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Best 70s Animation TV Series of All Time Ranked

#1. Candy Candy (1976–)

★ 8.5/10 727 votes

This story is about a girl, Candy, who is a orphan. She is a nice and optimistic girl and she has a warm heart. When she was a child, she lived in an orphanage called Pony's Home. She had a good friend called Ann. And she met the "handsome boy on the hill" who is a important person in her life, on the hill behind the orphanage. She was adopted by the Loka's family. What's awaiting her are the bad-hearted Leo and his sister, Eliza. One day, in the rose garden, she met a boy, who is identical to the "handsome boy on the hill" who she had met in her childhood. The boy is called Antony. Thereafter, a fantastic story that she has never expected begins.

#2. Future Boy Conan (1978–)

★ 8.4/10 224 votes

After the great disaster of 2008, a war that destroyed the planet, the world is now largely ocean with the continents having sunk. Conan lives on a remote island with his grandpa and nature, never having seen another human being. But one day a mysterious girl, Lana, washes up on his beach. The two become quick friends, but she’s soon kidnapped and taken to Industria, a technological remainder from the world before. Conan leaves his island in pursuit, braving new lands and many hardships with new friends and enemies just beyond the horizon.

#3. The Rose of Versailles (1979–)

★ 8.3/10 197 votes

Raised from birth as a man, the Lady Oscar commands the palace guards at Versailles in the years before the French Revolution. Her beauty and noble spirit make her a shining figure in the eyes of both men and women but she is torn between her chosen life of service and duty to class and country and her own heart and desires. She lives as a noble amidst the opulence of Versailles but her keen senses and compassion are not blinded to the poverty of the French people.

#4. Once Upon a Time… Man (1978–)

★ 8.3/10 148 votes

The history of mankind from prehistoric times to the 20th century.

#5. Great Mazinger (1974–)

★ 8.3/10 142 votes

After Koji Kabuto and Sayaka Yumi leave to the USA, it's up to the rash orphan Tetsuya Tsurugi to pilot the next Mazinger robot: the Great Mazinger. Under the direction of Dr. Kenzo Kabuto and helped by his adoptive sister Jun Honou, Tetsuya battles the Miccene Empire.

#6. Nobody's Boy: Remi (1977–)

★ 8.2/10 143 votes

Orphaned Remi gets hired out to a traveling street entertainer Vitalis when her foster parents fall on hard times.

#7. Scooby's All-Stars (1977–)

★ 8.1/10 135 votes

Each episode of this series include multiple segments: The first and last were "Laff-A-Lympics" segments, the other ones were "Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels", "Scooby-Doo" and "Dynomutt" segments. The "Laff-A-Lympics" segments feature 45 Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters (classic and otherwise) competing for gold medals in wacky events. Events include racing on ostriches, camels, kangaroos, rickshaws and unicycles, as well as scavenging for creatures like the Abominable Snowman, vampires, and the Loch Ness Monster.

#8. Captain Future (1978–)

★ 8.1/10 116 votes

Curtis Newton, aka Captain Future, is an orphan. His parents died in their artificial satellite while he was an infant. His father was a scientist, who has abandoned earth for the satellite to dedicate his life for science along with his aging friend the genius Dr Simon Wright. Wright senses his death, and decides to implant his brain in a mechanical container. They both manufactured a superior robot and an android. Captain future dedicated his life to fight evil along with his three men, the brain, android, and robot.

#9. Lupin the 3rd (1971–)

★ 8.0/10 132 votes

Follow the exciting adventures of Arsene Lupin III, the grandson of the world's greatest thief, Arsene Lupin. Together with Daisuke Jigen, Goemon Ishikawa and his love interest Fujiko Mine, he carries out the greatest robberies of all time, all the while evading the control of Inspector Koichi Zenigata.

#10. Mazinger Z (1972–)

★ 8.0/10 421 votes

Mazinger Z, known briefly as Tranzor Z in the United States, is a Japanese super robot manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. The first manga version was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1972 to August 1973, and it later continued in Kodansha TV Magazine from October 1973 to September 1974. It was adapted into an anime television series which aired on Fuji TV from December 1972 to September 1974. A second manga series was released alongside the TV show, this one drawn by Gosaku Ota, which started and ended almost at the same time of the TV show. Mazinger Z has spawned several sequels and spinoff series, among them UFO Robot Grendizer and Mazinkaiser. It was a very popular cartoon in Mexico during the 1980s, where it was dubbed into Spanish directly from the Japanese version, keeping the Japanese character names and broadcasting all 92 episodes, unlike the version aired in the U.S.

#11. The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–)

★ 7.9/10 173 votes

The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour is a 60-minute package show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1976 for ABC Saturday mornings. It marked the first new installments of the cowardly canine since 1973, and contained the following segments: The Scooby-Doo Show and Dynomutt, Dog Wonder.

#12. The All New Pink Panther Show (1978–)

★ 7.8/10 195 votes

Crazylegs Crane inserts himself between 2 Pink Panther adventures.

#13. Cantinflas Show (1972–)

★ 7.8/10 138 votes

Cantinflas, the main character, is present in popular stories like Samson and Delilah, and meets famous geniuses like Einstein and Edison.

#14. Super Friends (1973–)

★ 7.7/10 160 votes

The most powerful heroes ever--Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Batman and Robin--join forces with teenagers Wendy and Marvin and their dog, Marvel the Wonderdog, to defend justice and guard the innocent.

#15. Doraemon (1979–)

★ 7.7/10 615 votes

Doraemon is an anime TV series created by Fujiko F. Fujio and based on the manga series of the same name. This anime is the much more successful successor of the 1973 anime.

Best 70s Animation TV Series

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#1. Candy Candy (1976–)

#2. Future Boy Conan (1978–)

#3. The Rose of Versailles (1979–)

#4. Once Upon a Time… Man (1978–)

#5. Great Mazinger (1974–)

#6. Nobody's Boy: Remi (1977–)

#7. Scooby's All-Stars (1977–)

#8. Captain Future (1978–)

#9. Lupin the 3rd (1971–)

#10. Mazinger Z (1972–)

#11. The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–)

#12. The All New Pink Panther Show (1978–)

#13. Cantinflas Show (1972–)

#14. Super Friends (1973–)

#15. Doraemon (1979–)

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Best 70s Animation TV Series

Tired of scrolling? Find where to stream these instantly.

#1. Candy Candy (1976–)

#2. Future Boy Conan (1978–)

#3. The Rose of Versailles (1979–)

#4. Once Upon a Time… Man (1978–)

#5. Great Mazinger (1974–)

#6. Nobody's Boy: Remi (1977–)

#7. Scooby's All-Stars (1977–)

#8. Captain Future (1978–)

#9. Lupin the 3rd (1971–)

#10. Mazinger Z (1972–)

#11. The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–)

#12. The All New Pink Panther Show (1978–)

#13. Cantinflas Show (1972–)

#14. Super Friends (1973–)

#15. Doraemon (1979–)

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