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Published: 2011-08-18 23:17:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 32345; Favourites: 703; Downloads: 3554
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Description If you happen to be a child of the 80's, I'm sure you could name dozens of characters from your youth that captured your imagination on Saturday morning cartoons. To me, they're a part of why I consider the 80's to be the greatest decade of my life. They were all about flashy effects, rock 'n roll themes and promoting toys. I wanted to honour that era with a massive group shot of characters from over seventy of your favourite shows. This took two weeks to do - the longest I've worked on any single picture.

This image was inspired by the cover of Capcom Design Works . The title in the top-right is the theme song of The Raccoons . I feel it best represents the spirit and energy of 80's animation, and it's something I used to listen to a lot while working on this pic. Someday I hope to draw an adjoining picture with characters from 90's cartoons. Two points to bear in mind: there are no anime shows featured (otherwise the pic would be twice as big as it already is) and there are no British shows. Even though I'm a Brit myself, I will happily admit that my country's own animation is utter pump. I mean, c'mon. Jimbo? Bananaman? Superted? Gimme the frickin' SPACE BATTLES!!

IF YOU NEED TO KNOW WHO'S WHO, YOU CAN CHECK A REFERENCE IMAGE HERE , BUT TRY AND GUESS AS MANY AS YOU CAN FIRST.
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Comments: 221

Fire-Redhead [2011-08-19 01:59:54 +0000 UTC]

Such nostalgia! I see this and go OMG I totally forgot about that cartoon but I know those characters! So epic!

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ker-plop [2011-08-19 01:48:21 +0000 UTC]

Good grief, yes.

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Spiked-Fox [2011-08-19 00:32:07 +0000 UTC]

I know most of these characters and I was a child of the 90's...
Still back when cartoons were actually good...

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tsilvers [2011-08-19 00:01:34 +0000 UTC]

Awesome job on this. Truly amazing. I'm so glad I grew up in the 80's. I enjoyed those cartoons so much. For all I knew, cartoons always played before and after school. I was always amazed at how there was something new every year or two as well. It was a good time to be a kid.

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Letdragon In reply to ??? [2011-08-18 23:52:52 +0000 UTC]

Ah Denver and Dinosaucers, best shows ever as a kid for me! So many memories...

...Who's that robotic fellow in the bottom left behind Alvin and Theodore?

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glitcher In reply to Letdragon [2011-08-19 00:28:37 +0000 UTC]

Crunch from Mighty Orbots. You shouldn't have to ask since I provided a link to a reference image in the description.

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Letdragon In reply to glitcher [2011-08-19 02:04:26 +0000 UTC]

Completely ignored that link. Oops. XD

Mighty Orbots? Odd, completely drawing a blank there.

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kompy In reply to ??? [2011-08-18 23:43:10 +0000 UTC]

>there are no anime shows featured

Hate to be a downer, but Voltron? Kiiiinda falls under that category. Otherwise, beautiful work!

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kompy In reply to kompy [2011-08-19 00:04:36 +0000 UTC]

Wait a minute, I read that wrong. Shows that *only* aired in the US, right? Which Voltron would be a part of.

Never mind, stupid me.

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glitcher In reply to kompy [2011-08-19 00:26:47 +0000 UTC]

Voltron is different. It's not a straight anime dub in the same vein as PokΓ©mon or Dragonball Z, rather it uses animation and certain plotlines from Beast King GoLion and Armored Fleet Dairugger XV while incorporating rewritten dialogue. I reasoned that the changes are significant enough to warrant Voltron being a new cartoon in its own right, but I admit it's a grey area.

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Raakone In reply to glitcher [2014-04-29 02:26:50 +0000 UTC]

Also, besides American characters....the Raccoons are Canadian, and Spartakus is actually French! Also, the transformers and go-bots were originally Japanese, but their 80's cartoons were made in the USA!

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glitcher In reply to Raakone [2014-04-29 08:11:19 +0000 UTC]

All true, plus Dogtanian is Spanish and the Snorks are Belgian. I never said this group pic was limited to American cartoons.

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kompy In reply to glitcher [2011-08-19 01:59:53 +0000 UTC]

You make a very fair point. Whatever the case may be, I salute you for such a charming (and yes, very nostalgic) piece of work!

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Crafty-Jack In reply to kompy [2011-08-22 04:19:55 +0000 UTC]

and the Orbots were anime. Loved that show.

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glitcher In reply to Crafty-Jack [2011-08-24 13:03:43 +0000 UTC]

Mighty Orbots is an American/Japanese collaboration, same as Transformers. There are also Franco-Japanese shows like "Ulysses 31" and "Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors", but I'm not going to rule those out either.

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Interrogator In reply to glitcher [2012-05-03 17:43:37 +0000 UTC]

You forgot Galaxy Rangers and Bionic Six as American/Japanese collaboration

And speaking of grey areas, aren't the grey arias of Crunch supposed to be Lavender?

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glitcher In reply to Interrogator [2012-05-07 16:45:50 +0000 UTC]

Um... no. I just watched Mighty Orbots clips again and they look grey to me.

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AxleGrease-75 In reply to ??? [2011-08-18 23:28:57 +0000 UTC]

Awesome concept!

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dragonrace In reply to ??? [2011-08-18 23:23:32 +0000 UTC]

omg,this brings me back to the days^^ I see muppet babies Also I see transformers,slimer,tundercats,alvin and the chipmunks,ninja turtles,my little pony,rainbow bright,simpsons,space ace,mario,link, and pac-man. I rember the others but to lazy to name them all lol!!

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Hao-007 In reply to ??? [2011-08-18 23:21:24 +0000 UTC]

these days cartoon are bland and overprotected of anti-violence, theres is few of them that are good , in the days 80/ 90 were great

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