i just watched voltron but its not. Never heard of this 80s cartoon. Maybe theres many i never got to see. I can believe how many are showing up on youtube i have never seen or heared off. I feel like a kid again.
@landrykkb the thing is, stuff we see here in america (at least at that time) WAS already done and completed. it was ALL japanese creations. the only thing making or breaking release dates over here was who paid whom and corporate ballyhoo. i mean, come on, i was watching robotech in like, what, the late 1980's? do you know how many years it took before i even got the idea to research it? turns out it was an amalgam of 3 unrelated manga.
Cartoons of yester year are so much better than the God aweful shit my generation is watching today with only a handful of decent exceptions(NARUTO,AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER,MONSTER BUSTER CLUB etc.)other then those??Todays toons SUCK HAIRY BALLS!!
@SonicShadowSilver I know a little adults hate him but you also have to put Spongbob as part(even though he debut in late '99) the '90's cartoons that was decent until season 6 through the end.Admit was decent,with episodes like Spongbob "Ripped Pants".Watch it and you'll laugh at it too!But toons of yesterday give so much more,I am surprised that Hollywood has only a handful of movies based on them.
ANYONE know the name of a cartoon that was a lot like Centurions, there was one episode where these massive polar bears attack the base, and one where they put these white wings on themselves like the centurions, but I don't think it was centurions though. If anyone has any suggestion PLEASE let me know, been looking for about 10 years now!
The 80's were the best decade to be a kid. All cartoons now are feminized, pussy ass, liberal feminist propoganda. sigh....very little violence. It's a shame
Kind of a shame it got canned, by the creators of Gobots of all things, you'd think the creators of Godmars (The robot Might Orbots is inspired by) would have done it, but no, it's Gobots, Might Orbots didn't even get a toy for god's sake! >.<
One of my most favorite cartoons ever! Back then, I had a friend who had the actual toys of the Orbots. You better believe I was super jealous. I wonder if he still has them. I'm sure the Orbots are indeed a collectors item now.
@hotsupa There were no Orbots toys made. They were planned (based off of a Japanese GodMars toy), but never released. Whatever your friend had, it was not Mighty Orbots.
@Keldroc he might have actually had Godmars. back in the 80s, Bandai brought over to the states it's Godaikin line, and I believe Godmars was one of the robots of it. They're on youtube, and as toys they are awesome-imagine 2-3 feet tall diecast robots, with firing weapons and tons of accesories.
@thegreatcyke4ever Actually Mighty Orbots aired 2 days before Voltron started in syndication. Mighty Orbots premiered September 8, 1984 and Voltron premiered September 10, 1984.
Wow, that's a trip down memory lane. I loved this show as a kid. My parents actually had a video cassette recorded for me with episodes of these guys, He-Man, and Transformers. Same freaking 10-12 episodes...but what an Epic 10-12 they where.
I remember watching this show. Sadly the AWESOME animation and music from the intro didnt really translate into the actual show. Was kind of poorly drawn and lame. But that intro, one of the all time best ever!!
Thank you for the Orbots opening sequence. When I was a kid I used to watch this every Saturday. The song was kick ass, Do you guys remember the Galaxy Sheriffs, that was cool also. Damn, so many years so many years have passed and gone.
I just can't believe this cartoon looks as good as I remember it!! Where are these kind of cartoons now?? Saturday mornings have degraded from an almost Divine day of the week to a horrible joke! People save the world using card games? Ugh. 80s cartoon will always rock 'cause they didn't talk down to their audience and were NOT afraid to show as the grim realities of life! This PC thuggery has ruined America and will continue for generations to come!
The Animation on orbots was hands down the best of the 80's. It used to come on at 5:30am on Saturday mornings here! Me and my bro would wake up at 5 to start the cartoon-a-thon. It was this, then scooby doo and the 13 ghosts, turbo teen, voltron, then my sister would come in and take over to watch her chick-tunes. Those were the days.
I can't believe this show was so easily shut down by the fucking GOBOTS. Just...why? That's injustice at its boldest. Not because it was beaten in ratings, but because of a fucking lawsuit.
YOU DON'T GET TO FILE SUIT IF YOU'RE A GODDAMNED RIPOFF TO BEGIN WITH.
@SuperCartiel : Tonka sued on the basis that 'Mighty Orbots' was stolen from their Gobots line, perhaps because the name was very close to their Gobots slogan, "Mighty Robots, Mighty Vehicles". It really didn't have much to stand on, but Orbots didn't get great ratings (its timeslot was against the Smurfs, a juggernaut at the time) so the creators just let it go.
hey! how often do you see that in stories? where the hero is responsible for the creation of the villain?
looking back, this was a great cartoon; a great "responsibility" message.
UMBRA got out of control, the geek knew it was his fault so, he made the Orbots. He's supposed to be some high level genius, even by the standards of the future.
this was a great cartoon wish I had seen the last episode back when I would have enjoyed it.
I thought this cartoon was kind of interesting; the villain was MADE by the hero, if I recall the cartoon's story, the main character, the nerdy guy? He created UMBRA, and to make ammends to try and deactivate it, he made the Orbots.
@rathraven1313 so he finally does kill his evil creation? thanks; glad the animation ended well. Too bad I had to move before I had a chance to see the final episode, either that or I just don't remember.
In the future it may actually come to that; they say a geek's only friend is his computer, in the future it could be his ultra high tech sentient robots.
Yeah. I loved the intro as a kid too. I even have a VHS of , I think, 5 of the episodes. lol. I put it away....don't know where, sadly. My son would probably love it.
ah hell no!!! this was one of the greatest 80s cartoon, next to transformers;gi joe, m.a.s.k.; etc, but i have star trekking in the twighlight zone for this cartoon, what would i run up to next?
Man, I used to LOVE this cartoon!! I started watching it by mistake as a kid. I was looking at the T.V guide, and I misread it and thought it said Mighty Gobots. Ever since then I was a fan. For some reason, the animation and graphics for this cartoon always seemed to be extra crisp and vivid. Does anyone else agree?
Most of my friends dont remember this show. I agree, I miss the Saturday morning cartoons also. I remember Battle of the Planets. :) And the other classics like Starblazers, Voltron, and Robotech. Any of you all remember the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon?
Such an underrated series. It's too bad the show got canceled because those douchebags at Tonka threatened to sue the show's creators (supposedly because it sounded too much like GoBots).
That's what killed this show? That sucks! This was about the best Voltron Clone, bar none. I might even go so far as to say I think it better than Voltron. Well, definitely the car Voltron. The lion ships; I'll have to think on that!
can you believe that the 30 year mark is approaching for the inception of a lot of these cartoons???? For me, the nostalgia is mind numbing. I feel sorry for the kids of today.
I felt like I was the only person too who loved this show! so there are more weirdos than just me out there! it is too bad it was canceled after just 1 season though.
It was because of Voltron that this series got canceled.
It had very little to do with if it was good or bad..
Both this show and voltron were Japanese imports.
The fight over the cartoons took place in Japan.
The Voltron creators claimed this show copied voltron too closely and the producers of Voltron forced Mighty Orbots out of fliming production. That was why this show just disappeared.
@orangie84 i loved this show so much. i had thought the reason for the short run was because of ABC. those voltron creators are such a-holes. A truely great show that never had the chance it should have.
Every time I see that intro, I get a little pissed that the show came a couple of years before my time and that I didn't get a chance to see this. It looks friggin' dope.
The old cartoons such as 1980's transformers, blackstar, didn't have a good opening theme either. With a bad economy and tighter budgets most cartoon makers today have to settle for filler music.
hi could you plz tell the name of cartoon where a robot called cybetron appeares and later gets integrated witha boy and so on.. i love that one plz tell
God, I loved this show so much. I thought I was the only person that liked it when I was a kid. 84-85 was the year of robots for me. Voltron, Transformers and this!!! I think Orbots had the best animation of the cartoons out that year and I loved the music score for the show, too. There has to be good quality copies available. Anyone know?
Being a kid in the 80's was the best because before that no company put so much effort in their products like they did. Look at the Transformers then (made of metal) and now (made of plastic and cheesy designs). Shortcuts on manufacturing toys, uncreativitie, laziness and greed have taken over.
Ugh... Tell me about it this show was great. I still believe Genddy Tarovkasky paid homage to this show in the Dexter episode Last But Not Beast. At l;east that's what I get from the intro which is filled with so many memories.
I can think of a few myself like Voltron, Shogun Warriors, TF, Sentai Power Rangers, Godzilla, oh did I also mentioned the Justice Friends were on that episode? They're also a homage to the Superfriends & The Avengers.
Now that you mention it, it's like that episode was one big homage to a lot of material from the 70s 80s and early 90s huh? and to piece it all together I think they created a theme that was like a mix between this theme and The Power Ranger's theme...
i prefer to watch this instead of spongebob or pokemon,today's cartoons suck bad.unless is something like justice league unlimited and the 90's x-men cartoon.those two dealed with serious themes not gotta catch em' all crap.
@weirdwatch that acually sounds like ur discribing a shogun warrior toy.
jaildawg1971 2 days ago
These type of cartoons are good. Cartoons these days are crap.
belmont4511 1 week ago
The All American version of the super robot genre.
histrionyx 1 month ago
Man, this show was my reason for living when I was 10!
muzikmann12 1 month ago
This is my favorite cartoon show at TV5 here in the Philippines back late 1980's.
mumuku35 2 months ago
I use to love this show!!!
taskzulu 3 months ago
Kids these days are too fat and lazy to get up at 7am.
Snapscape 4 months ago
every time i hear rob talk i think of donatello from the ninja turtles
brianb9532 4 months ago
A Voltron knock off that was cooler than Voltron!
SEAWEEDRAVEN 4 months ago
I remember this
mastermaine28 5 months ago
i just watched voltron but its not. Never heard of this 80s cartoon. Maybe theres many i never got to see. I can believe how many are showing up on youtube i have never seen or heared off. I feel like a kid again.
CliveGains80s 5 months ago
Cartoons must revert back to frame by frame goodness, not the crappy 3d anmation that is pretty common these days.
Underb00t 6 months ago
i think this is a voltron wannabe but its still a good cartoon :)
ulysses1981 6 months ago
@ulysses1981 Ahhh.this came out a year before Voltron,so i doubt its a rip-off of that.
landrykkb 5 months ago
@landrykkb the thing is, stuff we see here in america (at least at that time) WAS already done and completed. it was ALL japanese creations. the only thing making or breaking release dates over here was who paid whom and corporate ballyhoo. i mean, come on, i was watching robotech in like, what, the late 1980's? do you know how many years it took before i even got the idea to research it? turns out it was an amalgam of 3 unrelated manga.
and dont get me started on gatchaman.
spadehatesscrewtube 4 months ago
@ulysses1981 well more like god mars actually
um09dndam 5 months ago
hmmm Gundam?
legendaryshinigami 6 months ago
Cartoons of yester year are so much better than the God aweful shit my generation is watching today with only a handful of decent exceptions(NARUTO,AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER,MONSTER BUSTER CLUB etc.)other then those??Todays toons SUCK HAIRY BALLS!!
sammylane21 6 months ago
@sammylane21 - Avatar: The Last Airbender is actually good. It's the rest that suck.
SonicShadowSilver 6 months ago
@SonicShadowSilver I know a little adults hate him but you also have to put Spongbob as part(even though he debut in late '99) the '90's cartoons that was decent until season 6 through the end.Admit was decent,with episodes like Spongbob "Ripped Pants".Watch it and you'll laugh at it too!But toons of yesterday give so much more,I am surprised that Hollywood has only a handful of movies based on them.
sammylane21 6 months ago
Kenny Loggins sang the theme song?
Ozymondias99 6 months ago
This seems like a cheap knockoff of Voltron. Volron was muck better!
kirkindog 7 months ago
I vaugely remember this. :(
CelesteK 7 months ago
Awesome. One of the most underrated shows of the 80's. Hail Mighty Orbots.
Chuloloc 7 months ago
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ANYONE know the name of a cartoon that was a lot like Centurions, there was one episode where these massive polar bears attack the base, and one where they put these white wings on themselves like the centurions, but I don't think it was centurions though. If anyone has any suggestion PLEASE let me know, been looking for about 10 years now!
rolypoly92 7 months ago
NOW THAT WAS A REASON TO GET UP ON SATURDAY MORNINGS AT 6 OR 7 AM!! Kids today, you just dont know... you just DONTknow.
egnod 7 months ago 19
@egnod totally agree
Kaiserraxnos 6 months ago
@egnod hah! i do. sid and marty kroft was the real reason. or, ag day, if you were my best albeit nerdy friend.
spadehatesscrewtube 4 months ago
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FUCK THIS SHOW
Pocuserve 7 months ago
The 80's were the best decade to be a kid. All cartoons now are feminized, pussy ass, liberal feminist propoganda. sigh....very little violence. It's a shame
spinneroonie 7 months ago
@spinneroonie Not to mention very little originality these days.
MDthornton83 6 months ago
for some reason i woke up up this morning with this intro playing in my head0.o
kageroninja 8 months ago
notthing is like old cartoon intros
jontebattle55 8 months ago
Kind of a shame it got canned, by the creators of Gobots of all things, you'd think the creators of Godmars (The robot Might Orbots is inspired by) would have done it, but no, it's Gobots, Might Orbots didn't even get a toy for god's sake! >.<
cannonfodder4000 8 months ago
For the longest time I thought I was the only one who remembered this cartoon
125tlm 10 months ago 2
I've always wondered who would win in a fight between the Orbots and Voltron (go lion.)
pyrogyra72 10 months ago
One of my most favorite cartoons ever! Back then, I had a friend who had the actual toys of the Orbots. You better believe I was super jealous. I wonder if he still has them. I'm sure the Orbots are indeed a collectors item now.
hotsupa 10 months ago
@hotsupa There were no Orbots toys made. They were planned (based off of a Japanese GodMars toy), but never released. Whatever your friend had, it was not Mighty Orbots.
Keldroc 10 months ago
@Keldroc he might have actually had Godmars. back in the 80s, Bandai brought over to the states it's Godaikin line, and I believe Godmars was one of the robots of it. They're on youtube, and as toys they are awesome-imagine 2-3 feet tall diecast robots, with firing weapons and tons of accesories.
weirdwatch 4 months ago
I remember this came on at 9 AM Saturday mornings on ABC.
I was astounded at the angles and music a cartoon could have(even though I was 10, LOL)
scottbaino 1 year ago
This cartoon came out when I was in the 4th grade. Too bad it had such a short run. I always loved that cool theme song! :-)
Thanks for posting this.
lindenmeadow 1 year ago
This was one of the all-time best theme songs! I would get up some mornings just to hear the theme song and then go back to bed.
mhyperi0n 1 year ago
this was too much of a rip off of Voltron for me to like it back in the days...
thegreatcyke4ever 1 year ago
@thegreatcyke4ever Actually Mighty Orbots aired 2 days before Voltron started in syndication. Mighty Orbots premiered September 8, 1984 and Voltron premiered September 10, 1984.
BPrice1A 10 months ago
"Umbra is attacking rock & roll? Is nothing sacred!?"
This show kicked so much ass, and I only regret that I've only seen, like, three episodes. I gotta get them on DVD or something!
Phobotech 1 year ago
Channel 7...sat mornings...8:30 am...ahhhh...good times.
alekesam 1 year ago
Wow, that's a trip down memory lane. I loved this show as a kid. My parents actually had a video cassette recorded for me with episodes of these guys, He-Man, and Transformers. Same freaking 10-12 episodes...but what an Epic 10-12 they where.
Veiados 1 year ago
GO MIGHTY ORBOTS!
Ashikun 1 year ago
this brings back memories....the animation was awesome....nothing beats hand-drawn animation
jfilesbooks 1 year ago
This is just amazing as this was drawn by hand an not by a computer. Very amazing colorfull hand-drawn animation intro. Still love it to this day.
SjaakadeliC 1 year ago
I remember watching this show. Sadly the AWESOME animation and music from the intro didnt really translate into the actual show. Was kind of poorly drawn and lame. But that intro, one of the all time best ever!!
egnod 1 year ago
GO! Mighty Orbots!
They're joining together to fight for what's right
Everywhere! Mighty Orbots!
Protecting the world from the shadow of evil and doom!
GoGojiraGo 1 year ago
Barrel rolls make space travel more epic
CorporateAllianceAus 1 year ago
this would be a coollive action
301sophi 1 year ago
I would like to see Duncan Figueroa draw the Orbots or the big mech in his style.
aztekarrow 1 year ago
ooh that would be AWESOME! >=D
cannonfodder4000 1 year ago
FINALLY I FOUND YOU!!!!!! BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU IN YOUTUBE SINCE LAST 7 MONTH
phlegethonyaerre 1 year ago
All those years ago who would have though the Orbits would be the inspiration for bulkhead from transformers animated
RisemboolRangerJTES 1 year ago
@RisemboolRangerJTES you're partly right, bulkhead seems more like a Crunch/G1 hound/Cybertron crumplezone hybrid imo
PrimalWolf2006 10 months ago
Thank you for the Orbots opening sequence. When I was a kid I used to watch this every Saturday. The song was kick ass, Do you guys remember the Galaxy Sheriffs, that was cool also. Damn, so many years so many years have passed and gone.
BuckFutterd 1 year ago
Holy F'ing HELL! Do you have any idea how many years it's been since I've seen this!? LOL God to be a child in the 80's again!
rtds9fan 1 year ago
@rtds9fan. Generation Y has no clue what they missed : )
Melville10 1 year ago
I just can't believe this cartoon looks as good as I remember it!! Where are these kind of cartoons now?? Saturday mornings have degraded from an almost Divine day of the week to a horrible joke! People save the world using card games? Ugh. 80s cartoon will always rock 'cause they didn't talk down to their audience and were NOT afraid to show as the grim realities of life! This PC thuggery has ruined America and will continue for generations to come!
rang3r34 1 year ago
the animation on this show was fucking syck! Loved it.
Nusurf74 1 year ago
The Animation on orbots was hands down the best of the 80's. It used to come on at 5:30am on Saturday mornings here! Me and my bro would wake up at 5 to start the cartoon-a-thon. It was this, then scooby doo and the 13 ghosts, turbo teen, voltron, then my sister would come in and take over to watch her chick-tunes. Those were the days.
franco216 1 year ago 6
the animation was way ahead of its time on this show...
MrTRENCHMEN 1 year ago
This show had GREAT animation...and god-awful voice acting. I still want it on DVD, though.
erikthe10man 1 year ago
Even though this is a shameless rip-off, this is a badass intro.
RikuReplicate 1 year ago
Wow I haven't seen this show in over 20 years. It has one of the best intros.
SpartyWorld 1 year ago
I use to get such a hard on we when this intro came on!
KungFuChess 1 year ago
I FEEL SO FUCKIN OLD WATCHIN THIS SHIT..LOL
MARTEZB1 1 year ago 2
this song is my "get the fuck out of bed and attack the world" morning song! I love it!!!
BigRican 1 year ago 2
I loved this show an awful lot.
IS THIS SHOW ON DVD?
SuperCartiel 1 year ago
I can't believe this show was so easily shut down by the fucking GOBOTS. Just...why? That's injustice at its boldest. Not because it was beaten in ratings, but because of a fucking lawsuit.
YOU DON'T GET TO FILE SUIT IF YOU'RE A GODDAMNED RIPOFF TO BEGIN WITH.
GreenGearMood 1 year ago
@GreenGearMood Can you tell me more about this lawsuit? What happened?
SuperCartiel 1 year ago
@SuperCartiel : Tonka sued on the basis that 'Mighty Orbots' was stolen from their Gobots line, perhaps because the name was very close to their Gobots slogan, "Mighty Robots, Mighty Vehicles". It really didn't have much to stand on, but Orbots didn't get great ratings (its timeslot was against the Smurfs, a juggernaut at the time) so the creators just let it go.
TheZhayne 1 year ago
@TheZhayne Smurfs beat this show?!
Your kidding
Cablo102 1 year ago
As an adult I now know how stupid I was... but when I was a kid I always thought Mighty Orbots would kick Voltron's ass! lol
bab4 1 year ago
Transformers or orbots????
ACDCISCOOLNESS 1 year ago
orbots. . .not transformers orbots
did you know there are ALOT more robots other than transformers ?
well. . .THERE ARE!
cannonfodder4000 1 year ago
@cannonfodder4000 It was joke bad relax dude... they were cool..
ACDCISCOOLNESS 1 year ago
Omg, I *remember* this still. Word for word. Awesome! XD
Sakurab 1 year ago
hey! how often do you see that in stories? where the hero is responsible for the creation of the villain?
looking back, this was a great cartoon; a great "responsibility" message.
UMBRA got out of control, the geek knew it was his fault so, he made the Orbots. He's supposed to be some high level genius, even by the standards of the future.
this was a great cartoon wish I had seen the last episode back when I would have enjoyed it.
pillsburydoughboy47 1 year ago
I thought this cartoon was kind of interesting; the villain was MADE by the hero, if I recall the cartoon's story, the main character, the nerdy guy? He created UMBRA, and to make ammends to try and deactivate it, he made the Orbots.
pillsburydoughboy47 1 year ago
for those of you who forgot, UMBRA is that creepy lava lamp ball thing, most advanced computer ever made according to the cartoon's story.
pillsburydoughboy47 1 year ago
I didn't get to watch the final episode; anyone out there, so did Rob or whatever the hell his name was manage to deactivate UMBRA finally?
pillsburydoughboy47 1 year ago
@pillsburydoughboy47 Yes, by turning Umbra's weapon against him.
rathraven1313 1 year ago
@rathraven1313 so he finally does kill his evil creation? thanks; glad the animation ended well. Too bad I had to move before I had a chance to see the final episode, either that or I just don't remember.
pillsburydoughboy47 1 year ago
In the future it may actually come to that; they say a geek's only friend is his computer, in the future it could be his ultra high tech sentient robots.
pillsburydoughboy47 1 year ago
LOL the main character is such a geek; all his friends are robots!
pillsburydoughboy47 1 year ago
UMBRA was one of the best villains of all time; possibly the most evil sentient computer in all of fiction.
pillsburydoughboy47 1 year ago
I remember that Crunch was capable of eating metal scraps and turn that into energy, like a organic digestive system...
cool idea, eh!
faustolg 1 year ago
Miss this so much. I remember my dad buying a VCR & being able to record 1 episode before it went off the air.
zrieprakis 1 year ago
If you build it, they will come. We have the technology now. So, how's about a movie?
Boncomics 1 year ago
This was an ABC Saturday Morning thing for me in 83!!
marioTmaggot 2 years ago
That intro was intense! As a kid, it would pump me up so much!!
d21lewis 2 years ago 35
@d21lewis
Yeah. I loved the intro as a kid too. I even have a VHS of , I think, 5 of the episodes. lol. I put it away....don't know where, sadly. My son would probably love it.
SmittnKittn007 1 year ago
@d21lewis Give it to the Japanese, they always know how to pump hot blood into little teenagers.
merakhagen 1 year ago
@merakhagen. They were always ahead of us in regards to video games and animation.
Melville10 1 year ago
@d21lewis funny you should say that!!! i Have the intro on my mp3 player when I go to the gym!
Maxstrl 10 months ago
@d21lewis I'm 23 and it pumps me up just fine
Fernyxferny 6 months ago
ah hell no!!! this was one of the greatest 80s cartoon, next to transformers;gi joe, m.a.s.k.; etc, but i have star trekking in the twighlight zone for this cartoon, what would i run up to next?
paladindarknite 2 years ago
Yes, it does bring back memories.
MrReneManuel 2 years ago
Yes
MrReneManuel 2 years ago
man i love a lot of toons as a kid and i still love them
robnswfl 2 years ago
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SuperheroesOnline 2 years ago
damn i wasnt born in the 80s but shit im glad i know about this cartoon now....the opening for this is kick ass i keep replaying it over and over lol
xXDethMetalGodXx 2 years ago 7
@xXDethMetalGodXx if you like this (and i know i do) you should also check out silver hawks intro
ghaleonvash 9 months ago
Man, I used to LOVE this cartoon!! I started watching it by mistake as a kid. I was looking at the T.V guide, and I misread it and thought it said Mighty Gobots. Ever since then I was a fan. For some reason, the animation and graphics for this cartoon always seemed to be extra crisp and vivid. Does anyone else agree?
cebrum1 2 years ago 4
It's funny how this theme stayed in my head all these years.
TheArrakeen 2 years ago 2
i hate that term retro junk and other glib remarks about my generations tv shows. these shows were my childhood and they were not junk!
fantomfriend3 2 years ago
Blame Vertex, the owner/operator of the site.
Strykor 2 years ago
I used to watch this every saturday when I was a kid. Put this classic on dvd already! : )
Toma00 2 years ago 3
Most of my friends dont remember this show. I agree, I miss the Saturday morning cartoons also. I remember Battle of the Planets. :) And the other classics like Starblazers, Voltron, and Robotech. Any of you all remember the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon?
devilman138 2 years ago 4
@devilman138 I have the whole D&D cartoon on dvd.
shannonodinson 2 years ago
mighty orbots!
mightyPants 2 years ago
I miss Saturday morning cartoons.
I'm 32 so i know what cartoons should be. It's all crap now. Remember "Battle of the planets"?
fleshbarber 2 years ago 3
Yes. The original version was released here and it was about a billion times better.
Dynaman21 2 years ago
Man, I can't agree with you more. I am 33 and I remember ALWAYS popping up early Saturdays excited for my Saturday morning cartoons.
It was the last thing I typically thought about Friday night and my first thought in the morning. They really don't "make'em like they use to"
misterRDF 2 years ago 2
agreed.
fleshbarber 2 years ago
g- force
emperorPu 2 years ago
Such an underrated series. It's too bad the show got canceled because those douchebags at Tonka threatened to sue the show's creators (supposedly because it sounded too much like GoBots).
A7WFG 2 years ago 2
That's what killed this show? That sucks! This was about the best Voltron Clone, bar none. I might even go so far as to say I think it better than Voltron. Well, definitely the car Voltron. The lion ships; I'll have to think on that!
wmdbassplayer 2 years ago
Say, may you put some episodes of this here? MANY THANKS IN ADVANCE,Sawwy!!!:) Durandal87
durandal87 2 years ago
I would but they would get taken down due to copy right me thinks.
Sawwy 2 years ago
Blow!!!Thank you all the same and good continuation here!!:) Thank you for responding to my message,Sawwy!:)
durandal87 2 years ago
no problem man I'm sure if you look about on the net the episodes will be available to download.
Sawwy 2 years ago
@Sawwy Good thing to, wouldn't want to lost too many sales on Orbots DVDs...
SpikeRosered 11 months ago
Aceee!!! 5 on 5 for this!!!Thank you very much for this opening me!!!
durandal87 2 years ago
can you believe that the 30 year mark is approaching for the inception of a lot of these cartoons???? For me, the nostalgia is mind numbing. I feel sorry for the kids of today.
strongpedigree 2 years ago
yes it's amazing how even for today,,,this cartoons still rock....
ultramegatrion 2 years ago
from simpsons the chocolate robots xD
MrPaddymann 2 years ago
0:13 oh look, it's a HIDDEN MICKEY
crapo 2 years ago
That's because todays cartoons make no sence and are full of mindless violence,pointless themes.
Teletubbies,mike lou and aug are just some of the shows wich are a waste of celluloid and resources.
MTTTrainer 2 years ago 3
Still owns all of todays cartoons.
NewStriker22 2 years ago 3
I felt like I was the only person too who loved this show! so there are more weirdos than just me out there! it is too bad it was canceled after just 1 season though.
ArticAkita 2 years ago 9
you are by far not alone!!
I flippin’ love this show!!
Always have always will..
It was because of Voltron that this series got canceled.
It had very little to do with if it was good or bad..
Both this show and voltron were Japanese imports.
The fight over the cartoons took place in Japan.
The Voltron creators claimed this show copied voltron too closely and the producers of Voltron forced Mighty Orbots out of fliming production. That was why this show just disappeared.
orangie84 1 year ago
Wait my bad
god I must be getting old..
It was go-bots
Not Voltron..
But I think voltron stepped in on them too if I remember right..
Anyway
orangie84 1 year ago
@orangie84 i loved this show so much. i had thought the reason for the short run was because of ABC. those voltron creators are such a-holes. A truely great show that never had the chance it should have.
MrDamon73 5 months ago
@MrDamon73 Actually, the reason was Tonka, the GoBots people. Though not a single character was based on any GoBots (or Machine Robo) products.
Kuahmel 4 months ago
@Kuahmel thank you for giving me the info on that.
MrDamon73 4 months ago
Every time I see that intro, I get a little pissed that the show came a couple of years before my time and that I didn't get a chance to see this. It looks friggin' dope.
YoungAF1 2 years ago
Lots more cartoon variety and quality these days. The main thing these old toons had was a good opening theme, a practice lost nowadays.
kristell9 2 years ago
The old cartoons such as 1980's transformers, blackstar, didn't have a good opening theme either. With a bad economy and tighter budgets most cartoon makers today have to settle for filler music.
fvgbe342 2 years ago
TransFormers season 3 & 4 openings were great.
Gripen90 2 years ago
i figured the mighty orbots would be ripe for a rehash just like the transformers and whatnot. it would probably start as a comic book though.
awesome show, totally rad.
emperorzombie13 2 years ago
who sings the mighty orbots theme song
Jesusacosta30501 2 years ago
They had the BEST SONG LYRICS FOR AN ANIMATED INTRO EVER!
Boncomics 2 years ago
hi could you plz tell the name of cartoon where a robot called cybetron appeares and later gets integrated witha boy and so on.. i love that one plz tell
bhanuganty 2 years ago
Transformers
SonicPAJ 2 years ago
The music was beautiful, but that narrator was so annoying at times... ^_^
jumpszilla 2 years ago
Space Ghost was never annoying sir...he was fantastic.
-R78
Rodimus78 2 years ago
God, I loved this show so much. I thought I was the only person that liked it when I was a kid. 84-85 was the year of robots for me. Voltron, Transformers and this!!! I think Orbots had the best animation of the cartoons out that year and I loved the music score for the show, too. There has to be good quality copies available. Anyone know?
MeAndWhoseArmy 2 years ago
Being a kid in the 80's was the best because before that no company put so much effort in their products like they did. Look at the Transformers then (made of metal) and now (made of plastic and cheesy designs). Shortcuts on manufacturing toys, uncreativitie, laziness and greed have taken over.
SOLACEBOY 2 years ago
The best cartons... good times!!!
Davi4492 2 years ago
I just love the theme music, it's one of the best I've ever heard! What a pity this show is so underrated and overlooked.
BrionyCoote 2 years ago 12
Ugh... Tell me about it this show was great. I still believe Genddy Tarovkasky paid homage to this show in the Dexter episode Last But Not Beast. At l;east that's what I get from the intro which is filled with so many memories.
DemonicRemption 2 years ago
Genddy Tarovkasky paid homage to all Japanese superhero robots great and small for what we bare exposed to back when we were kids.
-R78
Rodimus78 2 years ago
That he did, but I can only think of two...
DemonicRemption 2 years ago
I can think of a few myself like Voltron, Shogun Warriors, TF, Sentai Power Rangers, Godzilla, oh did I also mentioned the Justice Friends were on that episode? They're also a homage to the Superfriends & The Avengers.
-R78
Rodimus78 2 years ago
Now that you mention it, it's like that episode was one big homage to a lot of material from the 70s 80s and early 90s huh? and to piece it all together I think they created a theme that was like a mix between this theme and The Power Ranger's theme...
DemonicRemption 2 years ago
lol sounds like they were trying to sound like Rush! Awesome!
metaleggman18 2 years ago
yeah thats great. Anyone has it on mp3??
najdzsel 2 years ago
Great show and great memories! The late 70s through early 80s was my favorite cartoon era! Too bad this show only lasted one season.
BrokenMotherTongue 2 years ago 2
thanks for posting this... used to love this show as a kid... hahaha... I still love that brass opening.. so energetic...
tearsinraine 2 years ago
make a video game of this and other classic 80s cartoons.sick of gta,halo mario and other games.80s cartoons would make great games.
dl4825 2 years ago
Awesome. Great underated show. Hail the 80's
Chuloloc 2 years ago 2
Damn, Umbra was one of the ugliest villains ever.
hypnodance 2 years ago
Very Cool intro. too bad i never got to see this cartoon
Flamaro 2 years ago
Came on ABC saturday mornings in the mid-80's. Animation done by anime company called TMS who also did Bionic 6. Interesting show.
RX552VBK 2 years ago
i luv dis song.
kevliteondek1 2 years ago
i prefer to watch this instead of spongebob or pokemon,today's cartoons suck bad.unless is something like justice league unlimited and the 90's x-men cartoon.those two dealed with serious themes not gotta catch em' all crap.
kryptondragon1973 2 years ago 2
I agree... todays cartoons suck ass. it was all about the 80s. thundercats, silverhawks, voltron, he-man, gi joe, mask, and on and on...
lioneater76 2 years ago
Gary Owens also narrated this show IIRC.
RocketTCoyote 2 years ago
This is exactly what im trying to say often but people refuse to listen.
Well i dont think that you cant enjoy them today too but compared to all the really well made and great shows today most old cartoons sucked.
New cartoons got a lot more exciting and well made storys and more interesting characters than most of the old cartoons.
I watch both old and new animated stuff all the time and its a lot more fun to watch the new stuff mostly.
Many people are blinded by nostalgia.
CyberLance26 2 years ago
I'd take orbots and horribly dubbed anime from the 80's over the new stuff they have on fox. Those shows are really bad.
TheJMachine 2 years ago 2
I dont live in America so i dont know what cartoons they have on Fox lol.
CyberLance26 2 years ago
they on dvd yet??? where can i get it??
RickRandy69 2 years ago
Saturday Morning Cartoons back when all networks had Saturday Morning Cartoons!
RuffRyda25 3 years ago
Go! Mighty Orbots!
0:34 is what I remember most. They just look so awesome running like that.
dogeatbear 3 years ago 2