Last edited by DigiCom; 04-26-2024 at 04:01 AM.
I dunno. The 80s cartoon were peak for me (Late 50's by the way). We had Transformers, G.I. Joe, Thundercats, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Blackstar, Dungeon and Dragons, Robotech, Thundar The Barbarian, Silverhawks, G-Force, Battle of the Planets, Voltron and The Smurfs.
I'll note that three of the series you named were actually imported anime. And Transformers might as well have been.
Anyway, to drag this back on track... every decade or so, the core style of animation changes. I'm sure that the pendulum will swing again, particularly with the success of things like the Spider-Verse movies. I would love to see a Panther series really lean into the appropriate African art styles, for example.
Companies just have no respect for animations, its just the truth.
The 2010s were pretty bad because Cartoon Network had completely declined as a company by bulldozing every action cartoon they had to overexpose Teen Titans Go.
I remember watching a video about Marvel's Spider-Man's animation and yeah it seems like there was a lot of problems at Marvel Entertainment.
Thank God it finally closed.
That's interesting, but it's still the basic Disney style with some design elements slapped on it. There was a Generation Fire project on D+ last year that had potential, but I keep going back to this picture:
While it's a redesign of The Phantom, it's also clearly African.
There was also a pretty great Afrofuturist artist we discussed a few years ago, but I'm blanking on his name.
I just miss when stuff had more substance outside of just comedy. You can have a kids show be both and be really good. Take Avatar the last Airbender. It has a good mix of silliness to complement the story and seriousness yet a kid AND adult can enjoy it and be entertained not just by the comedy, but the story and character development, as well as the absolutely stunning fight choreography.
I had to go back 8 years to find his name.
Mshindo Kuumba
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