Critique on Adult Cartoons

 1. “ Personally, I think most adult animation relies too much on overusing sex and gore for humor. There is so much more to being an adult than understanding vulgar subjects, and the jokes only end up being unfunny and repetitive.

It’s also really sad to see the actual animation aspect so overlooked. As someone who's passionate about the arts, it sucks when characters look like puppets reading from a script with no further aesthetic values. This video really did well in pointing out the monotonous style and lack of time for the animators. I also want to add that most adult shows seem to be more like comedy skits, with little plot, if any at all. Generally they just lack any style, since design or music is just not their focus. It’s just so rare to find a good adult cartoons anymore, but it does make shows like bojack horseman or the midnight gospel seem all the more amazing kinda went on a rant there but thought this video was a nice place to dump these thoughts.”

2.” "Treating it like a genre rather than a medium." That's so elegantly put and something I'll remember! I can think of so many other things this applies to as well, like 80% of Broadway musicals having the "Broadway sound" rather than just being seen as a medium into which any style of music can fit.

I hope more animations follows the path of Bojack Horseman, Castlevania, and the like in the future. There's so much potential in this medium we're not getting.”

3. “ The problem with adult animation is people hear "adult ", and their minds insrantly go to crass humor, current events, and sexual inmuendos. While im not trashing on all of Adult Cartoons (as i like a handful of them myself), they just dont have the same sense of "wonder" and heart to it.

Im not surprised why so many adults feel more attached to Disney and Cartoons aimed at teens.”

4. “ I wouldn't say that's a problem with the show. Yes, it would be good to get more adult shows that are not necessarily sexual or crass, but I don't think it should be ALL shows. Like I said, Helluva Boss is doing something different in many aspects, but I don't think it needs be completely different in every single way posible. There should still be a place for sexual and crass humor in adult animation (I personally enjoy it when it's done well)... and if I'm gonna consume that type of content, I think it's so cool to find a show that's so colorful, gay and musical... while also being sexual and crass. I don't know, I really don't think a show being like this is the problem, I think the general lack of diversity in the medium of adult animation is the actual problem.”

5.” It's sad when the shows that make people realize that a cartoon can be for adults are now just the templates to make episodes

It's weird how Children/Teen animations have this big hype when they pull out a dark or adult moment like when Spongebob though he killed the inspector, while at the same time the Adult show is often ignored for the same joke. I think it's mostly because the adult shows tries to make every joke groundbreaking and dark while the kids shows having more limitations, gives them more room for hiding the adult moments. I wish adult media realizes that a dark joke only works if you don't expect one instead of spamming 8 of those in 10 minutes”

6. “ Hate to admit it, but its true. When I see here adult animation, my mind immediately jumps crass, vulgar humor and harsh animation. Whats odd is, why can't we take western animation into the same direction Japanese animation is going. (yes, Im gonna be that guy). In japan theres a growing audience for adult themed shows, but not the typical ecchi moe/softcore porn stuff most people think of, but shows with realistic characters about daily life and struggling to adapt to an everchanging social landscape. Right now on netflix theres a show call Aggrestuko, and at first glance you would think its a show for little kids because the art style is reminiscent of Hello Kitty, but the storylines are all very adult and tackles real issues allot 20 and 30 something millennials are dealing with each day. You have shows like Watanoi which again is a show with adult characters in a city setting that plays out like a typical romcom you'd see on day time television here in america. You have 91 days which is a classic mafioso story that has a script that could fit in with any Scorsese movie.

Why do we insist on vulgar comedy being the standard and not just a genre. This is why Bojack Horseman is such a success, sure the animation is ugly, the jokes are crude, but at its core it’s psychological drama. Even with older shows like Futurama, its most beloved and memorable episodes aren't the "funniest" but are episodes that make you cry, make you question your youth and mortality, and make you wanna hold your loved ones close.” - Not Sans

7. “ Primal for me its the best example of adult animation: Excellent animation, good art direction and no sex jokes, millenial edgy jokes or nihilistic messages.”

8.” Centaurworld was a deeper experience than most "adult" cartoons released in the last 10 years.”