Wizard ranks top 100 cartoons?

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I just stumbled upon this now, and thought I'd post it so we could discuss just how very wrong this list is:

  1. The Simpsons
  2. Batman: The Animated Series
  3. The Bugs Bunny Show
  4. Superman (1941)
  5. Transformers
  6. Batman Beyond
  7. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
  8. Johnny Quest
  9. Battle of the Planets
  10. The PowerPuff Girls
  11. Space Ghost Coast to coast
  12. Ren & Stimpy
  13. Dexter's Laboratory
  14. The Tex Avery Show
  15. Tom and Jerry
  16. The Tick
  17. South Park
  18. Pinky and the Brain
  19. Fat Albert and the Cosby kids
  20. Spongebob Squrepants
  21. Superman: The Animated Series
  22. Peanuts
  23. Animaniacs
  24. Schoolhouse Rock
  25. Fantastic Four
  26. Duck Tales
  27. Futurama
  28. Spider-Man: The Animated series
  29. Gargoyles
  30. Voltron: Defender of the universe
  31. Star Blazers
  32. Family Guy
  33. Robotech
  34. Mobile Suit Gundam wing
  35. Rugrats
  36. The Real Ghostbusters
  37. Spider-man and his amazing friends
  38. The adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
  39. Scooby-Doo
  40. Dr. Katz, professional therapist
  41. Dungeons and dragons
  42. X-men
  43. Space Ghost
  44. Freakazoid!
  45. The Herculoids
  46. Defenders of the Earth
  47. Thundarr The Barbarian
  48. Spawn
  49. X-Men: Evolution
  50. Dragon Ball Z
  51. Thundercats
  52. Clerks
  53. He-man and the masters of the universe
  54. Scooby's all-star Laff-a-lympics
  55. Darkwing Duck
  56. The Flintstones
  57. The Critic
  58. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  59. Smurfs
  60. Beavis and Butt-head
  61. King of the Hill
  62. Danger Mouse
  63. Challenge of the Superfriends
  64. Muppet Babies
  65. Tiny Toon Adventures
  66. Aeon flux
  67. Mighty Mouse Playhouse
  68. Johnny Bravo
  69. The Bullwinkle show
  70. Speed Racer
  71. The Jetsons
  72. The Maxx
  73. Men in Black: The series
  74. The Zeta Project
  75. Saturday Night Live: TV Funhouse
  76. Invader Zim
  77. Histeria!
  78. Jayce and the wheeled warriors
  79. Popeye the Sailor
  80. Transformers: Beast wars
  81. The Inhumanoids
  82. The woody Woodpecker show
  83. Marvel Superheroes
  84. Spider-man
  85. Inspector Gadget
  86. Daria
  87. Disney's Aladdin
  88. Static Shock
  89. Sailor Moon
  90. Neon Genesis Evangelion
  91. Cow and Chicken
  92. Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?
  93. Jem
  94. Voltron: Defender of the near universe
  95. SilverHawks
  96. Josie and the Pussycats
  97. Transformers: Beast Machines
  98. The Yogi Bear Show
  99. She-Ra
  100. M.A.S.K.
My immediate impressions? Simpsons is a big show, but not number 1 in my eyes. She-Ra is definitely not 99 on the list. I mean, how did Aladdin get ranked higher? And who the heck is Jayce?

Discuss. Apologies if this is very old news to y'all.
 
It's odd that there's such a huge gap between the Simpsons and Family Guy, as I would have thought that they would have listed those much more closely together, seeing that they're quite similar. There's also some very obscure cartoons on there, even some I've never heard of, like She-Ea, Jem, Jayce, the Critic, etc. Also, no Home Movies.:crying:
 
Yep, seven years ago. Don't forget, everyone, Wizard is overrun with 20-or-30 somethings that grew up on Transformers and the like. It's also worth noting that when this was in production, Samurai Jack couldn't of aired more than the movie and Justice League was still waiting to be aired; had it came out when both had enough episodes to judge, they would be on the list, JL in the top 5, likely.

Personally, I'd switch Looney Tunes and The Simpsons positions on the list, as well as G.I. Joe and The Tex Avery Show and add Ed, Edd, n' Eddy and Rocko's Modern Life somewhere, but that's just me.


Remember, this was done in 2001, Family Guy was still pretty obscure at this point. I could see it go much higher on the list had this been done a few months after it hit [adult swim](it did get the #2 slot on their "Top 10 Cartoons on the Air" list done 4 years alter BTW), but for the time, many would of question if it's top 100, let alone top 10, material/


If you like The Simpons, then I'm sure you really would get a kick out of The Critic. Putting that up in the air.


Again, don't be offended, since this list was done before Home Movies hit [as], remaining as only a brief memory of UPN's short-lived animation line-up. Could make it now, though.
 
Uhh, why? I'm not sticking up for anime, I'm just curious as to why anime shouldn't be on a list of the greatest cartoons. BTW that would also put Invader Zim in question, although one could argue it was simply influenced by anime, but not actually anime.
 
Considering the name of the magazine, I'm surprised the Super Mario Bros. 3 cartoon wasn't voted Number 1. :p

In all seriousness though, I think it's kind of strange, barring the anime argument, to see theatrical cartoons (Fleischer Superman, Popeye) mixed in with TV cartoons (most of them), and in the case of Schoolhouse Rock, short vignettes aired between TV cartoons. They're really too different to be ranked identically and would be like a top 100 Live Action progams list with a Three Stooges short, Desperate Housewives, and The Matrix.
 
You know, that's not a bad list. It's missing a few shows like Invader Zim or King of the Hill and shows like Family Guy and South Park should be higher but overall, I like what Wizard magazine has done with the list.
 
Ha. What's ironic is that The Super Mario Bros. Super Show actually landed in their top 10 Worst Animated Series, which I'd give out the exact order of if I could find the magazine in my vaults. I'm sure MonkeyFunk can, though.
 
Any animation should be welcome, but the problem is finding one that actually should be on there. Is this a list of just favorites (which is subjective) or is it considering influence and impact? I'd say the former since a lot of the shows on there have had no influence or impact on the modern world.
 
Just watch it, it has a lot of anime effects.

As to when, I'm not sure, but I've heard people say it was anime or very much like anime at my school. Other than that, I've never heard it being called anime before. Honestly, Invader Zim being labeled as anime surprised me when I first heard it, too. And personally, I disagree with it being anime, but, again, it's does have some anime characteristics, and the IZ staff has acknowledged these likenesses on the dvd release.
 
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