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Best 80s Fantasy TV Series

Explore the highest-rated 80s Fantasy television shows. Classic nostalgia and memorable series from the 80s.

#1. Ranma ½ (1989–)

★ 8.6/10 1,542 votes

Ranma Saotome, a teenage martial artist, and his father Genma travel to the 'cursed training ground' of Jusenkyo in China. There, despite the warnings of the Chinese guard, they fall into the cursed springs. From now on, whenever Ranma is doused in cold water, he turns into a girl and a cute, well-built redhead at that. Hot water changes him back into a man again, but only until the next time. To make matters worse, his father engages him to Akane Tendo, a girl who hates boys.

#2. Robotech (1985–)

★ 8.6/10 384 votes

Robotech is an 85-episode adaptation of three different anime television series made between 1982-1984 in Japan; the adaptation was aired in 1985. Within the combined and edited story, Robotechnology refers to the scientific advances discovered in an alien starship that crashed on a South Pacific island. With this technology, Earth developed giant robotic machines or mecha to fight three successive extraterrestrial invasions.

#3. Saint Seiya (1986–)

★ 8.5/10 1,460 votes

Ages ago, the goddess Athena was served by fighters called Saints who channeled the power of the Cosmos within them. Now a youth named Seiya has trained to become a Saint himself by earning the mystical Cloth of Pegasus. He is joined by other Saints with Cloths of their own to fight for Athena.

#4. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–)

★ 8.4/10 1,840 votes

Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.

#5. Dragon Ball Z (1989–)

★ 8.4/10 4,986 votes

Now happily married and with a son, martial arts champion Goku must defend Earth from a series of extraterrestrial invaders bent on destruction.

#6. Choujuu Sentai Liveman (1988–)

★ 8.3/10 183 votes

Yusuke, Jo, Megumi, Kenji, Gou and Rui are students at Academia but the latter three decide to turn bad and join forces with the evil army Volt. When the defectors return, their three friends are forced to combat them as Choujuu Sentai Liveman. With the help of an android ally named Colon and a few others along the way, the Liveman must save the world and their friends.

#7. Dragon Ball (1986–)

★ 8.3/10 3,457 votes

Young Goku sets off on a quest with his teenage friend Bulma to find the seven Dragon Balls, which grant whoever possesses them a single wish.

#8. Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics (1987–)

★ 8.3/10 161 votes

Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics is a Japanese animated anthology series by Nippon Animation. The episodes are adaptations of a variety of folk and fairy tales, and not limited to Grimm's Fairy Tales.

#9. Space Cobra (1982–)

★ 8.2/10 227 votes

Cobra lived an adventurous life until his enemies began to hunt him down. He surgically altered his face and erased his own memory in order to hide from his foes and lead a normal life. Eventually, he regains his memories and re-unites with his old partner Lady Armaroid and his ship Tortuga. Cobra travels the galaxy, fighting the outlaw Pirate Guild, but also fleeing the law-enforcing Milky Way Patrol.

#10. ThunderCats (1985–)

★ 8.2/10 1,114 votes

The inhabitants of the planet Thundera evacuate just before it is destroyed. They were pursued by a band of mutants. All but one of their escape ships was destroyed. Only a small group of Thunderians (Thundercats) remained. With only half engine power, the group, which was led by Jaga, had to set a course for the nearest planet. Jaga commanded their ship while the other seven were in their stasis tubes. Jaga died on their journey to Third Earth and their ship crashed there. Soon they made friends with various groups in the area and they designed a fortress. Mumm-Ra the centuries-old embodiment of evil, along with the mutants that destroyed the rest of the Thunderians are a constant threat. But Lion-O, the new leader of the Thundercats, with his weapon the "Sword of Omens" will help the Thundercats to have a standing chance.

#11. The Storyteller (1988–)

★ 8.2/10 242 votes

The Storyteller, aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.

#12. SilverHawks (1986–)

★ 8.2/10 350 votes

Bionic policemen fight an escaped alien mob boss and his gang in space.

#13. Red Dwarf (1988–)

★ 8.1/10 456 votes

The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.

#14. Fist of the North Star (1984–)

★ 8.0/10 129 votes

It's the year 199x, and Earth burns with the fires of a nuclear holocaust. On the charred remains of the planet's surface, humans struggle desperately to survive a fearful world. The young wanderer Kenshiro rises to stand against the violent reality. Upon his chest are seven scars in the shape of the North Star!

#15. Ulysses 31 (1981–)

★ 8.0/10 125 votes

Ulysses and his crew struggle against the divine entities that rule the universe, the ancient gods from Greek mythology.