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The Real Ghostbusters (cartoon) first 5 seasons are up on Netflix (U.S)
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Jason's Ultimatum
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I'm a....I'm a.......I'm a GHOSTBUSTER!
Host Samurai
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The music is even better than how I remember it
Yes! I always struggled to remember the name of the tape that I too owned. "Knock, Knock."
Goddamn that was an amazing piece of animation, from the train ride to the closing of the door.
"Do not open until Doomsday..."
Caddywompus
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I've alway had a Ghostbusters app next to Netflix and Hulu, I think it's called Crackle but that's the only thing it's good for. Well that and Happy Endings.
Sooner or later the regions should show up at unogs.
Sir_Crocodile
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Knock Knock is your Ghostbusters 3.
Other highlights are the two Boogeyman eps, the two Samhein episodes, and "play them ragtime boos".
Fantastic series. That inhouse band they had (Tahiti I think) really added a lot too. I think they only got them because the company signed them for their record label but something fell through so they worked on ghostbusters instead.
Other highlights are the two Boogeyman eps, the two Samhein episodes, and "play them ragtime boos".
Fantastic series. That inhouse band they had (Tahiti I think) really added a lot too. I think they only got them because the company signed them for their record label but something fell through so they worked on ghostbusters instead.
CadetMahoney
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Have they ever released an OST for this cartoon?
I want some of the songs.
I want some of the songs.
The Salt Life
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Is this a cruel April fool's joke?
This.
Sir_Crocodile
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They did back in the day, but I don't think it was ever reissued.
RPGCrazied
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Nice. Love this cartoon. Though I bought the firehouse box set with the entire show on DVD from TimeLife couple years ago, sadly not the steelbooks.
Lord Frieza
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It's on Hulu. I really wish it would have had a much longer run than it did.
Been on wishlist since 2015. I think it was around $80 when I added it.... or $120 maybe, no where near $376 though.
Shit is obscene
RPGCrazied
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Yeah, I ordered mine for $120 on TimeLife's official website, I'm guessing you can't anymore?
CadetMahoney
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dat face
I'm talking about tracks used in the cartoon, google links to me to some other songs involving "Tahiti" group, but those sound like they weren't used.
FloppyDelux
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Been on wishlist since 2015. I think it was around $80 when I added it.... or $120 maybe, no where near $376 though.
I remember buying that with my Paycheck when I worked at BestBuy.. in 2008ish
JasonUresti
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Likely the best writing in an 80s cartoon. A big factor in it's huge success was that it didn't treat it's child audience like morons by dumbing it all down. Instead it explored and included themes you rarely if ever saw in kids cartoons of the era.
Until the later seasons switched staff and began to emphasize Slimer and simplicity, the show never really had a bad episode. Clearly some that were lesser than the classic episodes, but no outright stinkers.
Even the episode with the guy who looked like and thus hated chickens is worth a watch. It's such a strange premise that it becomes , intentionally I think, a comedic take on some old weird fiction story that have appeared in Weird Tales back in the 20's.
Until the later seasons switched staff and began to emphasize Slimer and simplicity, the show never really had a bad episode. Clearly some that were lesser than the classic episodes, but no outright stinkers.
Even the episode with the guy who looked like and thus hated chickens is worth a watch. It's such a strange premise that it becomes , intentionally I think, a comedic take on some old weird fiction story that have appeared in Weird Tales back in the 20's.
They rerelease the series on digital, DVD and maybe bluray when the new movie came out. It's not a box set though, but individual discs
davidwhangchoi
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why are the streams yellow on fox and red for abc. never understood that
canoli2006
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Awesome! I got up this morning wanting to watch the episodes Citizen Ghost and Knock Knock. Great examples of episodes that could have been adapted into a feature film but let's not go down that road.
BlackLagoon
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Actually, it's the movies that are fictional adaptations of The Real Ghostbusters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9h_qrs8nMc
Count Dookkake
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It's nice to see people excited about this franchise again.
Been on wishlist since 2015. I think it was around $80 when I added it.... or $120 maybe, no where near $376 though.
Pretty sure bestbuy has the complete series but in regular DVD cases.
Such a great cartoon. Best episodes outside of Knock, Knock and Citizen Ghost you should all check out:
Drool the Dog-Faced Goblin
The Man Who Never Reached Home
Janine's Day Off
Mr Sandman
Night Game
Lupusville
Gah I could go on and on.
The first and second season are all mostly great and that's like 100 episodes. The art design for the ghosts was amazing, it didn't feel like a kids show. THIS is the Ghostbusters they need to bring back. RGB > the movie
Drool the Dog-Faced Goblin
The Man Who Never Reached Home
Janine's Day Off
Mr Sandman
Night Game
Lupusville
Gah I could go on and on.
The first and second season are all mostly great and that's like 100 episodes. The art design for the ghosts was amazing, it didn't feel like a kids show. THIS is the Ghostbusters they need to bring back. RGB > the movie
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
I love the style of this cartoon---the ghosts are definitely Japanese-y though.
The little ending animation looks off next to everything else with them dancing, guess that was quickly thrown together on the American side of things?
The little ending animation looks off next to everything else with them dancing, guess that was quickly thrown together on the American side of things?
Pilgrimzero
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Been on wishlist since 2015. I think it was around $80 when I added it.... or $120 maybe, no where near $376 though.
The hell?!? I bought that like a year ago for like 80. I can't believe it's over $300 now
Pilgrimzero
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Cool!
Maybe they'll have the awesome 1980's Dungeons & Dragons cartoon eventually too?....
Sad to hear about the final episode that never got made. You find out that
Venger was DMs son and the kids un curse him and reunite them. They then get the option to go home but decide to stay and have more adventures
TheSadRanger
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Personally I love the ghost design. So many of them look like something straight of the first Vampire Hunter D.
Sometimes it almost feels like the Ghostbusters entered the world of Berserk or something lol.
I watched a couple episodes of this that were included on the Ghostbusters 1&2 DVD set. The animation quality is pretty painful.
What are the must see episodes and story arcs? Does the animation get better or worse as the series goes on? It seems like most shows either go uphill or downhill.
What are the must see episodes and story arcs? Does the animation get better or worse as the series goes on? It seems like most shows either go uphill or downhill.
I don't see any reason to think that (indeed, I'm pretty sure everything was shipped overseas for animation as was common for 80's cartoons). It's just an awkward movement to portray in animation from that angle.
There are no arcs, but a couple episodes have sequels or follow-ups. The animation stays pretty consistent throughout the series, but it's no worse (arguably better) than its contemporaries for the time period.
I would watch Knock, Knock, Ghostbuster of the Year, Jailbusters, No One Comes to Lupusville, Citizen Ghost, the Boogeyman episodes, the Collect Call of Cthulhu, and frankly a whole shitload of others I'm forgetting. The show is second only to B:TAS for me, it's almost all good stuff.
Armoured Priest
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There is this boxed set:
https://smile.amazon.com/Real-Ghostbusters-01-02-Set/dp/B01EPYJXL8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491098465&sr=8-1&keywords=Real+Ghostbusters
It's around the first half of the series...i suspect now that the next 5 volumes are available, they'll be put into a boxed set as well.
It's nowhere near as cool a package as the Time/Life one...but it's a lot less expensive. The video quality is perfectly watchable.
https://smile.amazon.com/Real-Ghostbusters-01-02-Set/dp/B01EPYJXL8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491098465&sr=8-1&keywords=Real+Ghostbusters
It's around the first half of the series...i suspect now that the next 5 volumes are available, they'll be put into a boxed set as well.
It's nowhere near as cool a package as the Time/Life one...but it's a lot less expensive. The video quality is perfectly watchable.
Rhomega Beta
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Watching The Bird of Kildarby. Ray still has Tobin's Spirit Guide, which looks like a paranormal Pokedex. In fact, the premise of Ghostbusters involves weakening ghosts and trapping them in devices. Gotta bust 'em all!
Tom Nook Sawyer
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Does anyone remember which episode was the one with the ghost trains? I think they even had faces...
brokenbeans
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Love this series.
Knock Knock.
sans_pants
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Watched 5 eps with a 2.5 year old tonight (she loves the og movie) and the boogeyman ep legit got her scared
Love this show
Love this show
CadetMahoney
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World SkiFree
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I have this new box set, I think it is terrific. A wonderful value. Great news about the show being added to Netflix, too.
I've watched a few episodes recently, I think it has held up very well but can't say if people new to the series will take to it without nostalgia goggles.
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