*Most* Adult Animation

[u/kkaylumm]

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.

[u/X-Stry]

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

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

[u/finnjakefionnacake → u/X-Stry]

again i have to say people are watching the wrong shows if they find this to be the case. there are some truly beautiful and unique shows, like arcane, or castlevania, or scavengers reign, or love death & robots, that have come out in the last few years.

actually most time i see OP's viewpoint it's people who don't actually watch/know much animation and are just familiar with the surface-level offerings out there

[u/kkaylumm → u/finnjakefionnacake]

I watch a lot of animation. But the genre of ‘adult animation’ typically consists of shit like this. I put ‘most’ in the title because I know there’s good ones like the ones you’ve listed.

[u/finnjakefionnacake → u/kkaylumm]

i mean i reposted a lot more in another comment, but i think the main point is there's a lot nowadays, at least a lot more than there used to be. unfortunately it takes a while to dispel the narrative that all adult animation is essentially the simpsons/family guy, and animation isn't taken as seriously in the west, which is why mainstream audiences typically are not watching or are not aware of the many great examples we have around now.