You guys blame Pokemon for making sexualized furries a main stream thing?
I personally blame Disney for that one, no company invested that much money into furfaggotry as Disney did.
Looking back at their designs with todays eyes is clear that some characters were specifically made to induce boners, like stripper rat? Seriously? I guess many of these characters have strong sexual characteristics because they are meant to connect with the adult audience.
If you are going to spend millions in a romantic scene between two cartoon lions, might as well be some really fuckable cartoon lions to make the adults care.