently holds the rights to the majority of Marvel's 1960s-1990s animated output. However, the 1967-1968 Fantastic Four was produced by Hanna-Barbera, whose library is now owned by Time Warner, making the series one of only a handful of Marvel-related TV projects not owned by Disney. Time Warner is also the owner of Marvel's biggest competitor, DC Comics, as well as the owner of New Line Cinema, which produced a movie trilogy based on another Marvel superhero, Blade.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: epic, saga
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Silver Surfer (1998)
Plot Summary:
Silver Surfer, also known as Silver Surfer: The Animated Series, is an animated television series based on the Marvel Comics superhero created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The series aired for one season on the Fox Kids Network in 1998.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, cliffhanger, exciting, serious, stylized, children's program
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Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor (1967)
Plot Summary:
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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Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981)
Plot Summary:
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is an American animated television series produced by Marvel Productions starring established Marvel Comics characters Spider-Man and Iceman and an original character, Firestar. As a trio called the Spider-Friends, they fought against various villains.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious
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The Incredible Hulk (1982)
Plot Summary:
The Incredible Hulk is an animated television series based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. The series ran for 13 episodes on NBC in 1982, part of a combined hour with Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. Unlike the previous live-action The Incredible Hulk television series from Universal in the 1970s, this series was based upon the Hulk comic-books and was able to portray the more fantastical elements of the comics as sticking to his true name and origin as well as featuring the return of the original characters in his life all of which the live-action series refused to show. It featured stories faithful to the source material from Marvel, In addition, new recurring characters were created for the series including the Hispanic family of father Rio and his youthful daughter Rita.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: saga, anime, exciting, offbeat, serious, stylized
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Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes (2006)
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Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes is an animated television series based on the Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four comic book series and the movie itself. The series is the team's fourth foray into animation, and combines two-dimensional anime-style art and three-dimensional computer animation produced by the France-based animation company MoonScoop, and is also produced by MoonScoop division Taffy Entertainment. All in collaboration with Cartoon Network. In the United States, the show suffered an erratic airing schedule on Cartoon Network, having premiered as part of Toonami on September 2, 2006 but only running for 8 of the season's 26 episodes before being pulled without explanation. It returned to the network starting June 9, 2007, shortly before the release of the film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, but again, only nine further episodes were aired, leaving nine installments unaired in the USA. The show aired on Boomerang for a brief time before moving to the Nicktoons Network to air the final episodes. Episodes unaired in the US began airing on the Nicktoons Network in the winter of 2009. It is distributed in the USA by 20th Century Fox and 20th Television, and in other countries by Warner Bros. Television Distribution.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, epic, serious, fast, computer animated, nostalgic
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Spider-Man (1994)
Plot Summary:
Spider-Man, also known as Spider-Man: The Animated Series, was an American animated television series based on the Marvel Comics superhero, Spider-Man. The show ran on Fox Kids from November 19, 1994, to January 31, 1998. The producer/story editor was John Semper, Jr. and the production company was Marvel Films Animation. The instrumental theme song for the series was performed by Joe Perry of Aerosmith. Reruns can currently be seen for free at Marvel.com.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, anime, captivating, tense, retro, epic, saga, children's program
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Wild C.A.T.S: Covert Action Teams (1994)
Plot Summary:
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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The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977)
Plot Summary:
The All-New Super Friends Hour is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from September 10, 1977, to September 2, 1978, on ABC. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera and is based on the Justice League and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: epic, anime
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Black Panther (2010)
Plot Summary:
Black Panther is an American cartoon series by Marvel Animation in partnership with BET, based on the popular Marvel Comics superhero of the same name. It was the first animated television series produced by BET since Hey Monie!. Each of the six episodes of the series was 20 minutes in length. The series was broadcast on the Australian children's channel ABC3 in January 2010 and in the United States on BET in November 2011.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, serious, stylized, captivating, saga, adult animation, anime
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Superman: The Animated Series (1996)
Plot Summary:
Superman: The Animated Series is an American animated television series based on the DC Comics flagship character, Superman. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and originally aired on The WB Television Network from September 6, 1996 to February 12, 2000. The series was the first of several spin-offs of the acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series, and was equally praised for its thematic complexity, quality animation, maturity and modernization of its title character. Re-runs of the series currently air on Hub Network.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, epic, saga, anime, serious, art deco, 2d animation
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Marvel's Avengers Assemble (2012)
Plot Summary:
The further adventures of the Marvel Universe's mightiest general membership superhero team. With an all-star roster consisting of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, Falcon and, occasionally--when she feels like it and only when she feels like it--Black Widow, the Avengers are a team in the truest sense. The Avengers save the world from the biggest threats imaginable--threats no single super hero could withstand.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: exciting, anime, light, entertaining, captivating, manga, cult classic, serious
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Super Friends (1973)
Plot Summary:
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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Big Hero 6: The Series (2017)
Plot Summary:
Picking up immediately following the events in the feature film, these are the continuing adventures and friendship of 14-year-old tech genius Hiro and his compassionate, cutting-edge robot Baymax. As the new prodigy at San Fransokyo Institute of Technology, Hiro now faces daunting academic challenges and the social trials of being the little man on campus. Off campus, the stakes are raised for the high-tech heroes as they must protect their city from an array of scientifically enhanced villains.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, sincere, humorous, entertaining, 2d animation
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Green Lantern: The Animated Series (2011)
Plot Summary:
Green Lantern: The Animated Series is an American computer-animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Green Lantern. The series is currently airing on Cartoon Network, as part of their "DC Nation" television block. A one hour sneak peek aired on November 11, 2011 it ran from November 11, 2011 to March 16, 2013, with a new episode airing every week. A special screening of the first episode was shown at New York Comic Con 2011 on October 15, 2011. This is the first Green Lantern television series and the first CGI DC/WB series. The series was cancelled after one season due to poor toy sales from the live-action movie, and because Cartoon Network wanted to emphasize new shows in its "DC Nation" block.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, semi serious, epic, anime, saga, fast, children's program, computer animated, futuristic
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Wolverine and the X-Men (2008)
Plot Summary:
Wolverine and the X-Men was an American cartoon series by Marvel Animation. It is the fourth animated adaptation of the X-Men characters, the other three being Pryde of the X-Men, X-Men: The Animated Series, and X-Men: Evolution.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, epic, saga, anime, humorous, 2d animation
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Justice League Action (2016)
Plot Summary:
Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman will lead the DC Super Heroes against their most infamous foes.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, anime, epic, 2d animation
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Fantastic Four (1994)
Plot Summary:
Fantastic Four, also known as Fantastic Four: The Animated Series, is the third animated television series based on Marvel's comic book series of the same name. Airing began on September 24, 1994, until ending on February 24, 1996. The series ran for 2 seasons, with 13 episodes per season, making 26 episodes in total.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, epic, saga, exciting, humorous, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Avengers: United They Stand (1999)
Plot Summary:
The Avengers: United They Stand is an animated series based on the Marvel Comics superhero team The Avengers. It consists of 13 episodes, which originally premiered on October 30, 1999, and was produced by Avi Arad and distributed by 20th Century Fox Television. It was later canceled on February 26, 2000. The series features a team based on the roster for the 1984 The West Coast Avengers, composed of Ant-Man, the Wasp, Wonder Man, Tigra, Hawkeye, the Vision, and Scarlet Witch. All 13 episode are streamed on Marvel.com.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: cliffhanger, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Iron Man (1994)
Plot Summary:
Iron Man, also known as Iron Man: The Animated Series, is an American animated television series based on Marvel Comics' superhero Iron Man. The series aired from 1994 to 1996 in syndication as part of The Marvel Action Hour, which packaged Iron Man with another animated series based on Marvel properties, the Fantastic Four, with one half-hour episode from each series airing back-to-back. The show was backed by a toy line that featured many armor variants. This series of Iron Man was among the few television series to be re-recorded in THX. This may have been usual at the time for a motion picture, but it is rare for a television series. Off the heels of the release of the live-action Iron Man film in 2008, reruns began airing on the Jetix block on Toon Disney. Additionally, all 26 episodes are currently available for streaming through LoveFilm.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: saga, anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful
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Spider-Man (1967)
Plot Summary:
Spider-Man is an animated television series that ran from September 9, 1967 to June 14, 1970. It was jointly produced in Canada and the United States and was the first animated adaptation of the Spider-Man comic book series, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. It first aired on the ABC television network in the United States but went into syndication at the start of the third season. Grantray-Lawrence Animation produced the first season. Seasons 2 and 3 were crafted by producer Ralph Bakshi in New York City. In Canada, it is currently airing on Teletoon Retro. An internet meme, commonly known as 1960s Spiderman, regarding the series has received an overwhelming amount of popularity. The meme consists of a screenshot taken at a random part of the series and adding an inappropriate and/or witty text. Since the death of Max Ferguson on March 7 2013, there are only three surviving members from the cast. Those three being Paul Soles the voice of Spider-Man, Chris Wiggins the voice of Mysterio and Carl Banas the voice of the Scorpion.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: epic, saga, anime, exciting, serious, 2d animation
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Spider-Man (1981)
Plot Summary:
Spider-Man is an American animated TV series based on the popular Marvel Comics character of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful
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X-Men (1992)
Plot Summary:
X-Men, also known as X-Men: The Animated Series, is an American-Canadian animated television series which debuted on October 31, 1992, in the United States on the Fox Network as part of its Fox Kids Saturday morning lineup. X-Men was Marvel Comics' second attempt at an animated X-Men TV series after the pilot X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men was not picked up. The series as a whole is available for streaming at Marvel.com.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: stylized, anime, epic, exciting, retro, saga, manga, cult classic, fast, serious