There were countless TV cartoons in the '80s, and Saturday mornings were filled with adaptations of popular toy lines, comic books, and movies, even if some of the properties weren't exactly ...

The 1980s world of He-Man, G.I. Joe, Transformers, ThunderCats, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles didn’t end after the credits ...

There was a very specific moment in the 1980s when television executives looked at children and thought: “What if we simply gave them everything?” Not stories with endings. Not subtle character arcs.

In 1980, everything changed for animation in America. President Jimmy Carter signed the FTC Improvements Act of 1980, limiting the Federal Trade Commission’s ability to regulate children’s programming ...

Remember when Saturday mornings meant waking up before your parents, pouring a bowl of sugary cereal, and settling in front of the television for hours of animated glory? Those iconic 1980s cartoon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There was a very specific moment in the 1980s when television executives looked at children and thought: “What if we simply gave ...

Not stories with endings. Not subtle character arcs. Just laser guns, synth music, animal hybrids, toyetic vehicles, and an intro theme that went harder than it had any right to. Some of these ...