Okay true and I know this will go nowhere, but for a brief moment in the mid '80s, I was definitely going to grow up to be Jana of the Jungle. So...Jana of the Jungle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jana_of_the_Jungle
Also apparently I was so into the cartoon The New Shmoo that for the next decade this one bread recipe my mom made, which involved rolling out a blobby shape, was known in my family as "Shmoo bread."
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Monday, 29 July 2019 18:35 (four years ago) link
we don't have to nominate every series, but I'm going to nominate a bunch of stuff I have some kind of childhood nostalgia for without checking if it's actually terrible
British things:
The Trap DoorMr BennKing RolloHenry's CatCaptain Pugwash
Not British things:
The Pink Panther ShowThe Raccoons
― a passing spacecadet, Monday, 29 July 2019 19:26 (four years ago) link
I loved The Trap Door and Ulysses 31, both already nommed.
― calzino, Monday, 29 July 2019 19:32 (four years ago) link
Mighty Mouse: The New AdventuresBeetlejuice
― my but is not working it kept telling me device not found. (Old Lunch), Monday, 29 July 2019 19:36 (four years ago) link
Oops, Pink Panther Show and Mr Benn already nominated, sorry
― a passing spacecadet, Monday, 29 July 2019 19:42 (four years ago) link
fwiw I wasn't trying to say the trap door was already nommed before you did it. i just meant i would have nommed it!
― calzino, Monday, 29 July 2019 19:45 (four years ago) link
No worries, shouldn't be too hard to dedupe. I will collate nominations to date sometime by the end of this coming weekend, present the list so far, and then set a nomination deadline for stragglers at that time. Glad there's so much interest! This is gonna be a tough poll to really find time to seek out things new-to-me before casting votes. If it seems interesting to do so I will try to prepare sub-rankings of British and anime series.
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Monday, 29 July 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
anyway,
Revolutionary Girl Utena
is not something I have seen all of but I should make sure it gets nominated
Technical question: would the Peanuts specials count as a series? Because I'd like very much to nominate and vote for them, if so.
― my but is not working it kept telling me device not found. (Old Lunch), Thursday, July 25, 2019 8:44 PM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Great Pumpkin and Christmas both placed in the shorts+features poll so I'm going to say no.
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Monday, 29 July 2019 19:56 (four years ago) link
here's some more anime:
macross plusgunbusternadia: the secret of blue waterghost in the shell: stand alone complexhaibane renmeinow and then, here and there
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 29 July 2019 20:03 (four years ago) link
i remember absolutely nothing about now and then, here and there except that it blew my mind in high school
The Big O
duane!!! thank you for nominating this show, the second season is a work of art
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 29 July 2019 20:05 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgQVL5RG0DU
with the most Kinks/progge like theme song :)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 29 July 2019 20:19 (four years ago) link
i... have never heard that theme song before
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 29 July 2019 20:39 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA7Xl5CtHRM
this is the one i'm familiar with, which is way more elo than kinks
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 29 July 2019 20:40 (four years ago) link
This makes me think I should ask for an additional top 5 OPs ballot from anyone who wants to do that
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Monday, 29 July 2019 20:41 (four years ago) link
there's really not enough anime nominated itt
― Mordy, Monday, 29 July 2019 20:46 (four years ago) link
i'm not the person to do it bc i'm really a casual fan of the genre but it does seem like a glaring hole to have like every disney afternoon cartoon from the 90s nominated but comparatively v few anime (obv it would be insane to have an exhaustive anime list too but still)
on that note i'll nominate the totally trashy but still enjoyable:
Attack on TitanFuture DiaryDeath Note
― Mordy, Monday, 29 July 2019 20:47 (four years ago) link
also lol wins
Family guy American dadThe Cleveland show
i wondered how far we could get without any of those being nominated (nb american dad might end up on my ballot)
― Mordy, Monday, 29 July 2019 20:48 (four years ago) link
[q]The Big O was scored by Geidai alumnus Toshihiko Sahashi. His composition is richly symphonic and classical, with a number of pieces delving into electronica and jazz.[17] Chosen because of his "frightening amount of musical knowledge about TV dramas overseas,"[18] Sahashi integrates musical homages into the soundtrack. The background music draws from film noir, spy films and sci-fi television series like The Twilight Zone. The battle themes are reminiscent of Akira Ifukube's compositions for the Godzilla series.[19]
The first opening theme is the Queen-influenced "Big-O!".[20] Composed, arranged and performed by Rui Nagai, the song resembles the theme to the Flash Gordon film. The second opening theme is "Respect," composed by Sahashi. The track is an homage to the music of Gerry Anderson's UFO, composed by Barry Gray.[21] In 2007, Rui Nagai composed "Big-O! Show Must Go On," a 1960s hard rock piece, for Animax's reruns of the show. The closing theme is the slow love ballad "And Forever..." written by Chie and composed by Ken Shima. The duet is performed by Robbie Danzie and Naoki Takao.
Along with Sahashi's original compositions, the soundtrack features Chopin's Prelude No. 15 and a jazz saxophone rendition of "Jingle Bells." The complete score was released in two volumes by Victor Entertainment/[q]
Huh.. Never knew there were three theme songs! 'Yours' is def more ELO, but great all the same.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 29 July 2019 20:48 (four years ago) link
when i compared it to elo i was trying to not make the obvious flash gordon queen comparison, which i guess even the wikipedia page has lol
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 29 July 2019 20:55 (four years ago) link
I was trying to one up myself but then I couldn’t think of anything worse than the Ricky gervais show
― 2019OK plus bennu (wins), Monday, 29 July 2019 20:56 (four years ago) link
Fullmetal Alchemist: BrotherhoodFullmetal AlchemistThe Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimiya
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Monday, 29 July 2019 21:01 (four years ago) link
devilman crybabykaiba
― lowercase (eric), Monday, 29 July 2019 21:05 (four years ago) link
UndergradsMission HillOne Punch ManDr. Katz
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 29 July 2019 21:11 (four years ago) link
Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series (YouTube, 2006 ff.)
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Monday, 29 July 2019 21:11 (four years ago) link
Clerks: The Animated Series
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 29 July 2019 21:13 (four years ago) link
K-On!NichijouNon Non BiyoriA Place Further than the Universe
― ciderpress, Monday, 29 July 2019 21:18 (four years ago) link
feels like the "saturday morning" part of the title is perhaps a red herring. but whattayagonnado. man... there are a bunch of dubious teen-pleasing 90s anime shows I almost nominated but then edited back down since I figured we were only nominating stuff we thought deserved to be in the top countdown. in the late 90s i watched the first 2-4 episodes of virtually every show to which the high school anime club membership had access, and most of em i can't defend or even remember particularly sharply. was such-and-such plot element in tenchi-muyo, yu yu hakusho, blue seed, or 8 eyes? was that romantic misunderstanding in ah! my goddess, here is greenwood, marmalade boy, or kodomo no omocha? all gone now sadly.but i will add to my earlier anime noms:Kimagure Orange RoadRanma 1/2Fushigi Yuugi
― Good morning, how are you, I'm (Doctor Casino), Monday, 29 July 2019 21:39 (four years ago) link
Batman Beyond
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Monday, 29 July 2019 21:46 (four years ago) link
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?The Scooby Doo Show What's New, Scooby-Doo?Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, July 26, 2019 9:19 AM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Where are you, what's new, and mystery incorporated can be distinct. Based on skimming wikipedia during work, "The Scooby Doo Show" seems like it should be lumped into What's New, as far as the format goes?
And yeah it's the "Saturday Morning Memorial" poll b/c as far as I know the format no longer exists, today's cartoons are streaming and have been airing in prime time on cable since I was a kid. I think the shows on the WB were more or less the last gasp of the network cartoon program format, in terms of its vitality/continuity.
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Monday, 29 July 2019 21:53 (four years ago) link
i haven't watched them since high school, but iirc: tenchi muyo, in ova, series, and tenchi in tokyo form, is real inconsistent, in tokyo particularly terrible
yu yu hakusho was so fun and so... so long
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 29 July 2019 21:54 (four years ago) link
feels like the "saturday morning" part of the title is perhaps a red herring. but whattayagonnado. man... there are a bunch of dubious teen-pleasing 90s anime shows I almost nominated but then edited back down since I figured we were only nominating stuff we thought deserved to be in the top countdown. in the late 90s i watched the first 2-4 episodes of virtually every show to which the high school anime club membership had access, and most of em i can't defend or even remember particularly sharply. was such-and-such plot element in tenchi-muyo, yu yu hakusho, blue seed, or 8 eyes? was that romantic misunderstanding in ah! my goddess, here is greenwood, marmalade boy, or kodomo no omocha? all gone now sadly.
― Good morning, how are you, I'm (Doctor Casino), Monday, July 29, 2019 11:39 PM (seventeen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Beautiful post. And so otm. Especially the "all gone now sadly" part.
I've the melody of a theme song of a late 90s/early 00s anime etched onto my brain. It plays nearly every single day, I'm reminded of it constantly, it's been with me for 15, 20 years now. Yet I can't for the life of me figure out which anime it was. I've checked my hdd's, my mp3's on old computers and laptops, my blogs of yore for a mere chance mention, weeding through wiki anime series lists.. Nothing.
Until the day Shazam will be able to identify a very poorly whistled or hummed tune for what it is, it's lost. Tears in rain. Ah well.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 29 July 2019 22:02 (four years ago) link
Perhaps it wasn’t anime? I’ve had this phenomenon before and I had misremembered some aspect of it that prevented me from tracking it down.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 29 July 2019 22:50 (four years ago) link
Dungeons and Dragons, y'all
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 July 2019 22:52 (four years ago) link
Akagi, mahjong anime
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 30 July 2019 01:55 (four years ago) link
i'm glad somebody else mentioned THE REALM OF DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS because i didnt want to be accused of just nominating things out of nostalgia.anywayDragon's Lair
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 30 July 2019 03:36 (four years ago) link
I wasn't too into it myself, but I think Batman: The Brave and the Bold deserves a nom. HBO's Spawn as well.And another anime I just though of - Trigun!
― Duane Barry, Tuesday, 30 July 2019 14:36 (four years ago) link
Last Exile(I barely remember that tbh)
there was an anime I quite liked but can't remember the name of about a white-haired dude who traveled the countryside checking out ghosts. It was extremely gentle to the point of soporific
― rob, Tuesday, 30 July 2019 15:00 (four years ago) link
Mushishi?
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Tuesday, 30 July 2019 15:03 (four years ago) link
that's it!
― rob, Tuesday, 30 July 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link
Puffin Rock
― ☮ (peace, man), Tuesday, 30 July 2019 15:09 (four years ago) link
a bunch of anime that hasnt been nominated yet and i can remember enjoying a fair bit, mostly recent-ish:
land of the lustrousmob psycho 100jojo's bizarre adventure: diamond is unbreakableping pong: the animationsteins;gatethe tatami galaxymonthly girls' nozaki-kunplanet with
― ufo, Tuesday, 30 July 2019 15:40 (four years ago) link
Lucky StarBarakamon
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 30 July 2019 15:54 (four years ago) link
― ☮ (peace, man)
Very charming show.
― chap, Tuesday, 30 July 2019 16:05 (four years ago) link
HyoukaLaid-Back CampKaguya-sama: Love is WarTanaka-kun is Always Listless
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 30 July 2019 16:38 (four years ago) link
The Head
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 30 July 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link
I watched the first episode of Over the Garden Wall and didn't really like it -- how far should I get into it to get a proper sense of the series?― Coelacanth Green (Leee), Monday, July 29, 2019 2:23 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― Coelacanth Green (Leee), Monday, July 29, 2019 2:23 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
If you've seen the first two stories and don't like them, you don't need to continue, it's not for you.
― adam the (abanana), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 01:43 (four years ago) link
Cosign that and it wasn’t for me either
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 02:49 (four years ago) link
Depending when the rollouts happen, I might be willing to help with the images. I liked doing it for the Spoon poll.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 1 August 2019 04:58 (four years ago) link