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Plot Summary:
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 is an American animated television series based on the video game Super Mario Bros. 3. It aired on NBC with Captain N: The Game Master in a programming block titled Captain N & The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 from September 8, 1990 through December 1, 1990. Unlike its predecessor The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, the series has no live-action segments. DIC Entertainment produced this series while Nintendo provided the characters and power-ups.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan, Australia
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: cult classic
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The Further Adventures of SuperTed (1989)
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 30 min
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Captain N and the New Super Mario World (1991)
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Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and Princess Toadstool are on Dinosaur Island foiling the plans of King Koopa and his Koopa kids.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada, Australia, Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: cult classic
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Follow Liko and Roy as they unravel the mysteries that surround them and encounter Friede, Captain Pikachu, Amethio, and others during their exciting adventures!.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime
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Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1995)
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Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, known as Mortal Kombat: The Animated Series outside of the U.S., is a cartoon series based on the popular Mortal Kombat video game series. Produced by Threshold Entertainment and Film Roman, it aired on the USA Network's Action Extreme Team animation block for one season of 13 episodes from September to December 1996, back-to-back with those of the Street Fighter animated series. The show serves as an alternative sequel to the first Mortal Kombat film and takes a Saturday morning cartoon-style approach to the Mortal Kombat franchise, including the toning down of the violence.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: stylized, epic fantasy
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The Adventures of Gulliver (1968)
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 497
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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The Adventures of Spot (1987)
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 607
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 5 min
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Captain N: The Game Master (1989)
Plot Summary:
Captain N: The Game Master is a joint-venture between American-Canadian animated television series that aired on television from 1989 to 1991 as part of the Saturday morning cartoon lineup on NBC. The show is produced by DIC Entertainment and incorporated elements from many of the most popular video games from the Japanese company, Nintendo of the time. There was also a comic book version by Valiant Comics, albeit only featuring characters from games produced by Nintendo. The show is also part of an hour-long block in Season 2 with The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and with Super Mario World in Season 3 in a half-hour block.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Japan, Australia
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, tense, captivating, surreal, disturbing, cult classic, nostalgic
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
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Sonic Underground (1999)
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: France, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, cult classic, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, anime, nostalgic
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Mega Man: Fully Charged (2018)
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IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, computer animated
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Bionic Six (1987)
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Bionic Six is an American/Japanese animated television series from 1987, produced by TMS Entertainment and distributed by MCA TV. Renowned Japanese animation director Osamu Dezaki was involved as chief supervising director, whose distinctive style is evident throughout. The cartoon originally aired in North American syndication, in later years reappearing on the Sci-Fi Channel. The title characters of the series are a family of machine-enhanced human beings possessing unique powers after being augmented with bionic technology, much like The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman. Each family member is given specific bionic powers, and thus they form a superhero team named Bionic Six.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 883
Genere: Animation, Action, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: retro
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Aquaman (1967)
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 784
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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Donkey Kong Country (1997)
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, buddy comedy, slapstick comedy, computer animated
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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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Blackstar (1981)
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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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IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: anime, cult classic
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, semi serious, scenic, cult classic, fast, romantic, detective, nostalgic
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The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! is an American television series based upon Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2 video games. It was originally broadcast via first-run syndication to mostly independent or Fox television stations from September 4, 1989, to December 1, 1989, with reruns continuing until September 6, 1991. The Family Channel picked up the series on September 23, 1991, and aired it until August 26, 1994. The show was produced by DiC Animation and was distributed by Viacom Enterprises in association with Nintendo. DHX Media, the successor company of Cookie Jar Entertainment and DiC, is the current distributor.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, cult classic, exciting, offbeat, humorous, stylized, semi serious, 2d animation
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The Legend of Zelda (1989)
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, serious, stylized
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Dorothy is made princess of Emerald City by Queen Ozma after defeating the Wicked Witch.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, entertaining, surreal, whimsical
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: educational, fairy tale, light, entertaining, feel good, captivating, exciting, offbeat, humorous, semi serious
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Pac-Man (1982)
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 556
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, semi serious, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Mega Man (1994)
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: cyber, cult classic, exciting, serious, futuristic, fast, anime, 2d animation
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, adult animation, cult classic, humorous, semi serious, slapstick comedy, mad, nostalgic
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Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993)
Plot Summary:
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is an American animated series based on the Sega video game franchise Sonic the Hedgehog. It was first broadcast in September 1993. It follows the adventures of the titular character Sonic the Hedgehog, and his sidekick Tails, as they attempt to stop Dr. Robotnik and his array of robots from taking over the planet Mobius. Another series featuring Sonic, simply titled Sonic the Hedgehog, was aired concurrently. Unlike the other series, Adventures had a light-hearted tone and quirky storylines that portrayed Sonic as being skilled and clever, whereas Robotnik and his robot allies Scratch and Grounder were clumsy.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: cult classic, retro, exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, anime, slapstick comedy
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Earthworm Jim (1995)
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Earthworm Jim is an American and British animated television series based on the video game with the same name which appeared on Kids' WB! for two seasons from September 9, 1995 through December 13, 1996. The series follows the adventures of an earthworm named Jim, who is turned into a superhero by a robotic super suit.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, exciting, humorous, not serious, spoof, parody
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ThunderCats (2011)
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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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The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Plot Summary:
After finding himself in a world known as the Mushroom Kingdom, A Brooklyn plumber Mario must travel through this world with a princess named Peach and a mushroom named Toad to find his brother Luigi and save the world from a ruthless fire-breathing monster called Bowser.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 211000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, anime, surprise ending, psychotronic, computer animated, humorous, interesting, fun
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Costume Quest (2019)
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Wren, Reynold, Everett and Lucy face off against ferocious, nougat-munching monsters that lurk in the shadows of the sleepy town of Auburn Hollow. They must learn to use their imaginations to unlock the magical powers of their homemade costumes and save the universe on a night where monsters reign... Halloween!.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, spooky
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Jake and the Never Land Pirates (2011)
Plot Summary:
A crew of kid pirates - leader Jake and pals Izzy and Cubby - and their Never Land adventures as they work to outwit two infamous characters, the one and only Captain Hook and Smee.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, tense, sincere, feel good, captivating, exciting, computer animated