good point

Like that's what stood out about Samurai Jack Season 5.

Fundamental failure to understand the market on their part

First we got killed in cars, now we're getting killed in animation

the last one was what, heavy metal?

heavy metal 2?

i mean, even shonen, which are designed for males aged 8-16, come across as adult over here cause of the excessive blood and violence usually in them

one piece and naruto being the go to examples of such shows

I don't know. I think Serious Cartoons in general are pretty dead.

you wont find any serious cartoons in america outside of crowd funded ones and the like. most TV networks think 'cartoon = kids'

Everything here in the west has to be super self aware half-drawn slapstick. Like they're trying to be sunday strips without any of the wit.

did anyone have the encore action channel growing up? they aired anime movies geared towards an adult audience
that was the shit when i was little

That's what happens when shit is designed by committee

however, there are a few that are partually serious

avatar: the last airbender was pretty good

not the sequel series though

is pokemon and digimon anime?

yes

Yes

ok

There was that one furry that was making a Star Fox cartoon, and he finally finished the first episode. And apparently the Adult Swim guys watched it, and didn't like it because it was too serious.

pretty sure pokemon was the first anime i saw then

the man in charge of adult swim hates animation

he said so himself years ago

It shows

I guess so huh.

Shit he's still working on that cartoon.

I remember it because the animation quality is ridiculous, even though it's a one man job.

yo

now, when you say serious, what exactly do you mean by that?

non-comedic?

I imagine so, yeah

I honestly don't know, I didn't see the original source.

As far as adult animation in the US goes, I can think of

Rick and Morty, Family Guy, American Dad, Archer

if you want serious shows with good plot, i can find a few good ones for you in anime, should you want me to

Basically everybody just aping off of The Simpsons.

death note comes to mind, so long as you ignore the fanbase and just watch the show

😃

probably

Death Note is a good one