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Plot Summary:
Based on the successful toy series by Hasbro, GI Joe is the code name for an elite strike force comprising of personnel from all branches of the United States military. Their primary purpose is be a counterforce to the huge terrorist organization called Cobra which is gunning for world domination.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, fast, campy
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G.I. Joe: Spy Troops (2003)
Plot Summary:
When a COBRA spy steals a powerful new technology, the GI JOE team fights back with spies of their own! Duke, Shipwreck, Wild Bill and the rest of the GI JOE team have to strike quickly, before Cobra Commander and his forces turn the stolen device into a dangerous weapon for evil!.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, suspense
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1983)
Plot Summary:
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a half-hour American animated television series based on the successful toyline from Hasbro and the comic book series from Marvel Comics. The cartoon had its beginnings with two five-part mini-series in 1983 and 1984, then became a regular series that ran in syndication from 1985 to 1986. Ron Friedman created the G.I. Joe animated series for television, and wrote all four miniseries. The fourth mini-series was intended to be a feature film, but as noted subsequently was released as a television mini-series instead because of production difficulties.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 300 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, fast
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G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom (2004)
Plot Summary:
G.I. Joe, perennial icon of American boyhood, gets a 21st-century update in a new CGI-animated children's series of thrilling military adventure. In this action-packed movie, as America's daring, highly trained special mission force, the G.I. Joe team faces its greatest threat yet from the evil Cobra Organization. Under the direction of Cobra Commander, DNA from the world's most ferocious animals.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, suspense
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1990)
Plot Summary:
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a half-hour American animated television series based on the successful toyline from Hasbro and the comic book series from Marvel Comics. The series was produced by DIC Entertainment and ran from 1989 to 1992. The series debuted in 1989, with a five-part mini-series titled Operation: Dragonfire. The regular series began in 1990, lasting for two seasons and 44 episodes. The series continued the original G.I. Joe animated series produced by Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions that ran in syndication from 1985 to 1986.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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G.I. Joe: Renegades (2010)
Plot Summary:
G.I. Joe: Renegades is an American animated television series based on the G.I. Joe toy franchise. The series aired on Hub Network from November 26, 2010 to July 23, 2011. The series aired on Teletoon in Canada. The series became available for instant streaming through Netflix on April 5, 2012 and was released on DVD and Blu-ray later that year by Shout! Factory.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, anime, fast, 2d animation
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G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)
Plot Summary:
G.I. Joe faces a new enemy as an ancient society of snake people known as Cobra-La try to forcefully take back the earth from those who drove them underground eons ago.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, independent film, 2d animation
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Birdman (1967)
Plot Summary:
Birdman and the Galaxy Trio is an animated science fiction television series created by Alex Toth and produced by Hanna-Barbera. It debuted on NBC on September 9, 1967, and ran on Saturday mornings until September 6, 1969. The program consists of two segments: Birdman, depicting the adventures of a winged superhero powered by the sun, and The Galaxy Trio, centering around the exploits of three extraterrestrial superheroes. NBC ran two new segments of Birdman each Saturday, separated by a segment of The Galaxy Trio. The character of Birdman was revived three decades later in the Cartoon Network/Adult Swim TV series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, and several characters from Birdman and the Galaxy Trio appeared in this revival.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 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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Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993)
Plot Summary:
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron is animated television series created by Christian Tremblay and Yvon Tremblay and produced by Hanna-Barbera and Turner Program Services. The series takes place in the fictional metropolis of Megakat City, which is populated entirely by anthropomorphic felines who are just like people, known as "kats". The titular SWAT Kats are two vigilante pilots who possess a state-of-the-art fighter jet with an array of weaponry. Throughout the series, they face various villains as well as Megakat City's militarized police force, the Enforcers. The show originally premiered and ran on TBS's syndication block The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera from 1993 to 1995. Every episode of the series was directed by Robert Alvarez. The bulk of the series was written by either Glenn Leopold or Lance Falk. Jim Stenstrum contributed two episodes, while David Ehrman, Von Williams, Eric Clark, Mark Saraceni and Jim Katz all contributed one episode each. There were a total of twenty-five finished episodes and a special episode, that features a report on the SWAT Kats and of all their missions and gadgets as well as three unfinished episodes and two episodes still in the concept stage. The show re-aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, epic, exciting, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy, 2d animation
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Voltron: Defender of the Universe (1984)
Plot Summary:
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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Beast Wars: Transformers (1996)
Plot Summary:
Beast Wars: Transformers, titled Beasties: Transformers in Canada, is a Canadian CG animated television series that debuted in 1996, serving as the flagship of the Transformers: Beast Wars franchise. The series was set in the future of the "original" Transformers universe as a sequel to the first Transformers series. The Beast Wars TV series was produced by Mainframe Entertainment of Canada; its story editors were Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio. All three seasons are currently available on DVD in the USA and other Region 1 territories. In Australia, to coincide with the show's tenth anniversary in 2006, Madman Entertainment released all three seasons in Region 4 format. These boxsets include "world exclusive" special features, such as commentaries and interviews with the voice actors. The production designer for the show, Clyde Klotz, won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation in 1997 for his work on Beast Wars.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, cult classic, children's program, epic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, fast, computer animated
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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983)
Plot Summary:
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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Iron Man: Armored Adventures (2008)
Plot Summary:
Iron Man: Armored Adventures is a 3D CGI cartoon series based on the Marvel Comics superhero Iron Man. It debuted in the USA on the Nicktoons on April 24, 2009, and has already begun airing on Canadian network Teletoon. Iron Man: Armored Adventures aired on Nickelodeon on July 4, 2009 until September 12, 2009. The series is story edited by showrunner Christopher Yost, who also worked on Wolverine and the X-Men, and numerous other Marvel Animation projects. The television show is not related to the 2007 animated film The Invincible Iron Man; It has a different voice cast, but some story elements are similar and the show uses the same musical score as the film in some instances. It is the first Iron Man television series since Iron Man from 1994–1996, and started airing after the success of the live action Iron Man film. The series follows the adventures of teenage child prodigy Tony Stark and his alter ego of Iron Man. As Iron Man, he uses his technological inventions to fight various similarly technologically advanced threats. His friends, James "Rhodey" Rhodes and Pepper Potts help him on his courageous, and dangerous adventures.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA, UK, France, Luxembourg, India
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, mecha, fast, computer animated
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The Incredible Hulk (1996)
Plot Summary:
The Incredible Hulk is an American animated television series starring the Marvel Comics character the Hulk. It ran two seasons, for 21 episodes, on the television network UPN from 1996 to 1997. Lou Ferrigno, who portrayed Universal's version of the Hulk on the 1970s live-action TV series, provided the Hulk's voice for the true version from Marvel. The show often featured cameo appearances by characters from other Marvel cartoons of the period. In the second season, the show's format, after UPN decided that Season 1 was too dark, was changed, and to give "female viewers a chance", the network ordered that She-Hulk be made a regular co-star. As a result, the series was officially renamed The Incredible Hulk and She-Hulk. The second season also featured the Grey Hulk.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, serious, captivating, entertaining, epic, saga, cerebral, gothic
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Transformers: Prime (2010)
Plot Summary:
Transformers: Prime is an American computer-animated television series based on the Transformers toy franchise by Hasbro. The series aired on Hub Network from November 29, 2010 to July 26, 2013. The Transformers: Prime TV movie, Predacons Rising, will premiere in the Fall of 2013. The first season became available for instant streaming through Netflix on April 5, 2012. The second season became available on December 7, 2012. The series has been well-received and has won multiple Daytime Emmy Awards. Transformers: Prime is rated TV-Y7-FV. Many references to other Transformers continuities have appeared in the series.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: heroic, exciting, humorous, anime, sincere, computer animated
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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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Ultimate Spider-Man (2012)
Plot Summary:
While being trained by S.H.I.E.L.D., Spider-Man battles evil with a new team of teen colleagues.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, tense, anime, feel good, humorous, entertaining, epic, saga, manga
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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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Ultimate Avengers: The Movie (2006)
Plot Summary:
When a nuclear missile was fired at Washington in 1945, Captain America managed to detonate it in the upper atmosphere. But then he fell miles into the icy depths of the North Atlantic, where he remained lost for over sixty years. But now, with the world facing the very same evil, Captain America must rise again as our last hope for survival.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: stylized, entertaining, intense, epic, anime, computer animated, exciting, serious, fast, light
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)
Plot Summary:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series, mainly set in New York City. It first aired on February 8, 2003 and ended on February 28, 2009. The series marked the revival of the franchise as a Saturday morning cartoon on Fox's Fox Box programming block The TMNT 2003 TV series was produced by 4Kids Entertainment, and Mirage Studios, which each owned half of the rights to the show, and animated by Dong Woo Animation. Reruns ran on Cartoon Network's Miguzi block in 2004. The series migrated to The CW4Kids in its final season after 4Kids's contract with Fox ended. Nickelodeon now owns the rights to this and any future Turtles series.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, exciting, anime, epic, dark, stylized, mad, cult film
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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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The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010)
Plot Summary:
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes is an American animated television series by Marvel Animation in cooperation with Film Roman, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. The show debuted both on Disney XD and online in the fall of 2010, starting with a 20-part micro-series. Marvel Entertainment, LLC and Disney XD announced a "new Marvel Universe" programming block, named Marvel Universe, which began broadcasting in April 2012 and included the second season of Earth's Mightiest Heroes! and the animated series Ultimate Spider-Man. The series initially features a team based on the roster for the original Avengers, composed of Iron Man, Giant-Man, Hulk, Thor, and Wasp. The team is later joined by Captain America, Black Panther, and Hawkeye in the first season, and Ms. Marvel and Vision in the second season. In terms of overall tone and style, the series is based principally on the original stories by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. However, it also tends to utilize material from all eras of the comic's run as well as other sources, such as the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The series was replaced by Marvel's Avengers Assemble, which premiered on July 7, 2013.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, heroic, anime, epic, adult animation, manga, cult classic, serious, fast
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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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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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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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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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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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James Bond Jr. (1991)
Plot Summary:
James Bond Jr. is the nephew of the famous international spy. Determined to follow in the footsteps of his famous uncle, James Jr. enrolls in Warfield, a prep school based on the grounds of an old counter intelligence training base in the UK. Along with his schoolmates IQ (grandson of Q) and Gordo Leiter (son of CIA agent Felix), James Jr. fights against SCUM (Saboteurs and Criminals United in Mayhem), an international cartel of terrorists and mad scientists.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 684
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: spoof, parody
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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