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I Am John Blackstar...

Any fans of the 1981 cartoon series "Blackstar" on the DL?

The entire show has been up on YouTube for several years now.

Some say he was the first Native American cartoon hero but his ancestry is never focused on in any episode. He rode a fire breathing green dragon named Warlock & also had a white blond haired astronaut girlfriend (named Katana who resembled & predated She-Ra) that he is seen kissing in 1 episode.

His sorceress friend Mara reminds me of Princess Ariel from Thundarr & gives off lesbian vibes. In the debut episode, she is revealed to have had a long "friendship" with a sorceress named Amber who she must rescue from the show's villain The Overlord.

His other humanoid ally Klone is an awkward shapeshifter than reminds me of Star Trek's Data. No romances for him in the entire series.

The other 7 recurring characters are the "Trobbits" (name taken from tree hobbits) who are based on Disney's "Snow White & the 7 Dwarves" characters with one having large ears which he can use to fly like Dumbo (for some reason).

I watched the entire 13 episodes recently as I must've watched something else when this show was on Sat. mornings back in the early 80s.

Discuss.

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by Anonymousreply 7December 10, 2024 6:38 PM

Ehh... I was more a fan of Thundarr the Barbarian.

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by Anonymousreply 1November 29, 2024 5:29 AM

Yes, I remember my brothers watching this. I always thought he was supposed to be Bruce Lee on a dragon.

by Anonymousreply 2November 29, 2024 12:50 PM

Wasn't Blackstar a part of a Zorro combo at one point?

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by Anonymousreply 3November 29, 2024 6:40 PM

Blackstar Ep. #6 "Spacewrecked" has the Adora/ She-Ra prototype in it

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by Anonymousreply 4December 6, 2024 1:51 AM

Not to be confused with BraveStarr, a space western (also with a Native American protagonist) from 1987, which was also from Filmation.

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by Anonymousreply 5December 6, 2024 2:04 AM

R5 I wonder who would win in a match between Blackstar & BraveStarr.

by Anonymousreply 6December 6, 2024 9:36 PM

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by Anonymousreply 7December 10, 2024 6:38 PM
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