Some of you may remember a Cartoon called Ulysees 31, it was basically 'Greek Mythology (with NO sex or Zeus icky shenanigans) for Kids.' IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!
It was very much a child of the late 70's early 80s and was a mix of Japanese anime style animation but with a Western feel/look to it and with it being VA'd in European languages (and i'll come back to this later) and I LOVED the asthetic and look of it which drew heavily on current influences at the time (Ulysees had a bloody lightsaber for gods sake), oh and the space ship looked COOL
And the OST was AMAZING.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6NBAZrdjQwBasic story was Ulysees and his Companions (kids, and cute robot sidekicks included) are trying to get home to Earth when Ulysee's kid gets kidnapped by Aliens who worship the Cyclops. In a battle the evil is defeated but Poseidon is pissy (but then again of the Greek gods he was probably the worst, he was basically a sociopath) gets Zeus to do Zeus shenanigans as punishment. The crew of the ship are all put in suspended animation until they reach the Realm of Hades. So we're left with Ulysees and his kid, a girl and their robot (TOTALLY NOT TRANSFORMERS HONEST) companions in a huge space ship trying to get home whilst being dicked over by the Greek gods and various underlings of said Gods.
The animation and style for the time was very good, but its aged rather poorly but the biggest weakness now that i've watched it recently is the voice acting.
They don't put ANY inflection into their voices. They don't sound robotic, but they talk in this same level tone no matter what. And to emphasise something they do the 'ol Speed Racer trick of talking faster.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_zdS262o_8&feature=youtu.be&t=256As an example. (its meant to be at that point of 4.16 in)
Listen to the girl speaking its literally a case of
"But father I want him."
"No."
"ButfatherIneedhimIwanthimgivehimtome."
If you can stand the bad voice acting, I still seriously recommend watching this show. Its good fun with a unique look to it and feel as well, plus, Greek Mythology in space. is good.