# Identify this 80's cartoon about giant robot space cowboys - yes, I'm bieng serious. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-cartoon-about-giant-robot-space-cowboys-yes-im-bieng-serious/153884 "2003-02-09T14:50:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-cartoon-about-giant-robot-space-cowboys-yes-im-bieng-serious/153884/1 "2003-02-09T14:50:17Z")
Can anybody help me identify this 80’s era cartoon? My friends are convinced I’m crazy and Google is convinced that I’m thinking of something called “Cowboy Beebob”. I distinctly remember a Japanese cartoon (I _think_ it was Japanese anyway) rather like “Voltron”, only with a western theme. I seem to recall the heroes rode robot horses and had a spaceship that transformed into a giant robotic cowboy, complete with a giant robot-sized cowboy hat and a revolver – yeah, even at twelve I knew this was retarded. Anybody have any idea what this might be? In the words of Strong Bad: “Japanese cartoons are weird, man”. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-cartoon-about-giant-robot-space-cowboys-yes-im-bieng-serious/153884/2 "2003-02-09T15:30:44Z")
It’s a real cartoon, if I’m thinking of the one you’re thinking of. The last of the “Mazinger” series. Not a Mazinger, but it came after UFO Robo Grendizer. I should know the name, but I’m blanking. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-cartoon-about-giant-robot-space-cowboys-yes-im-bieng-serious/153884/3 "2003-02-09T15:42:22Z")
Aha. Took forever. Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs. [http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1701.php](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1701.php) [http://members.tripod.com/~Star\_Sheriffs/](http://members.tripod.com/~Star_Sheriffs/) [http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Animation/Anime/Titles/S/Saber\_Rider\_and\_the\_Starsheriffs/?il=1](http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Animation/Anime/Titles/S/Saber_Rider_and_the_Starsheriffs/?il=1) ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-cartoon-about-giant-robot-space-cowboys-yes-im-bieng-serious/153884/4 "2003-02-09T15:51:15Z")
Ha! Thanks E-Sabbath! Yep. that’s it alright. And even [weirder](http://www.angelfire.com/va/saberrider/ramrod24.jpg) than I remembered. ---
**Author:** ![Skip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Skip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skip)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-cartoon-about-giant-robot-space-cowboys-yes-im-bieng-serious/153884/5 "2003-02-09T16:01:53Z")
Saaaaberrrrr RRRidderrrrrr and the star sheriffs… in the sky!!! At least thats how I think the theme song went… ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-cartoon-about-giant-robot-space-cowboys-yes-im-bieng-serious/153884/6 "2003-02-09T17:58:22Z")
I thought this was gonna be about Bravestarr ([www.bravestarr.net](http://www.bravestarr.net) for the uninitiated)