Cartoons

[infohippie]

Whats with all the boring, unoriginal cartoons nowadays? All I see now are boring and to say the least, bland shows! So please, what happened to Sponge Bob? Jimmy Neutron? Hey Arnold? And of course, PowerPuff girls.

TBH, I feel all those cartoons you've listed are also bland and boring. Maybe I was just too old for them when they came out? Even Ren & Stimpy (as well as Pokemon) were aimed at a younger audience than I was when they were released.
I guess I'm really showing my age here, but I wanna know what happened to cartoons like Star Blazers, Robotech, Mysterious Cities of Gold, that kind of thing. Ooh, and Space Captain Harlock!
These cartoons from my childhood are why I became an anime fan.

 

[Aris Khandr]

I was wrong there is a prize! It's called access to the search bar!

Aren't prizes supposed to be prestigious or at the very least have a certain amount of exclusivity? My god man, your prize sucks./sarcasm

On forums, the ability to even locate the search bar, much less make it work, is one of the rarest of abilities.

Mysterious Cities of Gold

Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea was better, but no one remembers it but me.

 

[psychic psycho]

Spectacular Spiderman is still around somewhere, better than the 90's Spidey show...

They probably still show reruns but, Spectacular Spiderman has been canceled for a while now. Sadly, It only had two seasons. A new Spider-Man series based on the "Ultimate" line of comics, is being worked on. It'll be led by Paul Dini, of DC Animated Universe fame. Also, to be fair to the 90's series there were a lot of things going against it. The two biggest being that it was heavily censored and the budget was nowhere near Batman: TAS. Considering that, I think the 90's series did the best with what they had.

I'm kinda annoyed that Adventure Time is being mentioned so many times. Where are the jokes in that show? A lot of times it just cute and not funny. Regular Show gets accused for being a show for people with ADD. I think it deserves more credit than that though. Regular Show episodes have real conclusions, unlike Adventure Time which sometimes end so randomly; like the writers realized they hit the 15 min. mark and decided to end it right there. There's a progression with each episode of Regular Show. Things start out pretty mundane but near the end get trippy. I actually find the mundane parts to be more funny. It's like a "slacker/work place" comedy (akin to King of the Hill or Clerks) combined with some of the more odd ones like, well, Adventure Time.

Young Justice isn't being mentioned enough. The show is brilliant. It's from the guy who brought us Gargoyles and Spectacular Spider-Man. Best show on CN right now. Heck, it's probably one of the best on any network.

The new Scooby-Doo cartoon is also great. Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. is familiar but tries to flesh out the characters a bit more. The show is actually funny; it relies on sharp writing and it's characters, rather than slapstick like the previous series. It's a lot less formulaic. There's also a continuing season long mystery.

Other than that, I'm glad Sym-Bionic Titan and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is getting recognized.

 

[newguy77]

Xiaolin Showdown
Did everyone forget about it?

I remember it and I think it's done and gone. That crappy cliffhanger bullshit they pulled was the last episode. I hate it when that happens with cartoons. The characters are getting to some really cool powers and stuff and then the plug just gets pulled on the entire show. Bastards.

OT: Seconded for Megas and can't think of any others right now.

 

[Canid117]

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I was wrong there is a prize! It's called access to the search bar!

Aren't prizes supposed to be prestigious or at the very least have a certain amount of exclusivity? My god man, your prize sucks./sarcasm

It's a really low budget contest...

 

[Griffstar]

I'm defending cartoons today, there's plenty good you just grew out of it. Really I don't trust the opinion of any one who says that Jimmy Neutron is one of the most noteworthy cartoons.

Spectacular Spiderman is still around somewhere, better than the 90's Spidey show.

It got canceled though, partly because of the disney buy out but mostly because of the "all cartoons suck now" crowd refused to watch it because of misguided nostalgia, I still can't get over the loss of that show.

I was just naming some of the cartoons I used to watch. Not saying they are the BEST choices, their what just came to mind at the time.

 

[teutonicman]

I was wrong there is a prize! It's called access to the search bar!

Aren't prizes supposed to be prestigious or at the very least have a certain amount of exclusivity? My god man, your prize sucks./sarcasm

On forums, the ability to even locate the search bar, much less make it work, is one of the rarest of abilities.

The sadness of that statement reminds me of this:

 

[dday4you]

I haven't seen an anime in a long time so my taste for anime might be different now. Would you recomend Fullmetal Alchemist?

if you're feeling adventurous, why not search up cooking master boy?
its a really old anime but the humor and story and the cooking are all superbe, give it a shot
ot: ah cartoons they really light up my days when i was a kid.
<spoiler=best current cartoon> ben 10. LOL JK!

 

[Polaris19]

I miss Ugly Americans.....

But...that's an ongoing show....

I miss Angry Beavers and Rockos Modern Life.

Sheep in the Big city was hilarious too.

 

[drisky]

I'm defending cartoons today, there's plenty good you just grew out of it. Really I don't trust the opinion of any one who says that Jimmy Neutron is one of the most noteworthy cartoons.

Spectacular Spiderman is still around somewhere, better than the 90's Spidey show.

It got canceled though, partly because of the disney buy out but mostly because of the "all cartoons suck now" crowd refused to watch it because of misguided nostalgia, I still can't get over the loss of that show.

I was just naming some of the cartoons I used to watch. Not saying they are the BEST choices, their what just came to mind at the time.

Still I think my point still stands that its more about you growing out of cartoons then them being unoriginal now a days, The boy genius that fixes his everyday problems with science or goes on adventures is far from original. Dexter's Laboratory did it better before it, Phenius and Ferb did it better after it.

 

[Griffstar]

I also enjoyed Dexters Laboratory, though I still think that I have not changed, it has.
Good point though.

 

[Artina89]

I watch a lot of adult swim, "Aqua teen hunger force", "Metallocalypse", "Venture bros." and "Robot chicken" so you might want to try that. Before it got cancelled, I also watched "Lucy the daughter of the devil" and I actually have it on in the background at the moment as I managed to acquire the entire season on iTunes.

Another show that I watch even though its not on TV anymore (at least to my knowledge) is "The grim adventures of Billy and Mandy".