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Patrick Bait-man said:
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Update: As I predicted, the archive.org page as been taken down. Warners Bros. definitely knows about it and they're in full throttle taking any of it down right now.

I should note that it's not entirely known what the circumstances of Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too! are. Some say it was canceled and written off as a tax write-off as previously mentioned, or that it was already planned for release later this year according to this from a few months ago and this release is an early leak of the finished product. But why would someone leak it early then?
 
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PS1gamenwatch said:
Also from Cross Country Detours
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On some level I get WHAT tex was going for. It's visual humor based on the popular trends of his tine i. This pin ups and strip teases, only done in a way that can be snuck past the very strict rules of the Hayes code at the time.

Honestly you can't blame him for not anticiping what would eventually come out of jokes like that. Any more than you can blame him and other golden age animators for making racist jokes.

Also...dam strawberry shortcake, my little pony, Transformers, he man, thunder cats, gi joe....I legit feel sorry for all those 80s kids...sure the "good" ones are all middle aged or older now and...hopefully moved on with their lives..(though some obvious exceptions apply) but I mean...the cartoons that meant everything to them as kids have pretty much all been desecrated beyond all belief. At least most silent and greatest generation folk who enjoyed the early antics of golden age cartoons are either so old it doesn't matter anymore... are just plain dead now.
 
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A Grey Cat said:
Also...dam strawberry shortcake, my little pony, Transformers, he man, thunder cats, gi joe....I legit feel sorry for all those 80s kids...sure the "good" ones are all middle aged or older now and...hopefully moved on with their lives..(though some obvious exceptions apply) but I mean...the cartoons that meant everything to them as kids have pretty much all been desecrated beyond all belief. At least most silent and greatest generation folk who enjoyed the early antics of golden age cartoons are either so old it doesn't matter anymore... are just plain dead now.
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Thing is, after awhile it stops hurting. For me it was way back in 2002 when Cartoon Network did a He-Man revival that I learned the hard lesson that revivals will usually suck. I actually gave that version a second shot later and its a little better than I initially gave it credit for, but its still no patch on the 1983 original.

But yeah this is part of the inspiration for my autistic Rainbow Brite pitch on the previous page, since the thing that stands out to me so much is how Current Year likes to appropriate icons and symbols and turn them into something shit (that's specifically why my mind went to Rainbow Brite, since the entire concept of rainbows is pretty much the ur-example of something that used to be beautiful and innocent but which is now associated with something corrupt and dirty).
 
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skykiii said:
But yeah this is part of the inspiration for my autistic Rainbow Brite pitch on the previous page, since the thing that stands out to me so much is how Current Year likes to appropriate icons and symbols and turn them into something shit (that's specifically why my mind went to Rainbow Brite, since the entire concept of rainbows is pretty much the ur-example of something that used to be beautiful and innocent but which is now associated with something corrupt and dirty).
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Speaking of that and robot chicken,

Sums everything up perfectly doesn't it?
 
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Basic Blond Boy said:
The MCU destroyed this. Every super in that movie lineup runs around with their masks off and revolves their life fully around their cape-shit escapades.
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The MCU is an odd duck in that regard, but I think the storytelling (especially in later products) definitely goes in the soap opera direction so it still counts. I said "and/or" for a reason, and it's not because I'm a Star Wars fan.
Rome's rightful successor said:
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Everybody knows that those shows are made for 12 year olds who just discovered what edgy humour is, calling them adult is just a marketing gimmick.
 
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slob on mi knob said:
Honestly the anime series people recommend constantly bore the fuck out of me.
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  • Black Lagoon
  • Lupin III
  • City Hunter
  • Tiger & Bunny
  • The Boondocks
This is every anime that I would actually recommend to people without any kind of forewarning or disclaimer, and even then most of that list would be considered 'problematic' since the Japs love titties and black people love saying nigger.
 
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skykiii said:
Thing is, after awhile it stops hurting. For me it was way back in 2002 when Cartoon Network did a He-Man revival that I learned the hard lesson that revivals will usually suck. I actually gave that version a second shot later and its a little better than I initially gave it credit for, but its still no patch on the 1983 original.

But yeah this is part of the inspiration for my autistic Rainbow Brite pitch on the previous page, since the thing that stands out to me so much is how Current Year likes to appropriate icons and symbols and turn them into something shit (that's specifically why my mind went to Rainbow Brite, since the entire concept of rainbows is pretty much the ur-example of something that used to be beautiful and innocent but which is now associated with something corrupt and dirty).
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At least you know how we "40 and Up" crowd feel.
 
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Midwit said:
  • Black Lagoon
  • Lupin III
  • City Hunter
  • Tiger & Bunny
  • The Boondocks
This is every anime that I would actually recommend to people without any kind of forewarning or disclaimer, and even then most of that list would be considered 'problematic' since the Japs love titties and black people love saying nigger.
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Boondocks is "anime" in the same way Avatar the Last Airbender is.

I like anime but yeah it can at times be a bit of an acquired taste. My own personal favorites are Ranma 1/2, the 1980s version of Astro Boy, the original 1960s Speed Racer... and Detective Conan though I would recommend not getting hooked on the overarching plot and trying instead to just enjoy the mystery-of-the-day format.

Hate to do the culture war thing, but for a hot minute western animation was actually better, or at least more creative in some ways. The "hot minute" was of course the 1980s. A good example is Transformers: Americans tried to seriously work with the concept and wound up making something that had some interesting drama and sci-fi chops within a kiddy space. then Japan makes their own sequels and they all watch like standard kiddy anime and at times its clear they think its just a Giant Robot show.
 
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Midwit said:
  • Black Lagoon
  • Lupin III
  • City Hunter
  • Tiger & Bunny
  • The Boondocks
This is every anime that I would actually recommend to people without any kind of forewarning or disclaimer, and even then most of that list would be considered 'problematic' since the Japs love titties and black people love saying nigger.
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Best anime list:
  • King of The Hill
  • Kappa Mickey
  • Teen Titans (2003)
  • Avatar The Last Airbender / Legend of Korra
  • The Boondocks
  • Totally Spies
  • Martin Mysteries
  • Jackie Chan Adventures
 
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TVBForever said:
The Boondocks isn't an anime, you zoomer retard. It's an American animated show that uses anime aesthetic
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skykiii said:
A good example is Transformers: Americans tried to seriously work with the concept and wound up making something that had some interesting drama and sci-fi chops within a kiddy space. then Japan makes their own sequels and they all watch like standard kiddy anime and at times its clear they think its just a Giant Robot show.
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Japan doesn't really seem to get space opera that well, I'd posit that it's because most of it originated from a literary tradition that likely doesn't appeal to Japanese culture and sensibilities in the way that it does to Westerners.
 
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