The necessity of an adult cartoon renaissance -

[Iwasamwillbe]

Most "adult" cartoons, either from inception or by the time I have written this, are juvenile garbage with an adolescent sense of humor, bad plotting, and awful characters.

What the adult cartoon scene needs right now is a surge of genuinely good cartoons, with deep plots and characters that can handle mature, adult topics with grace. Some cartoons should even handle mature topics with actual seriousness, and not unfunny Family Guy/Rick and Morty-type skits. These cartoons can still be rather goofy, but they should still be fun to watch, as they have a certain earnestness to them I would say doesn't really exist in the current adult cartoon lineup. Something like an adaption of Vertigo's original Sandman series or a Stuart Woods novel series, something reminiscent of pulp action literature, or Warhammer 40K as written by good authors, among many other possibilities.

What I'm thinking is whether there is any way for such a renaissance to be brought forth, or whether it can be brought forth at all.

 

[break these cuffs]

lol stop watching cartoons and grow up nerd or weeb out and pretend like your cartoons aren't pulp garbage.

 

[DumbDude42]

there is no such thing as cartoons for adults
if you like cartoons you are either a literal kid, or a manchild. no exceptions.

 

[crocodilian]

Animation has been made the worst thing any art form could be: a business. It doesn't matter how talented you are nor how good your ideas would be, what matters are ratings, box office numbers, quarterly reports and stock values. Nobody is interested in changing this save for a small pocket of enthusiasts, most of whom are idiots and don't know what they really want anyway.

 

[The Pink Panther]

lol nobody cares

Anyone who cares about the whole "why aren't there more adult cartoons that are action-based, horror-based, drama-based" should just get off of this site and go and whine on /co/ about why there is no more Aeon Flux for you to jerk off at.

 

[Dom Cruise]

We need more stuff like Heavy Metal which plays to the strengths of western animation and isn't just trying to imitate anime.

Now is definitely the time to move away from so much comedy and into more mature action/sci fi type storytelling.

 

[Secret Asshole]

Western Animation has always had this problem. It didn't used to be ugly, but then it got cheap, so art styles got ugly. And they were limited to basically comedies.

We do need more stuff like Heavy Metal and Western style drawings. But nobody wants to put the money in.

 

[The Shadow]

I want more Fleischer-esque cartoons with wild music and surreal imagery. Painstakingly animated, of course.

 

[Brundlefly]

Family Guy Funny Moments

 

[{o}P II]

What you have described is Bojack Horseman - Trash will always outshine the diamonds but they are still there

 

[Marco Fucko]

What we need is Ralph Bakshi to hurry up and die so he can reincarnate and become his own successor tbh.

 

[Foxxo]

Your ticket to the renewed "Adult Cartoon Renaissance" is right here.

 

[Neferpitou!]

Watch Rick & Morty again and cry about how you don’t get any tinder matches.

 

[Arctic Fox]

I've always found animation interesting. At the end of the day though, it is simply a medium of storytelling. An amalgamation of various written visual, and audio to get a point across.

If you want to see a certain type of thing, and no one is making it, you could try for it yourself. Not an easy thing by a long shot, but being the change you want to see is always a good way to go about things. With YouTube you could learn the basics, and if you're truly serious after enough practice you could try for real schooling.

 

[The Shadow]

Watch Rick & Morty again and cry about how you don’t get any tinder matches.

To be fair...

 

[DragoonSierra]

I thought this thread was gonna be about hentai. How disappointing

 

[Niggernerd]

Just watch hentai. You can be a degenerate adult like the rest of us.

 

[Sexy Senior Citizen]

What we need is Ralph Bakshi to hurry up and die so he can reincarnate and become his own successor tbh.

I concur. A second Ralph Bakshi is needed. I honestly thought Chris Prynoski would prove a fit heir, but he sold out like the rest of them.

 

[Fluoxetine Man]

I want more Fleischer-esque cartoons

Superman will never be as cool as he was in those Fleischer theatrical shorts.

 

[slartifartblast]

Watch this, I'm going to list a shitton of content OP has never bothered watching because he's too busy crying about the lack of adult animation. To make this interesting, nothing directly marketed to kids, serious adult films only, no Japanese productions (Baguettes get a pass for outsourcing their art department to the sushilovers), nothing older than 2010.

• Loving Vincent
• Mutafukaz
• Isle of Dogs
• Anomalisa
• Chico and Rita
• Love, Death + Robots
• Another Day in the Life
• I Lost My Body
• The Illusionist

Right now we're getting about 1-2 solid animated films aimed at adults a year. Netflix is throwing money at shit like LD+robots like there's no tomorrow. We're in the renaissance baby, cut back on the weed and grab an mkv or a dvd, start watching, and then start smoking again. In that order.