| So.. what do you think about it? Please try not to start Anime x Cartoon discussions. |
| I don't mind western animation, but I'm not a fan of american cartoons that try to simulate the anime styling. |
| I still watch Young Justice, it's not that bad. Also I watch Adventure time which is pretty funny sometimes I still watch it occasionally i suppose. |
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| After the late 90's, I felt like most of the cartoons that were airing on TV were terrible. But as a whole, I still enjoy Western animation, especially when it comes to movies. Solvite said: I'm not a fan of american cartoons that try to simulate the anime styling. There is no "anime" styling. Looking at shows like Panty and Stocking with Gartbelt, Crayon Shin Chan and others, it's obvious that an anime can look any way the author/artist intended and still be considered anime in Japan. |
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Mileena said: After the late 90's, I felt like most of the cartoons that were airing on TV were terrible. But as a whole, I still enjoy Western animation, especially when it comes to movies. This. love the movies but hate the series, too much stuff made for kids only... |
Mileena said: After the late 90's, I felt like most of the cartoons that were airing on TV were terrible. But as a whole, I still enjoy Western animation, especially when it comes to movies. Solvite said: I'm not a fan of american cartoons that try to simulate the anime styling. There is no "anime" styling. Looking at shows like Panty and Stocking with Gartbelt, Crayon Shin Chan and others, it's obvious that an anime can look any way the author/artist intended and still be considered anime in Japan. There are western cartoons now that try to look like most anime looks. Anyways, Archer is awesome. |
| I used to like cartoons. I haven't watched TV in around 10 years though, so I don't really know anything about "western cartoons" anymore. Except Avatar I did enjoy. |
| In the cinematic sense, I think it's only become better. Pixar, Disney, Dreamworks, Laika... sure there are a few stinkers but its solid stuff and ample evidence that we have begun to emerge from the Animation Age Ghetto. The 90s was a glorious time for televised animation but it all seemed to dry up for the most part in the aughts with some exceptions. Nowadays, televised Western animation is coming back in a big way with stuff like Friendship is Magic, Adventure Time, and Archer. It's a good time to be a cartoon fan. |
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Solvite said: There are western cartoons now that try to look like most anime looks. Like? inb4 Totally Spies inb4 Avatar TLA inb4 The Boondocks There really is no such thing as an "anime wannabee". |
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Mileena said: Solvite said: There are western cartoons now that try to look like most anime looks. Like? inb4 Totally Spies inb4 Avatar TLA inb4 The Boondocks There really is no such thing as an "anime wannabee". Avatar is good. :c |
Mileena said: Solvite said: There are western cartoons now that try to look like most anime looks. Like? inb4 Totally Spies inb4 Avatar TLA inb4 The Boondocks There really is no such thing as an "anime wannabee". Less popular shows than those. That said im on the verge of passing out so you win out of me not caring. |
dperolio said: Mileena said: Solvite said: There are western cartoons now that try to look like most anime looks. Like? inb4 Totally Spies inb4 Avatar TLA inb4 The Boondocks There really is no such thing as an "anime wannabee". Avatar is good. :c I never stated otherwise. :3 Solvite said: Less popular shows than those. That said im on the verge of passing out so you win out of me not caring. I win because you're a pleb, Solvite. Don't get it twisted. You're still alright with me though. |
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| I love western animation. Even more than I love anime. |
| 80's and 90's shows were awesome. I remember when I was a kid I spent all my free time looking at them (guess who had no life since the age of 5?). People might remember Johny Quest, Space Ghost, TMNT, Captain Planet, He-Man, The Jetsons, MASK, The Mask, Scooby Doo, Centurions,Dungeons and Dragons, Galtar, Thundarr the Barbarian, Voltron etc And ofc. probably my all time favourites, The Pirates of Dark Water and Swat Kats !! |
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Splitter said: In the cinematic sense, I think it's only become better. Pixar, Disney, Dreamworks, Laika... sure there are a few stinkers but its solid stuff and ample evidence that we have begun to emerge from the Animation Age Ghetto. The 90s was a glorious time for televised animation but it all seemed to dry up for the most part in the aughts with some exceptions. Nowadays, televised Western animation is coming back in a big way with stuff like Friendship is Magic, Adventure Time, and Archer. It's a good time to be a cartoon fan. Man, i keep hearing about archer, i have to watch it sometime. |
| I love western animation. Good stuff. Especially when it comes to animated movies. |
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| Western animation, as in cartoons? Can't stand them, mainly because every single one of them is aimed at children, or extremely stupid (Family Guy, drawn together..) I think western animation is a lot more than just cartoons though, OP should've given more examples here. |
bNq said: Western animation, as in cartoons? Can't stand them, mainly because every single one of them is aimed at children, or extremely stupid (Family Guy, drawn together..) I think western animation is a lot more than just cartoons though, OP should've given more examples here. All of it, series, movies, shorts, etc... |
Aggra-Def said: Adventure Time and Gravity Falls easily surpass all other works and achievements of the human species. Amen brother. Awesome shows. |
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| Lol the people who made the Airbender series, i have lots of respect of since I've only heard that its but I didn't actually watch it to give it a legit rate but if Americans made anime's like the Japanese did, I'd very much appreciate it I still don't like it when white people getting hired to dub japanese anime. Stick to subbed anime kids. |
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| Yeah I do, though I haven't watched much cartoons except for Spongebob, King of the Hill, the Simpsons, Futurama, and Avatar in the last 10 years. Though that Flapjack show was pretty funny. I recently downloaded like 100 episodes of Betty Boop (legally and free, of course), and most of the episodes are from the 30s. I really like how everything was a live back then. Surprisingly there's an episode where she was in Japan and is singing in Japanese. |
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Sundome said: This topic reminds me that I'm watching Kaiba right now, and it's interesting to see how westernized the animation is in that show, looks like an old Tex Avery cartoon almost. Lol, watched the first episode today and thats exactly what i thought |
| Ahhh...western for me are those from the Oscars that aren't American made - Norwegian, Canadian, Russian, etc. I love watching those when they have subs - sucks if they don't. I don't actually watch American made cartoons these days except perhaps those from AniBoom at YT. I did use to watch The Simpsons. |
| if it good it good , if it bad it bad i love MLP if i make top 10 list of both anime and cartoon Avatar and MLP will be on top of the list 6-9 |
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| In general, I am not a big fan of western animation. The main thing I have a problem with the the actual style of the animation itself. I don't like Disney's art style nor do I like the Pixar and Dreamworks art style. I enjoyed some of their films (I can't say I'm a huge fan), I especially liked Finding Nemo, but I just do not like the art style of it. Also, I love shows like Futurama, Venture Bros, Metalocalypse, and so on (especially Futurama), but even those, while I find them hilarious and really enjoy the content, I can't honestly say that I am a big fan of the animation itself. Also, I don't think I will ever understand people's obsessions with shows like Adventure Time and My Little Pony (the only new one that I really enjoyed much at all was Flapjack). I really enjoyed western children's cartoons when I was a child, and I would still enjoy watching some old Spongebob, Angry Beavers, Hey Arnold, Billy & Mandy, etc. now, even barring the nostalgia value, but the animation itself does not hold up well to Japanese animation in my opinion. TL;DR - I like some western cartoons, but I do not like the art style used in western animation. Also, I can't wait for the new episodes of Futurama and Venture Bros. to start airing. |
KyzixFeb 22, 2013 8:20 AM
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Kyzix said: In general, I am not a big fan of western animation. The main thing I have a problem with the the actual style of the animation itself. I don't like Disney's art style nor do I like the Pixar and Dreamworks art style. I enjoyed some of their films (I can't say I'm a huge fan), I especially liked Finding Nemo, but I just do not like the art style of it. Also, I love shows like Futurama, Venture Bros, Metalocalypse, and so on (especially Futurama), but even those, while I find them hilarious and really enjoy the content, I can't honestly say that I am a big fan of the animation itself. Also, I don't think I will ever understand people's obsessions with shows like Adventure Time and My Little Pony (the only new one that I really enjoyed much at all was Flapjack). I really enjoyed western children's cartoons when I was a child, and I would still enjoy watching some old Spongebob, Angry Beavers, Hey Arnold, Billy & Mandy, etc. now, even barring the nostalgia value, but the animation itself does not hold up well to Japanese animation in my opinion. TL;DR - I like some western cartoons, but I do not like the art style used in western animation. Also, I can't wait for the new episodes of Futurama and Venture Bros. to start airing. It is the opposite for me, i usually dislike japanese animation and art... Some shows have really BAD art like clannad, and i can't even watch them. |
matadorfromhell said: It is the opposite for me, i usually dislike japanese animation and art... Some shows have really BAD art like clannad, and i can't even watch them. I also dislike Clannad, but though it's art style isn't anywhere near my favorite I still like the animation of it better than the majority of western cartoons. The reason why I like Japanese animation is generally because I like the art style of the animation itself and the content, while with western animation, I can really just like the content at best. Though in general, I like the content of Japanese animation better as well because to me it seems that western animators are only really adept at pulling off comedy. I do also really enjoy Japanese comedy as well. |
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| A lot of the cartoons today are really bad, but even the old ones when you think about it are really bad. Scooby Doo, Mr Gadget... etc. Most of them are bad. My favorite cartoons (great good ones); Jimmy Neutron, Fairly Odd Parents, Spongebob... what else? etc. The teen ones, great, not always, not every episode but just not my thing to follow that much, not always (Family Guy, South Park, Simpsoms, American Dad) _____________________________ The Legend of Korra and Avatar: The Last Airbender. LOVE IT! BEST WESTERN ANIMATION EVER! that I know of. |
waalex11 said: A lot of the cartoons today are really bad, but even the old ones when you think about it are really bad. Scooby Doo, Mr Gadget... etc. Most of them are bad. My favorite cartoons (great good ones); Jimmy Neutron, Fairly Odd Parents, Spongebob... what else? etc. The teen ones, great, not always, not every episode but just not my thing to follow that much, not always (Family Guy, South Park, Simpsoms, American Dad) _____________________________ The Legend of Korra and Avatar: The Last Airbender. LOVE IT! BEST WESTERN ANIMATION EVER! that I know of. What you said is true, i dont really know of many great western animation series that arent comedy, the thing i really like about western animation are the movies... It would be nice if they had series as good as movies. |
| I think that there are great western stuff. So many good titles, as I see it, there is so much Anime but in general only a few are really great. On the other hand for some reason I think that Western hold a overall higher standard, but this I could be completely wrong about. As for West, I love stuff Like Daria, Downtown, Archer, Fritz the cat and many more. I think western drawing/animation style is usually better suited for my taste. |
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DateYutaka said: yep but for the mosr part western animation as narrative form sucks anime has higher quilts narrative comapre Hadashi no gen or Hotaru no Haka to ny disney so called tearjerkers ad all disney will fall short Yeah, and it's better if you compare works that are nothing alike. For God's sake, take When the wind blows (and I don't even like it) or Persepolis for the comparison, not a damn fairy tale which for starters is not even meant to be in the same emotional league than the above mentioned anime films. |
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DateYutaka said: Pontus said: I think that there are great western stuff. So many good titles, as I see it, there is so much Anime but in general only a few are really great. On the other hand for some reason I think that Western hold a overall higher standard, but this I could be completely wrong about. As for West, I love stuff Like Daria, Downtown, Archer, Fritz the cat and many more. I think western drawing/animation style is usually better suited for my taste. yep but for the mosr part western animation as narrative form sucks anime has higher quilts narrative comapre Hadashi no gen or Hotaru no Haka to ny disney so called tearjerkers ad all disney will fall short Clearly you haven't seen many western animation movies... |
matadorfromhell said: Clearly you haven't seen many western animation movies... It's DateYutaka...oh, you're new. Well, it's Date Yutaka. Get use to it. |
TsukikageRan said: matadorfromhell said: Clearly you haven't seen many western animation movies... It's DateYutaka...oh, you're new. Well, it's Date Yutaka. Get use to it. Yea.. i still don't know who trolls here and who is serious. |
| New Cartoon Network style is awful! But I really love MacFarlane's prods like "American Dad" and "Family Guy". Even if story sucks, sense of humour is great. |
matadorfromhell said: waalex11 said: A lot of the cartoons today are really bad, but even the old ones when you think about it are really bad. Scooby Doo, Mr Gadget... etc. Most of them are bad. My favorite cartoons (great good ones); Jimmy Neutron, Fairly Odd Parents, Spongebob... what else? etc. The teen ones, great, not always, not every episode but just not my thing to follow that much, not always (Family Guy, South Park, Simpsoms, American Dad) _____________________________ The Legend of Korra and Avatar: The Last Airbender. LOVE IT! BEST WESTERN ANIMATION EVER! that I know of. What you said is true, i dont really know of many great western animation series that arent comedy, the thing i really like about western animation are the movies... It would be nice if they had series as good as movies. Yeah, like the Disney movies... aw man, amazing. |
waalex11 said: matadorfromhell said: What you said is true, i dont really know of many great western animation series that arent comedy, the thing i really like about western animation are the movies... It would be nice if they had series as good as movies. Yeah, like the Disney movies... aw man, amazing. Sorry for being so rude, but do you even know what are you talking about? |
| Haven't watched American cartoons in some time, but some of my favorites that come to mind: Recess, Hey Arnold, Tom and Jerry, etc. Disney movies are also fun. |
DateYutaka said: jal90 said: DateYutaka said: yep but for the mosr part western animation as narrative form sucks anime has higher quilts narrative comapre Hadashi no gen or Hotaru no Haka to ny disney so called tearjerkers ad all disney will fall short Yeah, and it's better if you compare works that are nothing alike. For God's sake, take When the wind blows (and I don't even like it) or Persepolis for the comparison, not a damn fairy tale which for starters is not even meant to be in the same emotional league than the above mentioned anime films. but people cry at disney movies that iwhy i brought it up i herd people cried at lion king very manufactued tear who did not did shed a tear at the films i mentited that have real emotion ivloved that most most people from the us could not understand [ like all manga anime based on that subject matter people from the us ddd not suffer from that sort of treatment in times of war[ the bombing and things] people from the uk for example might undersated the real emotion better since they did suffter that sort od treatmeant in war time ] and also us animation whitewashes history badly and i mean badly disney being the main culprits mulan and pucahuntis for example [ dream works are not much better Anastasia for example yes manga and fanisize the history but it does not try and rewrite it [ ofr the most part] You have 7000 posts like this? You sure are a dedicated troll. |
| I'd probably have to say that The Simpsons is still my favorite TV show of all time. I honestly haven't probably watched it in like 10 years, but seasons 3-8 are perhaps the best TV I've ever seen. Also growing up there were just so many that I loved and watched. Pro-Stars, Count Duckula, Cops, Garfield and Friends, Muppet Babies, Freakazoid was incredible. Lastly what might be the 2nd best after The Simpsons, Duckman. Man Duckman was really, really good. So safe to say that I loved Western (specifically American) animation. I don't really watch it much anymore (Aqua Teen Hunger Force's first 20-30 episodes I thought were pretty great), but just the stuff from my childhood I hold in such high esteem that I have to say I like it a lot. |
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