I dont know how true that is. There were A LOT of cartoons in the 80s. 1986 may have been the most crowded toy aisle in history. Theres lots of stuff that never even gets talked about. The 86 Transformers movie has never been topped.
As for as cartoons that still hold up? I think these still hold up pretty well (even though they may have some questionable episodes and moments.)
1. Dungeons and Dragons 2. The Littles 3. Ulysses 31 4. Mysterious Cities of Gold 5. Star Wars Ewoks 6. Voltron 7. The Real Ghostbusters 8. He-Man (if you accept the target age group as 1st graders.) 9. Visionaries (going off memory here.) 10. Robotech 11. A Pup Named Scooby Doo 12. Jem 13. Duck Tales 14. Gummi Bears 15. Count Duckula * A lot of the light hearted comedy stuff like Inspector Gadget, Smurfs, Heathcliff, etc has probably held up fine. Thats just the stuff off the top of my head.
The theme songs are so awesome though the 80s heman theme still rips my soul, goosebumps everytime.
Ulysses was and is still great as well as ducktales, d&d, gummi bears, the real Ghostbusters. Seen them recently. I think mostly anything Disney from that time.
Tried to rewatch thundercats 80s just couldn't do it. It's still alright tho. ---
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