I remembered watching Conan the Adventurer before watching that VERY ADULT Conan the Barbarian (1982) movie. What followed next was that I saw Conan and the Young Warriors followed by Conan the Destroyer. This is pretty much a coincidence (or not) that the performance of the two Conan films and the two Conan animated adaptations are VERY SIMILAR. Conan the Adventurer had a throwback to Conan the Destroyer with Queen Mesmira. Heck, I wanted Sarah Douglas to voice Mesmira as much as I wanted James Earl Jones to be Ram-Amon.
Conan the Barbarian (1982) was clearly a success that launched Arnold Schwarzenegger's career. The violent R-18 movie would make me think, "What was I thinking watching the cartoon?" The cartoon was launched. Rather than getting canceled like Galtar and the Golden Lance - Conan the Adventurer ended up having 65 episodes. The adventures of Cartoon Conan against Wrath-Amon and the serpent men made a good premise. Hasbro did put some clear references such as making Wrath-Amon the show's version of Serpentor and Ram-Amon was clearly Cobra Commander in some way. Ram-Amon, like Cobra Commander, wants his old job back. Both were successful during their time that a sequel was made or had to be made.
However, both were succeeded by lackluster shows. Conan the Destroyer came next which raised a lot of eyebrows. I guess Taramis was anything but welcome. I guess that's what made Mesmira nothing more than a second-class villain in Conan the Adventurer. However, Conan and the Young Warriors was worse. Sulinara, the show's main villain, and a servant of the snake god Set was anything but cool. I even felt those three children were VERY ANNOYING. It's a good thing Conan and the Young Warriors got canceled because it was going nowhere.
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