Arabic 80′s Cartoons

Nothing cries Nostalgia louder than OLD CARTOONS! Especially for us lucky ones that lived outside the states and were exposed to the best of the best. (For some reason some of those amazing masterpiece animes were not broadcast in the USA…what the hell were kids watching in the 80′s??)

Every respectable Arab blogged about this, and I’m not better than any of them. Actually, I probably am, but here it is! The ultimate list…{with a wiki-type link to the Anime News Network and a youtube link -both when available}

Some names seem unfamiliar at first, but watch a YouTube clip and you’ll be amazed at just how many cartoons you actually watched back then! 

 رانزي المدهشة – About / YouTube Clip

تاو تاو – About / YouTube Clip  [I have a special love for this cartoon, madree laish]

سالي – About / YouTube Clip

خماسي – About / YouTube Clip

سانشيرو – About / YouTube Clip

أليس في بلاد العجائب – About / YouTube Clip

مغامرات نحول , بشار – About / YouTube Clip

بسمة و عبدو – About / YouTube Clip

عدنان و لينا – About / YouTube Clip

فلونة – About / YouTube Clip

غريندايزر – About / YouTube Clip (One of the best)

هايدي – About / YouTube Clip

جونكر – About / YouTube Clip

ليدي ليدي – About / YouTube Clip

ليدي أوسكار – About / YouTube Clip (never got into this one too much, i don’t even remember what it’s about)

النسر الذهبي – About / YouTube Clip (This has got to be the WORST theme song in the history of television – painful!!)

رعد العملاق – About – YouTube Clip (one of my personal favourites)

رامي الصياد الصغير – About / YouTube Clip (the tangee3at in this cartoon are only matched by the ones in Captain Majed)

سندباد – About / YouTube Clip

حكايات عالامية – About / YouTube Clip (I love love LOVE this cartoon, LOVE IT!!)

النمر المقنع – About / YouTube Clip (I hated this one, it was shit)

زينة ونحول – About / YouTube Clip (this is one of those that I only watched when the only thing on the other (3) channels was News – which when i was a kid made me feel ufff 7ar ow rasee e3awernee or camel racing..same feeling ba3ad lol )

 كابتن ماجد  - About / YouTube Clip   (The Godfather of 80′s cartoons)

وادي الامان – About / YouTube Clip

الرحالة الصغير  - About / YouTube Clip (I have been searching for this cartoon FOR YEARS! YEARS!!!! I  never knew what it was called, I thought it was a girl not a boy, and it never occured to me that it was a version of The Little Prince. I still can’t believe I found this. This YouTube user rocks. I love him.)

اخي العزيز – About / YouTube Clip

توته في المريخ – About / YouTube Clip  

جورجي – About / YouTube Clip

جزيرة الكنز – About / YouTube Clip

حكيم الاقزام – About / YouTube Clip

ريمي الولد – About / YouTube Clip

رحلة العجائب – About / YouTube Clip

رحلة عنابه – About / YouTube Clip

سهم الفضاء – About / YouTube Clip

سوسن الزهرة الجميله – About / YouTube Clip

سبانك – About / YouTube Clip (this one was so funny)

صاحب الظل الطويل – About / YouTube Clip (Every girl’s favourite after Sally)

طمطم – About / YouTube Clip

 المغامرون الابطال- About / YouTube Clip

حنان – About / YouTube Clip

رغيف عجيب  - About / YouTube Clip

لوز و سكر  - About / YouTube Clip

بوليانا – About / YouTube Clip

ميمي الصغيره  - About / YouTube Clip

سفينة الأصدقاء  - About / YouTube Clip

الشجعان الثلاثة – About / YouTube Clip

فريق العباقرة  - About / YouTube Clip

نصف بطل  - About / YouTube Clip

زهرة الجبل – About / YouTube Clip

كعبول – About / YouTube Clip

الأحلام الذهبية  - About / YouTube Clip (Not only is this one of the greatest cartoons of all time, it has the best theme song)

عقلة الاصبع  - About / YouTube Clip

طمطوم – About / YouTube Clip (We named my sister after this tomato)

فارس الفتى الشجاع  - About / YouTube Clip

عبقور – About / YouTube Clip (Couldn’t find an arabic clip)

موكا موكا – About / YouTube Clip

سميد – About / YouTube Clip

مغامرات نيلز – About / YouTube Clip

نينجا المغامر  - About / YouTube Clip

بومبو – About / YouTube Clip

ابنتي العزيزة راوية  - About / YouTube Clip

الحديقة السرية  - About / YouTube Clip

بن بن و العم شنبو – About / YouTube Clip (no clip )

الضفدع الشجاع  - About / YouTube Clip

مدينه النخيل – About / YouTube Clip (I had all the toys for this series – I love the attempt at ..rapping? in the theme song)

قرية التوت – About / YouTube Clip

روبوتان – About / YouTube Clip

مغامرات حنين  - About / YouTube Clip

احلى الايام  - About / YouTube Clip

لبيبه – About / YouTube Clip

السيدة ملعقة – About / YouTube Clip (One of the cartoons that makes you believe the world is alright )

فتاة المراعي  - About / YouTube Clip

الفتى النبيل - About / YouTube Clip

في جعبتي حكايه  - About / YouTube Clip

نساء صغيرات  - About / YouTube Clip (For some reason I was always eating oranges when I watched this.)

لوسي – About / YouTube Clip (there are so many cartoons about a girl, it can get pretty confusing)

لحن الحياة  - About / YouTube Clip

شما في البراري – About / YouTube Clip

الراكون راسكال  - About / YouTube Clip

سنان – About / YouTube Clip 

ساسوكي – About /YouTube Clip (ehda2 for Shaika)

الوميض الأزرق – About / YouTube Clip

بحيرة البجع - About / YouTube Clip (A movie, not a series, but wow. Quality.)

بنـــــان  - About / YouTube Clip

مغامرات جامبا  - About / YouTube Clip

فتى النينجا  - About / YouTube Clip

مغامرات بسيط  - About / YouTube Clip

كاليميرو – About / YouTube Clip (a cartoon about loneliness)

لبنى السريعة – About / YouTube Clip

ماروكو الصغيرة – About / YouTube Clip (This JUST misses the 80′s era, but she is the cutest character on television after Shin Chan. Me and my sister always licked Nido while watching this)

*Shin Chan – About / YouTube Clip [ I don't think this exists in Arabic. However it has to be one of the funniest cartoons I have ever seen. A tiny, dirty mouthed kid you can't help loving. I watched this in French. It sucks in English. Probably funniest in Japanese.]

-Mariam