I still say I have the most obscure tastes of all of y'alls...
To add to my list:
From Japan
Tensai Bakabon and Osomatsu-kun... I've been trying to spread the love of this for some time. These are two very old Animes (Osomatsu first appeared in 1966, Tensai Bakabon was like 1970 or so, but the comic came out a couple years earlier..) Basically Tensai Bakabon is a show almost EXACTLY like the Simpsons, only it came about 20 years earlier. They have the idiot dad, the idiot son (there is one difference, the son is sort of respectful) and they even have the idiot cop... and Osomatsu-Kun... think Dennis the Menace, but there's 6 of them. All identical sextuplets... and instead of grouchy old Mr. Wilson, we get mean, spiteful, and thinks he's better than he really is Iyami.
Yattaman: a series that came out in 1977, and came back as a show as recent as 2008... basically a show that the creators of Pokemon definitely watched... only with giant comedic robots instead of millions of little monster things. But the best part of the show is the villains... the Dorombo trio... and again, they were pretty much stolen for Pokemon as well. And here's a nice fact... the boss of the Dorombo gang (Dokurobe) is voiced by Junpei Takiguchi, who did the Japanese dub voice for Fraggle Rock's Uncle Matt and Philo.
USA:
I dunno... anyone ever hear of a little show called Toonsylvania? I hate that Dreamworks is pretty much just sitting on this great show. It's BEGGING for a DVD release.
Europe (specifically France)
Space Goofs... and Oggy and the Cockroaches. Very stylish, funny cartoons that we actually had on Fox Kids once upon a time in the 90's... apparently both shows had second seasons produced fairly recently. Quite a long wait, if you ask me.
Lucky Luke- I stumbled upon this 2 years ago on the Toonzone as a theaterical trailer of a great movie the US is never going to get. I tracked down these Canadian dub DVD's of the series not too long ago, and they've been a solid favorite of mine since. A tad not PC... especially an episode dealing with Chinese characters (even the Canadian dub was pretty unPC, as one voice actor even does an impersonation of Michael Palin's Chinese accent from Monty Python as one of the accents)... not too flattering to Native Americans either, but they are portayed as good guys. And of course, real historical figures get served. Billy the Kid becomes an obnoxious brat, a baby, that manages to scare everyone but Luke, and Custer becomes a Napoleonic wackjob that absolutely hates the Indians.
To add to my list:
From Japan
Tensai Bakabon and Osomatsu-kun... I've been trying to spread the love of this for some time. These are two very old Animes (Osomatsu first appeared in 1966, Tensai Bakabon was like 1970 or so, but the comic came out a couple years earlier..) Basically Tensai Bakabon is a show almost EXACTLY like the Simpsons, only it came about 20 years earlier. They have the idiot dad, the idiot son (there is one difference, the son is sort of respectful) and they even have the idiot cop... and Osomatsu-Kun... think Dennis the Menace, but there's 6 of them. All identical sextuplets... and instead of grouchy old Mr. Wilson, we get mean, spiteful, and thinks he's better than he really is Iyami.
Yattaman: a series that came out in 1977, and came back as a show as recent as 2008... basically a show that the creators of Pokemon definitely watched... only with giant comedic robots instead of millions of little monster things. But the best part of the show is the villains... the Dorombo trio... and again, they were pretty much stolen for Pokemon as well. And here's a nice fact... the boss of the Dorombo gang (Dokurobe) is voiced by Junpei Takiguchi, who did the Japanese dub voice for Fraggle Rock's Uncle Matt and Philo.
USA:
I dunno... anyone ever hear of a little show called Toonsylvania? I hate that Dreamworks is pretty much just sitting on this great show. It's BEGGING for a DVD release.
Europe (specifically France)
Space Goofs... and Oggy and the Cockroaches. Very stylish, funny cartoons that we actually had on Fox Kids once upon a time in the 90's... apparently both shows had second seasons produced fairly recently. Quite a long wait, if you ask me.
Lucky Luke- I stumbled upon this 2 years ago on the Toonzone as a theaterical trailer of a great movie the US is never going to get. I tracked down these Canadian dub DVD's of the series not too long ago, and they've been a solid favorite of mine since. A tad not PC... especially an episode dealing with Chinese characters (even the Canadian dub was pretty unPC, as one voice actor even does an impersonation of Michael Palin's Chinese accent from Monty Python as one of the accents)... not too flattering to Native Americans either, but they are portayed as good guys. And of course, real historical figures get served. Billy the Kid becomes an obnoxious brat, a baby, that manages to scare everyone but Luke, and Custer becomes a Napoleonic wackjob that absolutely hates the Indians.