Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Animation has been back in the news recently due to the king of all characters — Mickey Mouse (his Steamboat Willie incarnation, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There were countless TV cartoons in the '80s, and Saturday mornings were filled with adaptations of popular toy lines, comic books ...

There was a very specific moment in the 1980s when television executives looked at children and thought: “What if we simply gave them everything?” Not stories with endings. Not subtle character arcs.

The 1980s were the era of the cartoon. From the immensely popular Saturday Morning lineup to prime-time television, the '80s were a decade positively overflowing with animated series. The topics and ...