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* ''Webcomic/SabrinaOnline'' might not be much more explicit than many 90's sitcoms; but it depiction of sex, language, and discussion of abuse definitely makes it not kids stuff; let alone the title character's job as the digital media producer of an adult film studio.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Echo}}'' (which was made from the same studio behind ''Adastra'') is about a group of six anthro animal friends meeting up in their titular hometown for a reunion, where things soon take a turn for the dangerous when buried memories and paranormal events start to gruesomely unravel around them. Topics such as bullying, abuse and mental illness are brought up in explicit detail and many moments in the story [[spoiler: (ranging from evil entities to brutal character deaths)]] would easily fit in an R-rated horror film.

* ''VisualNovel/SuperNova'' is a superhero story with anthropomorphic animal characters. It portrays itself relatively seriously, dealing with ThouShaltNotKill and the legacy that coems with a title.

* ''VisualNovel/SuperNova'' is a superhero story with anthropomorphic animal characters. It portrays itself relatively seriously, dealing with ThouShaltNotKill and CharacterLegacy.

* A unique example is the upcoming game ''VideoGame/CultOfTheLamb'' by Massive Monster and published by Creator/DevolverDigital. The game is set in [[ArtStyleDissonance a universe of adorable anthropomorphic animals]], but the story is focused on a lamb who decides to start a cult and gets [[DemonicPossession possessed by an unknown demonic entity]]. The game also involves you killing other rival cults to appease your own cult and spread awareness of an unknown god.

* ''Literature/{{Plonqmas}}'': While the stories in this series do not indulge in smut or extreme violence, they are not meant for kids given their mature subject matter (copious drinking, implied sex, some violence) and BlackHumor usage.

* ''VideoGame/DogsLife'' is a T rated game where you are a dog trying to save his love interest from being cat food. It has that rating more for its humor and mild cursing than anything (and received lower rating outside of the US).

* ''VisualNovel/LandsOfFire'' is based on Myth/AboriginalAustralianMyths and features many of the monsters, violcence and pre-colonial sexual moores associated with these oral traditions. The cast are also ridiculously cute anthropomorphic animals.

* ''VisualNovel/LandsOfFire'' is based on Myth/AboriginalAustralianMyths and features many of the monsters, violcena dn pre-colonial sexual moores associated with thes eoral traditions. The cast are also ridiculously cute anthropomorphic animals.

* The animated music video of ''Music/JohnathanYoung's'' "Storm the Castle" involves a SlaveRevolt of animal people against their human oppressors, after a (literal) young buck political activist has his house burned down.

* The music video of Creator/JohnathanYoung's "Storm the Castle" involves a SlaveRevolt of animal people against their human oppressors, after a (literal) young buck political activist has his house burned down.

* While ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie'' is ''far'' DenserAndWackier than most of the examples on this page, it's still an adult animated series that's not afraid to touch on serious topics such as trauma, abuse, and sexism in the workplace.

* ''Website/CollegeHumor's'' infamous ''Furry Force'' sketch is a parody of the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom where the heroes morph into over-sexualized furry characters

This is a SubTrope to AnimationAgeGhetto and WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids. Compare {{Xenofiction}}.

* ''ComicBook/{{Xanadu|VickyWyman}}'' by Vicky Wyman was a fun and playfully erotic {{Swashbuckler}} that is a daring combination of Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' and ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.

* ''Anime/OddTaxi'' revolves around a missing girl who may or may not be alive, with some conspiracy in the background and characters having deep conversations, and it's all told using anthropomorphic animals [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope until the final episode]], where the FurryLens [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness on the protagonist]] come off, revealing that everyone was HumanAllAlong.]]

* The ''Literature/DeptfordMice'' trilogy and its prequels feature evil cults and dozens of horrific deaths for its animal characters, including but not limited to being [[FlayedAlive skinned alive]], [[OffWithHisHead decapitated]], [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalized]] by their own species, and slowly melting into vile black goo due to poisonous venom. And it ''is'' somehow marketed to children in spite of all this.

* The ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' books tend to feature rather bloody conflicts between the titular abbey of small forest mammals and "vermin" warlords.

* Most of Creator/KyellGold's output.

* ''Manga/BrandNewAnimal'' deals with very obvious themes about racism, xenophobia and government corruption as seen through the eyes of a diverse cast of anthropomorphic animals. Additionally, the predicament of the protagonist, a human who one day went anthro, could be interpreted as a not-so-subtle allegory for discovering one's identity as a transgender person, and coming to terms with it.