80s Cartoon Openings
Posted by Minister of Information on Saturday, 24 February 2007
30 minutes of the opening credits of 1980s cartoons! I suggest you let it load, and then skip ahead at will. Loads of retro fun! 
According to “Thundarr the Barbarian” (begins at 19:11), a “run-away planet” destroyed Earth in 1994, and darkness reigned for two thousand years!
Johnny G: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” starts at 23:51, and “Dungeons and Dragons” is at 26:50! I thought you’d like to know!
It is amazing how many of these shows were about “fighting for freedom” against the agents of Evil (e.g. Venger in “D&D”). Says alot about the 1980s, I think, and is significantly different from cartoons of the 90s, which I seem to remember were about saving the planet and being nice. Or something like that.
Fortress Guy said
It is true about Thundarr. I was shocked by how primitive and hapless mankind was after 2000 years. Those wizards were crushing them.
I just finished writing up a take on that series of you are interested.
http://fortresstakes.wordpress.com/2009/04/18/thundarr-the-barbarian-1980-1982-2-seasons-21-episodes/