Subgenre Sampler
Animation: 950 Films to Buy & Rent
Transformers (TV Series) (1984)
- One of the defining children's TV series of the 1980s, featuring autobotic heroes who transform into cars, planes etc. to defend Earth against…
Wind in the Willows (TV Series) (1984-1988)
- Fine puppet–animation brings to life Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger in three episodes of from the Thames TV series. Based on Kenneth Grahame's…
Bananaman (TV Series) (1983-1986)
- An animated series from the 80's featuring the talents of "The Goodies" themselves, based around the silly adventures of a schoolboy who eats a…
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983-1985)
- In its time this animated TV series was a ubiquitous pop phenomena, being simultaneously unleashed on the world with a line of model toys and…
Inspector Gadget (TV Series) (1983)
- Twenty–one animated episodes from the life of the ingeniously–mechanised sleuth and his friends Quimby, Penny and Brain.
Rock and Rule (1983)
- Dir. Clive A. Smith
- Obscure, though excellent cult animation made by Canada's 'Nelvana' studio, set in a post–apocalyptic world of mutant rodents.
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Super Ted, The Very Best of (TV Series) (Superted) (1983)
- Appealing 80's kids series about the adventures of an abandoned teddy bear who is brought to life with "cosmic dust" and becomes a superhero teddy on…
Wind in the Willows, The (1983)
- Stop–motion puppetry brings the world of Toad, Ratty and Mole to delightful life in this nice TV version of Kenneth Graham's classic book..…
Dr Seuss - The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (1982)
- Emmy Award–winning tale in which two of Dr. Seuss' most popular characters square off in a whimsical showdown as the ever–clever Cat puts…
Fire and Ice (1982)
- Dir. Ralph Bakshi
- One of dir. Bashki’s (FRITZ THE CAT) lesser efforts, this sword–and–sorcery animated fantasy is notable for the seminal visuals by…