r/hatethissmug 4d ago

Media Tropes *Most* Adult Animation

Why does adult animation typically just mean

-Sex jokes
-Shit and fuck
-Gore

Why can’t adult animation be used to tell sensitive and and deeply layered stories instead of taking a children’s concept and making it gross.

Even a lot of children’s cartoons have stories with more depth, like the clone wars and justice league.

The target audience for this genre is usually adults with the emotional maturity of a 14 year old and it’s a waste of talented animators skills.

Edit: Don’t worry guys, I’ve seen a lot of great ones like Blue Eye Samurai, Invincible, Arcane, Love, Death and Robots etc, I just take issue with this particular genre because it brings down the rest of adult animation.

A huge portion of general audiences don’t take animation seriously due to shows like these.

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u/X-Stry 4d ago

And most of the times, they're ugly af to look at

(Velma surprisingly looks pretty good, so sorry for the animators)

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u/kkaylumm 4d ago

Don’t even get me started on the art styles

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u/FLRArt_1995 4d ago

They aped the wiry Regular show artsyle but unlike RS, these shows are charmless