Who made the cartoons?
In 1983, Sunbow produced the five-part G.I.Joe syndicated television mini-series, “The M.A.S.S. Device”. In 1984, it was followed up by “The Revenge of Cobra” mini-series. In 1985, “The Pyramid of Darkness” launched a daily syndicated cartoon that ran for two seasons. Sunbow concluded their run of G.I.Joe animation with “G.I.Joe : The Movie” in 1987. In 1989, another fledgling animation studio, DIC Animation, animated the further cartoon adventures of G.I.Joe with their mini-series “Operation: Dragonfire”. DIC also animated two seasons of cartoons in 1990 and 1991. However, DIC operated on a much lower budget and the results were of a much lower standard of quality than the Sunbow cartoons.
