Under the Radar Animated/Anime Shows
Our childhoods were rich with many animated shows to this day are timeless classics. But some others despite a few having popularity at the time and some not enough, all fell though the cracks of time or just simply don't get enough attention. For any fan of the genre and those seeking more vintage animation or just something different, these are under the radar gems worth uncovering.
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- CreatorJeff SegalStarsStevie VallanceCampbell LaneRobby BensonSet in the beginning of the 22nd century, an interplanetary war wages between humanity and the Neosapiens.
- CreatorDavid J. CorbettStarsScott ValentineMargot KidderJ.D. HallThe 24th Phantom, the 'Ghost Who Walks,' battles crimes in the future of 2040.
- StarsJanice ChaikelsonAdrian KnightMichael RudderA trio of kids must search throughout 16th Century South America for personal answers linked to the legendary El Dorado.
- CreatorToshio OkadaStarsNoriko HidakaRei SakumaNorio WakamotoA young pilot, daughter of a deceased space captain, is selected to pilot a gigantic robot as a key point of Earth's defense during a space war.
- StarsNoriko HidakaNathan ParsonsJames Arnold TaylorA teen acrobat of mysterious origins and a young inventor find themselves entangled in a sinister plot that involves the fate of the world.
- StarsKazunari TanakaSatsuki YukinoAi OrikasaAi Tanabe joins the Debris Section of the Technora Corporation as they work to remove the debris left around Earth. As Ai tries to accommodate to space life, she learns more about her crew on the dilapidated 'Toy Box'.
- CreatorYoshiyuki TominoHajime YatateStarsMark GathaTomokazu SekiMatt EmbryIt is the year Future Century 60 and most of humanity has migrated to orbiting space colonies, leaving behind the polluted Earth. To prevent war, the colonies came up with the tournament known as the Gundam Fight. Every country builds a Gundam and sends it to Earth. These Gundams fight each other, using the entire planet as the ring, for eleven months until the finals begin in the country that won the last Gundam Fight. Whichever country is ultimately victorious will control the entire world for four years. This year, Neo Japan has sent Domon Kasshu with the Shining Gundam in hopes of winning the 13th Gundam Fight. However, Domon, and his assistant, Rain Mikamura, have more to worry about than winning the Gundam Fight. They have a concurrent mission, to confront and destroy the stolen Devil Gundam...
- StarsMayumi TanakaMatt BirmanSumi ShimamotoTo return home and restore his cursed crew, a great hero of space and his child companions must find the Kingdom of Hades against all evil opposition.
- CreatorNina WolmarkStarsJeanine ForneyChristian BénardAmandine RajauAn underground civilization named Arkadia launches an expedition for exploring the world of the surface to restore its fading sun.
- StarsMichael DonovanMichael BeattieScott McNeilYoung Cimmerian barbarian Conan and his allies must stop snake-man wizard Wrath-Amon and his snake-men army from resurrecting evil serpent god Set. Conan must also destroy the evil wizard's ring that turned his family into stone.
- CreatorDavid KirschnerStarsHector ElizondoFrank WelkerGeorge NewbernA young man learns that he is a Prince with an urgent quest to save his world by finding thirteen magical treasures of rule.
- CreatorMark ZasloveRob HudnutStarsRob PaulsenTony JayRichard MollMax, a twelve-year-old boy, finds a magical cap that can teleport him across dimensions.
- CreatorSteve GerberStarsHenry CordenRobert RidgelyNellie BellflowerThundarr the Barbarian and his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel wander a devastated future Earth and fight evil wherever they find it.
- CreatorChristian TremblayYvon TremblayStarsBarry GordonCharlie AdlerGary OwensIn a world of anthropomorphic felines, two demoted fighter pilots battle evil as high flying masked vigilantes.
- CreatorMichael HalperinStarsCam ClarkeGarry ChalkScott McNeilOn the planet Eternia, a young prince gains the ability to become a powerful warrior to defend Castle Grayskull against the dark lord Skeletor.
- StarsWill FriedleMatthew MercerKevin Michael RichardsonAfter his home kingdom is destroyed by the ancient devil priest Mumm-Ra, the young Thundercat Lord Lion-O leads a team of survivors as they fight evil on Third Earth.
- CreatorSteven E. de SouzaStarsDavid KeeleySusan RomanBruce TubbeThe adventures of the human survivors in a future dinosaur dominated world.
- StarsJohn KassirElizabeth HannaDavid HemblenThe popular cult horror comic books from the 1950s are adapted in this cartoon anthology series.
- CreatorJeff KlineRichard RaynisStarsTara StrongMaurice LaMarcheJason MarsdenSeveral years after the events of the original show and the movies, Dr. Egon Spengler agrees to help a group of his young students re-form the Ghostbusters under his mentorship.
- StarsSusan BluRoscoe Lee BrownePeter CullenThe planet Prysmos - post-technological loss. Two groups rise to dominance from the devastation to wage war upon each other. One is controlled by honest and law-abiding people and the other by criminals and villains. Following an open challenge thrown down by the great wizard Merklynn, fourteen surviving knights are granted powers of transformation and magical energy. The groups are now divided between the good Spectral Knights and the evil Darkling Lords. The battle for supremacy begins...
- StarsChristina LangeMichael BacallDebi DerryberryThe adventures of Peter Pan and his friends as they face off against Captain Hook and his crew of pirates in Neverland.
- StarsScott McNeilDale WilsonGraeme KingstonIn present day US, a kid releases four ancient Egyptian mummy warriors who help him fight a revived Egyptian evil mummy sorcerer who wants to take over the world.
- StarsMichael BellWilliam CallawayDick GautierA team of human subterranean explorers and their allies are the surface's main defence against evil invading monsters.
- StarsDarrin BakerLen CarlsonDan HennesseyA young man leads a small band in search of his father while fighting the forces of Sawboss using the various vehicles they carry with them.
- StarsKen RyanJane SchoettleBrent TitcombA team of specially enhanced policemen fights crime in the year 2020.
- StarsPat FraleyNeil RossVince EdwardsThe adventures of a unit of elite soldiers who wear special frames that accept various weapons and transportation equipment teleported from a space station.
- StarsPat FraleySusan BluErika ScheimerA Native American marshal and his friends keep the peace on the frontier planet of New Texas.
- CreatorJean ChalopinStarsDon BrownGarry ChalkTed ColeThe sequel series to He-Man, taking place 10,000 years into the future. Prince Adam is brought from the past to protect the Planet Primus from the evil mutants led by Floog and Skeletor.
- StarsStephen DorffChristopher CollinsWally BurrPursued by intergalactic warlord Krulos and his Rulons, human Valorians fly through a wormhole and end up on the prehistoric Earth. Krulos follows and becomes stuck in prehistory as well. Both sides build dinosaur armies and engage.
- CreatorMichael E. UslanStarsLen CarlsonRob CowanMarvin GoldharTwo factions of warriors from outer-space crash land on Earth; a good one in light blue armor and an evil one of red dinosaurs in dark blue armor . The good join forces with several Earth children to stop the evil from conquering this new world.
- StarsAlex WinterKeanu ReevesMaurice LaMarcheThe further time travelling adventures of those two most excellent dudes.
- StarsJim ByrnesGarry ChalkMichael DonovanA animated TV series based on the first Double Dragon video game.
- CreatorDiane Paloma EskenaziStarsGarry ChalkScott McNeilJim ByrnesWhen the real King Arthur and his knights are captured by Morgana, Merlin casts a spell to bring an American football team called The Knights led by Arthur King to the past to help free the real king and stop Morgana's evil plans by collect magical keys. There was one key for each knight and one for King Arthur.
- CreatorLarry HamaStarsGarry ChalkScott McNeilShane MeierGalactic hero Bucky O'Hare and his brave crew battle the evil toads bent on conquering the universe. A young boy genius from the human universe joins Bucky's crew.
- StarsPeter SpellosSean BusheDoug LeeBased upon the strategy war game and set during events in the Blood of Kerensky Trilogy by Michael Stackpole, a small independent unit lead by Maj. Adam Steiner fights their way to their home planet of Somerset when news of an army of mysterious invaders calling themselves the Clans begin to conquer world after world in their ultimate goal to take Terra. The First Somerset Strikers, as the unit is called, is assigned to take the fight to the Clans and learn as much of the invaders as they can, all the while being pursued by an obsessive Clan Jade Falcon warrior named Nicholai Malthus.
- StarsMikey KelleyTony JayThom Adcox-HernandezA young crossbreed human and alien fights to keep both of his worlds from going to war. His father, an alien (Tyrusian) emperor and his mother, a human, are both missing, and the young man (David) has to discover who his friends and enemies really are.
- CreatorDuane CapizziJeff KlineRichard RaynisStarsNicholas GuestBill FagerbakkeAlexander PolinskyThe missions of a Mobile Infantry squad as they participate in a war of survival against a ferocious alien insectoid invader.
- CreatorPamela HickeyDennys McCoyRick UngarStarsDorian HarewoodRob PaulsenIan ZieringWhen three alien motorcycle riding mice are forced to leave their home planet of Mars thanks to the evil mining Plutarkians, they rebel against their enemies on planet Earth and the city of Chicago.
- CreatorJeff KlineRichard RaynisStarsIan ZieringMalcolm DanareRino RomanoIn this direct sequel to the 1998 Godzilla movie, Dr. Nico Tatopoulos leads a team, known as H.E.A.T, to battle giant monsters with the help of Godzilla's only living offspring.
- StarsScott WeingerLinda LarkinDan CastellanetaAladdin, the clever hero of Agrabah, continues his adventures with the help of his fiancee Princess Jasmine, his pet monkey Abu, Magic Carpet, Iago the greedy parrot, and of course his best friend the semi-cosmic Genie.
- CreatorGary GoddardStarsJeff BennettNathan CarlsonPhilip L. ClarkePrince Lightstar leads the Legion of Light against Baron Dark - once a man, now an evil skeleton lord - and his army of skeletons. Dark's goal is to capture the Crystal that powers the world and Lightstar must stop him.
- CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyThe further adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise, as they explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.
- StarsBarry ClaytonJack MayBrian TruemanThe misadventures of a vegetarian vampire duck and his servants.
- CreatorAdam HorowitzEdward KitsisSteven LisbergerStarsElijah WoodTricia HelferCharlie BeanIn the computer world of the Grid, a young program joins Tron's fight against their world's tyranny.
- CreatorKeiji InafuneAkira KitamuraStarsIan James CorlettScott McNeilJim ByrnesBased on the video game series, the robot Mega Man and his dog Rush battle the creations of his father, the scientist Dr. Light, who were corrupted by Light's former partner Dr. Wily and his minions, in an attempt to take over the world.
- StarsMarty IngelsBarry GordonBarbara MinkusThe adventures of the video game character and his family.