Any good action/adventure cartoons?

[Kai Lord]

Hey,

I noticed that He-Man and Thundercats are on DVD, in addition to GI Joe and Transformers. I loved these shows as a kid and will probably pick them up (assuming I can find the last two which are no longer at retail.)

But I was wondering what the great, if any, successors to those shows might be? Is it all anime now like Inuyasha or are there still good American adventure cartoons?

All I can really think of are the Clone Wars cartoons but I'd like to know if there are any newer action/adventure shows that have full seasons. I'm pretty out of the loop.

 

[Richards]

Thundaar the Barbarian comes to mind.

Johnathan

 

[Kai Lord]

Thundarr was great but I actually was asking about *current* cartoons that follow the He-Man/Thundercats tradition. Sorry for not being more clear.

 

[Richards]

Ah, I misunderstood. Unfortunately, all of the cartoons I watch nowadays are comedies on Sunday evenings on Fox.

Johnathan

 

[Wolf72]

Avatar is a pretty cool show ...

 

[Filby]

As far as recent shows go, I second Avatar. Even though it's aimed at kids, it's one of the better American animated series I've seen recently. And of course, there's Justice League and Samurai Jack. Also, you could do worse than Static Shock or Teen Titans. Finally, I don't know if it's still going, but a couple years ago there was a revival of He-Man that was quite a bit better than the original in my opinion.

 

[stevelabny]

Justice League. and thats it.

Gargoyles is a great cartoon of old that you didn't ilist.

I've watched Full Metal Alchemist in its entirety and while it was better than most anime, it still didn't work for me.

 

[Dark Jezter]

I highly recommend Batman: The Animated Series. I bought the entire series on DVD, and they're just as awesome as I remember them being.

 

[WayneLigon]

Teen Titans is good. They have an ongoing story arc just like Justice League does for the past couple of years.

Justice League Unlimited is perhaps the best action cartoon going right now; it should be returning to CN the first of January. It's been involved in a single continuing storyline now for three years or so, with only a few 'non mythology' episodes.

The Batman isn't bad, and I guess they'll come back with new episodes sometime, though I have no clue when. About the only thing I don't really care for is the Joker's character design, but I was surprised at how much else I did like. I was prepared to really hate it, especially after the amazing run that Batman: TAS had.

Just off the top of my head, those are the only traditional animation action cartoons in production.

Static Shock is a good series, but it's been all reruns for years now.

The Tick is currently rerunning on Toon Disney. Check it out; one of the best series ever made.

 

[Pants]

Exo-Squad! Though it is kinda old...

Lotsa people seem to like Teen Titans, though I can't stand it. It combines all the worst aspects of anime and american animation into one loathesome whole for me.

The Tick is golden, though, once again, is quite old.