Okay, a little bit of Italy in this thread (if you like).
I was a kid in the 80s.
Here in the 80s it was all about Japan anime.
Goldrake aka
Grendizer and
Mazinger had a tremendous success. Italian TV remade every single opening and closing theme and some of them literally are amazing:
Getter Robot,
Daitarn III,
Starzinger (your Spaceketeers),
Gatchaman,
Devilman,
Hurricane Polymar.
The best were those ones about robots, no doubt. Also dubbing was great even if many names were changed and some scene often got cut.
Personally I loved
Tiger Mask and Tiger Mask II (also here the opening theme is in the history of italian TV), Urusei Yatsura (italian title, Lamù, la ragazza dello spazio) I LOVE HER.
This is from my gallery at deviantart:
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How could i not mention Yattaman, The Monkey, He-Man, "Mimì e la nazionale di pallavolo" (japanese Attack, No. 1 !, also this a great success, every little girl loved her).
Hugh!! I was forgetting "Holly & Benji"!!! Captain Tsubasa! A monster of popularity here! I still use those players when i edit my Pro Evolution Soccer teams.
I also remember watching:
the Muppets' show, Wonder Woman, the Dukes of Hazzard, the Bionic Woman, the Six Million Dollars Man... EDIT: Supercar!!!!
And five stars to the legendary:
"the Jeffersons" and later "the Robinsons" (Bill Cosby's Show there, i guess), both fantastic.
I cannot continue... *misty-eyed*