x3 In terms of western animation, yeah Japan doesn't count. But animation in general, hell yeah. Historically speaking it is because of anime which helps popularize adult animation here in America. Shows and movies like Ghost in the Shell, Lupin the Third, Serial Experiment Lian, Cowboy Bebop, Akira, and Robotech pretty much helped paved the way for people to see cartoons as not just for children by dealing with more mature subject matter that an older audience can relate to.
With all this talk of raunchy comedy, why not a adult cartoon that's comedic aimed for intellectuals? But instead of science jokss, it's deep philosophical you have to analyze to get it. It sounds dumb but xcd was on to something. note: yes it has been done before but i was thinking something else.
edited 22nd Jul '17 3:13:02 PM by ewolf2015
MIAOn a related note, why are animated horror movies so rare? I don't mean Defanged Horrors movies like Hotel Transylvania or The Corpse Bride, nor am I talking about the so-called "scary" moments found in some kids' animated movies. I mean real horror. We know horror can be accomplished in animation (the "B-17" segment of Heavy Metal is a good example), so why have studios been so shy about trying?
I'd disagree about Rick & Morty having "an actual story with consequences." The show is very decidedly episodic, with most of its episodes being pastiche of popular media. Ongoing storylines are rare, and events rarely have an impact beyond the episode they take place in.
I honestly don't think Rick & Morty is as deep as a lot of viewers say it is. It's just got that trendy pop nihilism thing going.
Home Movies is very tame in terms of mature content, and the story even revolves around kids, but it's improvised conversation-style humor is very much made for adults.
Often the "adult" animated shows are animated only to provide an atmosphere of unreality; frequently the animation is poorly or indifferently done. Most often what you'll have is competent animation done from mediocre character designs.
To get more varied or experimental visuals, you'd actually have to get the producers to shell out money for actually good animation which, oddly, no one seems willing to do unless its animation aimed at kids/general audiences (likely because traditionally, animation for kids/general audiences makes more money that animation for adults).
Y'know, although I rarely want to do stories aimed exclusively for adults, my vocabulary and writing just isn't collage level yet, I think 8ight, another theoretical would do great with a well animated art style. Just have to have a good amount of animation to make it slow with the surreal imagery. Does help that the art style am aiming for is akin to Peter chung and moebius's work.
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Its Kon, also its really sad that Western Animation is looked down upon so much.
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