My favorite show The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers. Know how Animated programming was done in the 80s, I'm still mystified how this show got made (I'm glad for it, but still...).
Galaxy Rangers was the idea of producer Robert Mandel who wanted to do a hybrid American/Japanese production. To that end,
TMS Entertainment was contracted for animation duties (which was subdivided between TMS proper, and two other production companies, one that was decent, and one that was cheap but mediocre). Mandel made it a practice to hand the scripts deemed excellent to TMS, the good scripts to the middle studio, and the lesser quality scripts to the cheap studio. (This means you can generally tell who good an episode is going to be within the first minute or two by the animation quality).
The subdivision was a result and effect of the quick turnaround on the show. Galaxy Rangers was a 65 episode show and was produced in it's entirety in just 11 months. (For those outside the US or too young, back in the day, for a show that was to be shown "daily" or in other words Monday though Friday, each day having a new episode, the rules for the episode count puts the needed number at 65 episodes per season. For example, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe ran for 2 seasons. There are 130 Episodes of that show. It's why Robotech exists (Harmony Gold's current BS notwithstanding). OG Macross didn't have the episode count to be syndicated daily, and it's actually too long for the executives to generally want to broadcast on a weekly basis.
Also remember, this show is from a time when everything was effectively still cel animation, which is slower than modern digital ink and paint. This show was also noteworthy for it's use of CGI, which back in the 80s would also have been somewhat time consuming simply because of the newness of the medium.
A few other things that stand out. The Rangers have more than one outfit. While they have their main uniform (check my avatar for their standard outfits) given the needs of various episodes, the Rangers would have other appropriate costumes, some of which would reappear with some consistency...as an example the "Zanguill" disguise the Rangers use when they need to go to the planet of Tortuna and need to disguise the fact they're human (and Galaxy Rangers). There are also a set of standard civilian clothes that they all have. Just the fact they get as many costume changes as they do stands out, especially for an 80s cartoon.
The show is also noted for it's excellent soundtrack (mostly 80s guitar w/synth rock), with an inordinate amount of vocal tracks (If memory serves there are like 8 tracks with full vocals).
Notables among the voice case. Jerry Orbach voiced lead character Capt. Zachary Fox. He is probably better known for either playing the lead in Law and Order, or playing Lumière in the Disney animated Beauty and the Beast. Corinne Orr who also worked on the original English dub of Speed Racer, and was the Snuggle Bear in the commercials for that product. Earl Hammond had roles on many Rankin and Bass productions in the 80s including ThunderCats.
One final thing to mention. Most 80s US animated shows had a toy line to go with them. Galaxy Rangers didn't have one (at least from the get go...Europe got those toys but they never materialized in the US). This, more than anything else, makes you go "how did this get made." considering the environment it was made in. I'd love to see a second season. It was syndicated, but there was enough continuity that a story arc based 2nd season is very doable.
