Hey all,
In light of the recent "Best of Animation" list, I wanted to work on putting together a proper list that represents the rabroad Community.
Here's how this works:
I am going to pick one decade and allow one whole week to everyone to nominate a series from that decade and discuss it.
The next week, I'll follow up with a poll of all series nominated.
In an effort to not spawn too many threads for this project and to allow ample discussion for each decade, I'll only concentrate on one decade at a time, thus, each poll will take two weeks. One week for nominations and then one week for voting.
At the end of all of this, we'll have one massive poll covering the top nominations from each decade.
Depending on momentium and how big the list is, I may extend the length of the nominations.
What's Required to Nominate:
The focus of this poll is Animation in the North America. Thus, we are largely looking for things that were broadcast in the North America.
In order to qualify it must have:
Although it's not required, a link to the rabroad Wiki, Wikipedia and TV.com is extremely helpful.
It is my intent to create a master list of series while doing this and provide voters with sources to make an informed decision.
I would also like to include introdutions to series to remind voters about the series before voting.
Here's how Poll Enteries will look
Example:
Help make a complete List:
In order for this poll to be as accurate as possible, I'd like to make this as complete as possible. Please don't just nominate shows you like, please also try to nominate all shows you can think of.
Discussion:
Use this thread not only to nominate series but also to disuss each series. Talk to your fellow posters about all the things that you felt really made the series and really diminished the series.
Also, discuss how well you believe the series aged. Has it lasted the test of time? Is it still watchable and enjoyable over 20 years later or have newer series dominated it and spoiled you?
Most of all, have fun with this! There's an ENORMOUS library of series out there. There's no doubt that everyone here can enjoy talking with their fellow forumers about how series affeted their life or how much they enjoyed watching the series both then and now.
Voting:
Due to lack of features available on vBulletin, I'm going to host the voting through a Gdocs form hosted in this thread. Once all the nominations are made, everyone will be able to cast votes.
Everyone will be able to cast 1 vote per genre and then 3 votes across all nominates series.
Note:
I am going to prorate one series and one series only: Simpsons will be the only exception to the decade rule. This will go into the 90s voting thread even though it started in 1989. This is because the majority of the series in so far only last 2-3 years were as Simpsons is litterally the longest consecutive running animated series in US History. The majority of its episodes have been made in the 90s (so far).
In light of the recent "Best of Animation" list, I wanted to work on putting together a proper list that represents the rabroad Community.
Here's how this works:
I am going to pick one decade and allow one whole week to everyone to nominate a series from that decade and discuss it.
The next week, I'll follow up with a poll of all series nominated.
In an effort to not spawn too many threads for this project and to allow ample discussion for each decade, I'll only concentrate on one decade at a time, thus, each poll will take two weeks. One week for nominations and then one week for voting.
At the end of all of this, we'll have one massive poll covering the top nominations from each decade.
Depending on momentium and how big the list is, I may extend the length of the nominations.
What's Required to Nominate:
The focus of this poll is Animation in the North America. Thus, we are largely looking for things that were broadcast in the North America.
In order to qualify it must have:
- Have a proper, legal, legit English Dub.
- The complete and proper name of the series is required for nomination. (Example: Nominate Superman: The Animated Series, not Superman: TAS or STAS.)
- The series must have been legally and legitimately available to North American Audiences in one of the following ways between 1980 to 1989.
- The series must have had been broadcast in the US on any channel (Including premium channels such as HBO and Cinemax).
- The series must have had a Direct to Video release in North America available in retail brick and mortar stores.
- The series must have had a legal streaming feed directed towards a North American audiences through (Including Pay-per-view, Comcast OnDemand, Youtube, Hulu).
- Availible in a Brick and Mortar store.
- The series must have STARTED between 1980 and 1989. A series with an extended break will be weighted on their own. This includes:
- Series Restarts: A series that had an extended break and returns with different writing staff or animation staff. (Example: Jonny Quest 1960s vs Jonny Quest 1980s. They both have the same animation style, but the 1980s version was meant to immitate the 1960s version.)
- Series Reboots: A series that intentionally restarts, re-introducing and re-estabashing characters and storyline elements. (TMNT 1980s version vs TMNT 2000s version).
- Movies are only considered series in their own right if they are based directly on a series broadcast in North American and was produced while the series was still in premier utilizing characters and or events from that series. (Example: Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light is considered part of the Yu-Gi-Oh series but Green Lantern: First Flight is considered its own series because it has no established series or continuity with any other series).
- Series will be Alphabetized and divided into categories for the poll. (Example: Comedy, Action, Adventure etc)
Although it's not required, a link to the rabroad Wiki, Wikipedia and TV.com is extremely helpful.
It is my intent to create a master list of series while doing this and provide voters with sources to make an informed decision.
I would also like to include introdutions to series to remind voters about the series before voting.
Here's how Poll Enteries will look
Example:
Help make a complete List:
In order for this poll to be as accurate as possible, I'd like to make this as complete as possible. Please don't just nominate shows you like, please also try to nominate all shows you can think of.
Discussion:
Use this thread not only to nominate series but also to disuss each series. Talk to your fellow posters about all the things that you felt really made the series and really diminished the series.
Also, discuss how well you believe the series aged. Has it lasted the test of time? Is it still watchable and enjoyable over 20 years later or have newer series dominated it and spoiled you?
Most of all, have fun with this! There's an ENORMOUS library of series out there. There's no doubt that everyone here can enjoy talking with their fellow forumers about how series affeted their life or how much they enjoyed watching the series both then and now.
Voting:
Due to lack of features available on vBulletin, I'm going to host the voting through a Gdocs form hosted in this thread. Once all the nominations are made, everyone will be able to cast votes.
Everyone will be able to cast 1 vote per genre and then 3 votes across all nominates series.
Note:
I am going to prorate one series and one series only: Simpsons will be the only exception to the decade rule. This will go into the 90s voting thread even though it started in 1989. This is because the majority of the series in so far only last 2-3 years were as Simpsons is litterally the longest consecutive running animated series in US History. The majority of its episodes have been made in the 90s (so far).
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