Cult Cartoon Essentials

The following are Cult Cartoon Essentials as recommended by Cult Faction:

8 Man

8 Man was created in 1963 by science fiction writer Kazumasa Hirai and manga artist ...

A.T.O.M.

A.T.O.M. (Alpha Teens On Machines) was a French animated television series, which chronicles the adventures ...

Abel’s Island

Abel (voiced by Tim Curry) and Amanda (voiced by Heidi Stallings), newlywed mice, go on a ...

ACCEL WORLD: INFINITE BURST

In ACCEL WORLD: INFINITE BURST, a mysterious black cloud kicks Haruyuki and his friends out ...

Alias the Jester

Alias the Jester was a British animated series created by Cosgrove Hall Films, airing in ...

Amagami SS+

So far, Junichi Tachibana has been luckier than any guy has any right to be, ...

Angelic Layer

From the moment twelve-year-old Misaki Suzuhara first arrives in Tokyo to live with her aunt, ...

Animalympics

When Animalympics was first broadcast on 1st February 1980 nobody involved thought that it would ...

Animaniacs

Animaniacs ran for 99 episodes between 1993 and 1998. It was the second animated series ...

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Created by Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro, Aqua Teen Hunger Force follows Master Shake, Frylock, ...

Aquaman

Aquaman was a Filmation animated series that premiered on September 9, 1967, and ended June ...

Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX

At the end of Arcadia of My Youth, Captain Harlock and the crew of the ...

Armored Fleet Dairugger XV

Armored Fleet Dairugger XV (aka Dairugger 15, Dairugger XV, Armored Armada Dairugger XV, Armored Squadron Dairugger ...

Armoured Police Metal Jack

In the year 2015, cyber-crimes, murders and terrorism have become an epidemic in Tokyo and ...

Around the World with Willy Fog

Around the World with Willy Fog is a cartoon series whose theme tune still haunts ...

Astro Boy

Astro Boy is a science fiction series set in a futuristic world where Robots co-exist ...

Astroganger

Written by the team of Tatsuo Tamura and Toyohiro Andô and brought to the small screen ...

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is an animated television series based on the movies Attack ...

B’t X

Teppei ("Tepp") Takamiya is the caretaker of a farm located in Kamui Island, north of ...

Bananaman

"Ever alert for the call to action" Bananaman was a parody of traditional superheroes, being portrayed ...

Batfink

Originally running from April 21st 1966 – October 4th 1967 (A total of 100 6 minute ...

Batman – The Animated Series

Batman: The Animated Series was based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. It was produced ...

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

Running for three seasons (65 episodes) which started in from November 2008, Batman: The Brave and ...

Battle Athletes

The story begins with Akari Kanzaki at a school on Antarctica in the year 4999 ...

Battle of the Planets

Battle of the Planets! G-Force! Five incredible young people with super powers! And watching over ...

Beavis and Butt-head

Beavis and Butt-head was created and designed by Mike Judge. The series originated from "Frog ...

BEETLEJUICE

A year after the movie came the cartoon! It ran for four seasons (94 episodes) between ...

Beyond the Boundary

They should never have met. They shouldn’t even exist. But when they come together, the ...

Big X

Big X is a science fiction manga series and an anime series by Osamu Tezuka, ...

Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines

Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines was a cartoon miniseries shown in 1985; with all parts ...

Bionic Six

Bionic Six is an American/Japanese animated television series from 1987 which ran for two seasons, ...

Birdman and the Galaxy Trio

Birdman and the Galaxy Trio was an animated science fiction television series created by Alex ...

Blackstar

John Blackstar, astronaut, is swept through a black hole, into an ancient alien universe. Trapped ...

Bod

Bod was a BBC1 children's television programme first shown in 1975. There are only 13 episodes ...

Bonkers

Spinning out from the show Raw Toonage, Bonkers debuted on February 28th 1993 and ran ...

Bravestarr

BraveStarr was an American Space Western animated television series that originally aired between September 1987 ...

Brynhildr in the Darkness

Haunted by memories of his childhood friend Kuroneko, Ryota Murakami has dedicated himself to discovering ...

Bubblegum Crisis

"Bubblegum Crisis" is a science fiction anime series that originally aired in Japan in 1987 ...

Bucky O’Hare and the Toad Wars

Bucky O'Hare and the Toad WarsThe Toad Empire is led by a computer system known ...

Bunnicula The Vampire Rabbit

Bunnicula is a 1982 animated TV special from Ruby-Spears, it is based on the 1979 ...

C.O.P.S.

Fighting crime in a future time, protecting Empire City from Big Boss and his gang ...

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs hit the airwaves in 1993 but only lasted for thirteen episodes but ...

Captain America (1966)

Captain America was a 13 part cartoon series shown as part of the Marvel Superheroes comic anthology ...

Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels

Set free by the Teen Angels from his prehistoric block of glacier ice, comes the ...

Care Bears

The Care Bears hit the TV in 1985 and ran for a total of four ...

Challenge of the GoBots

Challenge of the GoBots was an American animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera, based on the ...

Chorlton and the Wheelies

Chorlton and the Wheelies takes place in "Wheelie World", which is inhabited principally by the ...

Chozen

Created by Grant Dekernion, Chozen aka Phillip Cullens (voiced by Bobby Moynihan, singing voice provided ...

Chuck Norris – Karate Kommandos

Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos is an American animated television series that originally aired in 1986 ...

Clerks: The Animated Series

Debuting in 2000, Clerks: The Animated Series was based on Kevin Smith's 1994 movie of ...

Conan and the Young Warriors

Developed by Michael Reaves and directed by John Grusd, Conan and the Young Warriors was produced ...

Conan the Adventurer

Running for 65 episodes between 1992-1993, Conan the Adventurer was an American-French-Canadian animated television series ...

Cool McCool

Cool McCool was an animated series that ran on NBC from September 10, 1966 to ...

Count Duckula

Count Duckula is a British children's animated comedy-drama horror television series created by British studio ...

Cowboy Bebop

Bebop crew is just trying to make a buck. This motley lot of intergalactic loners ...

Crystal Tipps and Alistair

Debuting in 1971, Crystal Tipps and Alistair followed the simple adventures of a young girl named ...

Cutey Honey (1973)

Cutey Honey aka Cutie Honey was an anime television series created by Toei. It ran for 25 ...

Cyborg 009

Cyborg 009 was created by Shotaro Ishinomori. The anime show ran for 26 episodes in 1968. ...

Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God

Dancouga - Super Beast Machine God ran for 38 episodes from April-December 1985. It follows ...

Dangermouse

Danger Mouse features the eponymous Danger Mouse, (voiced by David Jason) an English mouse who naturally is the world's ...

Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines

Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines was a cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for ...

DD Fist of the North Star

Highly trained in the secret martial art of Hokuto Shinken, Kenshiro has achieved such a ...

Death Note

Death Note is a Japanese manga and anime series (directed by Tetsuro Araki) written by ...

Defenders of the Earth

Back in 1985 our world was rocked by Defenders of the Earth. The show featured ...

Devilman

Based on the manga created by Go Nagai, Devilman arrived on Japanese television in in ...

Dinosaucers

Created by Michael E. Uslan, Dinosaucers ran for one season of sixty-five episodes and followed the ...

Dinosaur War Izenborg

Running for 39 episodes between 17th October 1977 – 30th June 1978, Dinosaur War Izenborg combined ...

Diplodos

The Diplodos first appeared in 1987 and ran for one season of twenty four episodes (although ...

Doctor Snuggles

Doctor Snuggles is an animated television series created by Jeffrey O'Kelly based on original artwork ...

Dog and Scissors

Harumi Kazuhito could spend days at a time with his head buried in his beloved ...

Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds

"One For All and All For One - Muskehounds are always ready!" Dogtanian and the ...

Doug

Doug ran for seven seasons (117 episodes) on Nickelodeon and later ABC (after it was ...

Drac Pack

Drak Pack was debuted on September 6th 1980 and ran for one season of 16 ...

Drawn Together

Drawn Together was an American adult animated sitcom which ran from 2004 to 2007 (3 Seasons / 36 ...

Droids – The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO

Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO, was an animated television series that features ...

Dungeons and Dragons

Fear not: Ranger, Barbarian, Magician, Thief, Cavalier, and Acrobat. That was Venger, the force of ...

Ewoks

Star Wars: Ewoks is an American/Canadian animated television series featuring the Ewok characters introduced in ...

Exosquad

Created by Jeff Segal and written by Mark Edward Edens and Michael Edens, Exosquad landed ...

Familiar of Zero – Rondo of Princess

Getting married and then dying would put a damper on most honeymoons, but Saito is ...

Fangface

"Every 400 years, a baby werewolf is born into the Fangsworth family, and so when ...

Fantadroms

Debuting in 1985 and running for 13 episodes, Fantadroms was a Latvian children's cartoon by the production ...

Fantastic Detective Labyrinth

Thirty years ago, Tokyo was destroyed in a massive earthquake. Most people have moved on ...

Fantastic Four (1967)

Fantastic Four was an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and the first animated series based ...

Fantastic Voyage

Headquarters: CMDF--Combined Miniature Defense Force. Project: Fantastic Voyage. Process: Miniaturization. Authority: Top Secret, highest clearance ...

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids is an animated series created, produced, and hosted (in ...

G.I. Joe

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero was based on the successful toyline from Hasbro and ...

G.I. Joe – Extreme

G.I. Joe Extreme was a two-season cartoon show (26 episodes) by Sunbow Entertainment, Gunther-Wahl Productions and ...

G.I. Joe – Renegades

Accused of a crime they didn't commit, a ragtag band of fugitives fights a covert ...

G.I. Joe – Resolute

G.I. Joe: Resolute was a 2009 animated television series based on the G.I. Joe franchise. It ...

G.I. Joe – Sigma 6

In 2005, G.I. Joe returned to television with G.I. Joe: Sigma 6, the code name ...

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1989)

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero was a half-hour American animated television series based on the ...

Galaxy Express 999

Based on the manga created and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, Galaxy Express 999 debuted on ...

Galtar and the Golden Lance

Galtar and the Golden Lance ran for twenty-five episodes back in 1985 and was produced ...

Gargoyles

Gargoyles ran for three seasons (78 episodes) between 1994 and 1997. It is noted for its dark ...

Gatchaman Crowds

The city of Tachikawa is in danger! As humans are being abducted by a strange ...

Godzilla (1978)

"Up from the depths, thirty stories high, breathing fire - his head in the sky! ...

Gravedale High

Gravedale High (also known as Rick Moranis in Gravedale High) is an animated series produced ...

Gravity Falls

It became a modern classic almost over night, like a Twin Peaks birthed by Disney ...

Hammerman

Hammerman hit the screens in 1991 and hung around for 13 episodes all featuring rap ...

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe was an American animated television series produced by ...

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002)

Running for two seasons (39 episodes) between 2002 and 2004, He-Man and the Masters of the ...

Henry’s Cat

He knows everything about nothing and not too much about that but if you know ...

Hong Kong Phooey

"Who is this super hero? Sarge? No! Rosemary the telephone operator? No! Henry the mild ...

Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘N’ Wrestling

Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling was an American animated television series that originally aired from September ...

Human Crossing

There are over 120 million people living in modern Japan, and over 38 million live ...

Inhumanoids

Inhumanoids was in 1986 cartoon series based on the Hasbro toy line. It was produced by Sunbow ...

Inspector Gadget

"I'll get you next time Gadget, next time..." - Dr Claw Inspector Gadget is a ...

Invader Zim

Nickelodeon's Invader Zim was created by Jhonen Vasquez and was his first venture into cartoons after ...

Iron Man (1966)

Iron Man was a 13 part cartoon series shown as part of the Marvel Superheroes comic anthology ...

Jamie and his Magic Torch

Jamie and the Magic Torch was a British children's drama animated television series, made by Cosgrove ...

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors ran for 65 episodes back in 1985 but unfortunately was ...

Johnny Bravo

Johnny Bravo was created by animator Van Partible for Cartoon Network, and the second of ...

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Long ago, a lone explorer, named Arnie Saknussen, made a fantastic descent to the fabled ...

Journey to the West – Legends of the Monkey King

Journey to the West – Legends of the Monkey King debuted in early 2000 and ...

Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli

Written by Kimio Yabuki, Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli was a 52 episode Japanese anime adaptation of ...

Jushin Liger

It is 199X A.D. and in Kushiro, Hokkaido, three bodies of Dragonite appear. Possessing overwhelming ...

Kid ‘n Play

Debuting in September 1990, Kid 'n Play was another cartoon based on a popular musical ...

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice was a 1992 American cartoon series produced by Golden ...

King Rollo

Created by David McKee, King Rollo debuted on British television on 1st October 1980. It ...

Kinnikuman

Kinnikuman is a manga series created by the duo Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada, known ...

Lassie’s Rescue Rangers

Lassie's Rescue Rangers was an animated TV show produced by Filmation and featuring Lassie, running from ...

Lazer Tag Academy

Back in 1986 Lazer Tag was all the range and blowing up big time. Ruby-Spears ...

Lightspeed Electroid Albegas

Originally scheduled to be re-edited as Gladiator Voltron before plans were dropped, Lightspeed Electroid Albegas still ...

Love, Chunibyo and other Delutions! Take On Me

Yuta and Rikka may have finally started to come to terms with the various delusions ...

Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro

In the twilight of his career, master thief Lupin the Third's latest and greatest caper ...

M.A.S.K.

M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armoured Strike Kommand) was a animated television series produced by the French-American DIC ...

Maid Sama!

Misaki Ayuzawa has enough problems being the first female student council president of the formerly ...

Max, the 2000-Year-Old Mouse

Max, the 2000-Year-Old Mouse was a Canadian animated television series produced by Steve Krantz, which ...

Mazinger Z

Mazinger Z is a Japanese super robot who has been constructed with a fictitious metal called Super-Alloy Z ...

Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone

First appearing on The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera on 1st September 1990, Midnight Patrol: Adventures ...

Mission – Magic!

Mission: Magic! is an animated cartoon series starring pop singer and musician Rick Springfield. It ...

Moomin (1969)

Of the many incarnations of The Moomins, the first was Moomin, a Japanese anime series ...

Moomin (1990)

Moomin is an anime series based on the Moomin book series, produced in Japan by ...

Moomintroll (1969)

Mumintrollet aka Moomintroll was a Swedish television series from Finland, released in 1969, based on ...

MoonDreamers

Between 1986-87, for 16 episodes, children slept peacefully at night thanks to The MoonDreamers - a ...

Mr Benn

Mr Benn is a character created by David McKee who appears in several children's books, and ...

Mr. Pickles

Created by Will Carsola and Dave Stewart, Mr. Pickles follows the Goodman family, their 6-year-old son ...

Muppet Babies

Muppet Babies was an animated series which ran for seven years, winning the Outstanding Animated ...

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

Created by Lauren Faust, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic began in October 2010 and ...

New Kids on the Block

By the time we hit the late 1980's New Kids on the Block were one ...

New Moomin (1972)

New Moomin is a Japanese anime series first aired in 1972. It was created as ...

Ninja Scroll

Swords shatter, blood sprays and demons suck the life out of dying men as the ...

Noah and Nelly in the Skylark

Noah and Nelly in the Skylark (1976-1977) is a children's cartoon series produced by Bob ...

Nobunaga The Fool

Long ago, in an age when the cosmos was still known as Chaos, the world ...

Once Upon a Time… Space

"Once Upon a Time... Space" is a classic animated television series that originally aired in ...

Phantom 2040

Designed as a futuristic version Lee Falk's original creation The Phantom, Phantom 2040 ran for 35 ...

Pole Position

"From now on, like your parents were, you are the secret force of Pole Position" ...

Police Academy- The Animated Series

Spinning out of the Police Academy movie franchise and onto our small screens came Ruby-Spears ...

Popples

Popples was based on the Popples toys and originally aired in 1986. It ran for 44 episodes ...

Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner (1966)

Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner was a 13 part cartoon series shown as part of the Marvel Superheroes ...

Qwaser of Stigmata

When Mafuyu Oribe and her adopted sister Tomo rescue a strange wounded man, they have ...

Rainbow Brite

A little girl named Wisp is brought to a colourless land. To bring colour back ...

Rambo – The Force of Freedom

Produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises, Rambo: The Force of Freedom was a cartoon series of 65 episodes ...

ReBoot

ReBoot is a Canadian CGI-animated action-adventure computer animated television series that originally aired from 1994 ...

Recess

Recess ran for six seasons (65 episodes) between 1997 and 2001 and portrayed the lives of ...

Robotech

Hitting TV screens in March 1985, Robotech ran for 85 episodes and detailed what happened ...

Robotix

Produced by Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions, Robotix was another classic toy cash-in cartoon that ...

Rocket Girls

When Yukari Morita decided to look for her missing father who disappeared in the South ...

Rocket Robin Hood

Rocket Robin Hood was a Canadian animated television series produced by Krantz Films Inc. that took Robin Hood ...

Rod Rocket

Rod Rocket was the first animated cartoon with production credited to Filmation, debuting in syndication in ...

Roger Ramjet

Roger Ramjet was an animated American children's television comedy series that first ran in 1965 ...

Ronin Warriors

Created by Hajime Yatate, Ronin Warriors (aka Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers aka Yoroiden Samurai Troopers) ...

Rugrats

Created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain, Rugrats arrived on August 11th 1991 and lasted ...

Santo vs The Clones

Mexican wrestling legend El Santo returned in 2004 in the form of the cartoon series Santo ...

Sasami-San@Ganbaranai

Sasami Tsukuyomi is a hikikomori, someone who’s become so withdrawn socially that they refuse to ...

Science Ninja Team Gatchaman

Science Ninja Team Gatchaman was a five-member superhero team composed of the main characters of ...

Scooby Doo

Scooby-Doo is an American animated cartoon franchise, comprising several animated television series produced from 1969 ...

Sectaurs – Warriors of Symbion

Created by Lawrence Mass, Tim Clarke and Maureen Trotto, and produced by Ruby-Spears, Sectaurs - ...

She-Ra – Princess of Power

She-Ra - Princess of Power debuted in 1985 and we soon learned that her alter ...

Silverhawks

A bionic policeman called Commander Stargazer (Bob McFadden) recruited the SilverHawks, heroes who are "partly metal, ...

Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings

"Well you know my name it's Simon, and the things I draw come true..." Simon ...

Skeleton Warriors

Skeleton Warriors was a 13-episode cartoon series created by Landmark Entertainment Group, which originally aired ...

SoniAni – Super Sonico The Animation

Saying Sonico is an incredibly busy young woman is an understatement. She juggles a modeling ...

Space Angel

Utilising Synchro-Vox technology, Space Angel ran for 260 episodes, from 1962-1964, with stories spread out ...

Space Ghost

Space Ghost is a fictional character created by Hanna-Barbera Productions and designed by Alex Toth ...

Space Sentinels

Space Sentinels was a children's cartoon produced by Filmation. It ran for one season of 13 episodes ...

Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea

Ever since the time of the Great Cataclysm, the Arkadians have lived deep in the ...