Poll: Adults and cartoons

[FalloutJack]

Yes, I do. Not all of them, though. I have a bit of a snit about cartoon quality these days. Not to say that I think all of them are crap. I haven't SEEN all of them. But I don't think much of at least some of the ones I hear about. That's why both anime and online animations have become my new cartoon. The ones I like play to my tastes, and the ones that don't? Eh, just leave 'em.

 

[superbatranger]

I still watch shows like Tom and Jerry whenever I get the chance. Can't beat the classics.

 

[Daggedawg]

Oh yes, I love 'em! One Piece, Dragonball and the occasional episode of South Park is always nice!

 

[Carlston]

I enjoy animation.
I can't get into obviously ehhh well let's just say Dorkbob and Chowder just doesn't cut it.

The old Batman animate series, more the adult made shows...sure. Hell I even have some of the old 80's Saturday morning cartoon which are not suitable for todays kids because some reason todays kids can play a video game with realistic guts gushing out but they see a D&D zombie they'll curl in a ball and die. heh...

Animated shows are fine, cartoons to me are obviously aimed at the child audiences...at the same time animations even the core cartoons were made for adults when they first appeared at the start of movies in the dawn of film. So saying they are just for kids...nope. Not even close. It's a cheaper medium for stories that you can achieve greater effect of visual story telling for less cost...

 

[Wintermoot]

I,m 16 and still enjoy them but its hard to find them on TV (all the three channels that still aiur fun cartoons air fucking sitcoms (like Hannah Montanna, zack and Cody etc.) 80% of the time I mostly watch Comedy Central cartoons (like Futurama The Simpsons etc.) I also watch Anime

 

[Assassin Xaero]

All the old ones I grew up with? Yeah. King of the Hill, The Simpsons and Spongebob are about the only ones still on now. And I have the first three seasons of Scooby Doo (you know, back when it was pot head jokes and not teenage drama) on DVD.

Hate to break it to ya dude but King of the hill has been canceled D:

Also, Hells yeah I watch cartoons!!

Yeah, I know it was canceled, and if was filled in the space by another stupid ass Family Guy show. Oh, and now it got bumped forward an hour on Adult Swim for the same stupid show. I wish it would come back, you actually had to know something to catch some of the jokes. It wasn't just vulgar toilet human like Family Guy and South Park are.

 

[Okuu_Fusion]

I still watch cartoons... Nothing recent though besides The Venture Bros. I usually watch older stuff, like the seasons 1-8 of The Simpsons, The Critic, Freakazoid!, King of The Hill, or South Park...

I see nothing wrong with watching cartoons... There are better animated shows out there than there are shows with real people in it...

 

[spartan231490]

I watch a lot of anime but not many cartoons, if that makes a difference.

 

[smurf_you]

I still watch cartoons I'm almost 20, and I love Phineas and Ferb!

 

[Tallim]

Let's see I am in my 30s and I enjoy Freakazoid, Animaniacs, Fairly Odd Parents, Dexter's Lab, Trapdoor (if that counts), and probably a load more if I could remember them. You can't put an age limit on entertainment. If you like it you watch it and screw what other people think.

 

[Caligulove]

I never really make an effort to watch them like I used to, but when I catch some, especially the old cartoons from when I was a kid, I will take some time and watch them, enjoy them.

Plus, things like American Dad and Archer that I follow are still cartoons, but I find that 'cartoon' is used by many just for shows aimed at kids through teenagers. Which I disagree with, cartoon has still been a broad term for any kind of animation. There are of course further refinements and categories.

 

[Shadeovblack]

I'll watch any superhero cartoon out there!

 

[Arisato-kun]

Yes I do. I'm an animation major. It's a goddamn requirement.

 

[A random person]

Considering that I watch Futurama, The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Family Guy (though out of habit), and South Park, along with surprisingly enjoying some of CN's recent output (Regular Show is the perfect pre-Adult Swim show) and still watching Spongebob when it's on, not to mention that I rather like anime, I'd say I like cartoons, yes.

 

[KarumaK]

Considering I watch pretty much nothing but cartoons...

 

[BrainWalker]

Phineas and Ferb is freaking awesome, and kind of restored a little of my faith in American animation. Disney in particular. Which isn't to say I'm a fan of Japanese animation, but, you know, distinctions have to be made. I'm also a fan of the quirky and sometimes legitimately creepy Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. Dr. Barber is seriously one of my favorite characters in anything, ever. I also actually have the entirety of Batman: The Animated Series on DVD, partly because I dig me some Batman, and partly because it is one of the best animated series to have ever come out of the West, even though a lot of it actually came out of the East. Mostly, though, I got it because it's the first cartoon I ever watched as a kid that I felt wasn't treating me like a kid. That show had some serious depth for something supposedly aimed at children.

Not so much modern children's programming, which haas confused 'family friendly' with 'escessively kiddie'.

But, I watch old eps of Kim Possible, Teen Titans, Batman TAS, Avatar the Last Airbender.

And I watch quite a few Disney movies. But again, mostly the ones from when I was a kid.

This is my big problem with animation. People, both in general and in the industry, tend not to see it as a legitimate medium, but just as kid's stuff. Kind of like another medium people here at the Escapist might be familiar with. Probably the biggest reason I'm in love with Pixar is because they don't see it like that. They make some of the best films in the industry because they embrace the medium of animation rather than being constrained by it. They make movies that are family-friendly, but don't interpret that label as meaning "so inoffensive as to be completely pointless" or "aiming for the lowest common denominator." They tell moving stories with real depth and character, and if anyone would call you a "fag" for watching a Pixar movie, that is a person that I would not continue to associate with.

 

[turbo4400]

I personally just don't enjoy them but i see nothing wrong with watching them regardless of age, just be careful who it's around cause first impressions are hard to overcome and everyone makes assumptions and hold reservations about people based on them regardless of what this person is really like.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I've always said that if you're too old for cartoons, you're too old. To paraphrase C.S. Lewis "When I became an adult, I put away childish things, and that includes the fear of being seen as childish." He was talking about why he thought it was okay for adults to read fairy tales, but it applies just as well to cartoons, videogames, and pretty much anything that brings joy both to children and adults. Also OP, someone seriously made fun of you for watching Phineas and Ferb? That show is the best thing to come out of the Disney Channel since Dave the Barbarian, which in turn was the best thing to come out of it since Ducktales, Tailspin and the rest of that block got cancelled.

[sub]I'll be 21 in under a month, by the way, so I'm legally an adult, but still qualify as a kid to those who are significantly older than me, or at least a kid of the college variety.[/sub]

 

[SovietSecrets]

I watch old and new cartoons here and there. Most of the new ones suck, but stuff like Superjail and Archer are great.

 

[LittleChone]

I hate anime but my favorite cartoons are Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, Spongebob, and I'd say that my all time favorite was Edd, Ed 'n' Eddy.

I couldn't agree more.