Top Rated Animation TV Series - Page 398

Poochini's Yard

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Poochini's Yard

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7.5
Poochini's Yard is an animated children's television series which originally aired globally in 2000, but was not shown in the United States for the first time until September 1, 2002. The series follows the life of a dog named Poochini who runs away from home, gets captured by the dog pound and is adopted by an average American family after its rich owner dies. Though it was created and co-produced by San Francisco-based entertainment company Wild Brain, Poochini was not shown in the United States for over two years after its production. The Christmas Tree and Coffee Dog are available on video and DVD. Co-produced, and internationally distributed, by Munich-based media group EM.TV, Poochini was based on the award-winning short A Dog Cartoon. The series had just 26 episodes with the last one airing in the United States on March 1, 2003. It was directed by Dave Marshall and Dave Thomas.
Party Wagon

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Party Wagon

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6
Party Wagon is an animated television movie created by animator Craig Bartlett for Cartoon Network. It was made to be a pilot for an animated series that Bartlett was making for Cartoon Network after he left Nickelodeon. However, the series was later scrapped. Little information of this series exists on the internet for this movie.
Tommy Zoom

2007

Tommy Zoom

2007
6
Tommy Zoom is a children's animated television series, shown regularly on CBeebies in the UK. It started out as a feature on the CBeebies website, but proved so popular it was made into the television show.
Me, Eloise

2006

Me, Eloise

2006
10
The story of a fun-loving little girl who lives with her nanny at the posh Plaza Hotel in New York City. Based on the beloved children’s book series.
Generation O!

2000

Generation O!

2000
8.5
Animated adventures of a preteen rock star and her band, who have a kangaroo drummer.
Bobobobs

1988

Bobobobs

1988
6
A group of nomadic miniature humanoids with psychic powers who live in a part of the universe far away from the Earth. A crew of Bobobobs, led by captain Bob Wouter, sets sail in the Bobular Quest towards Earth to save the humans from dinosaurs. Along the way, they encounter a variety of different alien species, some of which are hostile.
Xcalibur

2001

Xcalibur

2001
5
In the medieval-like Kingdom, King Edwin is assassinated by his sorcerer-conspiring brother, Bragan. Prince Erwann, witnessing the murder, fulfills the dying King's wish to hide Xcalibur. Kwodahn, an evil sorcerer, turns Erwann into stone. Erwann's daughter, Princess Djana, joins forces with Herik, a sorcerer's apprentice, and retrieves Xcalibur. Bragan seizes the throne, falsely accusing Erwann. Djana, Herik, Tara (from the People of the Sea), and Wip a little dragon become outlaws. Djana's resistance sparks a rebellion aided by villagers from Mallory and Quinn, and secretly by Lord Duncan, one of the Kingdom's lords.
Shorty McShorts' Shorts

2006

Shorty McShorts' Shorts

2006
7.5
Shorty McShorts' Shorts is a Disney Channel animated anthology series, which consisted of 4-5 minute shorts. The first episode aired on July 28, 2006. The series also aired on Toon Disney for a short period of time. In Latin America, it was broadcast on Jetix.
What It's Like Being Alone

2006

What It's Like Being Alone

2006
7.5
A wondrous and fiendishly humorous stop-motion animation series about freak orphans who are desperately trying to get adopted.
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World

2007

Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World

2007
7
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World is an American-Canadian stop motion animated sitcom created by Q. Allan Brocka, who also acts as director. It is a spin off from Brocka's 1999 short film of the same name, and debuted on the LGBT focused Logo network in July 2007 and on the Canadian Teletoon's late-night programming block "The Detour" that October. The show premiered in the UK on E4 on 17 September 2008 and in January 2010 on Virgin 17 in France. After the first season aired, Logo renewed the program for a second season, which debuted on November 11, 2008. The animation of the original Rick & Steve shorts were done using Lego blocks and figures, prompting a lawsuit from the company. Though the series no longer uses Lego blocks, it still draws comparison to both them and those by Playmobil. It is produced by Toronto-based production studio, Cuppa Coffee Studio. Currently, there are no further plans for a third season of Rick & Steve.
Ki Fighter Taerang

2001

Ki Fighter Taerang

2001
10
Ki Fighter Taerang is a Japanese and Korean anime. It is a product of the major anime broadcaster Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation and NHK, and the animation was done by Production Grimi. The Director of this anime is Minoguchi Katuya. The story centers on the character Taerang, a legendary fighter squirrel. and similar series as King of Bandit Jing.
Emergency +4

1973

Emergency +4

1973
6
Emergency +4 is an American animated television series based on the live action prime-time series Emergency!. The series began on NBC's Saturday morning schedule on September 8, 1973 and ran twenty-three 30-minute episodes over two seasons. It remained on the network until September 4, 1976 through re-runs. Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe provided the voices for their respective Emergency! paramedic characters. Each episode of the adventure series revolved around the Paramedical Rescue Service. The "+4" of the series title refers to four children who join the paramedics in each episode's rescue activities. Universal Studios outsourced the animation to Fred Calvert Productions because at the time, they did not have their own animation division.
The Telebugs

1986

The Telebugs

1986
7.5
The Telebugs is a cartoon from the 1980s about the adventures of three robots with televisions for heads.
A Thousand and One... Americas

1991

A Thousand and One... Americas

1991
7.5
A Thousand and One... Americas is an animated television series originally produced from 1989 to 1991 in Spain by BRB Internacional to celebrate the 5th centenary of Christopher Columbus' voyage to America. The series focuses on the adventures of Chris, a 10 year old boy, and his yellowish dog Lon. Chris accidentally discovers an old book at the attic which belonged to his grandfather, which he brought with him from his journeys. The book makes him and his dog drift through imagination to historical occurrences of different nations which lived in America before it was discovered by Columbus in 1492. The series has been dubbed and subtitled in English, Spanish, Serbian and Hebrew.
Sons of Butcher

2005

Sons of Butcher

2005
6.5
Sons of Butcher is a cartoon based on the band of the same name. It is animated using a variety of programs, put together using Adobe Flash.
Hey Joel

2003

Hey Joel

2003
7
Hey Joel is an American animated television series. It is about Joel Stein, the host of a three-minute rock-star interview show on VH1 called "3 minutes with Joel". However, he is anything but respectful to his famous guests, often badgering them with aggressive, pointless, irreverent, and often insulting questions. Jon Cryer provides the voicing for the part of Joel. His coworkers include Michele, his producer, on whom he has a crush; Kevin, his production assistant; Leif, his nemesis, who is VH1's star; and Z, the all-business head of programming. The band Fountains of Wayne performs their own original compositions for the show, and appear as animated characters during the musical sequences. After an initial run on VH1 in 2003, the show was picked up by Teletoon, and episodes continue to air in Canada. The first season was made available on DVD June 24, 2008.
The Moxy Show

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The Moxy Show

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8.5
The Moxy Show is an animation anthology television series created by Scott Fellows and produced by Hanna-Barbera for Cartoon Network. The show ran on December 5, 1993, originally as The Moxy Pirate Show, and consisted of classic cartoons divided by 3-D animated interstitials featuring Moxy, a dog, and Flea, a flea. The show ran on Cartoon Network from 1993 to 1998 as a CGI cartoon and 1998 to 2000 as a hand-drawn cartoon with CGI and live-action effects. The series aired its last episode on January 2, 2000, and reruns were removed completely on April 1, 2000. Moxy is considered the first original series on Cartoon Network, but Space Ghost Coast to Coast was Cartoon Network's first fully produced series.
Rayman: The Animated Series

1999

Rayman: The Animated Series

1999
7.5
Rayman: The Animated Series, or The Rayman TV Series, is a French 3-D animated children's television series featuring the French video game hero Rayman. Created by Ubisoft and based on the Rayman adventure game series, the show was originally in French but was dubbed into various languages for foreign countries. Ubisoft was able to produce only four episodes and never managed to broadcast its episodes in the United States.
Bertha

1985

Bertha

1985
7.5
Bertha is a British stop motion-animated children's television series about a factory machine of that name, comprising 13 episodes that aired from 1985 to 1986. Other major characters in the series were Mr Willmake, Mr Sprott and Tracy. All the characters were designed by Ivor Wood, and the series was produced by his company, Woodland Animations. It was broadcast on BBC Television. A series of six storybooks based on Bertha was published by André Deutsch at the same time as the series was broadcast. They were adapted by Eric Charles and illustrated by Steve Augarde, who was also responsible for the artwork and music in the children's series Bump.
M.K. 22

2004

M.K. 22

2004
10
M.K. 22 is an Israeli animated sitcom, revolving around the adventures of soldiers in a fictional IDF military base hosting the so-called "Israeli doomsday weapon". The show was created for the cable channel Bip and debuted in March 2004, becoming the first prime time animated series in Israeli television, and was later rebroadcast partly censored on Channel 2. The show won the Israeli Television Academy Award for Best Comedy Series and is considered by many a milestone in the history of Israeli animation. Despite gaining popularity and critical acclaim, the negotiations for a second season seem to have failed, making the first 10-episode season the only one thus far.