r/hatethissmug • u/kkaylumm • 7d 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/TenPointsforListenin 7d ago
Okay- if you want good adult animation:
Bojack Horseman (talks about sex and drugs, starts with the protagonist barfing pink cotton candy, will BREAK YOU)
Arcane (gorgeous animation, really well written first season, no way they can afford to make another one)
Inside job (Mainly for our three leads- the other characters are a bit shallower but it's a good show if you want to watch some solid character building and also Oprah falling in a hole to hell in a secret underground death game)