Genuinely Obscure Animated Shows
When I see people cite cite underrated animated shows, they typically cite shows with decently-sized cult fanbases, these ones on the otherhand, don't get the luxary of a cult fanbase, and if they have one, it's typically pretty small. So here's my collection of animated shows that nary a soul may have heard of. Please check some of these out, they are genuinely good shows that need some more love.
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- StarsRobert PowellLorelei KingRob Rackstraw17th century swashbuckling hero Fantom the Cat, awakens in modern times and helps officers Tabs Wildcat, Mouse MacDuff and Pigeon Lindbergh, fight crime ring leader Marmagora the Giant Spider and her henchmen.mm.Made by Cosgrove Hall of Danger Mouse and Count Duckula fame.
Think SWAT Kats meets Batman: The Animated Series. - StarsDavid RintoulKate RobbinsPrunella ScalesThe stories tell the adventures of the two Big Knights, Sir Boris and Sir Morris, who are incredibly strong and brave, but are also incredibly dim-witted. They solve crises, usually of their own creation, but cause great destruction and mayhem in the process.By the same people who made Peppa Pig, but this was made for an older child audience.
- CreatorRob HudnutGordon BressackGary HartleStarsJerry DoyleKaren MaruyamaMaurice LaMarcheA NASA monkey shot into space goes off course and is found by an alien race that mistakes him for Earth's dominant species. Charlie is given intelligence, the rank of Captain, a ship and a mission: to defeat the evil Nebula.
- CreatorGeorge SarsonStarsSonja BallDawn FordRick JonesA group of toadlets (young toads) find themselves trapped in a forest after missing the migration to Toad Hollow. They must face great dangers on their journey, such as a giant snake and a calculating hawk, but will also meet many new friends.
- StarsMichael McShaneJimmy HibbertRob RackstrawThree motorcycle riding penguins fight evil genius Caractacus P. Doom, a mad scientist intent on world domination.Also by Cosgrove Hall. Biker Mice From Mars but with penguins and the Cosgrove Hall charm.
- StarsBen BishopMiranda RichardsonNigel PilkingtonBill and Corky (his best friend) are characters magically created from everyday objects using a mixture of CGI, 2D and stop motion. Bill's body is predominantly a bottle, and Corky's (who is actually a horse)is based on a soft-drink can. Their adventures take them to imaginative landscapes which themselves are also constructed from disposed-of objects. The audience gets to see how each "new" object is made up from its constituent parts, frame by frame.
- CreatorFlorence SandisStarsWayne LeGetteChloe DolandisGilbert LévyFour kids who can transform themselves into animal-inspired superheroes protect their city from the evil Divinos.
- CreatorMagnus FiennesAlex TateSimeon WarburtonStarsShelley LongworthJules de JonghAdam LongworthFreefonix have discovered a sophisticated way of fighting their battles against rival band Mantyz, by using the power of the Thirteenth Note, an awesome force that can bend space and minds when the perfect sound is created. When the two rival bands meet, the result is an explosive Soundclash, where the opposing forces do battle as all the energies of the Thirteenth Note are released. The action continues each week as the Freefonix protect the guardians of the Thirteenth Note and begin to understand its magical properties.
- StarsLyall BrooksDavid Myles BrownJustin KennedyWhen Yama's uncle is kidnapped by the most powerful cat in Catropolis, he vows to find him. What he finds instead is his destiny, in an ancient o-icho, a sumo top knot, which when worn, transforms Yama into Sumo Mouse.
- StarsKarine VanasseAlain GoulemMark CamachoFred is a 2000s-B-horror-movie-obsessed teenager who is trying to charm the love of his life, Anette Frette-seck. He goes through various problems in high school and outside of school with his goth-type friends GG and Fab; the film depicts their dabbling in sex, drugs, and alcohol with good taste.
- CreatorSuzanne ChapmanSteven ComeauStarsMarieve HeringtonFab FilippoJackie RosenbaumA pair of highly trained young adults, Delilah and Julius, fight international crime and a myriad of villains as a pair of savvy, well-trained spies.
- CreatorAndrew FieldingStarsJulian Rhind-TuttStephen ManganGavin MitchellShort, cute and impossibly evil. A delightful comedy, packed with high doses of evil. The Imp is a light-hearted look at trying to square a career spreading the evil -with the mundane demands of the domestic life. The Imp has got the evil self-help guides, the fancy plans, and phobias too numerous to mention. The Imp is evil. He's just not very good at it.
- CreatorJohn MasséStarsBryton JamesKari WahlgrenDante BascoThe show is about three kids who get powers in a lab when Zevo compound covers them, due to an experiment done by the evil Doctor Stankfoot.
- CreatorMichael GansRichard RegisterKevin ThomsenStarsMichael GansRichard RegisterFuschia!The missions of a stylish pair of spies.
- StarsKaren StrassmanCaroline BlissAndy SecombeThe comic insect fight between Good and Evil. The Verygreens love sunlight, bright colours and hilarity. The Kruds prefer shadows and dull colours, and spend all their time plotting to overthrow the Verygreens - always coming up with gadgets, machines and crazy plots that never quite work.First CGI animated series made.
- StarsDavid GasmanPaul BandeySharon MannAfter the fall of a meteorite causes the destruction of nearly all life on Earth, a former soldier is reluctantly recruited by 'The World Federation' to investigate a powerful foe named Thanatos in a post-apocalyptic world.
- CreatorChris BartlemanBlair PetersStarsChiara ZanniRhys HuberKori CookThe misadventures of a clever young redhead.
- StarsMichelle RuffSteve BlumDerek Stephen PrinceOne day in Zentrix, an ambitious and powerful robot (named OmicronPsy) plots with several other robots to rebel against humans, attempting to absolutely annihilate the civilization of human beings and crown themselves the only inhabitants of the world. In response, Megan, the princess of Zentrix, teams with a number of humans and together travel back to the past, hoping to destroy OmicronPsy before his rebellion has begun.
- StarsMichael SorichPaula TisoWebster WilliamsPrincess Tenko inherits a school of magic, she and her students battle former students turned evil, twin magicians Jana and Jason for control of a power source known as Starfire Gems.
- A team of daredevil pilots form the Flight Squad. With their own airplane fleet that is as high-yielding as it is varied, Flight Squad is organized as an independent air services company, carrying out "à la carte" missions for their clients.
- StarsBianca NacsonMark FranklinBill ConnRory and Dawn, two squabbling young step-siblings living with their newlywed parents in a small Aussie town, are terrorized by a mysterious evil scientist with a head shaped like an eaten apple.
- StarsKelly ArpJill BernardAaron J. ChristopherWhat do tapioca traps and a dodge ball obsessed robot have to do with exploring the Christian faith? Follow the resourceful and decidedly independent kids at First Second Church through a whirlwind of trials and changes to find out.
- CreatorJan Van RijsselbergeStarsAileen MythenLuca MassimoHillary KavanaghPass the Fawlty Towers, turn right after the Adams Family's and you'll find the ZOMBIE HOTEL! Wide eyed twins Fungus and Maggot will welcome you, along with their Mum and Dad Zombies, Rictus and Funerella, and a team of wacky employees who never run short of oddities. But don't worry, the twins and their human school pal Sam will come to the rescue whenever you're served pigs eye soup for lunch or if your room is next to a couple of loud vampires. A different kind of resort, where there's never a dull day!
- StarsBarbara ScaffFrank WelkerGil BirminghamThe adventures of the legendary female western hero.
- CreatorSylvain HuchetPeter H. SaisselinStarsSarah AubreyJane UbrienAriane SallisEvery morning, 11-year-olds, Nate and Malika leave home 30 minutes early to go to school, and yet every morning they arrive late. That's because every morning, something AMAZING happens on the way. But even though their stories are always true, the school's principal never believes them.