@horizon9e , i agree with pirates of darkwater and dungeons and dragons, but i also watched starblazers, robotech, transformers and gijoe for the most part
you forgot 2, if not 2 of the biggest, star blazers which may have got its start in japan in the 70's, it got started in the states in the early 80's and robotech another japan start, started in the states in the mid 80's.
both even today have a strong following, starblazer even had a movie rel...
i'm impressed someone added robotech to a best of whatever for the 80's, most neglext to add this show to their lists