Spider-Man is a property that has been in countless movies, TV shows, video games,
toys, and tons of other forms of media. Among all of those properties,
the best for me has always been the cartoons.
That’s why today I’m going to be ranking all 9 Spider-Man animated series from worst to best!
Intro - Italian Pizza Time Game Song
Shalom ladies and jellyfish, welcome back to A.S.K. Air’s videos! Everyone loves Spider-Man,
right? From all the movies, cartoons, and memes, its a pretty amazing franchise that has made
billions of dollars from all the amazing forms of media it has gone through. It’s also gone
through a lot of crappy transitional periods and terrible takes at this story and these characters,
and that’s where I come in. From the first animated Spidey show in 1967,
to the newest one in 2017, there have been 9 Spider-Man shows, some good, some bad,
and some pretty fricking ugly. With no further adieu, if you’re new please be sure to subscribe,
and join the Discord server if you wanna chat more with more awesome people about Spidey. And I know
that the Spider-Man fandom can be absolutely ruthless when it comes to things like this,
so obviously, this video is all my opinion, so please take it with a grain of salt, and tell
me your opinions in the comments down below! With that said, let’s jump into this ranking!
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003) - Whiplash Soundtrack
Well, the worst of the worst is here, and honestly, it’s not that fricking bad.
The story and characterization aren’t technically that bad,
and it has a lot of good aspects to it like the awesome voice acting, but the visuals really
bring this show down to the bottom of the barrel. Obviously, 2003 CGI is very hard to watch in 2021,
and it was super distracting when I try to watch and focus on the story,
and all I see is this 3D jumbly mess. Seriously, was the budget for this so low that the CG is
this bad? A reminder that Finding Nemo came out the very same year as this show. Anyway,
I kinda get why this only ran for one season because the visual aspect of it is truly a 1/10.
Spider-Man (1981) - ‘67 Italian Version Yeah, this show is really just boring.
It’s completely analogous to the amazing ‘67 show, and offers nothing new. The stories
are all super generic and repetitive, and although they bring in some new villains,
its really benign and similar to the 67 show, with a super bland cast, bland animation, bland
stories, and bland everything. No wonder it only ran for 1 season before rightfully being canceled.
Ultimate Spider-Man (2012) - TF2 Soundtrack - Archimedes
So, I’m gonna be honest, I really wasn’t a fan of watching this show. While I zoomed
through Spectacular in a heartbeat, for example, this show felt really slow and the buildup took
absolutely forever, even though it loves to rush through every scene and feels way too fast for me
to connect to anything meaningful. Like seriously, I don’t have attention deficit disorder, why does
everything need to move all the time? I’m really not a fa n of the childish and goofy scenes they
splice into a lot of scenes, and while it does make this show unique in a lot of ways, well,
let’s just say the 2003 show was also unique in its animation. Now, on the other hand,
it looks pretty good, I love the inclusion of some of the Marvel cast like Nick Fury,
and it can be pretty funny at some parts, but overall, I really don’t
see how any of this is worth canceling Spectacular in favor of this mediocre mess.
Marvel’s Spider-Man (2017) - Whiplash Soundtrack
Well, this show is probably dabbing on me right now because I am a hater by many measures. This
show is fine, the stories aren’t incredible or anything, and there are a lot of stupid memes
and stuff they force in there, but its not super bad either, hence why its near the middle of this
list. The animation for one is really good, and while I really dislike Peter’s character design,
the swing scenes and action fights are really fluid and look absolutely sick. There’s just
way too much childish humor and piggy-backing on Ultimate for me to take this one seriously.
Spider-Man Unlimited (1999) - Niall Stenson Cover
I plan to review this show in the future, because I truly don’t think its that bad of a show,
if you consider the circumstances that surrounded its production. Long story short,
none of the Spider-Man assets could be used because they didn’t have the rights, and its
a real shame because the crew working on this was super talented. The animation is super smooth and
fluid for its time, and the theme song is pretty catchy and cool for the weird retro feel it has
going on. I think underrated is an UNDERstatement for this show, because it is actually a pretty
good show in my book, and had a lot of potential if it got more than 13 short episodes. Again,
stick around because I actually plan to review this show in full in the future.
Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends (1981) - TF2 Soundtrack - Archimedes
Here it is, the show I know the least about, but watching a few episodes,
it’s definitely the better of the two 1981 shows, and I love the fact that they used
the potential of all these awesome Marvel characters here. We get Captain America,
the X-Men, Wolverine, and obviously Spidey’s amazing friends. It also has pretty solid
animation, much better than the other ‘81 show, and it feels more risky and ambitious.
Spider-Man (1967) - Sweat - JUNES
What can I say about this show? I’ve personally loved the classic episodes for years now,
which is provable with my super old videos I made when I was 12 or something like that,
and honestly its an amazing show. It’s the definition of a charming show.
It has super inspiring animation for its time, really fun and classic stories and characters,
really nice voice acting, and hilarious memes that we all still enjoy 54 years
later! I can see a lot of shows around this time being inspired by this amazing show,
and it definitely inspired me as a kid growing up 50 years after this fricking aired!
Spider-Man (1994) - Sweat - JUNES
The ‘94 show might be the only thing comparable to Batman: The Animated Series for the best
superhero cartoon of the 90s. It feels really mature, is probably the most nostalgic show
for a lot of Spider-Man fans out there, even the younger ones, and just feels like the definitive
Spider-Man cartoon that does everything it needs to do. While I loved the 60s show as a kid,
I think my introduction to Spider-Man was an episode of this show, when I was 4 or something,
in some weird foreign dub as well. I actually remember it was the episode about Scorpion, which
also was a hilarious portrayal of JJ Jameson, who’s probably at his peak in this show, compared
to every other Spider-Man entity. The animation is decent by today’s standards, and I love the
art style personally. The theme song is also fantastic, and will definitely be high on the list
for my upcoming video, ranking all these shows’ theme songs. But what’s even better than this?
Spectacular Spider-Man (2008) - Niall Stenson Cover
Here it is! Honestly, who didn’t see this coming? Obviously, everyone loves this show,
and it was shafted big time by the fact that Disney buying Marvel in 2009
completely destroyed what this show was creating for 2 amazing seasons. I’ve talked a lot about
this show before in Rushaan’s video, which I’ll link in the description, its a great watch,
but long story short, this show was amazing in terms of story, characters, animation, comedy,
charm, and absolutely everything that a show can have. The theme song is also fricking amazing,
I’ve been saying it for literal years, its a masterpiece in just about every way.
Its only flaw was not airing for like 12 more seasons for all of us to enjoy!
Music: Mozart - Rondo Alla Turca
With all that said, that’s my list, here it is on screen again if you wanna get a refresh, and
please tell me your ranking in the comments below, I’d love to see them all and every one is getting
a heart from me. Please leave a like if you did enjoy, it really does help out, and subscribe with
the bell for more content, including 2 upcoming videos I have related to this, on ranking the
theme songs of these shows, and reviewing Spider-Man Unlimited. With all that said,
thank you so much for watching, and I’ll see you beautiful ladies and jellyfish next time. Shalom!